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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1916
Page
11
Francis Carroll administrator of Pat A Smith deceased issues notice to creditors to present claims with vouchers within four months. Claims must be shown to the administrator at his Dillon Montana residence. First publication Oct 13 1916.
Local and personal notes list visitors and residents from Armstead Bedrock Apex and Butte, ads for livery and shelving, coal dealers and drug store promotions. Mentions include Mrs Sam Williamson, Fred Hale, H B Selway, Col A Decker, James H Hayes, W C Orr, Jorgen Jorgensen, Nels Darling, W Scott, and Zensal cream. Oct 21 8 30 p m auditorium event admission 75 cents.
Local church announces next Sunday's program. Morning sermon 11 o'clock on The Poetry of the Christian Life. Evening sermon 7 30 on Brotherly Love the Criterion of Positive Christianity. R Washington Burton to lead, his last Sunday before returning to Indiana. Congregational meeting after morning service. Sunday school at 945. Miss Terresa O Donnell touted as Democratic candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction noted for rural school reforms at Hesper farm school Billings and linked to J D O Donnell of Billings. Auto sales list notes recent Montana Auto Supply Co purchases.
A short play highlights the five year program for Baptists, with work on the Western Wholesale warehouse and new theatre rushed to enclose buildings before cold weather. A theatre may open by Thanksgiving if progress continues. Harriet Shipman burned her arm on steam from a kettle, needing medical dressings. Local rallies by Republicans and Democrats draw crowds, with dances afterward. Bannack Idaho intersection roadworks finish macadam paving from Orr to Helena streets. Manning buys Williams Electric Shop and renames it Manning Electric Shop, taking charge October 13. Joe Corbett encounters a bear, whose carcass ends up in a Butte butcher shop. Sunday night temperatures fall toward zero.
Vacuums clean easy and cheap to rent at $2.00 per day with delivery. Also rooms for rent over City Drug Store now being renovated suitable for office or rooming house inquire Mrs L W White. Local notes include residents traveling to Seattle and Butte and a sheriff predicting Montana will vote dry in November.
The 1916 Montana edition issued by the State Department of Agriculture and Publicity highlights resources and opportunities to attract investors and settlers. Commissioner Seth Maxwell is credited with producing the valuable book while farmer Fred Krouse suffers a left arm injury from a horse incident. his harvest yielded nearly double expected. A haystack burned at Tessier farm near the city, with losses around $1200 and the fire department unable to prevent extensive damage.
Ben Hager the paving contractor working on two miles of roadamite paving on the boulevard in Butte will visit Dillon next spring to lay sample blocks, likely on Montana street. The Baptist church invites all members and friends to Sunday school on Sunday October 29.
County Superintendent Mayme French initiated a county wide meeting of teachers and trustees to bolster Beaverhead schools. President Jos E Monroe and several professors spoke at the morning and afternoon sessions at Beaverhead County High School. A round table discussion led to a pledge to grow next year’s attendance and make the gathering an annual, permanent organization. Officers elected include Mrs. John Blair president John Peterson vice president C M Hanson secretary and Mrs. Monroe Mann treasurer.
Coughs and colds should not be ignored as neglect can lead to serious illnesses. Early treatment with a reliable cough medicine is urged and Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is recommended for relief of coughs colds croup whooping cough tickling in the throat and bronchial coughs. The product is described as healing soothing efficient and pleasant. Tribune Office tf
The ash pit range closes with the ash pan. Ashes spill during pan removal. Copper clad ash pit door fits with a pull out pan. An apron beneath the door catches any sifted ashes.
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