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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1921
Page
9
Tribune subscribers are urged to notify the office if they do not receive the paper on time. The paper is published regularly and must be delivered to all subscribers. Notices of events with admission fees or profit from sales will be charged five cents per line. Card of Thanks and Obituary Poetry are five cents per line.
Those attending the state fair praised the exhibit and entertainment but noted limited attendance due to bad weather at the start and public reluctance to incur travel costs.
A report from the State Board of Pardons in Butte depicts sharp exchanges among local lawyers. The discussion reveals harsh views on life value in the city and includes named men, dates, and places, highlighting intense local legal theatrics.
The piece notes Fatty Arbuckle DeValera Lloyd George and Roy Gardiner as public figures in daily columns. It mentions threatened strikes by coal miners and railroad workers. It highlights tax and freight reduction, foreign markets for surplus products, profiteering by coal barons, a Washington conference on unemployment, and limited armaments relegated to the rear.
S J White was in town on a Thursday business trip representing Butte interests and meeting local contacts.
The piece discusses unemployment as a national problem with a Portland Oregonian viewpoint. It notes that employment drives purchasing, production, and prosperity, and cites Hoover’s conference to address winter relief. It predicts factory hiring, mine reopenings, railroad improvements, and brighter days ahead as production resumes.
The Tribune advises Montana Republicans to choose a strong, honest, energetic candidate who can unite with McCormick and Riddick and work with the national administration. It notes Senator Myers may seek the Democratic renomination, and stresses the need for a winner who can secure votes and deliver results in Washington.
Miss Maizie Bourquin had been teaching in Judith Basin and returned home this week after the local school closed for three weeks due to a flu epidemic.
An elder stockman reports cattle sheep and horses entered winter in better condition than in 25 years. Spring range was strong due to mild winter and ample feed. Grass crops were lush, hay supplies ample, and fall pasture excellent. Prices are weak but stockowners plan to hold most stock through winter. Lamb prices improve with few recent sales of cattle feeders or sheep.
The Society for the Preservation of Wild Flowers calls for official flower sanctuaries to guard native blooms from harm by holidaymakers. It cites trailing arbutus, jack in the pulpit, fringed gentian, trillium, columbine, and hepatica as endangered and argues sanctuaries won’t curb public enjoyment.
Economists see a quickening in fall despite a deadlock. Entrepreneurs boost activity with new plans like paper hat fashion and small five cent raisin packs. Yeast tonics ride soda fountains as dealers emphasize salesmanship and price cuts. Conditions are better than last year. more failures expected but will clear the market. Iron steel and petroleum may drop further while wool leather rubber cotton and textiles rise.
The piece recalls early Montana stage drivers as trusted community figures who carried news and settled disputes. It highlights feats of skill and courage and cites a remarkable 1866 tale of driving a swarm of bees across the plains without a single bee escaping.
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications as they do not reach the diseased ear portion. The remedy Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a constitutional treatment that acts through the blood to reduce mucous inflammation of the Eustachian tube and restore normal hearing.
Mrs Roy LeKander and her infant son arrived Friday from Butte hospital and are guests at the J H Gilbert home for about a week before proceeding to their ranch at Home Park.
Miss Baldwin in the Klein block advertises skilled piroting and hemstitching. Mrs Julia Selway returns from Butte bringing her grandson Douglass Sel on a visit and mentions a placed item from some time ago.
AU Wedum of Long Beach California is in town for a few days as noted in local notes.
The New York Girls' Jazz band and the Bever age orchestra from Helena performed at Dillmont Park last evening to widespread praise, hailed as the best music Dillon has seen in months. The same bands return tonight with a likely full crowd. Dancing starts at nine and lasts until satisfied.
Ads invite visitors to view the wonder needle described as rightly named and featuring a beautiful finished work by Mrs. Anna Hart. Display appears in pages 37-38.
Eugene Harrington aged about fifty died Monday at Curtis hospital from heart trouble after a long illness. The body will likely be shipped to Idaho where a brother resides.
Miss Mabel Martin of Berkeley California is visiting Mrs Best for a week then plans to go to Red Lodge to spend the winter with her brother at his home.
C W Woodburn and C W Robison drove to Lima after receiving news of Ethridge Ward's death. They traveled promptly upon learning of the loss.
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