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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1930
Page
4
Advertisement shows subscription rates in advance for Dillon Post Office second class mail matter. Rates listed include two dollars and fifty cents for one year, one dollar and twenty five cents for six months, and sixty five cents for three months.
The article notes shifts in social norms as Spanish girls in Madrid go unchaperoned to sell forget me nots for the Red Cross, hats replace mantillas, Vienna's opera eyes sound films for audiences, and a Bogota social center offers cheap meals and leisure for working women.
Tony French brings fine gold ore to the Suger Bowl display. Beaverhead County Mining association prepares an exhibit for the state fair as interest in mining rises. Bannack Mines, Argenta district, and Blue Wing district show renewed activity and hopeful prospects for cheap power and profitable extraction.
Property transfers listed by the Beaverhead Abstract Company for the week ending July 19 1980. The record includes multiple parcels and grantees, with transfers recorded in Montana. Names of buyers and properties appear in the weekly abstract.
Clarence A Nye transfers 147 acres in Centennial valley to Almeda Clay ton. W E Galloway transfers two lots in Wisdom original townsite to Matilda J Smith. Yeaman and Rathbone transfer two lots in Poindexter and Orr addition to Dillon to Leroy M Gilbert. Bates to McLaren five lots in original Dillon town site block 11. Graves and Chandler to McLaren five lots in Dillon block 11. John T Orr to Leroy M Gilbert two lots in Poindexter and Orr original addition Dillon. Thomas C Shuster receives Honorable Discharge from U S Marine Corps.
James McMillan tops the local big fish contest sponsored by Hughes & McCaleb with a Rainbow trout of 7 pounds 11 ounces caught at Hidden Lake. Listed catches show multiple Rainbow entries from Hidden Lake and rivers including Big Hole, Beaverhead, and Lock Laven with weights from 9 pounds 3 ounces to 1 pound 8 ounces.
The American Legion Auxiliary held a silver tea on the lawn of Mrs. W. F. Cashmore. Martha Opp and George Miller performed violin and piano, Mary Hester Decker played piano, and Elizabeth Ballard with Miller did dancing numbers. Hostesses poured, funds benefit the state American Legion Auxiliary fund.
Toby Nord's Comedians bring a seven day run to Dillon starting Monday July 25 featuring comedy dramas vaudeville and music. The program includes new plays Wet or Dry Abie's Irish Rose Ramona Honeymoon Ranch Chain Stores Square Crooks and The Big Pond with Forrest Wade's orchestra and a feature quartet. Ladies admitted free Monday with each paid adult 85 cent seat.
T W Cummings lost control of a Ford Wednesday and struck the ditch near the bridge west of town. He was uninjured except for a few bruises.
Fire of unknown origin reduced the large barn on the Jules Wenger ranch near Jackson to ashes on Wednesday afternoon. The blaze consumed hay and ranch equipment and cost one horse its life as nearly the entire town of Jackson joined the effort to fight the flames.
Word comes from Dillon of the July 16 marriage of Miss Olive Menepace and Lester McMillan at Three Forks. They are both graduates of Montana State Normal college and have many friends in Dillon wishing them happiness. Mr McMillan will be principal of the Boulder public school next semester.
Mrs. Sprinkle and Mrs. Hobson hosted the Baptist Aid ladies at the Baptist cottage on Thursday afternoon. George W. Paxton and A. G. Nation of Nation Paxton and DeLacy arrived from Helena and will stay several days at the I. B. Mining company in Bannack. The Helena firm holds stock in the mining company they offer for sale to state residents. Frank Hoffman, water commissioner on Lake Creek in the Big Hole basin, made his final report Wednesday at the district court office of Fred Rife.
George Reece of Bedford Iowa is visiting his brother Lee Reece. Mr and Mrs A A Curnutt and family visited last Sunday in Butte.
Dr Caldwell promotes a mild vegetable compound to ease constipation without harsh purges. He claims it supports general health and can help with biliousness sour stomach headaches and loss of appetite. A free trial bottle is available by writing Syrup Pepsin Dept BB Monticello Illinois.
A July 25 1890 Tribune item notes a cheap bottle craze for fields and pastures new and a baby organ theft. It mentions a Dillon figure, the Salvation Army, a new cane fashion among young women, Archie Gibson visiting Beaverhead’s capital, and H D Weenink photographing Lima. Shanghai street trouble papered with Chinese residents after Roman candles sparked city disturbance. burns treated with herbs.
At a July meeting the Dillon city council passed a resolution to prohibit fast and reckless driving on streets. The marshal is authorized to arrest violators regardless of sex or status. Cowboys using streets as a race course are included. Herbert Selway plans a Selway’s park north of the city. Prof and Mrs J E Monroe begin bicycle tour of Yellowstone Park next week. Carl Taylor and Floyd Best join the same cycling trip.
The Montana State Normal college annual Go picnic was held last Wednesday afternoon at the grove south of Barratts station. About 300 students attended with transport help from the Dillon Rotary club. Games and hikes filled the afternoon followed by a sumptuous lunch at 5 o'clock.
Tribune reports last Friday night four barns on Thomson Avenue were destroyed by fire. The piece notes a recent runaway caused by an automobile involving John Lovell's team and urges tighter regulations for drivers near horses. Louis Stahl exits dairy business to enter the horse trade, while John T. Orr nears completion of a machine shop and auto repair venture behind Montana Auto Supply. Hiram Brundage plans to study embalming in Chicago.
E. J. Doyle was sentenced last Wednesday morning to 30 days in the county jail on a burglary charge. He pleaded guilty, with alleged motive that he stole a friend's trousers and sold them.
In the District Court of Beaverhead County Montana notice is given that Albina Stone and R M Stone executrix and executor of the estate of A Louis Stone will auction by private sale lots eight nine and ten in block eleven of Rifes Second Addition Dillon Montana after July 25 1930 with bids due August 9 1980 at State Bank Trust Co Dillon or J E Kelly attorney. Terms require 10 percent at bid and balance via installments with interest 10 percent per year on deferred payments.
J Dolan of Blackfoot Idaho visits town Friday to announce interest in placer property in the Bon Accord district. He says large scale dredging operations are under way and tests show the property is extensive and valuable enough to warrant investment.
Mr. and Mrs. George Farrell and Mr. and Mrs. Bernice Farrell drove to Salmon Idaho on Saturday. They were joined by Mr. R. EF Speed and children of Billings and Mrs Speed, sister-in-law to Mrs Farrell, who stopped en route to visit her parents. George F. Dart and Frank Anangst are touring Canada and Glacier Park this week.
The administrator with the will annexed of Benjamin R. Stevenson deceased summons creditors and all claimants to exhibit their claims with vouchers within four months after first publication. Claims to be sent to the administrator at John Collins law offices Poindexter Block Dillon Beaverhead County Montana. First publication July 1980.
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