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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
2
Valuations in Yellowstone county have risen over the past year and the commissioners expect total valuation to top 15 million dollars. The September board meeting will decide the county’s third class status. Also promotional copy for Foley's Kidney Remedy appears in the same item.
Thugs entered Healy and Kenny's saloon at Copper and Wyoming streets at 2 30 this morning with masks and guns. They held nine customers and proprietor Jerry Kenny against the wall and took 108 dollars from the cash register. Three men were involved.
J. C. Goodwen of Reidsville North Carolina praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a sure-enough knocker for ulcers. He says a bad leg sore last summer was cured in a few rounds with no scar remaining. Guaranteed for piles sores burns and more at Potts' drug store.
The Penwell Land and Livestock company sold the 22 000 acre Haymaker ranch near Two Dot belonging to Otis Godfrey and D N Hart for 125 000. The property will be subdivided and colonized.
P. J. Daly of Chicago reports his mother, previously feeble, gains flesh, overcomes insomnia, and grows stronger using Electric Bitters. The tonic is claimed to remedy stomach, liver, and kidney complaints and is sold with a guarantee at Potts' drug store for 50 cents.
Butte announces wage reductions for the building trades effective October 1 by the Builders' Exchange of Butte, representing employers. Unions face the decision whether to accept the terms amid the pending change.
A cryptic note discusses tea quality and mentions Mantolwe and Sderot in a puzzling, fragmented fashion with no clear event or source context.
The proposed cuts affect many trades including bricklayers, mortarmen, concrete laborers, plasterers and laborers, stone-cutters, plumbers, paperhangers, tin and sheet iron workers. Specific decreases list wages from $8 to $6 for plumbers and $6 to $5 for stone-cutters and tin workers among others.
Great Falls reports three holdups and one burglary over the past two nights, terrorizing residents as police investigate.
Mr. John White of 38 Highland Ave Houston Maine praises Dr King's New Discovery for curing his winter cough after trying many remedies. He reports the medicine banishes the cough with a few doses and confirms it as the best cough and lung remedy sold under guarantee at Potts' drug store. Trial bottle free.
Helena reports list state funds on hand at 903723 and bonds and warrants 2195755. Interest from state bank deposits since July 15 1907 totals 25000. Land receipts for year reach 701276 while auditor Cumberland brings in 83929 and secretary Under 8097. A remedy ad notes Dr King’s New Life Pills ease stomach and liver issues.
In Kalispell on August 3 Thomas D. Long defeated Fred Whiteside in a decisive Democratic primary, securing control of the upcoming Flathead County convention amid the fiercest local party fight in years.
Butte records show seventeen divorces in August and forty nine marriage licenses. If the fourteen petitions for divorce are granted, the total divorces for the month would reach thirty one, averaging about one per day.
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut reports severe kidney and diabetes issues improved after using Foley's Kidney Remedy. He claims after five bottles he passed a rigid life insurance examination. The remedy is advertised to cure backache and kidney and bladder troubles at City Drug Store.
Helena records show the state parole board granted three diminutions under legal conditions. The recipients are C. W. McClure from Rosebud county for a 1905 petty larceny sentence of 14 years, Dennis Franklin from Beaverhead county for grand larceny in 1905 with five years, and Robert Mudd from Chouteau county for manslaughter in 1905 with six years.
A health ad warns that parental suspicion of a child’s derangement warrants Foley's Kidney Remedy to prevent Bright's disease or diabetes. It urges immediate use, claiming delays allow disease to take hold, and cites City Deve Store as the seller.
Aug 28 reports two masked holdup men, each with a large pistol, robbed Pat Lillis's saloon store and post office at Divide about 9:30 PM. They forced patrons against walls, took 75 dollars from a cash drawer, a watch and chain from Lillis, and several hundred dollars from the saloon.
A Crow Indian runner completed the Pryor to Billings relay covering 31 miles in 2 hours 29 minutes. He lowered the local mark by more than an hour and neared the world record, with witnesses suggesting a faster time might have been possible.
The list of letters remaining uncalled for will be sent to the dead letter office in Washington D C if not claimed within 30 days. Names include Dillon and numerous residents such as C E Baker, Mrs M A Berlin, Walter Cooper, Pat Glennan, Mabelle Herman, Leon Koch, Geo Rouloner, James Sloan, W E Talbert, Ethel Weeks, Will Weberg, Ed Virginié and others. Post Master Meisner signs.
Miles City August 28 coroner's jury finds Norman Thetford death by M C Hosp deliberate and without provocation Hosp shot Thetford while attempting to hold him up concluding the act was wilful and deliberate.
Helena September 2 Visitors to the state fair will pay one fare for the round trip as railroads in the state offer a special rate. Secretary Pace reports all lines will honor the fare during fair week.
Foley's Honey and Tar offered immediate relief for asthma in severe cases and can aid recovery if used early. City store.
Great Falls Montana August 30 T E Collins state bank examiner died this afternoon at his home of paralysis He is survived by a widow two daughters two sons and a brother He was formerly state treasurer and for the past twenty five years active with the financial and commercial interests of the state
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