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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1929
Page
6
Real estate transfers recorded in the Beaverhead Abstract Company books for the week ending January 12, 1929. Entries name grantors, grantees, and parcel details though some pages show partial descriptions and case numbers.
Warranty deeds show Winnie B Whitworth transferring 320 acres in Sheep Creek basin to George A Whitworth and vice versa for two lots in block 16, P and O addition Dillon. Quitclaim transfers list Mary Mann Jones to Julia H Pierson 40 acres west of Madison county line Beaverhead. Lease records note James Kirkpatrick leasing property to Thompson Realty and Wood Livestock in Frying Pan basin.
A national hatchery group runs a $10,000 prize essay contest on Why It Pays to Buy Chicks From a Hatchery. Contest Editor is at 705 Third National Building, Dayton, Ohio. Forty-one prizes are awarded for a 500 word letter with $5,000 for first prize.
Stubborn coughs yield to Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. Hold a low dose in the throat before swallowing to ease rasping fits. The blend of pine tar and honey with other ingredients heals inflamed surfaces and raises irritating phlegm. Bronchial flu and night coughs stop. ask your druggist. Sold by Geo. M. Gosman.
Dillon residents face shovel your sidewalk orders as authorities urge snow removal. Merchants report weak coal oil and candle sales while prices drop on clothing with ladies wraps 6.50 to 20 and dresses to 17 50. A Bannack street lot beside the Odd Fellows hall sold for 2000 to Estes and Shurt amid local notices and temperance preacher Rev Mrs Owen wins converts at the jail.
Undersheriff Moore and special deputy Bert Williams nabbed two desperate characters at Medicine Lodge last Wednesday after a brief chase. Both were armed and nearly sparked a confrontation before the drop on them. The report notes a rope skipping bet of $500 in Butte and a festive rural scene with sleigh bells and courting couples on country roads.
The Tribune notes 17 county property owners pay more than $1,000 in taxes with Oregon Short Line leading at 29785.87. Surveyors set to stake the Gilmore Pittsburg railroad from Armstead to Salmon in about two weeks. M E Barry expects a Buick shipment to Dillon by early March amid two others. Dr Burges Johnson of Syracuse jokes about a shortage of effective cuss words, implying he has never seen a man struggling with a cigarette lighter.
Rufus Dawes, a Chicago banker and brother of Vice President Charles G. Dawes, along with Owen D. Young, is selected to represent America in the German Reparation Settlement negotiations.
Advertisement states California Fig Syrup is a harmless laxative for constipated or ill children. It claims to cleanse bowels of poisons and bilious matter without cramps, contains no narcotics, and children love the taste. Warns mothers to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with full directions on the bottle.
Notice that registration books for the April 1 1929 Dillon Montana city election close at 5 PM February 14 1929. Electors must register with County Clerk at the Court House in Dillon. John S Baker County Clerk and Ex Officio Registrar.
District Court of Montana Beaverhead County sets January 26 1929 at 10 AM in the court room to prove the will of John H. Stumbaugh deceased and hear the application of State Bank & Trust Co for letters testamentary. Interested parties may appear and contest. Dated January 8 1929. Clerk Fred Rife. Deputy Roy B. Herndon. Adv 2-4.
Notice to creditors and all persons having claims against the estate of George F. Gray deceased. Administratrix Marie Gray invites claims with vouchers within ten months after first publication to J. E. Kelly law office Dillon Beaverhead County Montana. Dated January 5 1929. Adv 2-6.
At the state capitol a legislative meeting discussed bank tax fairness, proposed mortgage on combining liens, and Governor Erickson's push for extra gasoline tax to secure federal road funds. Key figures include Ray Nagle, Elmer Yoanson, Ralph Bricker, Steve Arnold, and Senator Charles E. Taylor.
A scattered editorial discusses life expectancy and diet, cites Cornaro and Bacon, and notes Rockefeller purchasing land in New York to fund an Opera House for Columbia College. It mocks prize committees and includes a joke about a Bryan parade.
In Beaverhead County Montana the estate of Zetta Landon Carter deceased appoints Saturday January 26 1929 at 10 AM in the Beaverhead court room as the time and place to prove the will and for the hearing of Charles J Kellys application for letters testamentary any interested person may appear and contest the same.
Notice to creditors and claimants in the estate of Josephine Tritt deceased. Administratrix Annie E. Nelson invites claims with vouchers within four months after first publication, at the law office of J. E. Kelly in Dillon Beaverhead County Montana. Published January 2 1929 Adv 1-4
An aged promotional piece asserts Dr Caldwell's mild vegetable laxatives and Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin cure constipation and related ailments. It promotes safe gentle relief, urges use by children and the elderly, and invites readers to request a free trial bottle from the Monticello Illinois office.
A farmer emphasizes future gains by lowering costs in crop and livestock production. The strategy centers on efficiency, technology, and better resource management to boost profitability.
Sheriff W C Orr of Beaverhead County Montana announces a sheriff s sale scheduled for January 19 1929 at noon at the Dillon Court House. The sale includes multiple described lands in Beaverhead County as outlined in the notice with various fractional interests in sections 9 10 14 15 19 20 25 29 30 31 all within township 1 south range 15 or 16 west and 5 eighths to one fourth undivided interests in several quarters. The defendants include First State Bank of Phillipsburg Herman Mussigbrod and Mary Mussigbrod and Ludwig Mussigbrod as executors of Dr Peter Mussigbrod deceased with interveners Helene Cremer Martin Mussigbrod and Herman Mussigbrod. The sheriff s sale was dated December 22 1928 and is certified by undersheriff C H Hartwig.
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