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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1904
Page
1
City council held a lengthy session approving a new fire department and ordering eight additional arc lamps at specified intersections. They also addressed saloon licenses, sidewalk and street upgrades, railroad crossing issues, nuisance pumps, and assorted city bills.
Burton Barr, a Morton firm clerk, narrowly avoided serious injury when a horse they rode in a buggy panicked near Barrett's station as a southbound train approached. The horse bolted through a barbed wire fence, injuring neck and shoulder and had to be shot. Barr alerted Anderson livery, and the rig was replaced for the riders.
Geo R Metlen chairman of the Democratic county central committee issues the call for the county convention. Two conventions will be held this fall an adjourned first convention in Dillon September 12 to select state convention delegates then to name a legislative and county ticket. Primaries in country precincts September 3 and in Dillon September 5.
Dillon and Butte residents welcome a planned Oregon Short Line depot upgrade with a $10,000 stone structure proposed east of the track. Division Superintendent Geo H Olmstead and Division Engineer R V Ketchum inspected depot and yard facilities and will report to Chicago directors in September. A strong petition from Dillon business men is urged to back the project and speed action.
A block of names is shown in a fragmented historical notice including Olas Cornell Emily Taylor Ora Mae Rich Lilian Susie Petterson Megsra Harry Gilbert W W Simpson Fred Carter C D Starr Frank Eliel Dr Rathbone F M Poindexter Ww KE Simmons Fred Conger Albert Stamm Fred Huber Robi Moore Fred Waldorf Barr Cugh ing and B N Stevenson.
Sheriff Duke Gist and Deputy Ike Edinger moved five prisoners from Butte to Beaverhead’s new jail on Sunday night during construction. The detainees include John Clifford implicated in a spring burglary at Dart Hardware Co and recaptured after an escape, George Utcher a French youth charged in a sheep camp wagon burglary, Ray Prentice jailed for burglary and sentenced to one year, Charles Colling charged with assault first degree, and William Gilmartin released from custody upon county attorney’s request.
The nine year old son of Nels Nelson was brought to Dillon from a Horse Prairie ranch after a fall from a hay rack. He fractured a bone in his left arm between elbow and shoulder and suffered facial scrapes. He had a similar arm injury weeks earlier. John Orr and Dr W W Kingsbury met the party. the boy remained nervy and the doctor reports he is doing as well as can be expected.
Joseph Larwill, pioneer of the state and Bannack resident, arrived in Dillon from Kansas City to visit friends and spend part of the summer for his health. Known as the Father of Argenta, he promoted the first Rocky Mountain smelter at Argenta and served as Bannack clerk and recorder. He was an original owner of the Hecla mining property.
Mrs. Lorenzo Cushing hosted a large group of young guests at her Salt Lake City visiting friend Miss Mary Hoag. The Cushing home gleamed with pink and green decorations and sweet pea fragrance. Nine tables were set for sixty three, with refreshments served afterward by Mrs. B. N. Stevenson and Mrs. R. J. Moore. Guests included Misses Kate Paxton Ethel Squire Nellie Sharkey Mary Innes Grace Lamont Bertha Anna Huber Robison Lovell Harrie Waldorf Jean Bishop Stamm Dorchester.
Chief Dan Ward captured Lew Gordon a 24 year old man wanted in Gunnison county Colorado for rape. Gordon, identified from Colorado authorities description, was held until Sheriff Corey and a deputy arrived and he was turned over. He allegedly raped a 16 year old girl and was taken away on Saturday evening’s train.
Hecla property near Glendale sold at sheriff's sale in the city courthouse Thursday afternoon. Alex McDonald, plaintiff, bid the property to $26,000, equal to the indebtedness against the company. The site included mining machinery and famous Hecla Consolidated Mining Company premises once yielding over $11,000,000 in production and large dividends to stockholders.
H A Hathaway of Hastings Industrial Company Chicago is in Dillon promoting a stock creamery venture. The plan forms a Montana stock company with $5,500 capital to install an Elgin Centrifugal creamery capable of 2,500 to 3,000 pounds of milk per hour within 90 days of funding. Subscriptions already approach $2,200 from local firms and individuals, with construction and operation under stockholder direction to follow, aiming to supply Dillon and build a regional creamery network.
Livingston reports Ben Hayer of Billings awarded a about forty thousand dollar concrete sidewalk and curbing contract by the city council after a long session. Proposals may be challenged in court on grounds of legality. Hager plans to place fifty men within five days and complete the project, following a lengthy secret council deliberation.
A large pink and blue decorated trunk, attached to a depot omnibus, drew attention in Salt Lake City as Hugh L McCaleb of Dillon Montana and his bride arrived for their wedding tour. The trunk bore pink baby shoes and a humorous inscription about the bride and groom. McCaleb said locals from Dillon arranged the decorations before departure and he will remove the adornments later.
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