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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1930
Page
4
The Dillon Tribune published weekly in Dillon Montana by F. E. Foote. Friday edition notes local reporting and community notices.
The piece argues Congress transfers responsibility for the veteran relief bill to President Hoover after a veto and a swift House passage. It rails at a disruptive Senate, praises Hoover’s restraint, and warns against get rich quick schemes while detailing money’s limits and the need for financial prudence.
A historical lament portrays Senator Walsh as failing to subdue multiple targets including President Hoover, Chief Justice Hughes, and the agricultural interests of Montana. The piece likens Walsh to Wellington and describes fellow senators as abandoning him during a late night snipe hunt.
A guide notes money can do many things but cannot work magic unaided. It warns against naive beliefs in guaranteed high returns and cites common investor misconceptions seen by bankers and brokers.
Spokane County News notes a Dillon scene with Civil War veterans William Blair and William Reed and focuses on Hoover foes in the Senate Borah Blaine Brookhart La Follette Johnson Nye Norris. The piece argues such Republicans undermine Hoover and Bush a fall ballot rebuke expected.
The item notes Butte printers ending a week long strike and returning to work. It mentions the medical fakir’s song circulating nationwide and many Dilloneans expected at the National Park this fall. Matt Orr arrives from the Centennial with notable sidé whiskers.
A four story brick building once served as the U S capitol from 1814 to 1819 after the burning of the official capitol. It housed a boarding house prison and private home and witnessed Monroe's inauguration Calhoun’s boarding and Wood’s marriage. It influenced state admissions and navy policy before demolition for a new Supreme Court.
In July 190u Tribune reports Chas Padley sold 2500 yearling sheep at $2.70 per head after buying at $2. Wool yield noted as 7 pounds per head. Fifteen cent wool expected locally soon. Dillon residents thwart promoter plans for a prize fight calling it degrading sport for the city.
From the Tribune July 22 1910 an evening passenger train in the Dillon yards south of the wool warehouse was partially wrecked the engine overturned but the engineer and fireman were unhurt. Dr H F Best and Miss Margaret Fuller Pierson wed at Dysart Iowa last Wednesday. Bert Dunbar now rides a motorcycle with a new one last week. Carl Mast delivery team ran away Monday morning after an automobile frightened them.
Week ending July 12 1930 reports numerous property transfers recorded by Beaverhead Abstract Company including parcels in local townships and changes in ownership among residents. Names of grantees and grantors appear with locations and associated deeds in the ledger.
A list of warranty deeds and certificates of location across Dillon and surrounding mining districts. Transfers include 820 acres in Sheep Creek, 2 lots in Dillon, several lode mining claims in Blue Wing and Montana districts, and various townsite properties. Also noted are affidavits, water right locations on Big Hole river and Stanley Creek, and a Kondike Lode mining claim location in Bannack district.
President Bert Orr says the Early Rising club leads the grasshopper effort in the Centennial valley with Monida branch personnel Jim Doyle and Tom Fairbanks working day and night. They poison bran to kill young hoppers before they fly or forage. Andy Williams visited from Alder on business. Mr and Mrs B L Forsyth of Lakeview stayed in Dillon Wednesday.
A Tribune reporter rides with W. R. Logan and Capt. Frank Williams to the Bon Accord mining camp above Grasshopper and Bannack. They view a long vein, note a large ore body, and see Ted Williams and Hans Anderson among active claim holdings as mining booms return to Dillon and Beaverhead County.
Capt. Frank locates himself and his garden patch alongside the old diggings where he once shoveled dirt into sluice boxes, tracing a return toward homeward bounds.
Frank Bassett a longtime Dillon dealer in hides and furs loaded a season's purchases of sheep pelts totaling about 25 000 pounds. The pelts valued at 11 cents per pound come to roughly 2750.
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