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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1902
Page
9
A Chicago Post report describes building a poultry house from refuse boards and cheap paper for under ten dollars. An 8 by 20 foot structure with muslin window and plaster lath supports kept birds safe through two winters, the inside lined with newspapers for insulation.
A testimonial from Maude Indiana describes severe cold and weight loss after rain exposure. The user credits One Minute Cough Cure from Central Pharmacy with rapid cough relief, phlegm reduction, and inflammation drawing, claiming weight regained to 148 pounds and suitability for children.
A vivid naturalist sketch describes a cooper's hawk chasing juncos, its hunting method, and range. It notes dove nesting habits, nests, eggs, and young, plus seasonal behavior and local hunting of mourning doves in wheatfields and orchards. The piece blends field observation with species detail.
A historic appeal emphasizes changing public sentiment to save song birds. Women and children are named as the two greatest hopes for bird protection in the United States, with Audubon societies highlighted and a call to educate the young about God's creation.
The Department of Agriculture chrysanthemum show in Washington draws daily crowds through Nov 10. Notable varieties include Mrs Phillipe Roger Pennsylvania and Honesty from Europe. Prominent blooms named for public figures include Mrs John M Wilson and President McKinley with many white and yellow forms.
President Roosevelt collects a striking set of eleven mounted animal heads for the White House library. The heads are chosen as the best of their kind, including a bison killed by Indians, an Alaska moose with seven foot antlers, an elk with eleven foot horn circle, two Alaska caribou, a bighorn sheep, a mountain lion, a silver tipped grizzly, a white Alaskan sheep and a Kadia ck island bear. The project, assembled by a New England firm, costs over 5,000 dollars.
An old showman recalls traveling with a circus side show charging 10 cents. He had only a pig with one ear, and he urged entrants not to speak as fools the other fellows. Patrons left saying it was a great show that encouraged others to go in. Atchison Globe.
A fragment describes a method to test milk with a drop of sulphuric acid in a clean bottle. If formaldehyde is present the milk turns pink. if pure, the color remains unchanged. The wording reflects archaic spelling and punctuation.
A cash prize of 8100.00 is offered for a new Daily Limited train to California to be placed in service November 1, 1902 by the Rock Island System and Southern Pacific Company via the El Paso Short Line. Open to the public with no fees. Circulars available from John Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Obioavo.
Department of the Interior reports Flora E Craver has filed to prove its claim on land in Helena Montana with final proof set before U S Commissioner L J Price at Dillon on November 22 1902. Witnesses William M Stewart J Martin Ratki Jerac Rife to prove residence and cultivation of the land. Registered by Frank D Miracle.
Notice is given that settlers have filed intent to make final proofs for claims. Paid proofs to be made before L. J. Price U S Commissioner at Dillon Montana on December 6 1902. Names include William A Kidney for H Js No 12557 for the SiNEX and 1244 SEX Reo 6 Tp 78 R.
Publication from the U S Land Office Helena announces Redrock Montana has filed intent to prove desert land claim No 6181 for 160 unsurveyed acres in Beaverhead county before Commissioner L J Price in Dillon on November 8 1902. Witnesses listed are Martin But William Stewart Alonzo H Yount James Alloways all of Bedrock Montana. Frank D Minarty Register.
Mary Fc Pierson and David J Pierson of Polaris Montana file intention to prove desert land claims 4407 and 4408 with witnesses named for irrigation and reclamation. John Roberts and others prepare final proof for H E 7775 in Beaverhead County with November 25 hearing. Lenkersdorfer v Frankwine proceeds to sheriff sale November 8 1902 in Dillon Court House.
Listing of quartz location notices per dozen and placer location notices priced at 50 cents each. Includes affidavit of annual representation at 60 cents, Montana Mining Code by Wrate, and Morrison's Mining Rights 300 pages full sheep binding postpaid at 3 dollars. Also mill site and dam bite blanks at 60 cents per dozen.
In August 1901 a group of San Francisco business men paid 112500 in coin for a new treatment claimed to cure Brights Disease and Diabetes. Investigations began November 15, 1900, with 87 percent of over three dozen cases improving and 13 percent failing. Details and clinical reports are available by mail from the Joan J. Funton Company, 420 Montgomery St. San Francisco.
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