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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1924
Page
11
An historical summary notes how World War I strained U S railways and prompted government seizure of rail properties. It highlights wartime deficits of about 1.7 billion dollars and public support for funding, ending with a return to private initiative after the emergency period.
A miner from Birch Creek reports unusually vibrant prospects with John Mularkey s Melvina mine yielding six feet of ore assay ing 150 to 200 ounces of silver per ton. Eastern capitalists are expected to send experts to inspect Birch Creek properties as shipments flood Dillon and a large New Hampshire granite monument for the Big Hole battleground arrives in pieces ready for haul to the site.
A. S. Rife prepares the skating pond for winter amid a week of cold weather. A new Jackson post office opens in the Big Hole basin. Coyote hides pile up at the clerk’s office as George Murray drives operation. Democrats and Republicans set up banners at Williamson and Holcomb houses for election day. Dillon precinct judges and clerks endured a long, weary ballot count ending around 2 p.m. Wednesday after a Lima meeting Monday night. November brings snow and storm threats with light falls already noted.
The Tribune reports in 1910 that all Republican candidates were elected in Beaverhead County led by John S. Baker with a 485 vote margin over Democrat B W Emerick. Edward Smith known as the Dillon bandit surprised locals by withdrawing not guilty and entering a guilty plea on assault charges in district court.
Miss Alice Herr, county school superintendent, releases annual school report. The county has 1508 students, 45 teachers at an average monthly salary of 65 dollars, and 81 school houses. The period’s dominant issue is Turkey.
Mr. John D. McComb of Lucas County Ohio reports using Foley Cathartic Tablets with speedy relief from constipation and noted effects on the liver. The Toledo area user describes prompt, effective use.
Warner Fabian argues the thirty year old American woman now poses a problem to herself and a menace to her neighborhood. He contrasts her with the flapper and notes her war time experiences shape a restless, adventurous, Ulysses figure. Fabian dismisses faux chic and comments on emancipation and rights agitators with sharp critique.
Advertisement notes severe cases of constipation and states Potts druggist products were beneficial. Published in The Tribune at $2.50 a year.
Judge Alfred J. Talley, presiding in the Court of General Sessions, warned newly inducted jurists that America faces a historic criminal indictment. He said the country appears lawless, and most defendants are youths under twenty, a troubling trend for the bench.
Guatemala exhibits a wide altitude span from sea level to about 14 000 feet with an average around 5 000 feet. Temperatures vary 50 to 85 degrees with cool nights throughout the year in temperate highlands.
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