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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1928
Page
4
An advertisement seeks a foreign advertising representative for The American Press Association. The listing calls for candidates with experience in international markets and a background in promoting newspaper ads.
The notice announces subscription rates for six and three month periods for the Dillon publication. It was entered at the Dillon Postoffice for transmission through the mails as second class mail matter.
The essay critiques sensational crime coverage, notes Nevada leads per capita wealth while Alabama lags, praises the end of Bolshevik influence in China, laments Montana cold weather costs, and condemns Rhinelander’s marriage to a Black woman as a misalliance with no excuse.
Residents recall a sleigh ride through a forest road with a train of bells in a bracing turn of season. The larger bells emitted mellow notes while smaller ones offered mid tones and the tiny end bells sang high soprano, a portable orchestra on the move. Leafless maples framed the scene.
A traveler crosses a snow covered landscape where lacework of topaz pink crystals and faint blue light frame an unfamiliar world. Old landmarks vanish beneath the snow while gateways and entrances resemble fairy castles inviting discovery. Dearborn Independent.
Dr. Frank Crane argues President Coolidge backs a vast Columbia Basin irrigation scheme to trasform two million acres from desert to productive farmland. He notes dams tunnels and canals would enable water power and gravitation to irrigate, with potential crops and economic gains far exceeding other projects.
Report from Washington indicates Kansas City Missouri will host the Republican National Convention with broad regional support. Governor Allen of Kansas and officials praise the selection as a Western style move likely to benefit the party and influence nearby states including Iowa Nebraska and Missouri.
An editorial portrays Senator T. J. Walsh and ally B. K. Wheeler as Montana Democratic power brokers backing a Walsh presidential bid. It contrasts Washington organizers backing Al Smith with homefront support, warning against betraying Walsh for Smith at the national convention.
The 1928 summer school opens June 11, a week earlier than in recent years. The nine week term mirrors regular sessions with most faculty staying on campus. Entrance requirements and regulations stay similar, fees slightly reduced and equal to regular year quarters. The summer bulletin will be issued soon.
A Wisconsin mother says mothers are well informed on medicines containing opiates or chloroform. A package glance guides buying. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is praised for coughs colds croup and throat irritation. Gosman the Druggist Ady.
President Coolidge accepted the resignation of Assistant Secretary of War Hanford MacNider and announced Col. Charles Burton Robbins of Cedar Rapids Iowa as his successor. MacNider plans to return to Mason City Iowa to resume private business affairs.
The Treasury announces a 1 038 812 886 dollar reduction in the public debt for the year, bringing gross debt to 18 086 352 451 dollars. Liberty issues remain large with 6 296 901 900 in fourth Liberties, 2 147 653 150 in third Liberties, and 1 932 156 850 in first Liberties. Total receipts for the first half of fiscal year 1927 were 1 989 939 172 dollars, down about 42 million from the prior year, while expenditures reached 1 924 429 801, up about 100 million. Income tax led with 1 023 922 679, down 20 million. customs and internal revenue followed. General expenditures rose to 965 404 313, with postal deficiency at 138 million and Shipping Board expenditures at 17 896 863.
President Coolidge directs the War department to study relief options for financially strapped Mississippi Valley communities hit by floods. The reconstruction program requests 110 million for general improvements and 180 million for levees and spillways, with about 60 million to be shared by states counties and towns.
Twenty one nations entered the second Winter Olympic events at St Moritz Switzerland as announced here. The Swiss organizers reported broad international participation across multiple disciplines with strong teams from Europe and North America.
Col William Cooper Procter donates 2,500,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Cincinnati to endow pediatric research and finance a building to house the work. The contribution supports a new research facility and ongoing studies in child health.
Seven people died and twenty were injured in a gas pipe explosion that wrecked and set a house on fire in the northern part of Berlin. Fire crews battled the blaze and casualties were drawn from a residential area, with authorities outlining the incident as a fatal gas leak accident.
Miss Elizabeth McKenney crowned Palm Fete Queen in Miami Florida. The Palm Fete featured a parade and an historical pageant depicting Columbus landing and other celebratory features.
The program for next week at the college includes special music directed by Miss Robe and an address by Reverend H. B. Ricketts.
Notice is given that the registration books for electors for the Dillon Montana city election on April 2 1928 close at 6 o clock p m on February 16 1928 Electors may register by appearing before the County Clerk at his courthouse office in Dillon Any elector who failed to vote in the November 1926 General Election must re register to vote in ensuing elections MO S Baker County Clerk and Ex officio Registrar Adv 3 6
State Bank and Trust Co requests defendants B L Hoffman and Sadie Hoffman answer the complaint within twenty days. The suit seeks $7500 on a December 31 1926 note with 8 percent interest and forecloses a mortgage on described Beaverhead County land including river waters and ditches. Attorney J E Kelly of Dillon represents the plaintiff per the January 18 1928 filing.
Professor R E Albright leaves at week end for a high school visitation trip in North eastern Montana. The schedule shows visits to Wolf Point Plentywood Scobey and Opheim high schools.
An advertising notice invites readers to see Dr Scarborough at the Andrus Hotel in Dillon on Friday and Saturday January 27th and 28th for eye care.
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