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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1924
Page
9
John Joseph Pershing, at 64, retires to private life bearing the highest U S military honors. The record of his World War leadership cements his place in history and makes him a paragon for American youth through integrity and education.
The text portrays Pershing as a disciplined, reliable leader who earned advancement through steady effort. It highlights his habit of surrounding himself with brilliant soldiers, prioritizing collective success over personal prominence, and acknowledging that wartime and peacetime leadership depend on unity and generosity. He retires with broad public respect.
A discussion of rural education highlights that two thirds of youths aged 5 to 20 in open country towns attend school, with over 8 million in one teacher schools. Rural teachers face minimal training, short terms, and large classes, prompting calls for state equality of educational opportunity and local community support.
Montana and Wyoming rise atop the world once more as good economic times refresh business and mood. Locals feel the surge in trade and confidence while outsiders take notice of a broad upturn across the region.
Notice declares sale by advertisement for mortgage default on October 1 1915 loan to Union Central Life Insurance Company. Sale to be held at Beaverhead County office in Dillon Montana on November 1 1921 at 1 00 p m to the highest cash bidder. Property: north half of section 4 township 5 south range 6 west Montana principal meridian. Mortgage dated October 1 1915 and recorded October 22 1915.
This year crops on irrigated and non irrigated land are the finest in years with prices for farm products rising as in 1920. Grain is moving to market and a new business revival is expected soon. The faith of farmers appears vindicated and optimism grows as publication outlets praise the season.
A column urges steady enterprise under the Dawes plan, praising brave merchants and advertising as essential. It cautions against speculation and idle stores, notes advertising as an investment, and cites rail shipments as August grain totals for the Lewistown Butte and Milwaukee divisions.
Community building notes the difficulty of aligning public sentiment with steady activity. It discusses the balance between sleepiness and inactivity as a core problem for local merchants and progress.
The report highlights Paddy Ryan of Miles City as top calf roper with a 28 second daily average and a 1:25:19 three day total. Lloyd Saunders and Norman Mason place second and third, while Claude Lay wins the relay finals riding E. W. Smith gear. Other events list Tom Cox, Norman Mason, Pat Ryan among winners in bronco busting and cal Roping.
The report lists multiple horse races with riders and owners, including Only Chance Williams Jardine and Master Williams Pendleton, Degan McPowell Shaw, Warnie Siria Sivia, and Fox Sivia Sinia. It notes placings in events from three eighths mile to mile, plus a 2:30 pace, broncho busting, and wild cow milking with times. Peggy Warren rode Jack Dempsey at Fort Keough. Also for sale 1000 tons alfalfa hay and a stock ranch listing from Dunlewey Land & Livestock Co in Wilsall Montana.
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