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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1929
Page
1
Miss Edna Stewart deputy in the county superintendent of schools office sustained a painful eye injury when a curling iron slipped. She planned to visit Dell for the weekend but sought medical care in Butte on Monday and returned to Dillon with no ill effects anticipated.
A brief piece set in a grocery store with a clerk Mrs Whatsername and a vagrant Spring Breeze. The breeze inspires vivid daydreams of nature and fishing as the clerk aims to complete the grocery list and stay focused.
Theodore Allen, 21, who had recently moved from Baker, died at Barrett hospital from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He and companion J Moran were in the Hartwig theatre gallery when the pistol discharged. Allen later died after being taken to his room and then to the hospital. Moran was questioned but unclear on how the gun discharged. Allen’s father, a Baker plumber, arrived as the body was shipped for interment.
Marjorie Carroll from the senior class won the Montana Auto Supply sponsored scholarship contest. As a reward for top studies she will receive a ride in Fred Woodside's Waco plane, marking the prize presentation.
Judge George Opp on Tuesday morning sentenced Tom Moia, a Mexican, to 15 days in the county jail for trapping musk rats without a license. Deputy state game warden Charles Price arrested Moia near Dell. he pleaded guilty and paid a $25 fine but chose the jail term.
Beaverhead county approves federal and state highway project from Dillon to Daly’s spur to begin within a week weather permitting. Brown & Sons of Bozeman submitted the low bid of 73963. The work includes two bridges over Ashbaugh slough and Grasshopper creek under separate contracts.
The Barretts area near Barratts station is celebrated for its frontier lore from Lewis and Clark to railroad times. The Beaverhead river cuts between twin cliffs like a fortress and the site marks a historic link between civilization and pioneer outposts. Journal excerpts recount Lewis and Clark’s August 1805 progress near Dillon and Beaverhead as they followed or crossed key landmarks.
The Dillon volunteer fire department received a new American LaFrance truck bought for $5,000. Fire chief Lindley Phillips tested it and found the vehicle satisfactory. The truck features a 40 gallon chemical tank, extinguishers, 150 feet of hose, two ladders, and a lighting system for versatile illumination.
Joseph Akin of Dillon died Tuesday night in a west side cabin, strangled by a coughing spell amid a severe cold. His body was found early Wednesday by cabinmate John Howe, coroner James Phillips noting no inquest. Akin, 51, born in Kentucky, had worked as a herder and ranch hand. remains shipped to a sister in Aberdeen, Mississippi.
At the elimination contest held Thursday evening at the high school auditorium Miss Virginia Randolf was chosen to represent Beaverhead at the series contest in Butte. Susan Hand placed second and will act as alternate. Miss Randolph, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Don B Randolph, won cash prizes of 10 and 7.50 for best oration while Hand won 5.
Donald Light of Dillon son of Prof and Mrs Lee R Light earned a coveted Harvard honor by joining the university glee club as one of 42 tenors. The first year student recently trained with the club, which performed at Smith College in Boston.
Sam D Goza, a well known Helena insurance man, was in Dillon this week to visit with his son Ned. Goza recently opened an insurance office in Dillon.
The Parent Teachers Association sponsored a Friday night Orpheum at the normal college auditorium featuring local talent and Edward Fitzgerald of Butte. Highlights included Gregory string orchestra, Helen Hoffman piano solo, two vocal solos, piano duets by Mira Booth and Ralph McFadden, dance by Elizabeth Ballard and Claudia Peterson, Women's Glee Club numbers, and the one act play The Rector performed by a local cast.
The Parent Teachers association met in the old training school assembly room on March 19. Mrs. Tt. E. Luebben led the program with community singing, a Liszt piano piece by Helen Ida Best, and readings by Mrs. Bert Orr. J. H. Gilbert discussed the state meeting in Butte May 16 to 18 and a banquet on the 16th. Isabelle Watson performed a Russian dance. Mrs. Lee Van Etten of Butte spoke on girls scouting. Mary Reardon sang two solos.
The Montana fish and game commission suspended the closed season for Upper and Lower Redrock lakes and the channel between them in Beaverhead County. The order was adopted at the Helena meeting on March 14 and remains in force until further notice, allowing Dillon anglers to fish the waters when roads are negotiable.
Robert Bidstrup returned last week from Ogden where he shipped three carloads of fat hogs. He found a satisfactory market and is noted as a leading pork producer in southwestern Montana.
A youth group formed by St James Episcopal church elected Gilbert Innes president Walter Stephan as vice president Jack Gilbert secretary Bobbie Stephan treasurer and formed an entertainment committee Alden Cashmore Tom Leubben and Warren Stone Jr to arrange the next meeting set for Sunday evening next.
By United Press, St Paul, March 21. Workers on the Northern Pacific railway were granted wage increases ranging from two to five cents per hour.
By United Press Bozeman March 21 Montana State cagers travel to Boulder Colorado to face the University of Colorado Saturday in the first of the conference title games.
United Press reports in Mexico City that federal troops defend Mazatlan as officials confirm the execution of rebel leader Jesus Aguirre, captured and court martialed last night amid rising tensions.
Beaverhead county looks to spring as George Ditty announces the Dillon Horse Sales auction for March 28 led by Col Luther S Smith. The sale features 80 horses and mules including saddle horses and young stock, plus 6 registered Shorthorn bulls 7 registered cows 25 head stock cattle and 60 stock hogs opening at 1:00 PM.
Paris reports France knelt before Marshal Foch, commander of all allied forces in the World War, with his body lying in state. Funeral honors will be among the greatest in French history, to be held Sunday or Monday, with one day set aside for national mourning as grief overshadows pomp.
United Press reports Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Miss Anne Morrow plan a June wedding. The ceremony is expected in Cuernavaca rather than the United States, and the bride’s trousseau is being prepared.
Toronto officials probe a fatal wreck that killed nineteen people yesterday. An engineer is suspected of running a stop signal. Most victims were immigrants traveling west, marking Canada's worst wreck in nearly twenty years.
An explosion at the Linloch mine in Arnassus Pennsylvania today left five miners missing from a group of three hundred. The remaining miners emerged unharmed.
The New York market quoted copper at twenty three and three eighths cents per pound on March 21. The brief market note reports the latest price without broader context.
Rising Mississippi waters push residents of Quincy Illinois to flee their homes as higher floods are forecast. Local authorities warn of worsening conditions and urge precautions.
Butte March 21 Montana bowlers advance to the first championship round tonight. The Mudro team of Butte won last night, continuing their bid for the title.
Oklahoma City March 21 reports lawmakers weigh impeachment against three Supreme Court justices following the removal of Governor Henry Johnston amid circulating rumors.
The Dillon area plans a Holy Week series of noonday services sponsored by the local ministerial association. Opening on Wednesday March 27 Rev F X Leschner of St Rose Catholic church will address Man and Sacrifice with Rotary club support. The series continues Thursday noon with Rev T J Simons on Sacrifice and Everyday Success and Friday with Rev H N Tragitt on The Ultimate Sacrifice led by a 30-voice inter-church choir.
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