Surge in Oil and Gas Lease Applications Reported
The June total of 450 new oil and gas lease applications surpassed May’s 311, per the Interior Department Solicitor report.
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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1923
Page
11
The June total of 450 new oil and gas lease applications surpassed May’s 311, per the Interior Department Solicitor report.
The educated farmer is more efficient and successful yet warned not to abandon farming. Ohio Oil reports a new 20 million cubic feet gas well near Livingston. A test well will be drilled at Springdale, 19 miles away. Strawberries are thriving on the Fort Shaw project.
Bilkins notes Tubby Turner entering a clothing shop and asks if he will buy a ready-to-wear suit. Tilten replies that only a handkerchief would fit him, implying Turner’s poor fit or style.
A playful exchange centers on a potential pet monkey. He asks if a monkey would be accepted, she suggests asking her father for permission, framing a family negotiation in light humor.
A taxi stops at the curb as an elderly woman exits and remarks it is her first taxi ride. The driver replies it is his first time driving one, prompting a humorous exchange about firsts.
A student retorts to a teacher about language by saying he is only repeating Shakespeare. The teacher counsels him to stop associating with the playwright. The exchange highlights tension over language use and literary influence in a classroom.
A tense exchange unfolds as Mrs Slowpay tells a collector you can’t get blood from a turnip while the collector asserts his duty to recover funds from a deadbeat in a sharp confrontation.
A playful exchange aboard a voyage features the captain correcting a passenger who misidentifies distant white hills as Greece when asked what they are. The captain explains the snow atop the hills.
Bill wonders if Jack will attend his party tonight. Tom doubts it citing Jack's tonsillitis. Bill complains he only has gin to offer as refreshments.
In a sharp exchange a speaker asks what to call a man who hides behind a woman's skirt. The reply quips that in modern times he might be called a magician, signaling a playful jab at pretense.
A concise quote highlights that press freedom and accessible reading empower citizens to stay informed and safeguard democracy. The maxim credits Thomas Jefferson and underscores the value of open information for accountability and stability.
A quoted defamatory rumor claims Mrs Francis DeAuphe-La Juie fled with a boarder. The speaker counters the allegation as false and malicious, noting only a roomer was involved.
The excerpt condemns evolution based socialism linking Karl Marx to Haeckel and Spinoza, alleging a Red conspiracy to spread evolution and collectivism through schools to seize property. It traces imagined origins from Egyptian and Babylonian priestcraft to modern radicalism and warns that denying God leads to societal collapse and crime.
J B Dring of Newport Rhode Island describes severe cold headache backache and abdominal pains. After using Foley's Honey and Tar with Foley Cathartic Tablets he was entirely relieved. The advertisement promotes the cough medicine as the World’s largest selling and warns against substitutes.
Real estate transfers from the Beaverhead Abstract Company title books for the week ending July 21 1923 list property dealings with various owners and parcel details in Beaverhead area records during the period.
Warranty and quitclaim deeds cover transfers of multiple parcels in Dillon and surrounding areas. Notable changes include 1 500 acres near Bend station, 827 acre Big Hole basin tracts, 306 acres in Centennial valley, and 160 to 480 acre holdings on upper Blacktail plus several mining claims in Bryant district and Hecla consolidated interests.
Bobby Jones of Atlanta Georgia, long known as the boy wonder, has finally become National Open Champion after ten years of effort. He won the title in New York last week, having earlier secured a district victory at age twelve but facing repeated national defeats prior to this year.
July livestock briefing from Helena notes 98 percent normal ranges and cattle condition, with light six month losses about 8 percent. Calf crop at 69 percent of breeding cows, about 335000 calves, and a forecast fall market of 140000 head subject to revision. Lambs in good growth, lamb crop up from last year, wool clip larger, prices for feeder lambs around nine to ten cents.
A woman asks for strong cigars for her husband and explains the last batch kept breaking in his pocket, prompting a clerk to offer mild or strong options in a humorous exchange.
A Cat Creek field well will be drilled to test depths beneath the Madison limestone. The lower sands are regarded as the most promising for heavy production potential.
Advance geological survey figures show Montana last year produced gold silver lead and zinc totaling 44 925 949 dollars an increase of 16 824 521 over 1921.
National Bay State Shoe Company touts 122000 pairs of U. S. Army Munson last shoes in sizes 5 to 12. Shoes are 100 percent leather, dark tan, bellows tongue, waterproof. Value $6.00, offered to the public at $2.95 with delivery or money order. Refund on not as represented.
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