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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1922
Page
6
A week of world events spans Ireland’s pro treaty campaign in progress, Gandhi's arrest in Ahmedabad, famine deaths in Russia, a Milan archbishop appointment, and a Spanish cabinet resignation. From Africa to Genoa talks, Vesuvius erupts, and U S labor and economic policy actions unfold.
Disturbances across Michoacan Jalisco and Vera Cruz trigger an energetic government response. Governor Murgia fights rebels under Cardenas near Morelia while federal troops support state authorities. Jalisco's Bustillo Vadillo faces legislature as Pueblo stabilizes after provisional leadership change. Rebels driven into hills after clash at Lomalarga with Miguel Aleman forces.
Chicago B M Jewell heads protests by railroad labor organizations challenging the legality of the wage conference held nationwide between railroad heads and employees. He seeks reports from the labor board on propaganda and yellow sheets from the Association of Railway Executives and requests lists of materials from both employers and nonrailroad unions.
Government raids at workmen's syndicate headquarters in Lisbon uncover uprising plans and stockpiled ammunition and explosives. Syndicates closed and drastic measures to maintain order enacted. About 100 agitators arrested.
A passenger coach on the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic derailed near Union City, Georgia. The car toppled from a 50 foot trestle as the wheel burst, plunging into a shallow creek and killing seven with sixteen injured. Rescuers labored for hours to free the injured and recover the dead.
Governor Dixon appoints George W. Cook of Lewis town as state land agent and chief of the land department for four years. Cook took oath and began duties March 15, with Mrs Cook and a daughter joining him in Helena. He will work with H. V. Bulley and oversee land appraisal for farm loans and leases.
Helena attorneys told the state supreme court automobiles have practically ruined the city street railway system. They argued against injunctions to stop tearing up the Kenwood branch, saying continuation would force abandonment of the entire system and that $200,000 has been lost in ten years.
F. W. Griffith, longtime trapper and hunter, died in a forest ranger’s cabin in the Little Belt mountains of pneumonia after influenza. He worked with the U S Biological Survey to curb wolves, recruiting and aiding state and federal trappers. Griffith, 4% years old, was famed as a premier rifle shot and outdoor expert. His body was taken to White Sulphur Springs for burial.
Missoula defeated Sweetgrass 18 to 12 to claim the state high school basketball championship at the college gym. Darby took third by beating Beaverhead 23 to 6, while Havre, Helena and Forsyth earned the remaining top positions in a tight, late-closing set.
The Masonic Temple company an association of local Masons expands capital stock from 25000 to 75000 and will remodel the first floor for mercantile uses. A third story will be built for club rooms and conveniences. The two story brick temple on Main Street houses lodge rooms on the second floor and a garage showroom on the first floor.
About 9,000 men are employed in and around the Butte mines, making the district about 60 percent normal. Businessmen report February 1922 far outpaced February 1921, with March showing momentum from payroll disbursements and poised to be a strong business month since the armistice era.
Garden City Brewing Co. property in Missoula changed hands recently. The Western Seed Co. will establish a canning factory there and has taken immediate possession.
The Dawson County Taxpayers association was organized at the county courthouse. The board of directors has fifteen members with five officers. Members come from communities across the county and include business leaders and farmers.
Reports indicate heavier snowpack in the Yellowstone river headwaters than in years past raising fears of serious spring floods threatening Livingston and surrounding areas.
Wright Milling company flour mill in Hardin was gutted by an unknown origin blaze. Loss estimated between 5000 and 7000 dollars. Building owned by First National Bank of Hardin and leased to Frank P. Wright. A small stock of flour was inside. Burlington train No 41 halted briefly as the fire hose crossed the tracks.
The Treasure State notes a new school building at Custer ready for occupancy. Livingston plans a Veterans of Foreign Wars branch. The W C T U held its annual meeting in Harlowton. Billings teachers’ salaries cut by 150 dollars yearly. Pondera County forms the Taxpayers Association. Fromberg gas mains planned to connect to Billings via the Elk Basin field. Glendive Chamber of Commerce pursues a membership drive. About 20 bootlegging cases before Judge Leiper in Glendive. six convictions, one acquittal. Bridger reports a fire destroying three dismounted boxcars used as homes. Montana coal miners eye a potential strike by April 1. Culbertson to swear in the fifth state militia company. Livingston’s Park post backs municipal pool fundraisers aiming for 10 000 dollars. Montana Supreme Court opens March calendar with 31 new cases and two re-arguments. Anaconda High School vault and safe burglary reported. losses undetermined. Miles City Odd Fellows plan a new temple across from the courthouse. Great Northern shops at Havre reopen. most of 200 laid-off workers return. Wibaux High student Paul Jackson wins state extemp speaking. Kalispell and Thompson Falls also place. Musselshell County ouster hearings falter. Baker judge presides. Musselshell County official N R MacDonald and B L Wood face no sustained charges. Benny Baum of Anita dies by suicide. Roundup mayoral candidate Lydia Nicholson files petition. first candidate from the Fair 80x to seek office.
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