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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
8
Anderson Brothers secured a four year mail route contract on the Bannack Jackson line. The deal, deemed satisfactory to bidders, follows recent weather impacts with winds undoing rain gains. Red Cross dances, curios from battlefields and a vase made from a French shell highlight local activity as reclamation work and charity efforts continue.
Recaps community efforts over the past year highlighting rehabilitated young mothers and leading lives. Prof. F H Garver to speak at Apex schoolhouse at 9 pm on War Savings Stamp drives. Rev Edward Smith to preach at M E Church with services Sunday June 30 morning and evening. Water pipe rupture delays printing, Bannack becomes a dry town after license expiration. Questionnaires mailed to county’s June 5 registrants with advisory committee to aid filling forms. Mrs Walter J Crowell to build a new house on Railroad Avenue near Blacktail Creek. old house to be torn down. Ten men to leave Dillon for Vancouver barracks for limited service including Dougherty, Watson, Christensen, Anderson, Woody, Fox, Patsy Odds, Flansburg, Hill, and Erwin.
A letter from John H. Truax, now in recruit barracks at Fort George Wright, Washington, reports steady progress and notes two thirds of the Fort Wright trainees hail from Montana. The Dillon Dry Goods company is distributing a cook book titled What to Eat How to Cook It by the State Council of Defense of Illinois, inviting Dillon housewives to request a copy.
A reception at the Ames residence in Bedrock honored Mr. and Mrs. Smith Ames who returned from their wedding trip to Salt Lake City. Nearly all locals attended and enjoyed the pleasant evening.
Mrs. R. E. Foster hosted a porch gathering on Wednesday for her niece Miss Helen DeLong who has spent the past month in the city.
Miss Evelyn Evans arrived from Butte to visit her sister and returned today with her grandmother Mrs. Belsey Haines accompanying her.
June 22 Helena reports crop prospects improving with generous grain acreage the largest on record. Dry spells in western Montana contrast with promising notes in Fergus Wheatland and Shields River valley Park County with favorable showers likely. Livestock remains sturdy while wool moves to market as sugar beets and corn benefit from irrigation and earlier planting.
Montana artist Charles Russell sends two color food conservation paintings to the state food administrator. Hooverizers shows a cowboy cooking on the range with his horse nearby. Meat Makes Fighters depicts an older cowboy on a cow pony. Each card includes a short verse.
A partial excerpt praises joint efforts and broad public cooperation. It notes Mr. Russel's appreciation for needs and contributions as particularly helpful, but the text breaks off before completing the thought.
Miss Lulu Cozad of Helena and Miss iivalyn Kingsbury of Butte visit Dillon relatives. Tribune Book Store displays ribbons and paper for adding machine. second hand Maxwell car for sale at 400 dollars. Ed Jewell, in the 35th division, is promoted to major. Red Cross appeals urge continued wartime relief work and chapter allotments. a depot found ladies purse.
Our Boys Have No Respite, So Workers Should Not Abate their Activity. Several chapters have inquired if they may not close their workrooms for.
Headquarters asked the Beaver Head chapter to supply 400 pairs of socks monthly and the group delivered more than the quota by month’s end. Miss Pease oversees the knitting department and says many knitters can finish a sock in a day. Headquarters also notes June 3rd shipment of surgical dressings and hospital garments was received without criticism.
Officials stress chapters must align with government requirements and directives from national headquarters. The text praises disciplined article creation and adherence to official policy as essential for proper chapter function.
Joe C A Landrum of San Angelo Texas reports backache relief from Foley Kidney Pills after driving rough roads and bad weather. He says the pain disappeared after the first bottle and has not returned. The pills stop the pain cause, ease stiff joints, and clear poisons by aiding kidney and bladder function.
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