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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
5
A warm setting enhances flavor perception, with lighting, music, and decor guiding diners toward a more satisfying experience. Ambience subtly boosts appetite and overall enjoyment, even when dishes are similar.
Railway timetable entry lists Oregon Short Line trains with numbers 32 30 29 and 31 for southbound and northbound directions, indicating a train schedule snippet. The fragment shows station at and likely ordinary schedule notations.
Drilling on the Montana Oil and Refining lease at Smallhorn canyon will start in about two weeks with FP. W. Fish from Bakersfield directing. A 12 inch hole will be bored but casing supply is tight at $3.50 per foot. Ground leased from National Oil on royalty basis. Depth to one thousand feet anticipated as shale is rich. Record Weights for Lambs: Carter Live Stock sells 600 1917 blackface Hampshire lambs averaging 90 pounds.
Early Communion at 7 30. Sunday school at 9 45. Morning prayer and sermon at 11 o clock. Evening prayer and sermon at 7 30 p m.
Frank Hazelbaker was appointed county chairman for the second Liberty Loan drive. The report urges him to determine Beaverhead County's bond quota and lead the effort.
Rags needed at the Tribune office for cleaning presses. Clean cotton rags, white or colored, any size from a square foot upward accepted. Eight cents per pound paid. Advif. New Lunch Counter at Busy Bee restaurant installed in front section for patrons.
Montana Auto Supply reports recent sales of Cadillac touring cars to W. B. Gleed of Lima and Roy J. Jackson of Dillon. Buick touring cars go to Hans Pederson of Armstead J. P. Beardsley of Laurin Dr R. H. Dyer of Sheridan and William Ames of Grant. Dodge cars to P. J. Jones of Monida Beaverhead Ranch Co Dillon F B Green Dillon F A Hazle baker Dillon and F E Bicknell Dillon roadsters H R Paddock Dillon touring car Ford cars to J. H. Brundage Monida Willard H. Smith Dillon J C Wall Lima B J Whitbeck Dillon Fred Briscoe Salmon Idaho touring cars Anderson Livery Co roadster and Hens Anderson Dillon a truck Carl Decker of Grant purchased a Dodge truck.
A larger boiler was installed last Sunday near the coal chute as the old one failed to supply enough steam for pumps drawing water from the coal pit beside the tracks. A coffer dam protects workers while pumping engines operate. the dam sits just below ground level as excavation continues. A Van Camp bridge project will start with L C Beattie of Clifton Applegate overseeing, replacing a condemned wooden span and becoming the river's third crossing at that site.
A freight train struck a flock near the stockyards killing more than a hundred sheep that wandered onto the tracks. The animals belonged to Montana Livestock Commission Co and were valued at 12 dollars per head. Sunday notices promote church services and a safety drive urging residents to clean cellars and furnaces, with Fire Chief Robison noting only 500 dollars in fire losses in six months.
The Security State Bank has received its allotment of the first Liberty Loan bonds. Subscribers are urged to call for their bonds and others who have not yet seen them are invited to inspect. This is believed to be the first Dillon distribution.
Manning Electric Shop lists Westinghouse electric irons at $3.50, with a separate note mentioning a $40-1 price reference. The fragment reflects prewar pricing of household appliances and a shop listing.
Walter Korb leads a group including Rainey Lucero Carl Wallin James P. Gallagher Frank H. Cerard and M R Park who left Tuesday for Missoula to enlist in the 20th Engineers regiment and will then proceed to the American University in Washington DC.
G V Patterson arrived from Dell and St Emer Hanson reached Dillon after Alaska, reporting to the local board to join Camp Lewis with the last contingent. The C P and Q Ranch Co leased Joe Butala ranch near Dillon, 441 acres, with Crampton Quimby Dirkes in Dillon and others en route from northern Montana. Prairie hay sale listed at 1740 to 20.00 fob Steele. Normal, Oct 20.
Five more recruits departed this afternoon for American Lake from the 20th Engineer corps. The group includes James Sullivan, Michael J. Donovan, Vernon Inman, Joseph Hines, and Edward Riggs.
An October 20 notice cues readers to save the date for a Ben Greets event. The brief item emphasizes upcoming plans without additional details.
Mrs Russell Fryburg hosted the Entre Vous club on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs A J Wein hosted the Needle club meeting. The next gathering will be at city hall with Red Cross work planned. Members voted to donate the value of Christmas gifts to the Red Cross.
Local notes report picnics planned by the Hobnob club, visits by Butte residents, and residents like Mrs. Lovell and the Lawrence family in Dillon. Vagrancy conviction, Red Cross drive, and a 8pound daughter named Valerice Idilla are noted, with civic items including post office supplies, war training progress, and a large 93.4 pound cauliflower brought to Beaverhead Mercantile.
Miss Mildred Owens of Butte married Lieut. E. H. Stambaugh Thursday evening at Phillips Congregational church parsonage. Rev. P. A. Simpkin officiated. Supper followed at Hotel Utah. They plan to reside at the Newhouse hotel. Owens formerly lived in Dillon and attended local schools.
In Rome Georgia two divorce suits reveal double weddings and bigamy. Sisters Mrs J H Teems and Mrs M B Teems allege their husbands who are brothers married them in a 1908 ceremony. After desertion they wed the other sisters in Colorado and were jailed for bigamy.
University of Chicago researchers studied a cat type named felinus pestiferous after Peter Kerrigan bought felines from four boys paid 15 cents per cat. Kerrigan was fined ten dollars and costs for the thefts as he claimed innocence and wished only stray cats.
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