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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
7
State Forester John C. Van Hook pursues additional $5,000 in outside funding to complement a $10,000 appropriation for a state forestry building at the fairgrounds. The drive targets lumber companies and related parties amid post last-session funding rules.
R A Fifield reported discovering a bear and a human skeleton in a death grip near Chicken Creek by Kyise ranch while visiting Livingston. The skull missing prevents identification of the man, white or Indian, but an old shovel suggests the man was an early prospector who may have dealt the fatal wound.
Helena Montana the Montana railroad commission appeals to the US Supreme Court over a law creating a Montana trade commission with price fixing powers. Ky Toomey attorney for the board says a hearing may be months away with possible submission by printed briefs within 90 days after October. If no agreement the case likely waits another year. Toomey will try to move it up the calendar.
Chris Yegen Jr of Billings has a stay of execution on his three year maximum penitentiary sentence after Chief Justice Brantley signed a certificate of probable cause. Sheriff Stone Matlock received notice that the stay applies pending appeal to the Montana Supreme Court.
Everett Evans seeks 29166 and Charles Kissack 15505 in district court alleging Anaconda Copper Mining Company polluted land with poisonous fumes from the Great Falls reduction works during 1917 to 1919. Plaintiffs claim livestock deaths vegetation withered and land value dropped by about 50 percent.
Government geologists report Yellowstone National Park geysers erupt more often and reach greater heights than ever. Old Faithful now erupts every 64 minutes, about 11 minutes more often than last year, while Castle geyser rises from 125 to 140 feet.
Walter Volhard and six companions driving east from the coast report a hold up near Dixon while camping. The seven travelers were relieved of 325 dollars by bandits described as wearing blue bandana masks. The victims hailed from Tacoma.
The war claims board technical advisory committee led by Campbell Scott plans dissolution after adjusting more than 24 000 contracts and 80 000 in existence at armistice. The group found 99 percent of contractors honest and resolved power, rabbit meat, castor oil, and other arbi tration claims, with settlements accepted by most claimants.
The guinea fowl is increasingly valued as a substitute for game birds and seen as a delicacy in hotels and banquets. Young guineas are tender and flavorful, while older birds can be tough. most are raised in small flocks on farms across the Midwest and South. The bird’s sharp cry is a nuisance to some, but others view it as helpful yard warning.
Care of growing chicks during summer is vital in poultry raising. Strong stock hatched and carefully brooded will mature into well developed fowls if they receive proper attention in warm months.
Examine the pallets and hens for lice and dust thoroughly with insect powder or apply a vaseline mercurial blue ointment mix about the size of a pen one inch below the vent. Rub lightly on the skin. Apply two or three times a year to keep the fowls free from ce.
Keep nests clean and well lit, gather eggs often and store cool. Feed goslings bread and milk or a balanced diet with variety and free range if possible. Mortality from 50 to 80 percent before maturity can be reduced with proper feeding and care as duck farming expands.
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