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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1936
Page
4
The piece opens with a satirical verse about St Peter and a rule that kickers must turn left. It notes pedestrians protest rubbish on sidewalks and a county license tally shows 18 gambling houses and 24 liquor firms plus 40 merchants in the area.
40 years ago report from September 11 1896 notes a street phonograph on Montana street attracting a large audience with many coins and quarters spent by spectators. Also 80 fine horses and wagons arrived in Dillon from Butte to haul ore to the Polaris mine under contract. Beaverhead prisoners cost the county 742.35 for board last month.
Twenty decades ago the Tribune reports the death of Lieutenant R B Treadwell while serving with United States troops in the Philippines. Relatives in the county receive the sad news. Also noted is high school correspondence by Tom Gilbert Fay Erwin and Frances Harrison who will send news to the three county papers.
Edwin K. Cheadle of Shelby elected as chairman of the Republican state committee. Hazel baker addressed supporters criticizing tax increases and urging a tax relief program while praising his opponent Robert Pauline for a clean campaign during the primary.
A guide by John Van Guilder explains using a self timer to include yourself in group pictures. Set the timer after focusing and frame the scene, then wait for the shutter to fire. A fixed support or tripod helps keep the shot steady and ensures you appear in the exact spot desired.
A Dillon Montana digest summary notes 10,000,000 ballots mailed to voters nationwide for a fourth quadrennial presidential poll. Ballots are postpaid and secret with cardboard ballot printing to prevent tampering. Results will be tallied with other states, reflecting 1932 party shifts, while candidate choices and prior votes are recorded.
Miss Mildred Smith and Frank Spehar wed in Anaconda with Justice J Kerrigan officiating. Attendants were Cecil Smith and Agnes Spehar of Dillon. Dinner hosted by Mrs R C Whalen in Butte. couple to reside in Dillon. Separately, a Navy Yard burning order was issued on August 24, 1814 to delay enemy capture.
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