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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1924
Page
8
Geologists and oil experts study an odd condition in Toole county as Sunburst field, shut for winter, resumes operations. Contrary to expectations, output increases per well instead of dropping, a phenomenal development attracting attention from the oil industry.
The January February car loadings for horses mules cattle hogs flour and mill stalls fruit vegetables and mining products were notably heavier than the same period in 1923 indicating a stronger movement of agricultural and mining shipments this year.
The Glalys-Belle No 1 well, located north of the Sweetgrass hills near the Canadian border, will be retained as a commercial passer.
Dillon residents and visitors appear throughout a busy weekly page with notices of sales and services. Amanda Crook of Butte seeks a second hand saddle while many merchants promote carpets, sewing machines, and home goods at Tattersalls. locals like Miss Elvere va Langgort visit Missoula and Butte on family from Dillon.
Report notes high grade silver ore added weekly at Argenta and rooking mines. Horse Prairie Stock Herd Association roundup this week. spring roundup expected around 9 000 head including Grasshopper creek cattle. A publicized talking match between John S. Fletcher and William C. Blais is planned with stakes of money and no alcohol, aiming to prove who is the longer winded speaker.
The Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Association and the Montana Livestock Commission will pay two dollars for every coyote pup caught within their jurisdictions from April 15 to July 1. The notice outlines a two dollar bounty per pup.
A light snow last Monday broke a long spring dry spell. It melted by Tuesday but left a greener valley and fresh ground for planting. The weather was not severe enough to hurt sheepmen, who are busy with lambing at the time.
An old advertisement offers a ten cent bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds to readers who mail the cutout and ten cents to Foley & Co. in Chicago. It promises free sample Foley Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets and urges trying the remedies from Potts, the druggist.
Prices paid for produce include butter at 20 to 80 cents per pound and potatoes at 50 to 65 cents per cwt. Wheat 70 to 8?c per cwt. Oats 70 to 85 cents per cwt. Timothy baled 9 to 11 dollars, Bluejoint 8 to 9, Wild hay 6.50 to 7.50, Alfalfa 7.00 to 7.50. Also coyotes: Willard boys and Tom Wilson bounty skins, largest litter in county, six feet digging, thirty dollars per animal once paid.
Henry Cushing longtime Dillon resident died last Saturday morning at his home on South Railroad avenue. The notice notes his prominence among early West settlers and his role in the community.
Don Thiel of Fort Wayne Indiana reports Foley Pills give a good night's sleep in a couple of hours after taking a couple of pills. The ad notes Foley Pills as a diuretic stimulant for the kidneys and claims prompt action.
Readable fragments indicate Montana State Normal College opens its summer session with eleven students enrolled. Governor B. F. White is mentioned in connection to the event.
Glasgow reports The Valley Transfer Co is erecting a new office and warehouse building, signaling expansion in local logistics and storage capacity.
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