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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1913
Page
2
Reading notices in local column set at 20 cents per line for first insertion and 15 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Business locals priced at 10 cents per line for first insertion and 8 cents per line thereafter. Standing ads rate info available on request. Church festival notices and similar ads charged at 5 cents per line. Obituaries and memorials 5 cents per line.
Local OCR fragment lists various bound numbers and mile markers with unclear text. Mentions No 1 North Bounds No 2 South Bound and No 3 North Bound with digit clusters and times, suggesting schedule or alignment data.
Dillon items report social plans and travel for the Featherly Lovell Gosman party to Bozeman for the Sweet Pea Carnival. Stray horses from John Sorenson’s ranch are offered for reward. Rettig departs for California to join The Press Visalia. Local business ads cover sewing needles and Pride of Dillon cigars. Community updates mention farming, hunting, and a forthcoming International Dry Farming Congress in Tulsa Oklahoma.
The West’s vast hay scene features Bob Jones on an upper ranch pushing 70 tons daily with crews adapting to weather. Harvest shows exceptional meadow output and plans to double acre yields. Mining prospects by Ed Kramer and J M Worchester spark optimism as samples head to Butte. Reece Armitage loses thumb while loading hay. Wisdom’s Harvest day fair slated for Friday with Jackson celebration near. Cattle prices expected steady. hog market tight. grain yields forecast strong in Billings area.
Robert Edgar known as Geyser Bob died at Yellowstone Lake Hotel after a few hours of pneumonia. He guided tourists for Yellowstone Transportation Co. for decades and was famed as a top park driver. Born in Brooklyn about 70 years ago, he later drove mail stages from the railroad to Montana. The government prized him as a safe guide in perilous park days.
Market report from North Portland Oregon notes light cattle receipts with higher top prices. Three loads of choice steers sold at 8.85, other steers 7.60 to 7.65, cows and heifers 6.60 to 7.25, calves 7.00 to 8.50, bulls 4.00 to 5.50, sheep and lambs trending lower due to rain with lambs 5.00 to 5.26 and ewes 3.78 to 8.25.
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