Looking Backward 49 Years Ago in Dillon July 3 1891
In the Tribune issue from July 3 1891 Charles Burrows and Grant Haines are named special police officers aiding Marshal McIntosh for the Fourth. Other items note the loss of the imported stallion Clarion for 1400 dollars, a ruined warehouse floor causing heavy glass breakage, and town visitors and farming plans including Matt Orr’s return from Powder river and 800 tons of hay to be produced. The Legion band attended a Livingston convention, Jos T Leimbert resigns from the First National Bank to focus on accounting, and Re Ripley visits from southern California to inspect Elk Horn mining interests. Centennial Valley prepares for a grasshopper campaign using bran arsenic banana oil and salt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Charles Burrows
Grant Haines
Marshal McIntosh
T. M. Selway
Clarion
The
Tribune
Thomas H. Hamilton
Legion
Livingston
Jos. T. Leimbert
First National Bank of
Dillon
RE. J. Ripley
California
Montana
Elkhorn
Centennial Valley
July Fourth Celebrations and Local Ventures Across Dillon Montana
Dillon marked a crowded Fourth of July with street festivities and a baseball game as Col Decker’s crew worked a road through Ryan canyon. A Jackson wedding united Joe Kramer and Miss Ellen Otton with Rev. R P Smith officiating. The month set heat and low rainfall records for Montana. A special Jefferson Barracks train carried 225 cavalry horses to San Francisco. E L Hall toured Anaconda while Charley bought 2000 cattle from Joe Shineberger for shipment to Omaha next month.
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Ryan Canyon
Dillon
Joe Kramer
Ellen Otton
Jackson
R. P. Smith
Montana
Jefferson Barracks
San Francisco
E. L. Hall
Grasshopper-Montana
Anaconda
Charley
Joe Shineberger
Omaha
Lands Bring High Prices at Dillon Public Auction
About 12 000 acres of state lands sold at Dillon courthouse public auction with no sale under ten dollars per acre. Top bid reached twenty eight dollars per acre by Mrs. Pierce of Horse Prairie.
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the Tribune
Court House
Dillon
Pierce
Horse Prairie
Deputy
Dillon Ribune
Albert H. Taylor
Miss Zeta Coon
Chili wagon removed from Montana Glendale corner landmark
A Tribune report from July 2, 1920 notes the chili wagon, longtime corner landmark at Montana and Glendale streets, has been hauled away. The piece reflects on its years of serving the community and the impact of its departure.
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Tribune
Montana and
Glendale Streets
Mining News Nuggets From Western Mines
Western United Press reports Montana figures active in mining issues. Carl Trauerman from Butte attends Denver meeting of the American Mining Congress. Beaverhead Mining Association elects officers led by President George R. Metlen. Wallace broker Harry Brock Kingsbury dies after long illness. Northwest Goldfields installs a $200,000 gold dredge near Harvard Idaho, diesel power, 45 below zero capability. John Kasseth’s outdoor news stand plan halted by insurance rules. Sunshine Mining’s Ross Leisk notes reinstated miners and potential back pay. court ordered rehearing on back wages. Emigrant Gulch leases move to Kenneth Eagan for over 90,000. Ickes cites improving domestic mineral prospecting outlook for manganese chromite tungsten mercury antimony.
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United Press
Butte
Mont
Carl Trauerman
The
Mining Association of Montana
Denver
American Mining Congress
Trauerman
Montana
Congress
Spokane
Wash
Northwest Goldfields, Inc
Engineers
Harvard
Idaho
Kellogg
Ross D. Leisk
Sunshine Mining Company
National Labor Relations Board
Leisk
Labor Board
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Battle of England and Europe’s Fate in Wartime Wisps
Austin Con poses a dramatic contrast between Britain’s resolve and Nazi threat. Churchill’s vow to defend the island frames a larger meditation on democracy and history, comparing Britain’s courage to ancient Greek feats and warning of Europe’s looming famine and war.
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Paris
Berlin
Europe
America
Herbert Hoover
Russia
Union Now echoes in wartime politics and brave figures
The piece surveys Clarence Streit’s Union Now idea gaining traction as democracies rally, Britain and France hint at a federation, and Pan American unity forms a near model. It profiles Helen Keller’s life, values her milestones, and notes the role of optics in U S rearmament with advancing lens and sight tech.
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California
Clarence Streit
Britain
France
Streit
Canada and Greenland in World War II context
The article discusses Canada's wartime role and defense limits including its small navy and air force, and warns of strategic stakes for the United States if Canada joins Britain’s empire. It notes Greenland as a potential gateway and outlines Arctic air routes and historical aviation attempts. It cites Pan American Airways, Von Gronau, and Arctic exploration efforts.
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Canada
Mackenzie King
Europe
Britain
Ypres
Vimy Ridge
Cambrai
Farflung
America
Greenland
Iceland
Greeland
New York
Pan American Airways
Arctic Circle
von Gronau
Berlin
Germany
United States
War Department
Stefansson
Montana Open Added to State Links Tourney
Butte hosts the Montana open for attached pros and amateurs with handicaps of four or less during the state links tourney July 24 to 28 at the Butte country club. The 72 hole medal play crowns the low gross scorer, with four days shortened to fit participant schedules. Women qualifiers are set for July 24, with men beginning July 25.
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Butte
Mont
W. A. O’kelly
Montana, State Golf Association
Butte Country Club
Wool experts visit Beaverhead county sheep men
Dr. R. T. Clark of the State College and Warren Buck of the U S Department of Agriculture visited Beaverhead county sheep men to discuss wool industry issues and improvements.
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State. College
Warren Buck
U. S. Department
Beaverhead County
Rural students with perfect attendance honored
The Grant school led with five perfect attendance honorees and rural students across Birch Creek Dell Argenta Jackson Riverside Lakeview Wise Rivers Dewey and Bannack were named for the previous school year's perfect attendance certificates. Art Lamey is endorsed as a Democratic Governor candidate for the July 16 primaries.
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Reichle
Birch Creek
Josephine Salvo
Joe
Salvo
Dell
Wendell Martinell
Alice Kyrox
Lois Martinell
Janet Peterson
Argenta
Floyd Knight
Reichel
Wayne Arbour
Norma Freeman
Donald Verbance
Monica Jack Huggins
Anita Dallas
Jackson
George Clemon
Rose Ann Clemon
Kenneth Krause
Wisdom Bruce Helming
Thomas Scofield
Audrey Putnam
Riverside
Regina Melt
Art” Lamey
Goveernor
Pol. Pol
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Tribuublishing Company
Albert Erickson
National ‘Advertising
the” American Press Association
Matt Orr
Powder River Range
Miles City
Poindexter & Orr
Mrs. Newton
Fidel
Lena Huber
Colonel Decker
Bessie Wall
Western Mines
Beaverhead Mining Association
George R. Metlen
Wallace
Harry Brock Kingsbury
Clayton Milver
Scobey
John Kasseth
Kasseth
H. L. Lange
Pacific Board of Underwriters
W. F. Crown
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Harold L. Ickes
Moritana
Wyoming
Washin
Austin Con
England
British Isles
Channel
London
Smith
Churchill
Xenophon
Persia
Hitler
Junri
Republic
Wars
N.Y
China
Finland
Technical University
Helsinii
Soo
QOC
Dillon, Montana
Northwest .Bancorporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Helen Keller
Mark Twain
Big Earth
Joan of Are
Alabama
Anne Macy
Radcliffe College
American Foundation For the Blind
Optical
District Court
Fifth Judicial District
Beaverhead
Martin Nicholas
Barnett
United States of America
Theodore F. McFadden
Fr. C. McFadden
McFadden
William T. Scully
John Collins
Poindexter Block
Ditton
Minnie J. Scully
James M. Dodd
J. E. Kelly
State of
Augusta Dodd
Dilton
District Court OF the Fifth Judicial District
State OF Montana
Monta
Leona Smith
Oney A. Smith
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