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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1928
Page
3
Sheridan and nearby towns are represented in a string of social items. Visitors include H Lueck of Sheridan and A Schultz of Sheridan with Dillon business, plus J M Neidt of Jackson and Mr and Mrs Ras Hensen of Dell in Dillon. Also mentions Judge Lyman H Bennett and Jules Wenger visiting. car talk on shopping. a humorous funeral anecdote and a schoolroom tale with a boy asking a question.
Week ending November 10 1928 lists transfers recorded in the Beaverhead Abstract Co books. Property names buyers and sellers are recorded with parcel descriptions and transfer dates as part of the week’s title book entries.
Clyde Kearney of Jackson was in town Sunday. I Hanks was from Reichle last Sunday. O E Goble registered at the Andrus hotel last Monday. IE P Marchesseau of Polaris spent last Monday in Dillon. Mrs G A Whitworth of Dell was a visitor Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Joe Duff of Monida Dillon. Robert Marchesseau of Polaris. Charles J Price of Lakeview attended to business in Dillon early in the week. R A Erickson of Armstead was a guest at the Metlen hotel last Saturday. Where there is local business there is available money for churches libraries schools and people. Show me the business section of a town and I will tell you of its churches libraries schools and character.
Warranty deeds transfer Sage Creek basin property from W D Oliver to Cook Sheep Co. Howard E Morse also conveys land near Dell and in Sage Creek basin to Cook Sheep Co. Nick Yanta transfers Big Hole basin property to August Yanta. Court confirms sale of real estate in the estate of Anna Buck deceased.
In Beaverhead County Montana sheriff Orr orders a December 8 1928 sale at Dillon front courthouse for Butte Argenta Copper Co assets including Iron Mountain Emerald Copper Bell and many other lode mining claims in the Argenta district. All bidding is cash with Sheriff Hartwig undersheriff.
Reports say juveniles smeared bread with razor blades, injuring a $15,000 elephant that died the same day. An ostrich died after swallowing a leather glove and a sea lion consumed a rubber fish before dying. Public anger grows as guards are doubled.
Workmen digging near the seashore at Kistinge near Halmstad uncover a gigantic Greenland whale skeleton believed to be about 5,000 years old. A thirteen foot jaw bone is among the finds and archeologists estimate the creature lived at the end of the Ice Age.
The Smithsonian's Austin H. Clark argues that advanced ships reduce fearsome sea monster tales. He notes old dangers faded as ship decks calm imaginations, though occasional reports of sea serpents persist.
In a courtroom exchange the cross-examiner questions the murderess about poisoning her husband and whether she felt pity as he sat unconscious at the breakfast table. The widow admits one moment of sympathy when he asked for a second cup.
S Radhakrishnan argues the strict code for women is a compliment to their natural superiority. He laments modern women losing self respect and individuality by imitating men, becoming masculine and mechanical as they pursue adventurous aims.
An Indianapolis family plans to relocate. The father described the house as having hardwood floors throughout, but five year old Paul misheard and told a neighbor they had hardwood floors threw out. The remark highlights a humorous misunderstanding from a moving household.
An old health officer warns that every person with a cold spreads germs and urges stopping coughing to arrest the onset. He promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a safe, effective cough and cold remedy for all ages, sold by Geo. M. Gosman.
Prices are at a low ebb as demand has not yet surged at coal company offices. The firm offers prompt, reasonable and efficient service to handle upcoming workloads.
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