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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1908
Page
2
The long burning Never Sweat mine in Butte shows renewed activity as dense smoke forces a shutdown. Workers were withdrawn to prevent suffocation risks as three horses on the 16,000 level perished from smoke effects.
Advertises Foley's Money and Tar as a cure for sore inflamed lungs and persistent coughs claiming to kill germs, loosen the lungs, prevent serious results, and noting the genuine in a yellow package.
Billings November 24 temperance supporters including the Prohibition club plan to circulate petitions asking the county commissioners to call a special election within forty days on whether any liquor shall be sold in the county. Organizers say the move is the first step toward statewide prohibition.
Butte residents borrowed 6460 dollars and 90 cents from pawn brokers last month. Interest commitments total about 120 percent annually at a minimum estimate, though actual rates imply around 10 thousand dollars on the borrowed amount.
A. F. Hardy of East Wilton Maine lauds Bucklen Arnica Salve for curing sores boils ulcers and burns. The note promotes 25 cent sales at Pott's drug store and highlights local trust in the remedy.
Helena November 24 letters are being sent to Montana flockmasters inviting them to attend a December 2 session of the state board of sheep commissioners. The meeting will discuss Montana sheep owners cooperating in the movement to establish a wool market.
Montana Sheep Growers' association officers say the warehouse project in Chicago would be of great benefit to Montana men, highlighting agricultural and economic advantages for local producers.
In Butte on November 22 local court records show T. L. Todd, held in county jail for weeks on a charge of robbing the St. Patrick’s church poor box, changed his plea to guilty before Judge Donlan and received a one year sentence in the penitentiary.
Mrs Mary Dowling of San Francisco testifies to the benefits of Electric Bitters for acute indigestion and stomach and liver troubles. She says the tonic purifies the blood invigorates the system and aids female weakness. Available at Pott's drug store for 50 cents.
Governor Norris issued a proclamation scheduling a December 19 special election in Madison County to break the tie between Republican T. R. Hunt and Democrat L. A. Westmorland for the legislature. The election will cost about $2,500 for the county.
Helena dispatch reports Central Montana Coal employees walked out last week in sympathy with Spring Creek miners now on strike. The action aligns workers across Montana in a shared labor protest.
An advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Remedy containing hexamethylenetetramine as a uric acid solvent and antiseptic. It urges taking the product at first signs of irregularities to avoid serious illness.
The northern district office of the reclamation service for Wyoming North Dakota and Montana opened in Helena with Henry N. Savage in charge. About 25 clerks and engineers arrive to plan winter irrigation work and prepare for 14 projects to be issued from the Helena office.
An advertisement touts Foley’s Honey and Tar as clearing air passages stopping throat irritation soothing inflamed membranes and curing a stubborn cough. It claims sore lungs heal and the cold is expelled with use of the genuine yellow package sold at City Drug Store.
In Red Lodge on November 23, six Northwestern Improvement Company miners remain unrecovered after a fire traps them in the east side mine slope. The slope is sealed to stop the blaze and a section has caved, making retrieval unlikely.
Ghastly evidence allegedly connected to a foul murder was found yesterday morning in Missoula. Authorities described the grisly find as key to the case and continued to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Four soldiers from Fort Missoula discover the severed head of an unknown man in Bad Man's Gulch twelve miles south of Missoula. The head was cut from the body with a sharp instrument and hidden under brush with no body or struggle signs nearby. Decomposition suggests the act was not recent.
In Billings on Nov 25 a 26 year old note for 100 dollars endorsed by Mayor Foster was repaid with a 1000 dollar check. The payer, once helped by the mayor, is now in comfortable circumstances and sends interest along with repayment. The mayor had forgotten the debt.
An old ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for biliousness malaria and jaundice. It claims the pills keep these ailments out of your system and urges purchase at Pott's drug store.
Helena November 24 Judge Bach ruled in the case of Quong Wing versus T B Kirkendall Lewis and Clark county treasurer that the law allowing county treasurers to collect a license tax from Chinamen in the laundry business is invalid unconstitutional and void.
Winter blasts and illness are coming warned by an ad urging Foley's Honey and Tar to cure coughs and strengthen lungs. It claims the formula cures obstinate coughs and colds and prevents serious results by boosting lung health.
Bozeman schools and the Bozeman agricultural college are closed through November 30 due to a diphtheria outbreak. Herbert English of Big Sandy, a 20 year old student, died last week from diphtheria and scarlet fever.
Edith Potter six year old daughter of a rancher near Virginia City sat on a red hot horseshoe Saturday and burned to death before her elder noticed the danger.
W V Henry of Panama Mo touts seven years of proof that Dr King’s New Discovery cures colds and throat lung diseases. He warns the world has thirty eight years of proof of its effectiveness for coughs colds influenza asthma hay fever bronchitis and early consumption. It prevents pneumonia when used early. Sold at Pott’s drug store with a trial bottle free.
Will visit Bozeman for a two day program December 5 and 6. The party will hold a hearing at the Agricultural College seeking qualified speakers on country life.
Helena November 25 announcement by the railroad commission states a new tariff will lower coal rates from all points along the S Paul line. Montana operators will be able to compete east to Aberdeen South Dakota and west toward other Montana coal mines on parallel roads.
Advertisement urging readers past middle age to use Foley's Kidney Remedy to cure kidney and bladder disorders. Claims to restore strength and vigor and promotes purchase at a City Drug Store.
John D. Waite learned of the sale of his large wool clips in Boston via Fred Putman. The market shows improvement with Waite getting 22 cents per pound for fine staple and 20.5 cents for medium wool, about four cents higher than offers last summer. Senator Waite had previously refused the summer prices.
A well known authority promotes a harmless homemade Rheumatism prescription. Fluid Extract Dandelion one half ounce, Compound Karyon one ounce, Compound Sgrup Sarsaparilla three ounces. Mix and take a teaspoon after meals and at night. Ingredients are vegetable, inexpensive, and claimed to ease pain and swelling with regular use. Doctors confirm drugs can be bought separately or mixed by local druggists.
Louis Grimm, a rancher north of Dillon, was sentenced to one year in Deer Lodge prison after a Thursday trial found him guilty of burglary for stealing oats from a Bond's station box car. He also confessed to petit larceny for stealing a harness from Mr. Thompson, with partial recovery of items and prior related thefts.
Helena November 26 Receipts of the State land office for the year ending November 30 will likely top $800,000 according to State Land Registrar Schmidt who is drafting the annual report. During the year 51,000
The report notes 604000 dollars from sold state land this year vs 777000 from 54000 acres last year, and five year leases covered 2020248 acres in 1907 with 208249 dollars. The latest year had 2180000 acres leased for 243000 dollars, up 160000 acres and 35000 dollars in receipts.
The jury awarded the defendant North ern Pacific railway $18000 in the case brought by Caroline Sterne for 25000 damages. Sterne’s husband, a railroad engineer, was killed in a collision near Evaro last spring.
Constipation and indigestion weaken you. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea restores appetite and builds up the system. 35 cents for Tea or Tablets at Pott's drug store. 1-m
Bozeman date line reports the State Agricultural College new agri cultural and domestic science building funded by an $80,000 appropriation from the last legislature. It is nearly complete and expected to be turned over to the college board on December 1 as required by law.
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