Looking Backward from Tribune 49 Years Ago 1891
Rural notes report four inches of snow in Hecla and a January blizzard. Argenta mentions John Poindexter surveying the town. Fred Bird loses 300 bushels grain and 75 tons hay to a fire. he suspects arson. Trustees vote to grant diplomas for high school graduates next spring. Dillon may host a Normal school if voters meet the emergency. Marshal McIntosh warns cattle at large will be impounded. Public library moves to Dillon National Bank block. Beaverhead County has 5,955 electors qualified for the Nov 2, 1920 election. U S Senator Henry L Myers to speak at Dillon City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Hecla
Argenta
John Poindexter
Fred Bird
Dillon
Marshal McIntosh
First National Bank
Beaverhead County
U.S
Henry L. Myers
Beaverhead Oat Crop Sets County Record at 24696 Bushels
The Beaverhead oat crop, led by Fred Schuler, yielded 24 696 bushels the largest ever threshed in the county. John Lovell and party visited Mrs. Maurer at Point of Rocks while Anthony French left for Poughkeepsie New York to join the Benedicts before returning. William Montgomery returned to Wisdom for a special board of commissioners meeting as the school district weighs future football plans amid rising enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
John Lovell
J.M. D. Morton
Emma
Melrose Morton
Chris Maurer
Point of Rocks
Wilson Brothers
Fred Schuler
William Montgomery
Wisdom
Board of Commissioners
Anthony French
Argenta
Dillon
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Order of Benedicts
Free mail delivery sparks local ire in Dillon
Excerpt from the Tribune recalls a 1910 debate over Dillon’s new free mail service. The period notes hunting trips by Dr. W C Orr Matt Orr Dr R R Rathbone and Bert Williams in Centennial valley. Charles Thomas takes over the dray and express route from Dillon Coal and Transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
The
Tribune
Dillon
W. C. Orr
Matt Orr
R. R. Rathbone
Bert Williams
Centennial Valley
Charles Thomas
Dray and Express
Dillon Coal and Transfer Company
Dillon School Enrollment Up From Last Year
Dr. Grant E. Finch, Dillon public schools superintendent, reports total enrollment of 648 pupils this year, up from 584 last year. Mrs. Susan Findling and Mrs. Jasper Nelson left for Long Beach California last night with plans to settle there, Findling to remain home next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Grant E. Finch
Dillon Public Schools
Susan Findling
Jasper Nelson
Long Beach
Calif
Livingston Trout Derby Proposed to Boost Yellowstone Fish
The Livingston Chamber of Commerce plans a Montana trout derby with a $1,000 prize for the largest Yellowstone River trout. Anglers nationwide will be invited, a small entry fee funds fish propagation, and dates will be set before spring. It aims to be the nation s only freshwater derby of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Mont
U.P
Pacific Northwest
California
Livingston Chamber of Commerce
Montana
Yellowstone
BUTTE AIRPORT SHATTERS Aug ust records for traffic
Butte Montana airport in August set new records with 1,439 passengers and 1,000 landings and takeoffs without an accident. Air express moved 5017 pounds and air mail 19010 pounds as 20 private flyers and six army aviators visited the port under manager Gordon Prichard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
U.P
Gordon Prichard
Air Mail
Air Express
Montana Guard Deploys to Camp Murray for Year of Training
Montana's national guard arrives at Camp Murray in Washington for a year under the national defense program. The unit will serve as part of the regular army and follow orders from the U S War Department with emphasis on motorized maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
National Guard
Camp Murray
Wash
National Defense Program
U. S. Department
Wheat Loans Benefit For Montana Farmers In Past Week
The United States Department of Agriculture reports wheat loans totaling 3,052,726.64 dollars issued to Montana farmers over the past week. A total of 4,202 loans were made across farm storage and warehouse storage wheat, amounting to 144,652 bushels in farm storage and 4,659,840 bushels in warehouse storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana
Federal Department
Montana Receives About 43000 From Federal Mineral Lease
State Treasurer Ray N Shannon said Montana has about 43000 as its share from the federal mineral leasing program. The funds come from bonuses royalties and rentals under the mineral lease laws and the federal leasing act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Ray N. Shannon
Rainfall Boosts Fall Grains and Stock Water in Montana
Drenching rains in central Montana last week benefited fall grains and grass and improved stock water supplies according to the federal agricultural marketing service. Rain was lighter west of the continental divide, adequate given prior moisture, but western Montana saw insufficient precipitation to aid winter grain or replenish seriously low stock water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Federal - Agricultural Marketing Service
Continental Divide
World affairs from Austin Conover on war, politics and science
The column surveys Maurice Gamelin’s career and 1930s politics, notes the rise of totalitarian powers and American defenses, warns of Nazi influence in the U S, and discusses sea mining of metals and Japan's imperial role with Hirohito. It urges renewed American resolve and civic duty.
Montana high commission awards eight road and bridge contracts
The Montana high commission met in Helena last week to award eight road and bridge projects. The Browning Glacier cut off road in Glacier County includes Montana’s tallest bridge, rising 150 feet above the Two Medicine river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana High Commission
Helena
Cortracts
Montana
Two Medicine River
Browning-Glacier
Glacier County
Montana Hearings Set by Railroad and Public Service Panel
The Montana railroad and public service commission schedules hearings with M. Re Ce across seven towns in October and the first week of November. The plan includes sessions in multiple locations to hear public input on regulatory matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana ‘Railroad and Public Service Commission
Montana
Wild horses trapped by Butte youths in Hell's canyon
A group of young cowboys from a mining camp trap and corral seven wild horses in Hell's canyon near Butte. After two weeks of chasing, they roped and tied the herd led by a chestnut stallion. Two horses were returned to owners. the remaining five stayed with the captors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophisticated Butte
Cliff Moyle
Paul Gilmore
Tom Howell
Louis Guay
Dick Yates
Dusty”Wall
Dub
Jim Redfern
Windy” McGeever
Hell's Canyon
Here
Moyle
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Tribune Publishing Company
Albert Erickson
Publsher
National Advertising Representative
American Press Association
Bank Room
Dillon National Bank
Bannack Street
Sinay ‘Dooling
Wehemiah E
How Goes the World
Austin Conover
Jules_Romains
Maurice Gamelin
St.-Cyr
Joffre
Marne
Weygand
Remains
Gamelin
Germany
Romains
Maginot Line
France
Belgium
Alexander the Great
Macedonia
Napoleon
Hitler
America
Norway
FBI
U. S
New York
San Francisco
Wiedmann
Baron Spiegel
Ernst Bohle
Nazi Germany
England
Asia
Japan
Hirohito
China
Son of Heaven
United States
Earth
Ethyl-Dow Chemical
North Carolina
Texas
Amerita
Northwest Bancorporation
Member OF
Federal Deposit Insurance. Corporation
Commission
Butte, Mont
U P
District Court OF
Fifth Judicial District
State OF Montana
Beaverhead
Joe Branson
Henry I. Stocking
Norman Giles
J. E. Kelly
Plaintiff
Dillon, Montana
State OF
Edna Johnston
Robert C. Johnston
W. M. Stone
Leonard A. Schulz
District Court
County OF
Mina Perkins
Plaines
Erith C. Perkins
Tisais
Beauty
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!