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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1909
Page
1
Mrs. N. Roger, 68, German native living near her son and employed by Dillon Implement Co., died about 36 hours after a coal oil lamp exploded near an open stove and set her clothes and hair ablaze. Neighbors and a heavy cloak saved most of her, but injuries were fatal.
News of the November 27 marriage reaches Dillon as Miss Esther Willard and Mr. Wesley Miller wed in Butte. Mrs. Miller, a Beaverhead high school and Montana State Normal College graduate, taught at Divide and is popular locally. Mr. Miller, connected with Big Hole Commercial, runs company interests in Divide. Class of 1906 faculty and cake ritual noted. Married couple to honeymoon in Boise and Idaho cities, home in Divide by January.
Beaverhead county Sunday School convention to meet in Dillon churches December 12 and 13 1909. Program includes Sunday afternoon union service at Methodist Church at 3 30 led by Rev J A Alford with an illustrated address and a large attendance of all visiting Sunday schools.
The notice lists a series of church and Sunday school events across Monday and evening sessions. It includes 7:30 services with Rev J A Alford, committee appointments, a Washington to Dillon talk via Missoula route, graded Sunday School lessons led by Mrs C W Robison, open questions, and an evening session featuring Dilloc n Influence Over Young Men by Mr L Bennett and a Visiona of Jeans address by Rev J A Alford with G R Featherly leading discussions.
Toota Smith and Leslie Dudda are credited with saving a block on Bannack Street from a damaging fire caused by a stove pipe. They alerted the Orr livery barn and the fire department arrived quickly, containing the blaze before it spread to nearby old frame structures.
Mrs. Emma Orem Benson, 34, widow of Percy Benson, died in Weld Maine. Sister of Deputy State Mining Inspector William Orem and Fred Orem of Butte, she was known for charm and leadership. Funeral planned locally. distant family cannot attend due to travel.
Burglars entered Albert Stamm’s Dillon jewelry store yesterday morning forcing the door with an iron bar and stole several hundred dollars worth of goods. Police have one young man in custody on suspicion while Wm Klein’s store also was entered but yielded little value. Stamm cannot confirm exact losses as items continue to go missing.
Theodore Nelson stopped at Matte Company this week for a routine visit, meeting executives and touring facilities to discuss potential collaboration and future projects.
Last Wednesday the Dillon City Council debated strict liquor controls. Proposals include distance rules from churches and schools, six retail licenses with staged increases, six month licenses costing 240 dollars, in person applicant exams, and mandatory in-person operation by licensees. A second ordinance would close saloons by midnight Saturday to 6 am Monday and require unobstructed street views of interiors. Other ordinances set location limits and penalties, with further rules on pool rooms and club bars.
The Dillon public school board held a meeting to hire an additional primary teacher Amy Kk Leen of St Paul Minn was elected. They adopted the 1909 10 calendar with holidays and semesters and discussed Montana tobacco law urging parental cooperation to end pupil tobacco use. Section 542 makes giving tobacco to minors under eighteen a misdemeanor.
The Dillon audience praised Mme Birdice Blye for an extraordinary recital at Normal assembly hall. She played a bold program from MacDowell to Chopin and Weber, studied under Rubinstein, and held attention with poised stage presence before departing for Chicago.
The text outlines penalties including fines from twenty five to five hundred dollars and up to three months in county jail. It notes Prof. Finch, superintendent, submitted a report showing excellent attendance and deportment.
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