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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1921
Page
4
Melrose reports include Master Earnest Taylor home recovering from a severe cough. Community notes note visits, farming changes, gatherings, and various health updates, with residents traveling to Butte and Salt Lake seeking care or engagement. A St Patrick Day Ladies Aid meeting and a March 19 dance are highlighted amidst family news and regional movements.
Dr William Durant argues in Milwaukee that dreams expose primal urges, including aggression toward enemies and the mother-in-law. He cites Freud on civilization repressing pugnacity and sexuality and claims hypocrisy and polite mendacity define civilization.
A proposed use of wireless telegraphy to determine the precise 129th degree longitude between South and West Australia. Time signals from a high power station between Greenwich and Sydney would be received at both locations to fix the line, with observatories worldwide testing signals from Lyons France and other sites. The United States and Britain are invited to cooperate in this first step toward a comprehensive longitudinal survey of Australia.
Hungarian immigrant Dertatin Barna recalls life in Budapest in The World's Work essay. He describes a bank position, daily flakker rides, and the ease of life, contrasted with a pretentious culture of spendthrift living and pressure to maintain caste despite financial strain.
Two ragged youngsters gaze into the cold pool at Columbus Circle in Central Park longing for warmer waters and better times. They lament shrinking coins and fear leaner business next summer, recalling war years as better days.
A motorist questions a traffic officer about a fifty mile an hour citation and asks for a written statement and duplicate copy. He adds he plans to pay the fine then try to sell his small bus, in a Birmingham Age-Herald style exchange.
On a farm near Spartanburg South Carolina fruit trees planted in dynamite craters produced five times the yield of trees in spade dug holes. Cotton and corn also thrived when land was worked with explosives, according to the report.
Eucalette Rice left for Cottonwood Idaho last Wednesday. Whetstones visited Butte for dental work. James Hays blasts rocks to ease feeding ground. Fabie brothers delay irrigation due to cold. Lester Rice traveled to Butte last week. Otto Christenson hosts dinners for Dillon guests including Field Nelson Keenan Miller and Nelson. Gardner neighbors carded Saturday night. Mrs Hinsen and Young party guests. Dinner hosted for Christenson and O Allen families. G B Whetstone moved to Cosentino house. Henry Rogers hauled poles from Farlin. Christenson shopped in Dillon. Miller’s brother Earnest reports father ill. School dismissed for sickness. H H Pigott and Hood shopped in Dillon. Town preparing for Garrison entertainment. Burt Siria attended Dillon on business.
Nicholia reports March activity with Kennison returning to Dillon on March 11 and Mrs. Carrie Jacobs visiting from Dillon. Local motoring between Nicholia and Dell is good while the Nicholia Debating Society hosted an event on March 10 with a geography recital and a fire versus water debate.
The girls style show by the house economics department drew a large crowd last Wednesday evening. Speaking parts included Maureen Desmond Frances Bimrose Clela Black Kathryn Golding Beatrice Christman. Models listed include Lillian Stabler Anna Miller Annabel Desmond Heys nke Hirshman Jewell Clapp Mary Patterson Martha Featherly Zelma Carruthers Josephine Cushing Hollie Staudaker Lenora Carney Muriel Roe Velma Judge Ruth Pendleton. A piano solo by Daisy Moran a reading by Miss Numbers and a song by the glee club followed the main act. Miss Fulkerson may present the show at the Normal college soon.
The team receives a royal welcome on return from Bozeman with a student body parade and a dinner hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Ryburn. A dance at the high school gym honors the squad as the blue and gold pennant and last year’s silver basketball are displayed. Three players earn all state honors while the team finishes third and eyes an upcoming interclass tournament.
A correction from Apex states last week's note about a surprise party referred to Otto Christensen. The event honored Mr. and Mrs. Geo Whetstone at their home with a large crowd, lunch, cards, and a school benefit collection. Carroll brothers feed cattle at Rice's. Jakes move to Spur ranch. signed A Reader.
Glen Station news reports surveying crews visited the valley and across the river for a proposed dam for power. Local residents Carl Hartwig John Sharkey and others travel to Dillon Swan Lake and Storm Park for business and livestock shipments.
A recital is scheduled in the Normal auditorium on Friday evening March 18 at 8 15 p m. Participants include pupils of Miss Mabel Lee Hatch with the Normal Glee Club directed by Miss Pauline Van de Walker. Dances are directed by Mrs Jolly. The public is invited to attend.
Gospel meetings are in progress at the Methodist Presbyterian church and will continue through Easter day. Rev. Hubert Woods from Joliet Montana, a skilled vocalist and speaker, assists the local pastor. Woods excels as soloist and chorus leader. Public is invited.
A men’s meeting is set for Sunday afternoon March 20 at three o’clock at the Methodist church. Rev. Hubert Woods will deliver the principal address. The event promises high order with excellent music and wood noted as having done significant work in this field in large centers.
Beav erhead students stayed home but supported the squad in every game as finals approached. The Chateau game score stunned many while Missoula’s early leads caused heart flutters. Beaverhead staged another dramatic second half comeback and Dillon won third place, fueling pride in the 1921 team’s clean, fast reputation nationwide.
Beaverhead County High will substitute baseball for track this spring due to low interest in track and field. Training will begin soon and there will be no interscholastic games next week.
Geo A Tidland visits relatives Ruth MacFarlane and Gale Tidland in town and leaves Thursday. Florence Harrington departs for Butte before teaching near Helena. A recital by Miss Hatch pupils and the college glee club features violin by Miss Finch. The Wearing of the Green and Edith Wagner Irish song performed. Anna Busch travels to Butte then Twin Bridges after graduation. Examinations run Wednesday to Thursday noon, commencement at 8 15 Wednesday. YWCA presents The Merry Merry Cuckoo Saturday at eight thirty. Interclass tournament results show Senior first team 25 24 over an opponent, Junior first 29 11, Junior second 19 11 and 16 10.
The Hopi Indians of the Southwest are renowned for pottery made without the potter’s wheel. The United States Bureau of Standards is assisting by proposing improved methods and a cheap black stain superior to their current one. The Hopis have welcomed the help and the Navajos may also benefit in blanket making and silver ornaments.
A chemical treatment for baled cotton makes it flame and spark proof while aiding rapid drying if exposed to weather. The process could protect an average of 20,000 bales yearly lost to fire before marketing and would benefit warehouse storage of this highly valuable crop.
Beary van Dyke reflects that fortunes stem from a higher wisdom and kindness, teaching us to be brave steady temperate and hopeful through life s uncertainties. He urges belief in a guiding providence and blessing behind all events.
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