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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1907
Page
2
Butte reports a treaty with Ft Peck Indians setting aside 320 acres per adult for grazing and cultivation plus timber land, 160 acres per child, with remaining land sold to white settlers at 1.25 an acre. Proceeds go to Indians after 15 years, at 4 percent, and a $10,000 fund funds old and indigent Indians.
Earl Shamburg writes of hard times in earlier years in Cadell. He says persistent coughing night and day improved after using Dr King’s New Discovery. He claims it completely cured him in less than one bottle. Trial bottle offered free. Guaranteed by R L Riley. 50c and 1.00.
All Knights lodges in the state including D O K K and Rathbone sisters prepare for the annual grand lodge gathering in Butte on October 8 and 9 with lodges, officers, and delegates arriving for the two day session.
In Butte on October 2, Agent Dobson reported September applications from 1,105 individuals seeking work. He said 1,100 to 1,200 were expected and that more than half had secured placements by month’s end.
A Dublin Ga man praises Electric Bitters for his 83 year old mother claiming two years of use improved appetite strength and sleep. The tonic is touted for female weakness general debility and for weak children with guarantees for stomach liver and kidney issues at 50 cents.
Helena reports state land office receipts for September total 43,760.06 dollars. For ten months of the fiscal year, receipts amount to 731,354 dollars, exceeding the entire 1906 year by about 80,000 dollars.
In Butte on September 23 Rose Kendall also known as Kemp aged 32 drank carbolic acid in a personal crisis. She was described as comely and motherly to her thirteen year old daughter and had struggled to provide for them. Dr. Kingsbury arrived too late to save her.
In Missoula Pat Ryan robbed two Bonner saloons at dawn stealing about 170 dollars and leaving a bullet wound. He later sought hospital treatment in Missoula and was captured. Ryan pleaded guilty in district court and received a twenty year sentence for robbery from Judge Wheeler.
P M Reilly, president of the Montana Retail Gro cers association, signed statement urges Missoula merchants not to pay merchants licenses claiming the law was repealed at the last legislature. He says the association will take the matter to the supreme court.
An old advertisement promotes Dr King's New Life Pills as a remedy for liver trouble and to prevent appendicitis by regulating the liver and bowels. The copy notes a common belief about the appendix and urges purchase at R. L. Riley's for 25 cents.
William Loeb private secretary to President Roosevelt will arrive in Helena Sunday for a week as guest of Harry Child president of the Yellowstone National Park Transportation Co. The following week Gen S B M Young Senator Thomas H Carter and Mr Child will join a hunting trip near Cooke City sixty miles from Gardiner.
In Livingston on Sept 28 General Manager Horn of the Northern Pacific secured a two week truce with striking machinists. The walkout last day caused several hundred workers to leave, but most returned to work today after the mediation.
The advertisement from City Drug Store promotes Fo ley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles as not containing opiates or harmful drugs and suitable for children and adults.
Delayed coal shipments in Bear Creek district and Bridger clog sidetracks with over 100 cars plus many more at Laurel. Motive power shortages and boilermaker strikes hinder movement, risking mine shutdowns until fuel can be moved.
Helena oct 1 at a directors meeting of the Montana Odd Fellows home Lichtwerdt ranch near Helena was chosen as the site for the proposed home The Odd Fellows lodge and the Commercial club of Helena each donated 3000 to be applied on the purchase price.
An advertisement certifies all druggists may refund purchases if Fo Leys Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs or colds. It claims to stop coughs, heal lungs, prevent pneumonia and consumption, contains no opiates, and warns against substitutes. The genuine product is in a yellow package from City Drug Store.
Butte miners and engineers unions with the mill and smeltermen's union are negotiating for a large coal supply to relieve winter distress. The plan aims to provide coal at cost to those unemployed or working reduced hours under union direction.
Helena October 3 The Shonkin Ranch company is formed with a $100,000 capital. Lewis Penwell declares no more company formations this year, bringing his total raised to $455,000 for ranch ventures including Foster Morse and the new Shonkin deal. The Rice ranch near Fort Benton was purchased and stocked with sheep.
Harriet Hartwell and Sam Thatcher confront a marriage tested by shifting temperaments and a surprising twist reveal. Harriet and Florence Kirk reveal a planned dual self to secure Thatcher’s concurrence, then confess the shared ruse and pledge.
Only a few days remain before the Billings sugar factory starts. An army of 500 workers will be employed beginning October 10 as the plant commences operations for the season.
H C Hallam an electrical worker from Chicago killed himself in Helena jail last night by leaping from the upper tier of cells to the cement floor. He struck his head and broke his neck after being jailed to sober up following a protracted spree.
A layman learns glass cutting as a workman marks a plain bowl with red chalk. five equal divisions and diamonds indicate the pattern to be cut, revealing how the designer’s plan materializes on the glass in a mesmerizing, precise process.
A doomed commercial traveler pleads for one last taste of mustard before execution by a palm shade group of savages. The ebon chief signals no hope, strong arms seize him, a splash follows, and the scene ends in death. Based on a Los Angeles Times passage.
A brief dialogue clip from a column notes a couple discussing work and marriage with the man urging his partner to learn a trade while the partner questions the prospect of refusal and the speaker’s responsibility.
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