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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1922
Page
9
The piece portrays Montana set for a senate change with Myers retiring. It characterizes Walsh as a pure bred Democrat focused on party lineage and theory, clashing with Montana’s practical needs. Walsh enlists Wheeler to persuade farmers and stockmen toward his policies.
The piece describes Wheeler and Walsh delivering a provocative performance in Helena last week. It claims influence over Gov. McDowell, loyalty shifts among politicians, and notes Wheeler lost the Non-Partisan label while his allies shifted. Hugh Wells and Judge O Connor reportedly endured a restrained platform.
Political row erupts as old guards resist new leadership led by Wheeler. Attending figures include Tom Stout’s proxy, Governors Norris and Stewart, Byron Cooney as spectator, and Mrs Maggie Smith absent, amid friction over orders and party loyalties.
Judge Theodore Brantley, a longtime Montana jurist, well known as a simple, courteous family man and fair arbiter on the Supreme Court. He presided during the Heinze Amalgamated conflict and ruled on cases involving millions, dying comparatively poor with no hint of influence swaying his decisions.
Prosperity rhetoric claims coal textile and rail strikes settled ushering in an era of progress. The piece notes bumper crops valued at six to seven billion dollars and asserts unemployment has vanished with abundant investment potential. It cites Secretary Davis describing a vast economic revival.
The Anaconda Standard’s editorial column delivers an upbeat view of the country and hopeful prospects, while news pages present a gloomy take on current and future politics. The contrast targets Walsh and Wheeler and the Democratic Party, shown as out of power.
Many Dillon residents traveled to Twin Bridges on Friday for the big fair day. They praised the exhibit and street pageant and enjoyed the other exercises. The area grows peanuts to potatoes and fruits, and takes pride in showing its products. The people are enterprising and capable.
The Helena platform shows the Wheeler-Walsh party pledging firm Volstead Act enforcement. The writer notes Jon Pope lacks similar steadfastness and would risk his position if caught in such a bind.
The Montana State Fair opens in Helena from the 26th to the 30th. Beaverhead county laments lack of product representation, but touts wheat oats barley rye alfalfa potatoes peas vegetables poultry horses hogs dairy cattle and especially beef steers sheep lambs wool and beef hay as top regional highlights and ideal advertisement from Big Hole Grasshopper Horse Prairie Centennial valleys.
The committee endorses Carl W. Riddick for U S senator and W. J. McCormick for congress. Also backed are Lew L. Callaway for chief justice, Albert P. Stark for associate justice, Dan Easton for clerk, Dan Boyle for railroad commissioner, Lyman H. Bennett for district judge, H G Rogers for representative, ae Anderson for county commissioner, Gilbert for county attorney, Daniel Mooney for sheriff, A C Gruell for county treasurer, John Baker for county clerk and recorder, Mel T Lougeheed for county assessor, Alice Roe for county superintendent, George Banks for public administrator, C R Kellogg for county surveyor, James J Phillips for coroner.
A Dillon column reports a new baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Robert Thurday. Tom Cantrell of Twin Bridges is visiting Dillon. Mr and Mrs J B Cluley return to Dillon after a year away. Frank Swartz, once in local business, visits Dillon friends. Mrs Louise Taylor returns home after weeks in the Flathead. Mrs Alice Pegram returns from Pocatello visiting friends. Henry E Olson, Republican candidate for county commissioner, visits from Jackson. Johnnie Peterson, haymaker from Horse Prairie, in Dillon after hay harvest. Harry Lucksinger leaves City Drug Store for a position with Fuller Drug Co in Anaconda.
A man recounts a decade of severe stomach pain and a prior cancer scare. He credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, claiming it cured his catarrhal stomach issues and related ailments after one dose. The ad promises a money back refund via Potts the druggist and druggists nationwide. C. C. Newman invites property clients to call for help with farm, ranch, or city real estate in Dillon, Montana.
Funeral services for J. J. Smith were held under the Elks lodge of Virginia City. Members from Madison County and this county attended. It marked the first Dillon funeral under Elks direction as the lodge showed its customary brief and fitting ceremony.
A Florida teacher from Okeechobee writes that she advises children with coughs to take Foley's Honey and Tar, noting good results in her school. The ad claims the remedy is sold everywhere and promotes its use to ease flu symptoms.
The document shows a bank statement with figures for surplus funds deposits and various liabilities including cash, time certificates, savings deposits, and notes. It includes totals of assets and liabilities and a cashier Marshall Field swearing the statement true before notary Lucy Walters on September 21, 1922 in Dillon Montana.
An advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh and deafness by an ointment relieving inflammation and an internal tonic acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. It claims forty years of druggists' endorsement from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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