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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1912
Page
3
Rate schedule for Dillon Examiner notices lists 20 cents per line for first insertion and 15 cents per line for subsequent insertions in focal column. Business focials priced at 10 cents first line and 8 cents thereafter. Standing ads available on application. Card of thanks and obituary poetry priced per line.
OCR fragment shows unclear road signals with references to No.1 No.2 No.3 and No.4 lanes and times 2:22 p m 4:05 a m 8:30 p m. Mentions directions North Bounds East Bound South Bound and a 110 figure. No clear incident or outcome. appears to be a fragmented traffic notice or misread log.
Local column lists residents and visitors: Lon Guy in Butte on official business. Hawley Selway and Byron Friend visiting Dillon from nearby areas. Dr. H. T. Ashlock and others joining state baseball tour. Miss Mary Bennett returning to Billings for school. multiple entries on roads, addresses, and small notices. house calls, suplementos, and social events across Dillon and nearby towns.
Amede Bassette visits Bannack. First snows appear on mountain peaks. A Yost typewriter adorns Attorney Barbour’s office. Harvesting begins as ranchers stay busy. A new Presbyterian church nears completion and will host services next Sunday. Church picnic planned next Friday September 2 at Poindexter Orr ranch. Grace Lamont to Evanston Illinois for university study. Her departure stirs social circles and town exodus continues. Outbound parties head to Ziegler’s Lot Springs and Elk Horn Springs for recreation. Elk Horn Springs hosts around sixty visitors last week as a premier resort.
Michael Steel, one of the region’s oldest prospectors, died in Bannack on August 20 at age 75. A settler since 1860, he mined in Alder Gulch and Big Hole, helped found the Elkhorn district and its first stamp mill, and is remembered as a kindly pioneer beloved by many old timers. He crossed into the Idaho territory era with notable ventures and discoveries including Jerusalem Bar and Bitter Root Johnson.
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