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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1929
Page
8
Argenta residents hosted and visited relatives across families including the Barnes French and Knapp networks. Local shorings cover the completion of the Argenta flume, summer visitors from Butte, moving cattle for John Alberts, and a Stockmen’s convention trip to Butte.
Camas Nelson George Clemon Sanford Shepard and Lou Harrup visited Wisdom for the Grand Master’s official session at the Wisdom Masonic Lodge. The Nelsons drove to Dillon for several days of business and visiting friends. Tuesday was poppy day in Jackson with the Woman's club selling to aid disabled soldiers for the American Legion. Mr and Mrs John Krause hosted a 6 pm dinner with Misses Fousard and Peterson, soon returning home. Fritz Walchle and Dave Pendergast’s households shared Wednesday dinner. The Jackson Bridge club gathered at Mrs Harry Lapham’s Wednesday afternoon.
Grant James and John Prohosky left for their saw mill on upper Medicine Lodge for a few weeks. George Hughes went to Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. Several townspeople traveled to Dillon Armstead Grant and Butte for business or social activities including a dance at the Grant hall and a Neighbors club gathering.
Local event promoters promise the biggest Fourth of July celebration with wide street displays and live music. Organizers urge families to bring children and spouses for a daytime to night program featuring fireworks and community games.
Among the Bannack people who attended the funeral were Mrs Mason Simpkins Mrs Sophia Goodspeed Tom Underwood Will Ashworth Forest Herr and Frank Goyer C W Stallings heads to Mayo Brothers for treatment Joe Collins of Ketchum Idaho visited his mother Mrs Sophia Goodspeed in Butte Fielding Graves visits his aunt Mrs C W Stallings Will Ashworth heads to Hecla for the summer Miss Minnie Gordon of Dillon visits Bannack Jack Schwartz is out of town on business
Dillon may become a daily stop on the Great Falls Salt Lake air mail route as negotiations proceed for designation. National Parks Airway official Felix Steinle says passenger planes will soon begin daily landings at the Dillon field, accelerating plans for mail service and field upgrades.
Mr and Mrs Charles O Walker and their daughter from Sheridan paid a visit to Dillon this week. Mr Walker is editor of the Sheridan Forum.
A well known lecturer tells Irvin S Cobb tale of a farm boy who pulls out stranded cars for a dollar each. He notes the boy works all day and nights drawing water for the mudhole to recover for the next day’s business.
From Indianapolis May 29 thirty three drivers qualified for the five hundred mile race tomorrow trials denied to nine others today Ups reports in Washington May 29 the finance committee will open tariff hearings June 11 for about six weeks conference committees agree to limit debenture provisions from farm bill
A mob drags Joe Boxley from jail and lynches him after accusing him of assaulting Mrs. Johnnie James wife of a county magistrate. In South Bend Indiana three holdups kidnap Richard Johnson bank president and a taxi driver before locking them in a basement and taking $13,000.
Washington reports from the census bureau show that marriages fell and divorces rose across the United States in the previous year, reflecting shifts in family life and demographics.
Old Orchard Maine May 29 report French monoplane Yellow Bird retired to field after a leaky gas tank. The attempt to fly to France is postponed for a few days. American monoplane Greenflash nearly crashed during takeoff as it attempted to reach France and plans another try today.
In Butte on May 29 two couples were held up when stopping to assist two men fighting an overturned car. The bandits forced the couples to drive to Butte and threatened death if any stopped where sheriffs were inspecting vehicles.
A national women’s organization opposing prohibition but favoring temperance was organized in Chicago with leaders from twenty six states planning a fall convention.
Chicago dispatch reports two heat related deaths in the middle west as enduring high temperatures persist. Officials caution residents to seek shade and stay hydrated amid the heat wave.
Sacramento May 29 Authorities are questioning G. F. Franklin 60 regarding charges raised by his children that he killed his wife and son near Porterville in 1928.
In early Massachusetts court records from 1099 the General Court bans lace and superfluities, forbids lace on garments, limits sleeve length and garment width, and restricts tailoring for women to combat pride and expense, per the Kansas City Star.
A meditation on moral complexity citing Pascal. It argues evil often masquerades as good and true good is rare, requiring extraordinary moral greatness.
The text stresses the difficulty of building rapport with game people who fear boredom. It emphasizes the need to organize a regular campaign to engage participants and sustain interest over time.
A scientific survey of Death Valley California overturns the idea of the area as lifeless. It records 135 plant species 124 bird kinds 12 reptiles 1 fish 235 insect varieties and several mammals including the bighorn sheep and coyotes with a minnow the sole fish.
A London Chronicle view argues that enduring difficulties strengthens character. Rare people have all wishes fulfilled. ease breeds dullness, while trials test patience and sustain humanity. The piece urges respecting burdens to keep cheerfulness and dignity.
The piece recalls farm life with blue and red paints as the cheapest colors. Barn doors, trim and weather vanes contrasted vividly with white houses and green grass, reflecting a patriotic countryside aesthetic of earlier days.
The article traces naval rations from 1704 when sailors received bread pork beans or peas cheese and spirits daily to 1887 meals of ground bread meat peas or beans potatoes cheese sugar coffee and tea. It notes modern breakfast of grapefruit French toast eggs bread butter coffee and dinner with vegetable soup pot roast gravy creamed corn salad pie bread butter and coffee.
Robert Page Lincoln recounts a winter camping trick shared by a trapper. Two wall tents, nine by eleven inside twelve by fourteen, form an inner sheltered camp while the outer tent acts as a windbreak, with a stove maintaining steady heat.
An egg specialist says Russian hens left to forage produce eggs that can be preserved for 12 months while carefully tended western European hens yield eggs that spoil much faster.
A stage snippet shows an Advanced Information executive asking to be reminded to give notice at month end. The clerk confirms memory lapses as they joke about deadlines.
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