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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
4
The Tribune Pub Co warns subscribers that per post office rules subscriptions must be prepaid by January 1, 1908. Papers unpaid will lose second class mailing privileges and be charged one cent per copy. Receipts for six months’ prepayment are required before the deadline.
W E Harmon states Montana funds education without federal support, noting 1.5 million in permanent school funds growing toward 2 million, 35 high schools with 15 free county schools, 3 counties with 73 000 census children and 1 800 teachers. He cites 6 month terms, 1 million for teacher salaries, 82000 for libraries and 39000 for apparatus, plus 1000 school houses and annual expenditure of 1.75 million dollars. He warns future regret over road spending and envisions airship travel becoming common, forecasting aerial navigation as routine and inspiring airship displays at fairs and ongoing flying innovations.
The piece praising progress in heavier than air machines notes flights of six to thirty eight miles at ten to forty miles per hour and predicts widespread future use. It urges keeping bridges repaired and discusses Fourth of July celebrations, anticipated visitor crowds, and planting shade trees to create a nearby park for Dillon residents.
The article urges visitors to Dillon to see the new fair grounds and notes Beaverhead county aims to host one of the state’s best annual county fairs. It praises local climate, mentions other city teams, reports a dandelion killer method, and cites a July 3 hangings, a sugar beet prize, and a bleacher collapse injuring Louis Wells with broken legs.
A collage of brief items from Montana journals notes diverse topics. Banter on a panic in the East, questions about health foods and a new motor vehicle, local boasts of prosperity, and critiques of public figures appear alongside social quips, food observations, weather quirks, and Thanksgiving proclamations.
The library board announced a substantial addition of new books including Mr. Carewe's Carter, The Shepherd of the Hills, Adventures in Contentment, Beowulf, Mexico and Her People, The Art of the Greeks, and several juvenile titles. The collection aims to strengthen the city library, already notable for its size and resources.
At a Cross Country club meeting held after the race Spider Coe urged continued summer training for the eastern meet at Princeton next fall. Six runners will be selected to represent Michigan next year and G. A. Dull was unanimously elected captain.
Professor R W Fisher of the Montana State Bozeman station outlines an inexpensive dandelion control method. Use a three gallon sprayer, spray when leaves are dry, and apply iron sulphate at 1.5 to 2 pounds per gallon. Do not let mix stand long, strain before spraying, repeat about every six weeks, and keep lawn well watered.
The undersigned offers a 25 dollar reward for locating several horses described as a buckskin mare and a buckskin gelding with branding of a bow and arrow on the left shoulder, a bay filly with similar branding, all linked to Nicholas Prown in Bannack Montana. The note is dated 22 2.
Public health notice warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury which can destroy smell and derange the system. Recommends Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as a safe internal remedy. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation with testimonials available.
Next Sunday morning the uniformed Knights Templar Masons will attend church services at the Presbyterian church in a body. Rev. Dr. A B Martin, pastor and Sir Knight, prepares a fine sermon while the choir plans special music. The general public is invited.
The GoLpEN Rue Store at THE Fair will close at 10 30 tomorrow morning Saturday May 30 and reopen at 3 00 pm on Memorial Day, Exigu- Bros.
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