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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1927
Page
8
Montana State School of Mines lines up against the Normal quint on the home floor this Saturday night at the Normal gym. Coach Hollister has the team training hard for a closer, faster contest, aiming to avenge last week’s loss to the Bobcats and end the season with a string of victories.
Reward of 20 dollars offered for information leading to recovery of various missing items taken around mid October. Items include a two-burner gas camp stove, army tools, leather rifle sling, gold ring, safety razor, chisels, Winchester broad hatchet, wood Stanley level, panel saw, army breeches, hat and hatcord, hi cut shoes, medals, slings, wrenches, keys, sled, auger, dumbbells, books, chalkline and more. Property reportedly seen near the southeast corporate area of Dillon. Address Leroy M. Gilbert 526 N. Pacific Street.
Local basketball fans await Friday’s game as Beavers face Butte Central at home. The contest is billed as the hardest hurdle for the Beavers this season with strong anticipation from hometown supporters.
The Beavers overpowered Twin Bridges five with fast play and strong offense, winning 81 to 3. Twin Bridges girls also fell to Beaver head 25 to 5 in a preliminary, with Dorothy Rouse scoring all Beaver head points.
Monday at the college gym hosted three league games. The Fraternity beat Rotary 28 to 7 in a notable matchup featuring J. E. Kelly and A. T. Peterson. Barry & Hopkins posted a 20 to 0 score in another contest. other results were close and well played.
The Beaverhead Cleaners used the French process on the Orange Crush bottlers during a Dillon bowling match last week. The bakery team defeated McCracken by 3878 pins in Thursday’s contest. Dill Ross led with 6583 pins as Beaverhead Cleaners won the Sunday match against the Men's Store team by a slim margin.
The league announces organized Class A teams at Mest with detailed memberships and a six team schedule. Beaverdhead Cleaners were defeated by Bakers by over 800 pins, and Western Mutuals beat Men’s Store 26 pins. Magnus Mutuals led Orange Crush despite two dummies, as Tuesday and Wednesday games progress at Dillon bowling alleys.
A Friday evening benefit dance at City Hall Auditorium by the senior boys aims to raise funds to send delegates from the local high school to the Boys Vocational Congress in Bozeman on Jan 31 and Feb 1. If funds allow, all senior boys a judging team and two junior class boys will attend.
Mr and Mrs Val Tadovich attended the funeral of Mrs Anna Gergurich in Butte. J C Ferguson traveled to visit relatives in Moberly Missouri. Mr and Mrs John Polish returned from Helena after weeks away when Mrs Polish gave birth to a baby boy. Matt Polish shipped a load of hay. Louise Beehrer returned to Dillon for a Sunday visit. Smith Ames visited family in Armstead. Dr and Mrs Morrow and child of Dillon visited Reichle friends and Dr Morrow did work for Woods Livestock Co. Dillon visitors included Bernard Garrison Ed Cornish Albert Decker and Carl Kambish. W M Schufelt returned from Spokane with wife and daughter.
A 1927 column laments crooked law practices in Butte and notes rising law library sizes. It mentions Dillon firewood at seven dollars per cord and butter plus eggs at eighty five cents. The Dillon G A R post membership is joked about, and a Bonnack event is referenced ambiguously.
Tribune report notes Wool Growers' association officers will meet at the courthouse on Saturday afternoon to discuss organization issues. Dillon's street lights outperform those of Litte Anaconda and Helena. W T P Cashmore returns from Butts with word of slack work. Assessor Noyes to prepare an able-bodied men list for military duty. Clarence Axe injured at the school house when a windlass handle struck him. City halls and opera house wired for electric lights, ending coal oil lamps.
Two thousand head of beef steers sold in the Big Hole basin for prices ranging from forty five to fifty dollars per head. Doctors link peek a boo waists to stiff necks in young women and, jokingly, to rubber necks in young men. Carl Decker serving as Armstead mayor visited Dillon for business. India’s 1924-25 education spending amounted to under ten cents per person of the population.
In Beaverhead County Montana the district court orders all interested parties to appear February 1927 in Dillon to show cause why administrator Charles Fabac should be allowed to execute an oil and gas lease on the Fabac estate. The lease covers half of multiple sections in township five south range nine west with J E Kelly as lessee for five years and a rental of one dollar and twelve and a half percent royalty on all oil and gas produced. Publication in the Diller Tribune required.
Lakeview notes report a three day northeast blizzard that then cleared. Weather expectations suggest the cold spell is ending with a thermometer drop noted this morning. Morris Fairbanks became seriously ill after New Year, taken to Murray hospital by Dr Poin Dexter of Dillon. A dance at Allen Buck's above Lakeview drew a crowd with music by T S Kenney and daughter Tyma. Eight swans were seen at Piente Springs fishery recently. Mrs Judd Tibbles left for Omaha after word of her mother’s illness. Joe Buck helped drive her to Monida. Jan 22 word arrived that Mrs Tibbles' mother died on Jan 14, three days after her arrival.
The Meeds family expresses sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy and floral offerings after Laura Meeds death. Signed by Mrs. Margaret Meeds, Mr and Mrs David Meeds, Miss Mamie Meeds, Oliver Henry and Lee Meeds, Mr Norman Lean.
Public notice promotes eye care by Dr Scarborough at the Andrus hotel in Dillon on Friday and Saturday February 4 and 5 offering a big health saving on proper eye attention.
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