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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1928
Page
4
The text notes a rate of 2.50 for one year and 1.25 for three months with a Dillon Post Office transmission designation as second class mail matter. The OCR shows garbled filler but confirms mailing status and pricing hints.
The document lists the Republican national and Beaverhead County tickets. It includes President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis, with electors and congressional candidates, plus Montana state and local races, detailing names for governor, attorney general, secretary of state, railroad commissioner, and county offices in Dillon.
The 1927 Montana farm output lists sheep wheat barley oats hay and beets with much detail on quantities. It notes Fordney McCumber tariff duties for each product and contrasts with the Underwood Simmons tariff on a largely free list, urging Montana farmers to consider protection in political choices.
The piece argues Al Smith has been a friend to farmers and stockmen yet never won agricultural counties in New York. It notes he carried only 16 of 62 counties across four gubernatorial contests and questions his farmer support versus manufacturers. It ends by mocking a Democratic press line promising relief if elected.
The Open Forum observed its fortieth anniversary with Sunday services that drew a large attendance in the morning and evening. The church decorations, choir performances, and a humorous historical sketch by Clerk George R. Featherly highlighted a colorful celebration. Letters from former ministers and members, plus greetings from abroad, underscored lifelong loyalty to the church.
The piece notes Senators Walsh and Wheeler and Governor Erickson keeping their posts through Republican votes, while Montana leans Republican by at least 25,000. It claims Governor Smith could win with cross-party support but says none of the leaders praise the Republican party, frequently attacking it in speeches. Governor Smith was warmly received in Helena and Butte, and in Helena he criticized Republicans and even President Coolidge.
The report notes no votes won by Rev. Thomas J. Simons in the state, while he attracted adherents to the Republican ticket who returned home with their followers. A vestry meeting is scheduled, and services resume next Sunday with a sermon on recognizing Jesus in a new form. The church school meets at ten, with a vesper and youth-focused conference at five. The joint Episcopal and Presbyterian reception for Normal students at the Guild hall last Friday drew a good crowd with songs, talks, games, and refreshments.
The Christian Science Society on Sebree Street invites the public to attend Sunday services at 11 o clock each week.
St Rose Catholic Church lists Masses on Sundays at 8 and 10:80 with 7:80 evening service. Weekday mass at 8. Confessions Saturday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. First Friday mass at 6:30. Pastor F X Leschner.
H N Tragitt Jr rector leads Sunday services at St James Episcopal Church including Children's Church at 9 45 a m Church School at 10 15 a m and Morning Prayer at 11 00 a m A discussion group for Normal students is mentioned.
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