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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1905
Page
5
Fire signals include ward based general alarms with specific tap counts. First ward uses one tan then two taps, second ward two taps, third ward eight taps. Fireout uses one tap. Meetings use three taps pause three times. Practice calls use four taps pause four times.
New pattern hats at Mrs. Harts and R and R millinery parlors lure shoppers while Graeter Grocery Co. sells Shapleigh coffee and winter apples. Mrs W T Scully visits Dillon. Miss Eva Ladd returns to Rockford. James Paxton shifts sheep to Dillon area and Dr. Walker lists office hours. Harry Shafer and Mary Sweeney plead guilty to morals violation. fines set and both in city jail.
Mrs Hart and Mrs Call advertise new millinery and art novelties while Graeter Grocery promotes scanned goods. Alta Willard departs for Pueblo to study dressmaking and Dr Bagley addresses teachers about Chasing Ideals. A ranch job seeks applicants and a theater mouse halts a New York stage show.
Advertisement seeking reliable boys in Montana school districts to sell subscriptions for The State. Pays 25 cents per dollar collected on cash subscriptions. Submit sample copies, distribute, collect names and addresses weekly, and send the rest by registered mail or money order. W. G. Eggleston.
Dillon society enjoyed a Halloween gathering at Dr and Mrs Martin’s home hosted by Presbyterian youth. Jack o lanterns glowed as phantom figures guided guests through dim rooms and a stairway to fate readings amid red apples and popcorn, lasting late into the evening.
On Tuesday night, twenty four children attended a Swain residence party from 7 30 to 10 00. The event featured games and a late supper of sandwiches pickles cake and ice cream with listed guests including Bessie Clark Vespersia Luce Zetta Gilbert Junita Thomas Edith Melton Ruth Weenink Montana Gilbert Ruth Orr and others.
Mr and Mrs B N Stevenson hosted a relaxed informal gathering at home last night with a game of Hearts as the main entertainment. Prizes offered drink or smell with grape juice. all guests were winners. Refreshments included nut salad olives crackers sherbet and coffee and a pink carnation greeted each attendee. Guests listed include Tattersall Rich LaBeau Meyers Jeffries Rife Poindexter Gilbert Stamm Huber Simpson Alberta Andrus Laura Guyaz and others. Earlier Alberta Andrus and Laura Guyaz hosted school friends at Alberta's grandmother Mrs Harkness home on Railroad Ave with Halloween games and a supper. attendees included Winnie Jones Beulah Provost Jessie Poindexter Jessie Hainds Fay Weir Ethel Adams and Mabel Brock.
Miss Sadie Graeter entertained Theta Tuesday evening. Ward Swain issued invitations for a Saturday party. A Methodist women hosted a Grace M. E. church reception for Normal College students. Dillon Volunteer Fire Department held its annual ball at the Dillon theatre. The Dillon Social club dance drew about sixty couples last Friday. Mrs. N. E. Stone hosted the High Five club at her sister Mrs. C. C. Barnett’s home. The Royal Neighbors of America held a Halloween ball at Dart hall. Normal students enjoyed a Saturday gathering at the Chapman home to celebrate Will Chapman and Miss Cornelie’s birthdays with games, music, and refreshments.
An old advertisement extols hair health arguing dandruff causes most hair trouble and must be cured by eradicating the germ. It promotes Newbro's Herpicide as the only proven treatment, claiming it destroys germ, soothes itching and leaves hair glossy and soft, without grease or dye.
The article warns against baking powders containing alum claiming such additives pass to the stomach unchanged. It states scientists prove alum in food renders it partly indigestible and unhealthy.
A historical look at New Mexico's arid vastness and its water salvation through the National Irrigation Act. It describes settlement, Mexican land grants, and the shift to modern irrigation led by engineers to store Rio Grande waters, with projects near Engle and Pecos Valley plans for a 2,000,000 acre-foot reservoir and sluice systems to manage silt.
The Las Cruces distribution system and east valley canal extend irrigation with cross river pipes and a west end diversion. The project promises power from canal drops, reduced floods, and expanded irrigable land, with 180000 acres benefited including 110000 in New Mexico. It aims to boost mines, grazing, railroads, and local prosperity under the Reclamation Act.
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