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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1922
Page
9
Twelve pages enter the Dillon post office for second class mail. Subscribers urged to report missed deliveries. Notices of church festivals fairs dances concerts sociables suppers with admission or profit from sale of articles priced at five cents per line. Card of Thanks obituary poetry also five cents a line.
The First National bank built a fireproof wool warehouse storing nearly a million and a half pounds of raw wool for the region’s sheepmen. Manager Hawkins guided a tour of the facility which can load 20,000 pounds every eight hours. about 600,000 pounds have been sold and shipped. The Beaverhead clip totals about 2,000,000 pounds with value near $800,000 and other stock from Madison and Salmon counties is present. Owners may wait for better prices as wool is insured and acts as bank collateral.
Mr and Mrs M R Rand of the Donovan ranch were Dillon visitors this week as part of local social notes and ranching circles in the area.
The Burden and Wilson stock ranch on Maiden creek in Horse Prairie valley sold to E. W. Smith of Salt Lake City. Smith, a seasoned sheepman with Wyoming interests, paid about $100,000 for 2000 to 3000 acres with leased land, hay capacity of 1000 tons, and full livestock and equipment. Walter Dansie to manage the enterprise amid Smith’s other holdings.
Nineteen patents to homestead lands were issued by the Helena Montana Land Office of the Department of the Interior. Recipients include Louis F. Lepp Nicholas Adders George McMurrish heirs of Wm McIntosh Frederick Arthur Miller Frederick Heydweiller Walter McManus Thomas Landrigan John Sonpos John E Woods Clara Manger Mary Jane Patterson Otto Walter Keil W Paul Callow Simon Malone John N Gossett Roy C Clark Robi Frakes Maurice Coughlin Jr Isolated Tracts Lyle R Doggett Carl Hansen George Ditty.
William Poulter, manager for Rodgers Brothers of Idaho Falls, visited Dillon early this week to inspect the Lea pea crop. Farmers in the valley have about 800 acres in peas this season and Poulter reports the crop looking unusually well with a big yield expected. The region is a profitable pea country.
Judge Lyman H Bennett Mrs Bennett and their sons Alden and Hakes with Rodney R Herndon and Mrs Herndon drove to Axelotl lake last Thursday and will camp there until Monday afternoon. Miss May Laurandeau of Butte is also a member of the party.
A town event at the park feeds 600 volunteers out of an expected 1 500 as rain delays. Donors include Montana Market for beef Western Wholesale for wood and Montana Merc for salt and spuds plus Bond Grocery coffee and sugar. The Legion barbecue schedule hints at a 2 PM summer event next year.
The Salvation Army plans a permanent work in Dillon led by Major Bree and Mrs Bree with Montana division officers and Captain Stevens in charge. They arrive for meetings July 29 and 30 at the Salvation Army hall with multiple services daily and open-air preludes, aiming to make Dillon a focal point.
Judge Lew L. Callaway of Great Falls seeks the republican nomination for chief justice of the state Supreme Court. Born and raised in Beaverhead Madison and Jefferson counties he served eight years as district judge and enjoys broad local backing. Phillip McGovern of Dillon visits family as he plans operations after a stay.
Mrs Frank Helm returns to the city Sunday after a two weeks' visit with relatives in Dillon.
In the Fifth Judicial District Henry Gleed sues George Noble Mary Noble and others to reform a 1912 deed and quiet title to Lots 13 14 15 in block 7 Slader's addition Lima Beaverhead County Montana. Plaintiffs seek to correct the deed and remove clouds on title with twenty days to answer. Witness dated July 21 1922. Clerk W E Stephenson. Norris Hurd & Collins Dillon Montana.
Mrs. Frank Nelson returned from Kalispell after attending the state meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the American Legion. She was accompanied by her daughter Miss Lorraine. A southbound passenger train Wednesday evening carried a coach load of school boys bound for the Army Summer Training camp in Salt Lake City.
About 100 pupils from the history class of the State Normal College at Dillon toured Virginia City. Prof Garver led the party, guiding the visitors through the ancient capital and showing Madisonian-era points of interest.
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