Dillon Tribune Friday Publication Note
The Dillon Tribune is published every Friday by F. E. Foote in Dillon Montana.
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F. E. Foote
Dillon
Montana
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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1927
Page
4
Dillon Post Office Transmission Note
The entry indicates the item was entered at the Dillon Post Office for transmission through the mails as second class mail matter.
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Dillon Post Office
Digger Price Remembered as Steady Beaverhead Leader
Beaverhead county mourns the death of Digger Price, a respected sheep businessman and community pillar. A modest, generous man, he aided boys and the needy in silence, never married, known for fairness and neighborliness, and rightly viewed as a square shooter and true gentleman.
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Digger” Price
Beaverhead County
Digger
Enjoying It President Coolidge Visits West
President and Mrs. Coolidge enjoy the modern West with cowboys and rodeos. Eastern readers are urged to vacation in mountain regions, meet western people, and learn that brains and virtue are not limited to Atlantic cities. The piece extols western independence and robust daily life.
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Coolidge
West
Iit
Washington
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Atlantic Coast
Looking Backward shows Beaverhead wool history and prices
The Tribune’s Old-timer column recalls Beaverhead county livestock price swings over 40 years. It notes past wool clips, compares era freight costs to today, and cites 1896 prices with beer and freight contrasts to Mil waukee and Boston.
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Beaverhead County
the Tribune
Milwaukee
Dillon
Boston
West
Calendar of local events July 8 to July 22
Tribune Calendar lists H artwig showings including Plesh and the Devil on July 8 Vera Reynolds in The Limited Mail on July 9 and The Understanding Heart on July 10 and 11 Gene Stratton Porter’s Laddie July 12 13 and dances at Dillmont park July 9 and 14 Adolphe Menjou in The Ace of Cads July 14 Baptist Aid tea July 14 Odd Fellows meeting July 11 and Dillon Chautauqua opens July 22.
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Tribune
Plesh
Devil
the Hartwig
Vera Reynolds
Dillmont Park
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Hall
Gene Stratton Porter
F. G. Bassett
Baptist Aid Society
Adolphe Menjou
Hartiuie
Cloudbursts spark travel antics and political plans
In 1886 Tribune notes frequent cloudbursts and eccentric travelers from New York to England. The Democratic Territorial Central committee plans a Helena meeting July 19 to prepare for the territorial convention. Beaverhead gains a local committee man and Fourth of July plans favor the small boy amid heavy rains. A Utah & Northern landslide near Melrose halted trains, while irrigation leaves Beaverhead River unusually low. The wool clip reports strong quality this year.
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the Tribune
New York
England
Democratic Territorial Central Committee
Helena
HL Schmalhausen
Beaverhead
Bailiwick
Dthe
Sheep shipments and local oddities headline short notice
Sheep men favor shipping to Chicago at twenty cents per pound as the past four years show cleanliness and quantity. Last Wednesday evening 51 sacks of Thomas Selway's wool were driven to a through car bound for Chicago. Also noted is a visit to Dr Leason's zoological garden and a minor accident involving China Charlie at Hop Lee’s washing establishment near City Drug store.
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Chicago
Thomas Selway
Sheep and Freight Costs Pressure Local Wool Trade
Shearing nears completion with few sales locally and lower prices than last year. Miles City reports 8 to 9 cents, Utah as low as 4 cents. Freight rates rise to Boston by 1.99 and 6 cents to Philadelphia, wool freight higher than six years ago. Dillon hosts Fourth of July events with talks, races, and an excursion train. Forepaugh Sells circus arrives August 3, and a local elk is raffled from Sage Creek stables.
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Miles City
Utah
Boston
Philadelphia
Dillon
Milwaukee
Lima
W. H. Cochran
Edwin Norris
Dowling & O'Rourke
Bannack
Bahnack
Henry Thompson
George Galbreath
Dewey
Board of County Commissioners
Forepaugh-Sells
Sam Freeman
Sage Creek
Beaverhead
Dillon Fourth of July draws largest crowd. Dillon wins regional baseball title
The July Fourth celebration in Dillon drew the largest crowd yet as Dillon defeats Caldwell Idaho to claim the independent Montana Idaho baseball championship. Gilmore Pittsburg Railway Company files incorporation to build from Armstead to Gilmore Idaho mines. The city seeks a hospital with a large endowment fund and a park for community benefit.
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the Tribune
Dillon
Montana
Idaho
Caldwell
Gilmore & Pittsburg Railroad Company, Limited
Armstead
Gilmore
Reservoir disaster and market notes reported in June
Heavy June rains promise good crops while Mineopa reservoir of Boniview Reservoir Co. breaks its dam flooding Rat tle snake valley. Sheep drownings occur and Dillon water works sustains damage. Huber Brothers win U. S. contract for Montana battle cruiser silver service worth 5000 dollars. Wool movement starts with prices around 21 cents and up to 26 cents in the state.
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Mineopa
Boniview Reservoir Company
Rattlesnake Valley
Dillon Water Works
Huber Brothers
United States
Montana
Yellowstone Park Museum Showcases Wildlife and Flora Exhibits
Park Museum in Mammoth housed with the National Park Service information bureau recently added new wildlife specimens from Yellowstone. Park Ranger Marguerite Lindsley explains exhibits, including a red fox, beaver, antelope, mule deer, timber wolves, a mountain lion, mountain sheep, a marten, and extensive bird displays at Yellowstone Lake. The collection features nests, eggs, and preserved rock formations plus a pressed wild flower display and geyser deposits.
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Yellowstone Park
Park Museum of Natural History
Information Bureau
National Park Service
Yellowstone
Marguerite Lindsley
Park
Natural
Lindsley
Mammoth
Milton P. Skinner
Sam Woodring
Yellowstone Lake
Great Wonderland
Jack Haynes
Pocatello Tribune
Beav erhead County crops poised for strong harvest
Reports from Beaverhead County indicate an exceptionally good year for crops across all sections. Alfalfa haying will begin in July in the Big Hole and Centennial valleys while grain and vegetables, especially potatoes, show vigor. Ranchers visit the city for supplies and hiring, forecasting a large hay crop and a standout county fair with splendid farm product and livestock exhibits.
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Beaverhead County
Big Hole
Centennial
George Clemow and Tom Visit Dillon
George Clemow accompanied by Tom to Dillon for a brief visit as part of a local event and routine engagements.
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George “Clemow
Tom
Rawere
Dillon
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Startwig Theatre
John Gilbert
Greta’ Garbo
Warner Pictur
Gene Stratton-Porter
Peter
B. Kyne
the of Actors
of Screen Entertainment
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