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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1927
Page
8
Jay Holtz returned from a hunting trip with a 250 pound duck. Garry Johnson, Dick Nelson, and Roy Yord each credited with a deer. Sheriff W. C. Orr and Cecil Hubbard with Ira Wagner also reported deer. Hubbard slipped in snow dragging his kill down a steep mountain grade.
Week ending November 12, 1927 records show transfers including Kaiser to 8. Street for 159.76 acres of public land in Montana and Duff to Barrett a half interest in Dillon block 8 Lots 1–4. Exchange National Bank Spokane transfers Jorgen Jorgenson 1 673.98 acres Big Hole basin and 2 320 acres in Deer Lodge county. Location certificates by Ernest E. Loft for Lillian Margaret and Late lode claims in Beaverhead County.
Orders for forty thousand pounds of mineral feed for livestock will be completed soon. Those sending in orders or enlarging existing orders can save $2.40 per cwt. Dr. J. D. Lee Dillon Montana.
Armistice Day activities in Dillon included a silence tribute for war dead, a band rendition of The Star Spangled Banner, and a benediction by Chaplain Cluley. Ex servicemen attended an informal luncheon at the Andrus hotel with talks recalling past wars, followed by daylight fireworks and a football game with a daytime display by George Gosman and Jay McCarthy.
Dances were held at the city hall on Thursday and Friday nights with music by the Baxter Tonney orchestra and both events drew large crowds.
The article profiles tenor soloist Mr. Newell, tied to the Paulist choir and venues including Broadway Strand theater and the Church of Divine Paternity at 76th Street. He also sang at the Jewish temple on 82nd Street and led as tenor soloist at the Roxey theater before a western tour. Adele Eschneibents rises as a strong musical voice trained by Madam Alice Parker in New York.
Chester Taylor star athlete at Normal College has returned from Belgrade and will reenter school for the winter quarter. He endured a serious illness last summer but authorities hope he has recovered enough to join the basketball team this winter.
A snowfall of about three inches ended Thursday afternoon and then everything froze up. Friday morning the thermometer registered 10 degrees above zero.
Homer Harrison Jack Harris and Sherman Hughes returned Monday from a Blacktail mountains deer hunt with fine trophies. Hughes fired twelve times wounding the animal and hauled it to camp by tail. Harris later fetched a team to haul Hughes and deer to camp. Hughes rests in a wheelchair telling friends of the big hunt.
Roy Forrester A. T. Peterson and Edwin Whitworth returned from a hunting trip in the Boulder district. Otto Schurtz of Shridan, a party member, killed one of the finest elk this year in the area, noted for its perfect set of teeth.
Spike Bucks Cup crew led by Stultz Bob Watt and Al Hanson returned from a hunting trip in Long John canyon Apex mountains with Hach taking a spike buck. The group expressed great satisfaction at the successful hunt and prize.
Deputies Jack Deputy and John Lanner returned to the city Sunday with two deer killed on Long John peak near Apex. One dressed at 66 pounds and the other 60 pounds. The pelts are on display at the Cash market.
The churches on Sebree Street hold services every Sunday at 11 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend.
St Rose Catholic Church led by F X Leschner offers Sunday masses at 8 and 10 30 with an 8 pm service. Weekday mass is at 8 o'clock. Confessions Saturday 3 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm. First Friday mass at 6 30 pm.
Morning service at 11 led by the Ellen May guild celebrates the 125th National missions anniversary and the 50th anniversaries of the Women's Board of Home missions and work in Alaska. Includes talks and music. All welcome. Young people meet at 7 30.
At Helena on Armistice Day the Panthers beat the Normal Bulldogs 12 to 6. Emerson scored for Normal in the second period off a pass from Davidson behind the Panther goal line. Intermountain Union star Culver set a record for catching passes as the Panthers registered both touchdowns in the same period.
The article reports W. P. Hartman of the Michigan State Bureau of Foods and Standards defending carbonated beverages as healthful, noting their mineral value and food comparisons. It cites industry interest, consumer skepticism, and a 1923 $35,000,000 market as context for the beverages’ importance and acceptance.
Lost package contains a suit of men’s clothes believed left on the streets of Dillon or on the road between Dillon and the Nelson school house. Finder to notify I. IF. Hunsaker or leave at the Tribune office to receive a reward.
A new bridge over the Divide near Big Hole is opened after a ceremonial bow. It is praised as one of the finest of its kind in the state, with Beaverhead and the other county sharing the cost and Beaverhead county treasurer sending $8,517.28 as its share last Friday.
Chief Nelson and Undersheriff Hart investigated an incident involving a 15-year-old girl. A man named Lewis arrived recently claiming army discharge and proposed a parachute drop for Armistice day. the offer was rejected by the local American Legion post.
A Friday evening dance at the city bath ended the Armistice day program with good attendance and orderly conduct. Baxter Yourey provided the music for the event.
Federal roundup of estray and unbranded stock in Beaverhead forest leads to a public auction at Dell stock yards, Montana on December 1, 1927. Impounded horses bear listed brands. unclaimed animals will be destroyed after sale. JOHN BL SOMERS Forest Supervisor. Ady,6-47
In district court Beaverhead County Montana estate of Albert F. Cline deceased. By order dated November 16 1927 the court sets Monday December 1927 at 10 o clock a m in the court room as the time and place for proving the will and hearing Minerva Caroline Aiken’s application for letters testamentary any interested person may appear and contest the same.
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