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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1912
Page
3
Mrs Claud Jones a sales lady for Hart Albin company was taken into custody on a charge of grand larceny for stealing dry goods valued about 2000. She reportedly confessed and is held on 2500 bond awaiting preliminary hearing Thursday. Police found silk goods party dresses cloaks ribbons gloves and other items cached in the home.
Health board secretary Dr T D Tuttle notes Madison County objections to dairy rules during fall and winter while census shows the county posting the highest cleanliness scores in the state. He quips that people and dogs both holler before they are hurt as critics continue to push back on enforcement.
Virginia City resident H. C. Pruitt, employed at the Fairview mine, was arrested in Sheridan on the 13th by Sheriff N. J. Trauffer on a warrant for the larceny of a horse owned by Seymour Thompson of Ruby Valley. He was arraigned before Justice P. P. Gould in Twin Bridges with bonds set at five hundred dollars and remains in county jail if bond is not posted.
Glendive citizens hear of a new oil prospecting venture after John Johns and associates win a city council franchise to pipe gas within Glendive. The backers fund a complete drilling plant on the way, to be put in operation promptly to pursue oil and gas finds.
A new effort aims to plat a residential addition to Twin Bridges. The land lies across the Beaverhead River and just south of the fair grounds.
Mrs. Margaret Leys wife of a prominent Butte businessman died the 11th at Hamilton at the home of her daughter Mrs. John Barron after a period of failing health.
Hugh Tillman of San Antonio praises Dr King’s New Life Pills for vitality and energy. He and his wife endorse the remedy for stomach and liver issues and note it sells for 25 cents at Potts the Druggist.
An unknown man believed to be John Handrahan was killed instantly May 16 when he fell from a Short Line train one mile north of Maiden Rock and was ground to pieces by passing car coaches.
Justice Eli Cherry of Gillis Millis Tennessee feared a leg sore was cancer until Bucklens Arnica Salve cured it. The ad claims it heals burns ulcers and more for 25 cents at Potts the Druggist. Henry Ferris of Hadar Nebraska, one of ten children, praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs after 20 years of use.
Readers praise Chambel ain's Cough Remedy as sales climb and voluntary testimonials accrue. The ad urges parents and individuals with coughs or colds to try the product and note its presumed benefits.
The heaviest flow of range cattle into Montana in years is underway with about 75000 head expected to pass through Billings to northern ranges. Cattle loaded at Huachita New Mexico have already sent 81 carloads to Billings, with shippers requesting remaining stock be unloaded there before sending 1200 head to Cascade County by Great Northern cars this morning.
The Houston blaze last Sunday caused extensive damage with no fatalities reported. Other items note a Danish royal succession, a $140000 robbery near Hatchburg, and a chain of local incidents from drownings to legal judgments.
The Helena Record reports that the state land office collected 47936.42 dollars in the first half of May and forwarded the amount to the state treasurer. The funds were apportioned among multiple programs including common school funds, the Morris act agricultural college fund, deaf and dumb funds, capital building, schools of mines, normal school, reform school, and university accounts, with specific dollar allocations for each.
Dr Edwin Boone Craighead head chosen by a state board committee to succeed Dr Duniway at the University of Montana arrived from the south where he leads Tulane University of Louisiana. The full board offered him the presidency at five thousand dollars annually, five hundred more than the outgoing salary, after conferring with the committee.
Helena dispatch reports the second battalion fourteenth infantry payroll of $7000 was stolen from a safe in the quartermaster department between Wednesday and this morning. Colonel R H Wilson said only that an investigation is in progress. The safe had been guarded by soldiers since the money was placed there.
Mrs J E Cox of Joliet Illinois credits Dr King s New Discovery with delivering her from typhoid pneumonia and near death after severe coughing spells. She says the remedy cured her cough and saved her life with a trial bottle offered by Potts the Druggist. Chamberlain s Liniment is recommended for back pain from rheumatism and sold by dealers.
Lem Betz a longtime local rancher died May 20 after he and a hired man drove a runaway steer. Betz was thrown when his horse tangled in a wire and struck his head on the ground, breaking his neck. he died before assistance arrived.
Poor appetite signals impaired digestion. A few doses of Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets will strengthen digestion and improve appetite. Thousands have benefited by taking these Tablets. Sold by all dealers.
The three year old daughter of C L Anderson a Great Northern brakeman living near Kalispell drowned in two feet of water in a Stillwater river slough. The mother found the body within twenty minutes of the child wandering from an open gate. The drowning appeared instant.
A proposal to abolish the San Francisco New Orleans and Carson City mints and the Boise Deadwood Helena Seattle and Salt Lake assay offices failed in the house last week by a vote of 92 to 1.
IHC gasoline engines are thoroughly tested before leaving the factory ensuring dependable performance. The ad urges buyers to visit their local dealer, calling the engine a safe and inexpensive long term investment.
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