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THE BUTTE DAILY POST
DILLON BUREAU
BUSINESS OFFICE AT McCLURES
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Depart*
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Phone
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Lll'S ELECTION IS
II »EOT QUIET m
ndidates for Offices Have No
Opposition— Mayor Gilbert
is Re-elected.
Dillon, April 2.—The city election
held in Dillon today and was a
y quiet affair, there being no con
ts. Mayor J. H. Gilbert was re
nted for that office. C. P. Thomas
I re-elected city treasurer and L. P.
illlps was re-elected police magls
te. In the First ward Tom Lue
vns elected alderman for the
?o-year torm and Roacoe Cornell for
one-year term. In the Second
ard W. A. Graeter was re-elected
derman and In the Third ward C. O.
ond was re-elected alderman. In the
ourth ward A. L. Anderson was re
cted for the one-year term and
rnest Orr for the two-year term.
ILLON TO BE SEVERE
WITH I. WJ. VISITORS
wo Are Sent to Jail for 30
Days for Belittling the
United States.
Dillon. April 2.—Frank Smith and
radley Osborn, said to be I. W. W.
embers, were taken into custody last
Tidav by the sheriff's office and on
a. tu rday were each given 30 days in
le county Jail, with a floater at tho
nd of 30 days. Members of the I.
W. will not be tolerated in Dillon
nd the sheriffs office means to deal
verely with every one of them picked
In this city in the future. Fmith
nd < »shorn were making themselves
bnoxlous by belittling the United
States and aruuing against enlisting
l the United States army. They
c* given ample time to think it over
ehind the bars.
MASTER RAY GIMBLE
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Dillon, April 2.- Master Ray Gimble
elebrated his seventh birthday last
Saturday afternoon at his home
[South Washington street. Many boy
friends of the young man spent the
afternoon with him, enjoying a real
birthday party which ended with
sumptuous repast.
LEGISLATOR TO SPEAK
TO GOVERNMENT CLUB
Dillon, April 2. The Good Gove
inept club will hold its regular meet
ing tomorrow afternoon at the train
ing school of the Normal college,
this occasion Hon. Frank Eliel, repre
itive of this county, will address
5 present on certain legislation
<acted at the Fifteenth session of
the legislature.
DILLON BRIEFS.
Diilon, April 2.—Mrs. A. Foster is
here from Portland to visit for a week
Mrs. Foster was formerly Mias Mar
jorie McLaughlin.
T. F. Jenkins was in town from
Sheridan Saturday.
Mrs. John Reece left Saturday ev
lug for Salt Lake to visit with rela
tives for thre weeks.
Mrs. Steve Davis was in town Sat
nrday from Puller Springs to do some
shopping.
Floyd Shaw and Peter Crystal were
In town last Saturday from Albion,
Idaho.
Henry Thompson spent Saturday in
Dillon from his home at Kidd.
M. D. Gist returned last Saturday
afternoon from Los Angelos, where
he has been spending the winter.
William Reed is among the arrivals
from Los Angeles, where he has been
•pending the winter months.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Orr and Miss
Margaret Orr spent Saturday in Dillon
bom their home at Red Rock.
For Rent—Two housekeeping rooms.
Inquire Mrs. Leggett. Owl rooming
house.—Adv.
COMMISSIONERS MEET.
Dillon, April 2.—The county com
niissioners convened this morning 1 l_
regular monthly session and will meet
for three days of this week taking
<a,e of county affairs.
KEEP A JAR OF
MDSTEROLE HANDY
It Quickly Loosens Up Coughs and
Colds in Throat or Chest
Just a little Musterole rubbed on your
>,'tsfat chest before you go to bed
will loosen up congestion and break up
8evere colds and coughs.
-Musterole is a clean white ointment
aue with oil of mustard. Simply rub
' on. Ko plaster necessary. Better than
mustard plaster and does not blister,
bousands who use Musterole will tell
.«!** it give» from sort throat,
a..h C mi> * tonulit >», croup, stiff neck,
mtri 0 * L he back or'jointstçrS*. sors
mirt^'fj b ™ ,ses ' chilblains, frosted feet
Md.colds (it often prevents pneumonia),
NEW BANKING CONCERN
THROWS OPEN DOORS
The Security State Bank
Dillon Holds a Public
Reception.
of
Dillon, April The Security State
bank of Dillon was thrown open to
the public last Saturday afternoon, the
opening being In the form of a recep
tion. and many visitors, both men and
women, called at the fine new bank
on East Bannack street to meet the
officers and to Inspect the building.
Cut flowers and vines added to the
attractiveness of the interior of tho
new business house, which Is splendid
ly furnished and equipped with mod
ern and neat furnishings. Punch was
served by the Misses Ella Nelson and
Smith.
The officers of the bank are: C. C.
Thornton, president; Pearl I, Smith,
vice president; C. F. llailey, cashier
The board of directors is composed of
Messrs. Thornton, Smith and Bailey
and Dr. R. H. Ryburn and Nels Nelson.
THREE ARE NOMINATED
FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEES
Dillon, April 2.—A school caucus was
held last Friday aVening in the audi
torium of the training school for the
purpose of nominating three candi
dates for the offices of school trus
tees. Leonard Eliel was nominated
as candidate for the three-year term
A. L. Radeon and Miss Jean Bishop
were each nominated for the one-year
term. Mr. Eliel and Miss Bishop are
now holding positions on the board of
school trustees.
DIVORCE GRANTED.
Dillon, April 2.—A decree of divorce
was issued to Mrs. Marion Womack of
Lima from Oliver Leroy Womack. The
woman obtained the divorce upon the
grounds of non-support.
IM« ITEMS OF
SMI INTEREST
Slide Near Whitefish Crushes
Shack of Watchman, Kill
ing Inmate.
Whitefish. April 2.—John Zerabret,
a track watchman, was caught in a
snowsllde Saturday and killed, his
shack being crumbled up under a
bunch of rocks and debris. The slide
occurred about one mile east of Kssex.
Zembret just came into his shack
when the side of the mountain closed
in upon him. The place caught fire
and the man's body was partly
burned.
Engineers Koehler and W. Guten -
sohn narrowly escaped death. They
were bringing in a freight. Fortunate
ly the engine was not traveling fast
and the locomotive was stopped with
in a few feet of the slide. At points
debris has piled up on the tracks to a
depth of 130 feet.
PAINTERS ON A STRIKE.
Helena, April 2.—Painters here plan
a strike for today because of the em
ployers' refusal to give them a raise
m pay from $5 to $6. Yesterday aft
ernoon the local union held a special
meeting and ordered a walkout. A
similar raise was recently demunded
by the carpenters. According to the
building trades council, the carpenters
have been granted their request.
SMALLPOX ON TRAIN.
Whitefish, April 2.—A little girl on
her way east with her father was tak
en ill with smallpox yesterday and re
moved from the train. The tot's
mother died a few days ago and the
father was taking his two little girls
to his former home in the east. The
patient will bo treated in a Kulispell
hospital.
CITIES CAN T REASSESS.
Helena, April 2.—According to a de
cision by Judge R. Lee Word of tho
district court Saturday, cities cannot
reassess a special improvement dis
trict to make up for delinquencies of
some of the property owners. The
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS
WILBUR PLAYS A LITTLE INDOOR BASEBALL.
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SQUIRREL FOOD
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GLOOM IN THE 8PRING.
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XllNItR PEEV.S Oftf 1HI9 SPUCK» PAV
PEEL OFF 'TU'avJNiiJG
CLARENCE-»TS SPRING
AlYeidltold LfcPT ABOUT
FACE 1 . FoR-ARD -
MARCH *
"om! That balmy sleepy^
SWceT SMELL OF NEW
MOWH SPRlhle. -SORE
IS DELICIOUS* , --- '■'C I ,
'V/ELL HECTOR- SPRING
IS MERE - 6o HOME Abl
MA&SA6E YO0R
PRlVERS AM'
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AlC COLO FOR
AWHILE YET!
city has made no effort to foreclose
upon property owners who have failed
to pay in the Broadwater sewer dis
trict. The case will, be carried to the
supreme court.
UNCOMMON EXPERIENCE
OF A BRITISH AVIATOR
London, April 2. I An account of a
mirage in the eloudw is given in a let
ter from a British (flying corps officer
on the western fropt. He says:
"I had often woudbred what it would
feel like to see a machine coming
straight for me and to know that a
collision was Inevitable. I had the ex
perience this afternloon, only the col
lision did not take place.
"I was on patrol with five other ma
chines over the lines .and had just
gone into a cloud bank. Just before
going ln I saw the plane on my right
turning to cross in ifront of me. Sud
denly I saw a machine of the same
type as mine appear out of the cloud
about 50 feet awav, making straight
for me.
"Instinctively I Jammed' my nose
hard down nnd w'ent as near a nose
dive as possible. The other aeroplane
did the same. I turned. The other
turned into me.
"I was in cold perspiration all over
by this time, so 1 thought 'Here goes;
if I am going to crash, it might as well
he complete.' So straight for it I
went. We got closbr and closer, and
biff! my machine ahd -its mirage in
the clouds met.
"It seemed like a hideous nightmare,
and I can still see that machine doing
its utmost to crash into me. I think I
cun say I have had the full horrors of
a collision in the air without its actu
ally taking place. I ilnally got out of
the clouds, and had) not the faintest
idea where I was, Until a shell re
minded me that 1 wsii* a little too low
over the German lines."
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears
the
Signature of
Bad Cough? Feverish? Grippy?
You need Dr. King's New Discovery
to stop that cold, the soothing balsam
ingredients heal the irritated mem
branes, soothe the sore throat, the an
tiseptic qualities kill the germ and
your cold is quickly relieved. Dr.
King's New Discovery has for 48 years
been the standard remedy for coughs
and colds in thousands of homes. Get
a bottle today and have it handy in
your medicine chest for coughs, colds,
croup, grippe and all bronchial af
fections. At your druggist, 50c.
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STUTE PRODUCTION
Publicity Commissioner Issues
Latest Facts and Figures
on Montana.
The booklet adds I
Montana's estimated population of
754,200 produced in 1916, $342,000,000,
divided into mineral wealth of $145,
000,000; farm products, $121,000,000;
livestock. $54.000,000; wool, $8,000,000;
lumber, $8.000,000, and coal, $6,000,000,
according to a booklet just off the
press issued by Charles I). Greenfield,
commissioner of agriculture and pub
licity. This booklet will l»e distributed
through railroads, chambers of com
merce, realty dealers and others
throughout the United States and in
some parts of the old world.
Among the subjects touched upon in
the booklet are Montana's climate,
schools, assessed \aluation, railroad
development, productivity of the soil,
the influx of homesteaders, mining,
natural resources and the reason for
Montana's motto. "First in Qualit
First in Quantit,
that Montana has "good roads for tou
Ists, two great national parks, magnifi
cent mountain scenery nnd excellent
fishing and hunting.'* Also the pam
phlet says that the hook is to give re
liable data from which honest conclu
sions may he drawn.
In referring to the successes of
farmers it says;
"Although less than one-eighth of
the tillable land of the state is under
the plow, Montana now ranks sixth
among the nations of the Union in the
production of wheat, sixteenth in oats,
second in flax, thirteenth in barley and
nineteenth in potatoes.*'
According to the report of the United
States department of agriculture. Mon
tana's wheat production has increased
enormouslv in 10 years. In 1906 the
crop was 3.297,000 bushels, the yield of
137 389 acres, with a farm value of
$2,110.000. In 1916. 1.485.000 acres
yielded 28.635,000 bushels of wheat.
Valued at $46,134,000. The corn pro
duct'on in the same period has in
creased in farm value from $60,536 to
*1.720.000: oats from *3.740.812 to $n,
788.000; barley from $264.504 to $2.022.
i 000; rve from «27.344 to $197.000; po
tatoes * from $1,307.259 to *5.850,000;
hay from *6.155.062 to *15.422,000; flax
from *298.260 to $7.658.000.
The assessment of property for pur^
poses of taxation is shown in the
gigantic strides since 1890. when 16
counties, with 4.930.196 acres, were as
sessed at $112,916.272. The 1916 report
shows 41 counties, with 33,565,923
acres valued at $48<.898.353.
An acre of land in Montana is worth
more than an acre anywhere else, as
shown by the federal crop report, giv
ing the average per acre production in
bushel ' 1 * 1 i*..-« 1
12 principal agricultural
states of the Union. The same report
shows the value per acre of Montana
land to the farmer to be worth more
than in any other state in wheat, hay
and potatoes alone. The Inst survey
shows that there are 16.649.725 acres of
unreserved and unappropriated public
land available in Montana for home
stead entry.
Mining, livestock, coal mining, wool
growing, lumbering and hydro-electric
development are also discussed.
PUBLISHERS HIT HARD
BY THE REGULATIONS
London, April 2.—American publish
ers of books and magazines are not
the only ones who stand to lose money
by the new order of the governm* rtt
restricting the importations of pub
lient ions. The British publishers have
found that they also are hit pretty
hard.
It was a growing custom for English
publishers to have their hooks printed
in the United States and the loose
sheets transported and bound in Eng
land. In that manner they secured
the American copyright, which is ap
plicable only to books printed in the
states. This is all done away with by
the newest restrictions.
The American publishers of maga
zines and periodicals, for which Eng
I land has become such a fertile field,
will, of course, feel the wmrst effects
of the order against importations. The
only way the reader can now procure
his American magazine is by ordering
It direct from the publishers in the
United States.
and othef WOrkerS WnO WUSt
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have enduring strength, take
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HUH!
"There are times when I wonder if
life is worth living," exclaimed the
love-sick youth.
'Well, well!" replied the married
man. "And I didn't even know that
you were married."
POLICEMEN
LETTER CARRIERS
DRIVERS
scorn
EMULSION
to build up and keep up their
health. Surely it will do as much
for you, but insist on SCOTT'S.
ficott ft Bourne, Bloom fi eld, N. J, lfr-15
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APPEAL MEDICAL CASE
TO THE DISTRICT COURT
In Justice Court Plaintiff Was
Given Verdict for Full
Amount.
Deer Lodge. April 2.—The case of
P. 8. Rennick vs. Hector >1. McLean
nnd Maggie A. McLean and Mrs. Peter
Lareau, which was decided in justlc
court some time ago in favor of the
plaintiff, has been appealed to the dis
trict court. In this case the plaintiff
was suing the defendants for $161.05
for medical services alleged to have
been rendered Mrs. Lareau at the re
quest of the other defendants. In
Justice court the plaintiff was given
a verdict for the full amount, together
with interest.
OFFICERS ORDER THE
SHEEP PENS REMOVED
Deer Lodge, April 2.—The county at
torney and sheriff were taken out to
the ranch of the Deer Lodge Farms
company the last of the week to make
an inspection of the water furnished to
the patrons on the west aide by the
West Side Water company. It was
decided that some of the sheep pens
and lambing quarters of the ranch
were located too near to the w'ater
ditch and the company was ordered to
remove them to a safer distance.
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DEER LODGE BRIEFS.
Deer Lodge, April 2.—Mrs. Fred A.
Wirth entertained four tables of
bridge at her home on West Milwaukee
avenue Saturday afternoon. The rooms
were beautifully decorated for the oc
casion and the color scheme was car
ried out in the dainty menu which was
served.
Mrs. W E Keeley and Mr. and Mrs.
William Williams returned yesterday
morning from California, where they
have been spending a part of the win
ter.
The King's Daughters society will
meet tomorrow afternoon at the home
of Mrs. N. J. Bielenberg.
Miss Alice Cummins of Missoula was
the guest the latter part of the w
of Mrs. Joe Coy.
George and Clarence Kearney
Ophlr were Deer Lodge \isitors Sat
urday.
Frank Dougherty of Elliston trans
acted business in the city Friday.
R. C. Ross of Big Bend was in ti
Saturday.
R. W. Ross went to Butte Saturday
evening to attend the meeting of the
Knights of Pythins.
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FORMERLY SEA BOTTOM
U. S. Geologist Discovers Evi
dence of Communica
tion by Water.
Washington, April 2.—Geologists
have long known that the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans were once directly
connected by water that extended
across the present site of Panama and
adjacent areas in Central America.
The continents were thus separated
during the eocene nnd aligocene
epochs—not so very long ago as geolo
gists reckon lime.
At the end of the oligocène time,
however, the surface of the earth in
jthe region about the site of Panama
was raised by earth movements which
closed the mid-Amcrican passage and
established continuous land connection
between North and South America—
j connection which until recently was
believed to have remained unbroken
until the skill and indomitable perti
nacity of United States army engineers
cut the bond at Panama.
Denizens cf Oceans Change.
The separation of the oceans caused
profound changes in their inhabitants
who had been able to wander unim
peded from ocean to ocean, but now
found themselves restricted in their
range. Many species, marooned in an
unfavorable environment, soon suc
cumbed in the struggle for existence.
Thus in the miocene time (the next
epoch 1 the inhabitants ot tin Atlantic
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CAMPAIGN BANQUET AT
Arrangements Completed to
Seat 350—Elaborate Pro
gram Prepared.
Deer Lodge, April 2.—Final arrange
ments are being made in preparation
for the big college campaign banquet
in the college dining roon. tomorrow
evening. According to reports from
the kitchen nothing is being overlooked
to make the menu a most complete ancj
a bountiful one. Three hundred and
Hfty invitations were sent out last
w'eek and the speakers' list is to In
clude men of prominence in the state.
No charge 1 h being made to the guests
for the affair and those in charge
have stated that no solicitation for
subscriptions at the banquet will ho
tolerated.
An elaborate program Include*
speaking, singing and a moving pic
ture of life at the College cf Montana.
HERE TO SECURE A
MASTER BLACKSMITH
Deer Lodge, April 2 - George Gor
don Bush by, managing director of the
British Columbia Marine. Ltd., Van
couver, B. C., was a Deer Lodge vis
itor on Friday and Saturday, a guest
at the home of John Nichols. Mr.
Bushby was very enthusiastic In the
electricnl projects on the Milwaukee
road, and was an interested visitor at
the state prison. The purpose of hia
visit at this time was to look for a
master blacksmith. A very flattering
offer was presented to Master Black
smith Nichols of the Milwaukee shops,
which is being considered by Mr.
Nichols.
TO BUILD ROAD THROUGH
THE BERYL MILLER RANCH
Deer Lodge. April 2.—County Attor
ney W. E. Keeley filed an action in the
district court today in which Powell
county is bringing condemnation pro
ceedings against Beryl Miller, a ranch
er residing in the vicinity of Gold
Creek, to compel him to allow a road to
be built over a certain part of his land.
It is alleged by the county that tho
road is absolutely necessary to allow
other ranchers in the vicinity to get to
their land.
FUEL SHED BURNS.
Doer Lodge. April 2—A small shed
in the rear of the Valley Purniture
company caught tire last Saturday
night and burned down. The building
was used ns a fuel shed and Are
caught from some nshes which had
been thrown out a few' hours earlier.
und Pacific oceans gradually became
different, anti they have now become
so distinct that scarcely a single spe
cies is common to the seas on the two
sides of the isthmus.
The mid-American land barrier is
generally thought to have remained in
tact front miocene time down to tha
j present day, but this belief is er
roneous.
Oceans Separated Twice?
j 1. Wijyland Vaughan., a geologist of
'the l nited States geological survey,
I department of the interior, on crit
j ically studying the fossil corrals col
! leeted on Carri/o creek, in Imperial
i county, Cal., discovered that thesa
corals resemble those of the Atlantia
ocean—that they are closely related to
pliocene and post-pliocene forms that
inhabited the waters about Florida and
( the West Indies.
I This fact seems to mean that after
the Atlantic had been separated from
the Pacific in miocene time the two
oceans were again united in late mio
cene or pliocene time, the interoceanic
! connection permitting the Atlantic
' forms to reach points at the head of
the Gulf of California, while conditions
I not vet understood excluded the Pn
ficir fauna from that area.
I The place at which the oceans were
connected is not known, but is sup
posed to have been somewhere ne-.r
the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
MEETING POSTPONED.
The reg-ular meeting of the Monroo
Parent-Teacher association has been
postponed until one week from to
night April i*. when delegates will be
elected to attend the state meeting to
he held in Great Fails. April 26, 27 and
28, and other business of Importance
transacted.