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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1929
Page
4
Advertisement lists subscription prices in advance for one year at $2.50 and three months at 65 cents. The item notes Dillon Post Office handling through mail service as second class matter.
Dillon churches offer a swift service schedule with a Christmas concert featuring soprano Naomi Hildreth and a choir performing Hail Happy Morn Christ Is Risen. The choir lists soprano Mrs J Jeppson and Naomi Hildreth along with altos tenors and basses, directed by Mrs B J Gunderson with Jane Herndon on piano and Marguerite David on violin.
Sunrise prayers at 7:00 a.m. followed by Sunday School at 10:00 and Morning Worship at 11:00 with organ voluntary and hymns. Easter cantata The Crucified features Dr. F. H. Bimrose and Miss Vivian Robe among soloists and choirs with Miss Florence Lewis at organ and Miss Katherine Van Noy at piano.
Confessions were heard Wednesday afternoon and evening. High Mass on Maundy Thursday at 7 o'clock with the Procession and Adoration all day. Good Friday Masses at 7 and 8 with the seven last words and Stations of the Cross. Baptismal Blessing on Saturday. Easter Masses at 8 and 10:20. Choir to sing St Cecilia Mass.
The Lutheran church announces a confirmation class meeting this Saturday and Easter services at 9:30 a.m. at the Episcopal church conducted by Rev. Foss. Lutherans are asked to cooperate to ensure a successful day.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds Sunday School every Sunday at 10 30 A M.
The Christian Science Society invites the public to attend worship services every Sunday at 11 o'clock on Sebree Street.
The article notes black pepper is native to the forests of Travancore and Malabar and was introduced to Java Sumatra Borneo Malay Peninsula Siam Philippines and the West Indies through historical trade and cultivation.
The article notes a lumberman who owned mills at Argenta and operated a stage station shipping lumber to Virginia City Helena Deer Lodge and Salmon Idaho. Ox team trains served mining and building needs during the silver rush. High mountain altitude affected his health and prompted sale of properties in 1873 to seek better education for his family.
The obituary recalls William Sturgis whose ventures spanned Montana mining, rail travel, and real estate. He helped locate the Hecla silver mine near Glendale in 1873, sold it to Knippenburg Co. for about 100000, and later pursued sheep and property ventures in Kansas and New Mexico. He died at his Florida home after a long active life. Surviving relatives include daughter Mrs Kate P Lynn of Dillon and grandson Henry Sturgiss Trask of Missoula.
Laura T. Scott of Armstead led a local assembly to declare Two Forks the state’s most historic site. The report highlights Lewis and Clark’s camp from August 17 to 24 1805 and its pivotal role in exploration, trade, and the expedition’s future route. Beaverhead D A R members including Mrs. Fred Woodside attended the conference.
The article notes that Changing East motor cars are nearly as common in large Chinese cities as in the past. It cites taxicab services in Canton Peking Hongkong and Shanghai and states mandarins mostly own cars with thousands of American cars sold in China in recent years.
Reward of 1000 dollars offered for evidence leading to convictions of anyone unlawfully butchering or stealing beef or veal on the Big Hole Horse Prairie Grasshopper Centennial Red Rock or Black Tail ranges. Report evidence to W. C. Orr sheriff or D. V. Erwin stock Srispestons Adv
The ldtest estimates place the North Star 300 light years away from Earth. If the star stopped emitting light now, Earth would not notice for 300 years.
A Kalama zoo Gazette quip notes a telephone operator who inherited a fortune but lost it in Monte Carlo due to habit of dialing wrong numbers. The lighthearted line reflects on luck and misdialed calls.
WANTS AND FOR SALE listing: 15 Mammoth Bronze turkeys including hens and one tom offered by Mrs W E Roberts. Also Purebred Rhode Island Red and Wyandotte eggs for setting from C M Hanson. Ad appears in the November 12 issue.
The public health service advises any comfortable sleeping position as satisfactory. It states sleeping on the right side is better than the left to reduce heart strain, while sleeping on the back may press the abdominal aorta and cause bad dreams in some cases.
The Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Association announces a one hundred dollar reward to any private individual for the arrest and conviction of anyone collecting bounty funds illegally, excluding regular law officers. The notice runs in the Adv on November 4.
The text notes eggs used as food in all ages. Ancient Far East shepherds carried eggs in a sling. Homer mentions Romans starting meals with eggs. Eggs likely formed a main food for primitive mankind.
On April 26, 1929 at 2 o clock in the afternoon the State Bank and Trust Company will sell at public auction on Montana Street Dillon Montana near Western Wholesale Grocery Companys warehouse all described personal property or as much as needed to cover $69 storage plus sale costs. Items include stove, engine parts, tools, pipes, coal oil can funnel pump jack coke coal and miscellaneous fittings. Dated March 28 1929 by A L Stone president.
Mary B Kenison has filed for probate of W E Kenison's last will in Beaverhead County Montana. A hearing is set in Dillon Court on April 12 1929 at 10 oclock a m for interested persons to object or file written objections. Clerk Fred Rife issues the notice dated March 28 1929. Ads 13 15
Notice records Anthony Dixon of Dillon Montana filing final proof to establish a land claim in several sections of Township 7 West, Montana Meridian. The hearing takes place May 1, 1929 before Fred Rife, with witnesses Angel Brown Frank McLean Fred Hoyrup and Ernest Duble, all of Dillon. M. D. Nicholson, Register.
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