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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1935
Page
4
The item reports a potential Dillon federal building contract next month and notes broad national concerns from dole reform to road safety. It mentions heavy rains moisturizing Eastern Colorado, rising metal prices blamed on speculators, and lighthearted quips about travelers and signs near Dillon.
A mix of local items from Banmiack and nearby places including a Major Hoople anecdote, fines for noisy milk sellers, a St. Paul weather swing with snow, vandalized district signage, and preservation pleas for D A R landmarks. Also mentions a steeple jack repainting the court house flagpole and Memorial Day readiness.
A Times Hammond column mocks the jay-walker and his brother the jay-buyer who chase cheaper radios and wholesale prices. It notes the wasted time and higher risk of dodging crosswalks and contrasts with buying from reputable merchants whose guarantees protect income. It ends with a London superstition about Friday ships and a doomed maiden voyage.
Havre Daily News notes farmer pressures under federal sugar program. A Milk River valley grower faces a compulsory AAA contract to sell beets, risking loss of sale to mills unless he cooperates. The piece likens coercion to a Turkish recruiting party and cites broader farm debt and policy control. Mrs. Edna Wheat and John Holm attended Shelly Idaho funeral services for Holm’s elder brother.
Hon. W A Clark returns from Washington says Montana’s path to statehood remains uncertain yet not hopeless. News notes a courthouse meeting to form a hook and ladder company, a large cattle roundup on Horse Prairie and Grasshopper, a Marysville miners strike for ten-hour shifts, Utah Northern freight trains stalled, and Hartwig theatre promotes Nancy Carell and George Mare in a romantic ideal love story with new admission prices and family night.
From the Tribune May 8 1895 George Tash and his brother William opened a new meat market in Barmack this week with plans for delivery wagons to outside camps. Also noted are sweet girl graduates choosing commencement gowns and a chain gang of about a dozen prisoners improving streets and alleys.
A German submarine sinks the Lusitania off the Irish coast, one of Cunard’s largest liners. More than 1,000 people are believed dead, including many prominent Americans. In other news, Judge Joseph B. Poindexter is named Montana attorney general by Governor Sam Stewart. State Normal college graduates 34 students this month.
Multiple notices merge, including estate creditor claims for Melinda Dishno and Harriett Dart and a quiet title suit in Beaverhead County. Executors request creditors to file claims within four and ten months, while the Merrill versus Neville case seeks to quiet title on Lots 1 and 2, Block 4, Beaverhead County Montana.
The Quartz Hill Mining Company led by Selden S. Rodgers has applied for patents on multiple lode mining claims in Beaverhead County Montana. Notices detail Gray Belle South Star Ruby Silver and related lodes with descriptions, areas, and conflicts, plus dates of first and last publications.
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