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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1923
Page
8
Fred Chapman, a Dillon native formerly with the Montana Mercantile Company, visited from Deer Lodge this week. He led the Deer Lodge Cleaning Works before moving back to Deer Lodge, arriving Wednesday morning and greeting many friends here.
A party of government surveyors arrived a week ago and will spend much of the summer surveying townships in Beaverhead county. Most work will occur in the Big Hole basin where the issuance of several patents has been delayed pending township surveys.
Ford sold 41,681 one ton trucks in Q1 setting a new record and surpassing early forecasts. Bud Galt of Beaverhead Motors notes rapid adoption in commercial and agricultural sectors due to reliability and efficiency. March figures reached 18,717, over 1,000 more than Q1 1922 and 50 percent higher than February sales.
The Dillon area features shop notices and personal visits with Tattersall's ads for carpets and sewing machines, Beaverhead Motors Co and Fors gren’s Grocery promotions, and multiple residents visiting Butte Missoula and Helena. Readers report garden showers, shopping trips, travel plans, and community events over the week.
Mr and Mrs J E Shaw traveled from the Shaw ranch near Wisdom to attend the county Federation of Women’s Clubs convention held last Saturday. Mrs Shaw serves as president of the federation.
A Marmon car consigned to S. B. Carruthers at Butte burned in a Laurel freight car during transit from Billings to Butte. The railroad will replace the car. one more was shipped from Pendleton. Carruthers, Marmon Hudson and Essex dealer, reported two other cars unloaded at Billings. The fire’s cause is unknown but may have been a spark from Laurel yard engine.
A list of communities including Cut Bank Browning Whitefish Columbia Falls Kalispell Polson St Ignatius Rowan and the Catholic high school in Butte referenced in the text.
Trustees decide to hold the formal opening of the Barrett Hospital on June 9 and plan an open house in the afternoon and evening. A program will be announced later and the board intends to invite the public through the papers.
Morris Richter of the United States Public Health Service in Washington presented an educational film titled The Science of Life to Normal college students at convocation. He was joined by Lucien Benepe of the State Board of Health in Helena.
Helena announces a $217,000 contract for the construction of the Red Lodge Rosebud irrigation project. The award covers trenching piping and related work to support regional irrigation needs. Work progresses under state supervision and funding terms.
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