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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1909
Page
8
A community debate on civic vigor, with notes on local residents and events. Reports mention a dance at George Shambow’s, arrivals and departures, a fatality in Butte affecting Mrs. George Shambow, and a rush of Missoula land registrants.
In Big Hole Basin news from the Breezes Ben Froman returns from Missoula after registering for the Flathead reservation draw. Howard Smith reports rye from Bristow ranch. grain stands six feet tall promising a strong fall yield. Dan Mudd sells 160 acres near Squaw Creek station to George P. Mudd for 1100 dollars. Charles A. Smith and family visit Wisdom and discuss a Jackson ranch lease. Raymond Noyes marries last week, prompting cheers from basin friends.
Six month old daughter of E N Dewey of Agnewville Va suffered a bout of cholera infantum. Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured the child and is praised for bowel troubles in youngsters. The medicine is easy to take when diluted with water and sweetened. Sold by Potts the druggist.
July 26 Lakeview reports busy hayfields despite poor weather. Jim Tibbetts and a crew of about 30 from St Anthony are hired to up the Lakeview Cattle company's hay. James Doyle returns from Idaho with seven additional hands as horseflies and insects trouble workers.
P E Herrington of Mount Ayr Ky praises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy calling it the best and surest remedy used in his family. The remedy is widely recommended for swift cures and is sold by Potts, the druggist.
Special to TRIBUNE Medicine Lodge notes detail visits and arrivals. Frank Rife hauled wool to Bedrock. Miss Constance Barrett of Horse Prairie visited, accompanied home by cousin Miss Alice Flynn. Ida Loeffler started a post office job in Bedrock. Families Craver Cooper and friends visited in various towns, with several visits to Bedrock and Lodge.
Miss Alice Hert county superintendent visited the Monument school last week. John Cox of the Duluth Mining company spent days at the Dark Horse mine. Grant and Dillon residents joined a fishing trip to Monument where 150 trout were caught including attendees Mrs Paiment Miss LaCroux Mr and Mrs Chamberlain Mr Anderson and Dr Elmer of Grant and Messrs Jones and Poindexter of Dillon.
The article touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as reliable and effective for early dysentery and diarrhoea treatment. It claims long use with unfailing success and notes sales by Potts, the druggist.
Postoffice Inspector John P. Clum reported the office in excellent condition during his visit. Several residents from Butte and nearby towns are visiting, with travels mentioned for a Lovell family auto trip to Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Theresa Reichle is elected to teach in District No. 7. local visiting families and a medical consultation in Dillon are noted.
After twelve years of stomach trouble and spending about five hundred dollars, a husband reports his wife improved greatly after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. He praises the medicine as more effective than prior medicines. Potts druggist sells it with free samples in Fol som Iowa.
Miss Alma West leaves Melrose for Buckley Washington to visit sister Mrs Niles Litherland and attend Seattle exposition in August. John Hardesty and wife travel to Watsonville California for an extended stay. Mrs Ed DeCelles and daughter Hortense visit from Butte. Mrs Harry Hungate visits Melrose. Mr and Mrs Robert Slater move into Mrs Romains home for summer. Otto Boetticher Melrose manager remains in town.
Rose Mercantile went to Missoula this week to register. J. L. Vanney traveled to Dillon on business. Mrs. Jas Hungate and Hazel LaMache moved to Dewey. Mrs. Aldridge visited daughter Mrs. Norris in Anaconda. Edyth Townsend of Butte visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. John McIntosh for a week or two. John Kambich of Glendale traveled to Dillon on business Wednesday.
An old newspaper ad proclaims Chamberlain's Salve for skin diseases with quick relief. It lists the price as 25 cents and notes Potts the druggist as the seller.
Flynn lost his house, barn, harness, buggies, farming tools and about thirty turkeys to a fire whose origin is unknown. Nearby, Hoge family took their daughter to the doctor, Millard Holman sells new potatoes, and ha rvest crews report hay ruined by heavy rains at Reynolds ranch. Other local updates include a missing sheepherder, land seekers from El Reno, illness of Sam Moore, and new neighbor Davies plowing 75 acres with a steam plow.
The forepart of the week shows a fair cattle run with strong demand only for top beef. Grass cows ease slightly while dry rot fed steers near seven dollars. Range beef four fifty to five, choice steers six fifty to seven, cows and heifers up to five fifty, butcher grades three forty to four, veal calves four to seven, hogs tick up a nickel then slip as the market breaks. lambs drop while other types hold steady.
A noted explorer describes a method used to ease thirst in waterless regions of Africa. Cast mud into poultices bound to the skin and found relief during five days without drink. London Answers notes this survival technique shared by the leader and companions. G A R Convention stronger details follow with Salt Lake City dates and excursions via Oregon Short Line from Montana points in August.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt explains how plant leaves act as natural chemists. By day they absorb carbonic acid gas and decompose it into carbon and oxygen, storing carbon as food and releasing oxygen. Night halts this, while sugars and starches form from carbon and water for growth and sustenance.
A 15 minute hail wind and rain storm yesterday near Billings hit the Huntley project destroying crops nearing harvest. Early estimates put losses around 200000 dollars as authorities await a full report.
A fragment quotes a conversation about a man who seeks work and appears content in that state. The exchange notes his good disposition and contrasts happiness with having nothing to do. The source also mentions Indian wrestlers and athletes building strength on mine cake flesh and plenty of nothing.
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