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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
2
Helena musician C. H. Wright sues St. Peter's Episcopal Church for 16000 dollars claiming wrongful discharge from the choir reader post at 1500 dollars a year and that the rector harmed his professional reputation by accusing him of intoxication and unfitness for duties.
At a Twin Bridges school board meeting the motion to re-employ the same teaching corps was carried. W A Wyatt remains principal with Phoebe Williams as intermediate teacher and Sallie Batterton as primary.
Spring colds can exhaust nerves and invite illness. Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough and expels the cold. City Drug Store.
A. McDonald of Dillon has begun work on the auditorium at the state orphans home in Twin Bridges. The building will adjoin the recently erected schoolhouse completed two years ago.
Governor Edwin Norris appoints J M Kennedy of Butte to head the bureau of child and animal protection succeeding Otto Schoenfeldt. The appointment takes effect June 1. Kennedy is a longtime Helena figure who has served in both house and senate.
Public health notice warns that pneumonia and consumption can begin with a cold. Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as a cure for obstinate coughs and colds and as a preventive remedy. Refuse substitutes. City Drug Store.
Helena April 28 The Masonic committee in charge of the home at the Gamer ranch site has instructed J P Ketchum to start building immediately. The red brick structure with cement trim is planned at an estimated cost of 35000 dollars.
An advertisement claims the kidneys filter blood impurities and Foley's Kidney Remedy will restore health by making the kidneys healthy. The copy urges immediate use from the drug store.
Samuel Ogden city marshal of Sheridan was bound over to await district court action for the killing of Fritz Flick on April 6. Judge N D Johnson admitted bail at seven thousand five hundred dollars and the bond was to be furnished immediately.
H G James of Castle Butte near Lewistown died at five this morning by self-inflicted gunshot. He wrote a note to his wife saying he could not sleep before firing a Winchester rifle in the yard.
Advertisement claims Foley's Urino Laxative cures chronic constipation and aids digestion by stimulating the liver and bowels. It promises restoration of natural organ action, gentle on the stomach, and urges starting today at the city drug store with no substitutes.
United States Judge Hunt issued an order directed at typographical unions in Helena Butte Livingston and Anaconda the Montana Federation of Labor and the Anaconda Clerk's union to show cause on a forthcoming Saturday why a restraining order should not be issued in this city.
The Butterick Publishing Company of New York charges the defendants with injuring its trade by threatening boycotts against merchants handling its products. Several firms named in the complaint are alleged to have been coerced. Damages of 10000 dollars are demanded in the suit.
Helena dealers shift to thirty day terms citing rising wholesale prices and demand for prompt settlement by jobbers. This move tightens credit as merchants adjust to cost pressures and payment schedules.
An advertisement urges readers to use Foley's Kidney Remedy at once to prevent Bright's disease or diabetes in children. It warns that delay strengthens the disease and promotes immediate purchase at City Drug Store.
J Herbert Anderson of Spokane chief owner of the Panhandle smelter at Pend d Oreille Idaho visited Helena and said the plant will treat 250 tons of ore daily by May 15 and immediate work will begin to enlarge the plant once furnaces are blown in.
The University of Washington track and field team defeated the University of Montana in Missoula yesterday afternoon by 8 points, closing the dual meet with a narrow victory.
The article claims climate-related illnesses vary by altitude with fevers at high elevations and malaria at lower levels. It promotes Electric Bitters as the best remedy for lassitude malaria jaundice biliousness fever ague and general debility, sold with a guarantee at Pott's drug store for 50 cents.
The Northern Pacific Railway offers 500 dollars for the arrest and conviction of the bandits who attempted to hold up the North Coast Limited near Homestake, about 15 miles east of Butte.
James Gallagher sues the Northern Pacific for 1500 dollars claiming he was put off a train between Butte and Missoula and forced to sleep on the ground after the conductor refused to honor his ticket from Butte to Sanders. A similar case, Frank Sanders, resulted in a 5000 dollar jury verdict.
E Humphrey of Omega Ohio, president of Adams County Telephone Co and Home Telephone Co of Pike County, praises Dr. King's New Discovery for his cough saying it saved his life. The ad claims the medicine heals throat and chest sores and weakness and offers 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with a free trial at Pott's drug store.
Twin Bridges reports Fred Shulg sells 6,000 Shulz sheep to John Lovell of Dillon for about $20,000. The lot includes 1,000 old ewes, 1,000 yearling wethers, and 3,000 wether lambs valued at $2.75 to $3.50 per head.
Cedar View merchant B G Stewart touts Dr King’s New Life Pills promising buyers get gold worth value for relief from constipation malaria or biliousness. Sold under guarantee at Pott's drug store for 25 cents. 1 m
Helena April 28 Attorney General Galen states that for road railroad crossings only raising the road to rail height is needed if the road is built after the railroad if built before the railroad the company must restore the crossing to its prior condition and maintain it at its own expense in Kalispell county matters Getty's opinion to County Attorney McKeown says the same.
State Historical society secretary S Bell reports receiving from Judge L L Callaway the mask worn by George Towers, the self confessed train robber, from a Boulder trial. The corded silk brown mask measures about a foot square with eyeholes cut by knife and a silk rubber cord to secure it. The incident relates to the North Coast Limited holdup near home stake that killed Engineer Clow about a year ago.
Deputy Mine Inspector Wm. Orem reports that since mines reopened on March 1 there has been only one fatality and very few minor accidents, indicating improved safety in the local mining conditions.
Helena April 27 The forest service with the Northern Pacific company will continue last year’s program to estimate timber quantity and value on railroad lands within the forest reserve. Karl M Woodward leads the effort with 25 assistants. The investigations likely require three years to complete.
Gov Edwin Norris from Dillon will depart Helena May 7 for Washington arriving May 11. He and other governors are invited to a May 13–15 Conference on the Conservation of the Natural Resources with President Roosevelt in the East Room. Norris and Mrs Norris will also attend a White House dinner May 12.
Butte April 28 Judge Lynch signed an order authorizing Robert Lyons receiver for the Aetna bank to bring suits against F A Heinze and A B Clements to recover amounts they should hype for their capital stock in the concert.
Arrangements were made to have the Butte Independent baseball club and the School of Mines practice each afternoon on the west-side diamond. Manager Jones of the Independents predicts they will beat Dillon in a majority of the games.
Charles F. Budahn of Tracy California credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing years of itching piles after using two 25 cent boxes. He notes the product, sold under guarantee at Pott’s drug store, as a life changing remedy.
In Butte on April 28 Judge Hunt will hear the Bliss versus Washoe Company case when court opens May 15. The matter has been before Master in Chancery Crane for nearly two years for the taking of evidence in the long running dispute.
Mrs. Harriet A. Crowe of Dillon Montana, aged 67, accuses Mrs. Leonora Pierce aged 19 and Miss Greyta Fulmer aged 22 of extracting nearly 20000 dollars through false spiritualist treatments. Pierce and Fulmer allegedly promised to restore Crowe's sight, leading to repeated payments. investigators say Crowe may not have possessed that amount.
The Armstead ranch of Scott and Decker hosts a pioneering trout project with a dam and water wheel to trap fish in a creek. The Inn draws large crowds from Horse Prairie and beyond, prompting plans to expand stables and facilities. Armstead serves as terminus for the Armstead Polaris traction line and could fuel future growth in the Salmon River region.
The Montana State Sunday School Association in Butte and inter scholastic events in Missoula are offered one and one third fares round trip with attendance of 100 or more paying full fare. See S S Catzurnuns, Agent, for details.
Forty eight war vessels of all classes participate in a major naval demonstration in San Francisco. Excursions via Oregon Short Line offer low round trip rates with a 30 day limit. See O S S agents for further particulars.
A notice offers a $100 reward and a $160 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those robbing or molesting sheep, cat tips, and related livestock. The poster is Henry Thompson, jailed for 133 months.
Health officer announces a ten dollar reward for information leading to conviction of quarantine regulation violators. It outlines penalties of up to one hundred dollar fines or imprisonment, and lists common violations including concealing disease, failing to report, and leaving quarantined premises. Signed by M A Warner, M D, County Health Officer, Dillon Montana.
A janitor at Galley’s door explains he cannot make it warm due to cold conditions. Galley, who has been out all night, insists that his wife will arrive soon. The exchange occurs in Philadelphia and is reported by the Philadelphia Ledger.
A fragmented note shows the farmer Jones speaking to an amateur hunter with dialect hints about water and a sinking object. The snippet preserves local voice and ambiguous action without clear events or dates.
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