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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1929
Page
6
Former governor William E Brock has been appointed U S Senator from Tennessee. The announcement confirms his selection to fill the vacancy and begins his term amid attention from state officials and national leaders.
Indian summer is not a formal season but a term used for a warm spell after a cold snap. The phrase describes unseasonably pleasant conditions in autumn rather than marking a calendar period.
Beaverhead county leans Republican in unofficial election returns Oct 1 with the exception of county superintendent of schools won by Democrat A L Stone. Montana appears GOP majority. Court docket lists sixteen criminal and twenty seven civil cases. George Hickman bitten by rattlesnake in Frying Pan cabin. snake injures his wooden leg.
The Tribune notes 26 arrests and 24 convictions in September. Two fast driving cases are cited and authorities believe a five dollar fine will curb the offense. Also mentioned are Prof J E Monroe of the Normal college visiting Philipsburg and a wagon accident involving Tom Barrett.
Tribune report notes 7000 acres filed for dry land farming in three weeks. Earl Wheat welcomes a 10 pound boy. Undersheriff Gruwell suffers injuries after a runaway horse. Wilbur Wright makes a 33 minute flight over New York harbor covering about 15 miles.
Eight million feet of heavy timber from Northwest forests were sent to the Norfolk yard to serve as floating targets for large naval guns.
List of premium winners from the Beaverhead county fair includes Ruth Pfiffner Lida Shaffner Edith McClain Marjorie Lee Smith Nora Jensen and others across categories such as doughnuts cake cookies towels embroidery and craftwork. Also notes a governor granted unconditional pardon for Leo Clifford known as Frank Dougall with a pardon hearing set for October 11 1929 and public notice in the Dillon Tribune.
The ad promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for irritated throats and bronchial coughs from fall weather. It claims soothing coating, mucus dislodgement, and a non opiate, mildly laxative formula suitable for children and townsfolk, sold by Geo. M. Gosman.
A. K. Jones of Denver has returned to Dillon to attend to business matters and spend time in the city.
A Victorian note cites The Diamond Sutra as the oldest printed book known. It says it was printed in China in 828 A.D. and found in 1907 by Sir Aurel Stein. The work is in scroll form and described in the Golden Book.
A concise quotation from Daniel Webster on thankfulness and the tension between elevating virtue and not succumbing to a lower spirit. The line compares divine uplift with the temptation to bring others down, reflecting a timeless moral contrast.
The United States has never purchased warships from European countries. Only Chinese river gunboats were built abroad under contract to the United States.
Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Association announces a one hundred dollar reward to any private individual for the arrest and conviction of anyone collecting bounty funds illegally. Ad runs November 4.
In the Montana district court the executor W E Brink seeks sale of real estate in the estate of David F Wampler deceased. A show cause hearing is set for October 14 1929 at 10 o clock in Dillon with publication of this order in the Dillon Tribune for two consecutive weeks.
Notice that Montana applied for Indemnity School Lands under the 1909 act. It covers all of Section Nine, Township 18 South Range 2 West, M P M. Adjacent land claimants must file objections within thirty days of first publication with the Register, U S Land Office, Billings. First publication Sept 20 1929.
Department State Board of Pardons Helens Montana September 24 1929 meeting minutes state a pardon order was issued. The record notes the matter of the pardon granted by the board in that session and location.
Department of the Interior U S Land Office at Great Falls Montana gives notice that Mary Esther Sheppard of Polaris Montana, holder of Homestead Entries Real Nos 065389 and 065390 for multiple lots in sections 21 28 29 township 53 range W, has filed intent to make three year proof to establish land claim. hearing before F A Hazelbaker U S Commissioner Dillon Montana on October 15 1929 witnesses named George A Pyle John J Brown Edmond P Marchesseau Edward P Marchesseau.
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