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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
8
Local notices recount visits by Julius Hartwig, Edward Magee, W. C. Noyes, and others. ads promote Tattersall’s goods, bail insurance, vacuum rentals, coal, and farm loans. Publicized are lost ring reward, barber and chiropractor services, and a parade of residents traveling to Seattle, Butte, and Armstead.
The article argues hogs sheep and wool beef and dairy prices are at record highs and producers should boost output since supplies will take years to normalize. It notes beaverhead county horses cattle sheep currents, emphasizes care of mares foals calves and the need for grass and proper nutrition. It ends with exam notice from Elizabeth Sutherland county superintendent.
Notice states the Dillon Volunteer Fire Department meets on the first and second Thursday evenings each month with a three taps three times call using the courthouse bell.
Ruth Norris of Glendale won first place in the fourth annual Pearl I. Smith spelling contest for Beaverhead county pupils, earning $10. Maurice Baffer of Nelson school took second with $7.50, Ben Iliff of Dillon schools third with $5, and Ruth Barry of Dillon schools fourth with $2.50.
Auction June 6 in southwestern Montana to settle the Jones Land and Cattle Co. estate. The sale includes 5471 acres, 100 Durham cattle, 100 grades, 50 horses, implements, and household goods. all cash, no reserve. Bidders may inspect property near Anaconda and Divide with inquiries to Mrs. Robt. H. Jones Admx Wisdom Montana or Baird Auctioneer Aberdeen SD.
The Beav erhead Montana district court issues alias summons in a quiet title suit by Beatrice Shandy and Pansy Thieman against James Frederickson Lena Frederickson Riey H Jones John G Willis and unknown claimants to remove a cloud on their real estate described as parts of sections 20 and 21 township 68 south range 15 west Montana mortgage recorded in volume 27 page 357 by Aura Christensen predecessor. Plaintiffs seek to quiet title and require defendants to answer within twenty days else default judgment.
The document records a raid court action dated the 24th of May 1917 with Fred Rife as clerk and Norris Hurd & Collins of Dillon Montana acting as attorneys for the plaintiff. The seal and pagination indicate a formal court filing or notice from the period.
In the Fifth District Beaverhead County Montana Oleta Eda Craver Freeman applies to appropriate eight cubic feet per second from Poole creek a Medicine Lodge tributary for irrigation. Interested parties may file written objections with the court clerk by June 1 1917 as provided by state law. Dated May 17 1917. Fred Rifa Clerk of Said Court. First publication May 18 1917. Pease and Stephenson Attorneys for Applicant.
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