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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1929
Page
4
Advertisement notes subscription rates for the American Press Association: one year $2.50, six months $1.25, three months 65 cents. It also states the paper is entered at the Dillon Postoffice for second class mail.
The piece celebrates St Patrick’s Day as a joyous festivity with sacred ceremonies and traditions. It extends cordial greetings to wearers of green and those in town, hoping for health happiness and noble impulses among all residents.
The French minister of finance selects a bobbed haired model to appear on the new hundred franc gold pieces. The design symbolizes female freedom and echoes the Goddess of Liberty, presenting a distinctly postwar compliment to the modern girl.
County News reports a pattern of trips by locals to Armstead Grant Dillon Butte and Horse Prairie. Notable moves include Mr E B Roe Mrs L F Waldemar Mrs J L Waldemar and Mr Patrick Desmond returning from California. Snow on Horse Prairie totals eight inches with ongoing falls.
James Pinkerton visited Dillon on Wednesday for business while Martin Jackson returned from Dillon after attending a county commissioners meeting. Emil Schindler traveled to Wisdom Tuesday for business and back the same day. Sam Robinson visited the Pendergast ranch Thursday on business. Mrs. John Myers hosted the auxiliary at Jim Johnson’s home Tuesday with a large turnout and lunch. The next meeting will be at Mrs. John Krouse’s home. Jake Neidt traveled to Dillon Monday for several business matters and Mr. and Mrs. J M Neidt hosted a dinner on Sunday.
Verse recounts a golf club scene with playful references to birdies and a player named Doc scoring forty two while weather delays loom. Snow and ice thwart opening plans as plans for a sunny season are disrupted by winter conditions.
A reader protests the ethics of juggling figures, mixing rhyme with gender and professional bounds. The piece questions whether financial miscounting is acceptable for all, noting a bookkeeper's duty, family influence, and a double standard while lampooning in written verse.
The Royal Neighbors met in regular session and enjoyed a social hour at the I. O. O. F. hall with card games and luncheon hosted by Mrs. Camas Nelson and Miss Violet Morse. Pinochle drew eight tables with high scores to Mrs. Alan Dansie and Mark Clemon and low to Mrs. Evan Buttrells and Camas Nelson. Marshall Ramsay of Wisdom visits Jackson to assist Ranger Nelson with the new station.
A roundup of Montana items from Great Falls to Helena includes an air mail race with ducks near Great Falls, land sales by Northern Pacific agents, timber permits bringing in funds for state forests, a man feeding tame pintail grouse on a Spring Valley ranch, a found billfold with hidden cash, a record cattle team being prepared for field work, transit feeding privileges on cattle shipments, insect control in Kootenai and Coeur d Alene forests, highway finance plans near Bozeman, range horses disrupting rail traffic, and spring and infrastructure plans across several towns.
Miss Florence McDonald of Butte visits sister Miss Sydney McDonald in Argenta. Mr. and Mrs. A H French and Mr. and Mrs. H S Pilon visit Dillon. Sidney Knapp and family from Butte visit Knapp parents George M Knapp. Argenta stage resumes mail delivery after two week gap. Mrs Ernest Knapp returns from Butte after visiting daughter Mrs Clayton Tritt.
A B M U club party at Mr. and Mrs. Walter Scott hosted Armstead residents with six tables of pinochle. Miss Mary Lee Tower led ladies' scores and received chips while W P Scott won a chip rack. Mrs. Smith Ames and Parker T. Scott earned prizes amid a late midnight luncheon and dancing.
The community plans a series of noon hour services on March 27, 28 and 29 in Dillon. The Rotary and other civic groups will support the effort with a special Good Friday musical program. The Hartwig theatre donated by W. B. Hartwig will host the 12 pm meetings, each lasting 30 minutes except Friday’s which runs 45 minutes. ministers and congregations are invited to attend.
Calvert Simons from the state university visited Dillon this week. He left Thursday for South Dakota to visit relatives and will continue to Kansas to join a Chautauqua company for a summer tour of the southern states.
A $1,000 reward is posted for non police individuals who provide evidence leading to the conviction of anyone unlawfully butchering or stealing beef or veal on the ranges of the Big Hole Horse Prairie Grasshopper Centennial Red Rock or Black Tail. Reports should go to Sheriff W. C. Orr or Stock Detective D. V. Erwin.
Mrs. E. Roberts advertises 15 Mammoth Bronze turkey hens and one tom for sale with contact details provided in the notice.
One hundred dollars reward is offered for any person not an officer of the law who helps arrest and convict anyone collecting bounty funds legally in the Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Reserve.
A Mrs. Glenn Butter testimonial claims Adlerika relieves stomach gas after one spoonful, improving sleep and appetite. The ad emphasizes quick relief and removal of waste matter, promising surprising results for those with stomach and bowel discomfort.
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