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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1926
Page
5
A fragment indicates mail is transmitted through the Dillon postoffice as second class mail matter. The text suggests a routine classification for mailing status within the postal system.
Local government officials Sheriff D F Mooney and County Treasurer A A Elliott are identified, likely in a historical notice or report. The text lists their names as key figures in a county administration context.
In Beaverhead County Montana a native booster article argues for optimism and cooperative effort to develop agriculture and industry. It praises local newspapers for publicity and notes diversification from hay and oats toward dairy cattle brood sows poultry and sheep. The piece highlights recent leadership in 56 counties and urges citizen support.
The county sees farm flocks and dairy herds expanding while pig pens multiply. Cattle remain the dominant industry and horse values rise. Mines are reopened with new ore bodies, Helca is mined again, Argenta districts revive, and Beckoning mountain forests attract fishermen and hunters as Beav erhead gains store of potential wealth.
The Beaverhead Tribune urges readers to support the county in the Montana statewide vote on November 2. It frames Beaverhead as leading the 56 counties, calls for unified support, and predicts a larger Republican majority, inviting readers to join in the effort and align with the party’s line. It frames the vote as a joint drill to protect local interests against the free trade stance.
The piece reports Penwell Senator Walsh and Governor Erickson forming a $100,000 corporation to buy, own, and lease wool and lambs with a 50-50 split, praising the enterprise while hinting at potential graft concerns and criticizing Republicans. It praises the Democrats for seizing sheep industry prosperity under Republican rule and urges charity and transparency.
Tuesday the 28th the Bannack community celebrated the mill’s restart after a long pause. More workers are hired daily and three shifts are needed. Local residents like Mr Underwood and family, Arthur O'Brien from Butte, and visitors from Dillon were noted in the week’s social roundup.
An old newspaper advertisement urges readers to mail a cutout with name and address to Foley & Co for trial bottles of Foley remedies. The offer includes Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Pills, Foley Cathartic Tablets and a diuretic, claiming widespread past success and asking readers to send 110 cents. Potts the Druggist is cited.
Miss Geneveive O Leary, Republican candidate for superintendent of schools, is described as an experienced, successful teacher with a bright, well educated mind and a pleasant personality. She is praised for tact essential to the office.
The piece urges voters to re elect George Banks a Republican candidate for public administrator praising his honesty intelligence and business judgment in settling estates and handling affairs with outstandingly satisfactory results.
A vintage ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the safe cough medicine for children. It claims to contain no chloroform or opiates, lists ingredients on the package, and soothes feverish colds, croup, bronchial and whooping coughs, and night coughs.
In Mesopotamia mourners pull out their hair to express true sorrow, a stark ritual reflecting ritualized grief amid funeral customs and social expectations.
From the Beaverhead Abstract Company books for the week ending Oct 2 1926 United States patent grants land to Ira Sallee 278 acres near Black Tail Deer creek US to Louis Schmittroth 640 acres near Argenta by S M Starr Bull Whacker 2 Copper Field 2 Elk horn mining district R B McIntyre for Marthalode and Cabin Mill site Vipond mining district and notice for water right from Sheep creek Vipond creek tributary.
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