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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
2
A Chicago literary editor recalls how book reviews are rushed and sometimes miss full justice. He cites a praise filled remark from a friend about a newly reviewed novel by a then obscure author calling it one of the year's remarkable books with a unique plot and bold treatment.
The gem kingdom ranks the ruby diamond emerald and sapphire as the big four with the pearl excluded as non stone. Color clearness and cutting perfection test a gem with brilliancy depending mainly on the diamond's brilliant cut. Diamonds are carbon while rubies and sapphires are corundum varieties and step cuts bring out fire in the last three.
The text outlines average heart rates by age from birth to old age, noting typical values such as 140 at birth and 60 in old age, with wide variations that can still indicate good health. It cites historical examples including Napoleon reportedly at 44 per minute, and elderly individuals whose pulses stayed very low yet remained healthy.
A New York Medical Journal note extols wrestling as a robust form of exercise suitable for many ages. It favors catch as catch can and contrasts it with Greco Roman methods, emphasizing weight matching and courteous conduct to lessen roughness.
The piece describes older medical practice where doctors carried a hollow cane with a gold pierced head filled with aromatic powder or snuff. Upon entering a sickroom they struck the cane on the floor to stir the powder and waft its scent to their nose, explaining why old prints show physicians with canes to their noses.
In Germany marriages must be registered before a church ceremony and public notice is posted. A small town recently announced a new box at the town hall for all couples planning to wed to hang their notices.
A burglar finds a paper stating nothing of value inside a safe. He breaks the receptacle, confirms the claim, and remarks that some still tell the truth. The fragment conveys a quip about honesty in a Philadelphia Ledger excerpt.
Phrase about Opportunity as a fleeting, unreturnable force. The saying notes that once gone it cannot be recalled, likening it to a horse paid on the back and unable to be caught again. It uses a foreign sounding attribution.
A philosophical remark contrasts focusing power on one object with the opposite approach of spreading life across many tasks. It suggests that singular focus can yield results, while broad activation of life may fail to achieve goals.
The article discusses old beliefs that toads survive confinement in stone. Dr Buckland's 1825 experiments showed toads die when deprived of air or food in glass, sandstone, wood enclosures. It argues the superstition persists despite evidence that toads cannot live long without air or sustenance.
A bygone travel note describes how West Indian negroes eat palm grugru locusts raw, Australian aborigines rely on the bugong butterfly, and Central African natives fry oversized locusts. It notes arabs and Moors drying and shaping locusts into flour and stew, with tribal gratitude amid a hardy diet
In the District Court of Bearhead County Montana the estate of Charles Chase deceased offers the Cumberland Lode Mining claim for sale at public auction to the highest cash bidder. Sale on August 3 1907 at 2 pm at the Dillon courthouse with 25 percent due and balance on court confirmation. Administrator Curtis Snyder prepares deed at purchaser expense.
In Beaverhead County Montana the District Court orders show cause why mining property descriptions for the estate of Lawrence A Brown should be corrected. The hearing is set for August 7 1907 at 10 a.m. in Dillon and a publication notice is required in the Dillon Tribune for four consecutive weeks.
In the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District of Montana Beav erhead County guardian Alfred P Brown seeks authority to consent to a petition by administrators of Lawrence A Brown deceased to correct the mining property description and distribution decree. The hearing is set for August 7 1907 at the courthouse in Dillon with publication required for four weeks prior. Judge Lew Crizamay dated June 27 1907.
Charles H. Patterson administrator announces private sale of Beaverhead and Deer Lodge county real estate from the estate of William H. Patterson deceased. The property includes described lands in sections 1 and 12 plus Lot 1 Sec 2 and other parcels with improvements and water rights. Bids accepted after July 15, 1907 at John Lindsay's office in Butte with ten percent cash on acceptance and remaining cash on court confirmation.
Beaverhead county invites sealed bids by July 15 1907 for two bridge spans across Big Hole river near Willis and one span across Beaverhead river near Point of Rocks. Proposals require 10 percent certified check and a double bid bond. bids marked proposals for bridges to John S. Baker Dillon Montana.
The Monument Copper Mining Company through Mae B. Metlen applies for patents for Monument Extension and Alps Lodes in Beaverhead County Montana. The surveys cover 20.66 and 19.81 acres with detailed bearing courses. adverse claimants must file within sixty days. First publication June 21, 1907.
Mae B. Metlen attorney files notice of patent applications for 1500 feet of the Green Mountain and 1492.8 feet of the Welcome Lodes bearing gold and other metals in Beaverhead County Montana. The surveys detail starting corners and course lines, with areas 20.25 and 19.16 acres respectively, recorded in Beaverhead County Recorder. First publication June 21, 1907.
In the District Court of Montana Beaverhead County a hearing is set for July 13, 1907 at 10 a.m. to prove the will of Mary Jane Hamilton and consider letters testamentary for B F White and Louis Anderson. Clerk F A Hazelbaker and attorney Edwin Norris filed the petition.
Department of the Interior land office at Helena announces Margaret E Barbour of Willis Beaverhead County Montana filed for final commutation on Homestead Entry 14428 for sections 34 35 township range and will prove residence and cultivation before A S Johnson U S Commissioner at Dillon Montana on July 12 1907. Witnesses: William H Oliver Oscar Kriese Burklen Hoover and Steeven Kambich all of Willis Montana. Frank D Miracle Register.
United States Land Office Helena Montana May 31 1907 notice that Etta A Tash of Dillon Montana filed for desert land claim No 8229 NE EMMY NYSE Section 15 T6S R13W before F A Hazel baker Dillon Montana on July 11 1907 to prove irrigation and reclamation of the land James R Abrams William N V Lenkersdorfer George M Tash Polaris Montana and William S Tash Dillon Montana listed as witnesses Frank D Mrracce Register
William K Edwards of Monida Montana files final five year proof for Homestead Entry No 12683 filed September 21 1901. He seeks access before S Johnson U S Commissioner at Dillon Montana on July 2 1907 with witnesses Twitch tchell Samuel B Burnsides and Frank D Mimattz listed.
The document records a homestead entry with number 18709 made in Dell Montana. It lists William H. Connor James Flynn Frank Nelson and Franc D. Merrace as claimants to prove continuous residence and cultivation of the land. A registration official signs as register.
Notice is given that Conrad Meine of Dillon Montana filed final five year proof for Timber Culture No 1425 dated January 27 1886 to claim section 3 township 5 range 8. Proof will be made before S Johnson U S Commissioner at Dillon Montana July 11 1907 witnesses George Staudaher John P Bishop George W Nyhart Blaine Montana Gerhard Ibers Dillon Montana. Frank D Miraczeg Register.
Notice of filing for patent by George W. French of Dillon Montana for 9563 linear feet along Spring Gulch creek bed. The Blue Wing survey No 8342 in Beaverhead county covers 97 43 acres in unsurveyed Township 7 8 South Range 11 West. No adjoining claims known. First publication May 10 1907. Frank D. Merracre Register.
Helena Montana June 1 1907 Notice is hereby given Elizabeth G Fenner of Dillon Montana has filed notice of intention to make proof on her See i Sy an SEX% 4 EM 4 WYSE Sec 12 WHENEY EXSNWY Sec 13 T 115 R 6 W before A S Johnson US Commissioner at Dillon Montana on Saturday July 13 1907 information of said land Asa A Kenison John A Hackett Elbert B Collins and Monroe W Bucy all of Dillon Montana Franx D Mrracuz Register
The office will prepare an abstract of all uncancelled mortgages on record by the first Monday in March and file it with the Assessor. Mortgages will be assessed against the mortgagee to inform parties to settle paid mortgages before the due date. Dated at Dillon the 13th day of February.
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