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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1903
Page
4
The Dillon Examiner notes a new text book law requiring a vote in each school district next Saturday on whether to provide free text books. Bozeman argues for and against, citing taxpayer costs versus personal ownership and existing aid for those unable to pay.
In a Baltimore address William Jennings Bryan warns that society tolerates larger scale theft, coveting territory, and mass killing when performed by nations, arguing that war corrupts moral standards and condemns small transgressions while excusing large ones.
The proverb expresses that harvest follows sowing by both a nation and an individual. If a nation sows wind it will reap whirlwind, with several seedtimes possible before the harvest arrives.
The nation operates over twenty thousand irrigating ditches and canals with a combined length of at least fifty thousand miles. In one Texas county a single black man resists appointment as postmaster despite cries from the president and Senator Hanna, and he does not seek a pension.
The passage notes total costs from the coal strike across sectors, listing $46,100,000 for mine operators, $25,000,000 for mining companies, and $28,000,000 for transportation firms. It concludes that the burden fell on the coal consumer.
A government move bans monopolies on speech length. Senator Morgan offers a brief platform in the closing senate hours advocating ending abuses of taxing power, free trade with island possessions, abolition of the national debt, and federal control of trusts.
The article notes that among negotiated reciprocity treaties only one has been ratified and only partially so while only one treaty remains valid at Congress convening. It adds that the Newfoundland treaty is universally believed to have no chance of approval.
The Townsend business men's association at its last meeting adopted resolutions opposing the statewide Free Text Book System to be voted on next Saturday. It cites unsanitary concerns to pupil health and potential district revenue curtailment, plus worries about pupil care and individual growth, noting existing law requires trustees to furnish free books for families unable to buy them.
Edwin Shaw, a California pioneer born in Massachusetts and later a Dillon resident, died suddenly at his Ashland Oregon home on Spring Street at age 76. He lived in Dillon earlier and is survived by his wife and one son. The funeral is set for 2:30 PM tomorrow at Ashland Cemetery.
The Maine Society prepared for a stage presentation titled Aunt Jerushas Quilting Party. Cast includes Jerusha Dow Mrs Melton Hepzibah Spooner Hannah Pike Mrs Carhart Johanna Hines Patience Peabody Mrs Fenner Simeon Stubbs Druscilla Thompkins Charity Cooper Miss Madie Rife Mrs Deacon Simpkins Miss Rite Phoebe Miranda Pride Mr Tattersall Deacon Simpkins Mr Johnson Squire Pride Mr Stevenson Preacher Lovejoy. Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning at the P O news stand with admission prices 50 and 35 cents.
Special correspondence notes visits and relocations around Polaris. Wilber Hays and wife visit the Big Hole while Mrs. Tom Judge travels to Bannack to see Jack sons before their move to Twin Bridges. Cozad sale to Graves, Will Tash plans to move from Bannack to the Cozad house, and the Cozad family may relocate to Oregon. Snow remains deep. meadow larks and blue birds signal spring.
C W Robison and Ralph V Sebree officiated the basketball game in Butte last Friday evening between the Parochial school and the Fort Shaw Indians. The Indian maidens won in a pretty contest and the Dill on referees earned praise from the Butte press for fair and capable officiating.
A crossed wire behind the new Medlen block caused telephones in several homes to burn fuzes and flash. Residents cut wires or reacted in fear, while others tried to smother the blaze with a wet towel. Several people received shocks while handling live lines.
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