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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1909
Page
4
The Tribune Publishing Co announces it will not be responsible for any debts contracted by employees unless orders signed by the manager are given. This official notice appears in Beaverhead County’s paper indicating the company’s stance on employee liabilities.
TripuNe subscribers who do not receive their papers regularly and on time are asked to notify the office. The paper is published regularly and subscribers should receive it on schedule.
The article describes a Kansas trial where a mile of road was treated with crude petroleum at $50, funded by farmers and a railroad oil free of charge. The oil kept dust down in dry weather and drained water in wet weather, creating a smooth year round surface. It argues city streets could be leveled, graded, oiled, and a street sprinkler eliminated to save money. It also notes past local property damage and urges stronger Halloween patrols to curb vandalism.
The piece extols dry land farming, noting dry land potatoes contain much starch and outperform irrigated varieties. It highlights cut tests showing two thirds starch retention in dry land spuds versus one third in irrigated ones and praises the Campbell system on Beaverhead beach lands with expectations of hundreds of acres each year.
The article argues a starch plant could be built in Ennis if farmers commit to growing 400 acres of potatoes annually. It cites Montana yields of 200 bushels per acre, potential higher returns with proper crop care, and a projected profit of about 50 dollars per acre at 50 cent per bushel. It urges local business leaders to pursue the plan.
Grace Lamont, the Dillon postmaster, states that the city is entitled to free mail delivery based on the office revenue in the last six months of the previous fiscal year. She notes it would aid many residents, create 1 or 2 jobs, and cost two or three thousand dollars more annually than current expenditures.
Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture said in a letter to Governor Norris he cannot attend the dry farming congress and argued against planting only one crop in two years. The reply dismisses his views as misguided and warns he would starve if he attempted dry land farming under his own ideas.
Local leaders urge a large delegation from Dilton to attend the dry land farming congress in Billings from Monday to Thursday. The event promises lessons useful for future growth and for boosting the region’s dry land farming efforts.
The paper questions Peary's Cook pole narrative and the Mt McKinley expedition affidavits suggesting fakery. It also notes the pattern of automobile fatality reports citing eight mile per hour limits, challenging drivers’ speed estimates.
The passage discusses wealthier individuals hoarding money while a hospital could use donations. It argues business leaders in Dillon would prefer free delivery for express mail and notes a large express business presence in the town.
A unidentified man fired a long-range shot toward Dillon Tuesday afternoon. The bullet struck a boy, and the act is described as a damphool move. authorities are investigating the incident.
Bishop Carroll spoke eloquently against the saloon evil during a Dillon visit at St Rose Catholic church. He described the saloon issue as a solvable problem and urged broad minded thinking on reform. He noted horses shy at automobiles and urged adaptation to machines.
A Montana roundup quotes editorials from Montana papers condemning Roosevelt and Pinchot on natural resources and praising vigilance against corporate polities. It notes harsh ads and comic quips about wives and public virtue, reflecting partisan commentary and satirical tones across the period.
Quotations contrast personal virtue with social standing, noting self respect grows from living uprightly regardless of material success. The Forsyth Times and Fortysh Journal quotes emphasize character over wealth and the shaping of a person by what success becomes in them.
Deputy Erwin reports a partially cut hole in a back cell floor that has lengthened overnight to about twice its size. Prisoners remain unaware of the discovery as soap fills conceal the cracks and tools remain missing.
Rancher Nathan A. Ames, visiting Dillon, was robbed in a saloon, with $20, glasses, a pocket knife, a watch, and a ruler taken. Suspect Pat Hogan was arrested after Ames’ belongings were found on him. Hogan jailed awaiting district court induction for robbery.
The Trisone reported yesterday it received a letter from Prof. C. L. Robbins, former faculty at the Normal College, now at Columbia University in New York. Robbins writes that his work is exceptional.
Carl Mast, who recently lost his right arm after being struck by a freight train at Apex, is back on the streets. The Knights of Pythias lodge in Lima hosts its annual hall with Wilson's Orchestra providing music for the event. Work continues on the Idaho Rooming House renovation under Eph Stoller. Mrs. Olmstead, mother of Mrs. Swain, is critically ill at home, with paralysis-like illness deemed very doubtful to improve. Mrs. L. W. Cowan leaves Dillon for Clemens Town to live with a sister.
An 19th century advertisement claims deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube can be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It offers $100 for any case cured by the remedy, notes circulars from F. J. Curney & Co. Toledo, Ohio, and lists 75 cents for the cure and 1 dollar for Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Editor questions whether Beaverhead County merchants contribute to the county fair and urges local businesses to invest in the event to keep money in Dillon. He notes few merchants have given notable sums while some others lend only minimal support and calls for broader advertising in home papers.
The letter argues debt relief for the fair would enable sustained operation and growth in Dillon and Beaverhead County. It claims the fair benefits communities and serves as a practical business proposition, urging Nilson to pursue the plan.
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