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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1917
Page
1
A public notice urges strict fire precautions in Montana and under federal laws. It explains negligent and malicious timber fires penalties, including jail and fines up to five thousand dollars, and summarizes sections of Montana and federal codes on burning in forests and public lands.
The Good Government club cleanup committee commends cooperation toward a cleaner Dillon with clearer streets and neater lots. It urges more street cans and notes unsightly dandelions and weeds. Special thanks to Mr Hartwig for the Keep Your City Clean slide. Prize reminders go to garden and alley keepers. A farmers defense meeting at city hall covered patriotism by Prof Light and canning tips by Mrs ARnett of Bozeman.
Armstead ladies held their first regular session on July 6 to discuss organizing aid for the Red Cross. They planned a benefit dance for July 14 with Brownback and Tessier of Dillon, formed tentative group title, opened a $1 membership, and arranged knitting and book supplies with appointed leaders.
Dillmont park schedules first game of the season Sunday afternoon at the fairgrounds with Dillon facing the Butte Athletics. Bonner and Hoffman to form the battery. E W Bell and Hart Wheat spearhead planning for two months of games. A July 22 visit from Blackfoot is set with a special train. Dorothy Potter undergoes appendicitis surgery in Butte. Mrs Potter and Mrs Mellenthin stay nearby.
The 1917 assessment shows Beaverhead County total valuation near 9.4 million dollars not counting railroads with a 1.2 million increase from 1916. County assessor B W Emerick delivered the roll to the county clerk as boards of equalization prepare for next week’s meeting.
Monday evening Apollo Lodge No. 15 I C O F held a banquet and smoker followed by semi annual installation of officers. District Deputy A E Adams installed the officers and a lively indoor baseball game between Normal and city women drew a large crowd.
The July 9 crop report from the Bureau of Crop Estimates covers Montana and the United States. It lists forecasts for winter and spring wheat oats barley flaxseed potatoes and other crops with last year December estimates and current prices for July 1. It notes a higher share of crops expected to be commercial and provides price comparisons for wheat corn oats potatoes hay and eggs.
A group of Union Pacific officials conducted an inspection tour of the Short Line system in Dillon yesterday. The party included J A Munroe vice president traffic for Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line Omaha F H Knickerbocker general superintendent Oregon Short Line at Pocatello J A Reeves general freight agent Oregon Short Line Salt Lake Superintendent Brooks of Pocatello for the Montana division and Carl Stradley chief engineer at Salt Lake. The officials arrived on the Short Line yesterday morning.
Forty to fifty Dillon business men attended a Monday luncheon at the Metlen hotel to meet J C Herbsman of the Ellison White Chautauqua association. He outlined the Dillon Chautauqua schedule for August 6 to 13 and spoke two hours at the Union services. Working committees were appointed with Fidel Huber as president and Roy Murray leading the decorating committee, among others.
Henry 8 Graves, head of the U S forest service, arrived in Paris to plan forestry support for Allied military operations in France. He holds a army reserve commission as major and will study conditions, equipment needs, and how lumber crews can aid the war effort. A forestry regiment is being recruited to supply timbers, ties, and lumber behind the front.
Dillmont Park near Dillon on Beaverhead river draws many visitors since opening day. The 40 acre site offers picnics under shade trees and along the riverbank, with a large dancing pavilion and planned additions of skating rink baseball diamond tennis courts and a swimming pool. Management pledges a clean family oriented park with no rough conduct.
Paul Henneberry left the city after visiting his parents to travel to Deer Lodge to visit relatives.
The Canada thistle and similar perennials spread by underground roots and seed, forming dense patches that choke crops and hindering livestock movement. Control relies on repeated cultivation or aggressive patch destruction, as once established they are hard to eradicate.
W. L. Beck, a man with many aliases, was arrested in Leadore Idaho on horse stealing charges. He allegedly fled from the Guy Gray ranch with a horse and other valuables and sold them in Leadore. In Dillon he matched the description of Rufus Coats wanted in Fort Worth Texas for a young girl's murder, and he is held pending Texas authorities.
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