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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1921
Page
6
A brief local alert reports a child was missing briefly but located unharmed. Authorities did not release further details, and an investigation was opened to determine circumstances surrounding the disappearance.
Capital city notes detail the state bond law extending powers for school construction and elevator licensing. Attorney General Wellington explains state authority to acquire sites and issue bonds, with Davis warning August 15 as the deadline for licenses. Sheriff Spratt vacancy filled and Montana considers applying tax expertise from Wisconsin official Alvrhund to Montana boards.
Final plans for the Montana State Press association meeting at Whitefish July 21 to 23 were announced in Great Falls by J A Gilly Lewistown chair and S K B Peterson secretary. The program includes a picnic at Whitefish Lake, a Kalispell visit, a motor trip to Somers, a steamer tour around Ballard Lake, and a return to Lip Wilk Avenue Belton Lake McDonald and Glacier Park area. Delegates may buy reduced excursion rate tickets and travel east side of the park with the committee seeking further discounts.
Report claims President Harding plans a visit to Yellowstone County with George Christian coordinating details. Washington sources say the tour would follow his return from a southern celebration as a military escort concludes.
In Butte the Monkey Union repurposed an old Montana Central roundhouse and East Front Street space to outfit boys with refurbished athletic tubs and equipment. About 30 to 40 youngsters use the improvised gear each afternoon, aided by local women volunteers who financed and assembled the items.
The historic Rocky Mountain stagecoach, once carrying mail between Helena and Bozeman from before the Civil War, is exhibited in Tot Springs. It recalls a journey with General Sherman aboard and a route of about ten miles per hour, framed by rugged weather and long service.
Missoula reports more than 100 fire fighters near Thrah twelve miles east as a strong wind fans the blaze. District headquarters expect reinforcements to help contain spreading flames. Iron Trapper Creek near Darby reports the fire has grown dangerous and hampers close approach.
A large sawmill six miles northeast of Rowan was destroyed by fire on Saturday, with about four million feet of finished lumber and two million feet of logs lost. The mill, valued near 5000, employed around 50 men and featured barns bunkhouses and a fine office. Authorities believe an explosion caused by dynamite to stop the flames spread the blaze to nearby properties.
Montana notes cover a hoped for factory near Hail to process potatoes with Jolin Kebbing named as manager and rapid startup anticipated. Entries mention silver ore samples from the Mohawk mine at Coke City and bids for Sladkato Ford, plus disease reports and a field day for miners in Batte county. Additional items note beaver dam prevention efforts, high wool prices at Miles City, and a community day program in Red Lodge with church membership growth in Montana.
Fragmentary notice questions when Indian Day was set aside by President and references a parade of Sioux and other tribes. Mentions Tare Ming Voourpe and Mesthar ding in vague terms as part of the historical discussion.
In a photograph the Duke and his bride stand together at Marlborough home upon a party they attended with Eugene Thgeins cousin Shortly after the couple’s protracted appearance in public the bride formerly Miss Gladys Dedeau is described as a friend of Consuelo Vanderbilt who later remarried after a divorce.
The British figures Admiral Earl Beatty and Major Courage were photographed at international polo matches alongside a gentleman in a high hat resembling Raymond Mitchell. The sighting captured a rare blend of naval and military prestige at the sporting event.
Henry Harrison, English writer, has died after spending three decades compiling a dictionary of United Kingdom surnames. His work aimed to document origin and variations of common family names across Britain, reflecting a long scholarly effort.
A jumble of notes cites world population counts and city figures, champagne grape processing, pyramids, raw apple cures, camel fuel, green dyed threads, growing female deaths, a statue in front of St Sophia, and rural Ontario telephone access with farms per line.
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