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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
7
Cho Cho, the highest paid circus clown in the United States, has been employed by the government to teach health to children. He performs at the interior department exhibition in a satin costume with bright props and claims a pint a day keeps the weight down.
Ed Morrill of Fordyce Arkansas owns a copy of the Des Arc Weekly Citizen dated October 9 1858. The issue notes yellow fever epidemics in the South and reports New Orleans tallies with 380 deaths in one week. Market prices list tea five cents a pound chickens 125 per dozen eggs ten cents per dozen ham ten cents a pound beef 414 cents a pound and whisky twenty eight cents a gallon.
Helena schools burn 1500 tons of coal and 10 cords of wood yearly. Threshing tests reveal grain losses due to faulty machines. Lewis and Clark county ranchers back a new county carved from part of their area. Glasgow builds a baseball park as its semi pro team begins its season. Till county reports widespread rain and Havre plans for a summer stampede. Missoula prepares for a large army of forest fire fighters this summer. Bankers back park to park highway. Butte favors two paved routes to main highways. Bitter Root reports sheep shearing contracts at 50 to 60 cents a pound. State highway district No 2 formed in western Montana. Lewis town students erect trail signs to Judith Mountain ice cave. Traweek ranches near Missoula sold for about 200000. Great Falls plans a Northern Capital bank charter. White Sulphur Springs sulphur springs resort eyed. Valley county fair verdiess 3000 in premiums. Butte grants 35 acre park site. Deer Lodge Sapphire company incorporated. Helena man dies with 5035 cash and deed. Snow sits six feet in Fourth of July canyon. Savage man ships 2200 pounds agates to Glen dive for processing. Miles City expects tax relief cuts valued around 350000. Musselshell county faces army cut worm outbreak. county agents called in.
In Moorehead Powder River county a bootlegger fleeing by auto crossed a ford on the river and tossed 28 quarts of whiskey at pursuing mounted men. Most bottles spilled into the river, a salvage dive saved much of the booze, and local officials described the event after two Moorehead riders learned the pursuers were not deputy sheriffs.
Police Chief Moore arrested Savas Piantulaides after a city chase and gunfire. Piantulaides reportedly confessed to three years of house robberies in Missoula, with a shack on an island site yielding dresses, jewelry, and clothing. Charles Valles, a shack resident, was also taken into custody. both men worked at a local CUTe.
Great Falls Judge Hurley discharged the talesmen summoned for the Valley county grand jury probe after Attorney General Ford charged the panel was handpicked. Ford argued 300 names were selected from 3,000 eligible taxpayers, prompting the judge to postpone the grand jury session to a future date.
Helena reports the motor trip from Helena to Seattle for park to park highways has been postponed likely to July 1 at the request of the national bureau of parks. A telegram from Washington explains the delay allows bureau representatives to join the party and let Rainier and other coast parks be represented.
The Montana Medical association will meet in Missoula on July 9 and 10 with a key session on influenza led by Dr. E C Rosenau of Mayo Clinic Rochester. Rosenau developed the Rosenau serum and is a leading authority on serums and their use in disease prevention.
Registration for the referendum on the primary law closes July 18, forty five days before the election. All who wish to vote must register if they did not vote in the last general election. Officials expect returned soldiers should register to ensure voting rights, though a final decision is pending.
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