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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1896
Page
4
The Dillon Examiner highlights a county clerk report showing Beaverhead County’s net assets exceed liabilities by over $22 000 and a debt reduction of about $20 000 last year. It argues for lowering future levies to ease taxpayers burden while noting ongoing debt and political tensions over party representation.
Helena Independent reports the State Board of Education, after a two day session, will seek legislative authority to select and enforce adoption of textbooks statewide, resolving the long standing question without mandating purchases this term. The article also lists new county officers and deputies with current appointments and ongoing judicial and probate proceedings.
The article notes that the representative-elect from Beaverhead is a lifelong Democrat, yet he was repeatedly labeled as a Populist by the dependent source. The misclassification persists across the report.
The Montana House nears a tie between Kennedy of Anaconda and Largheto of Helena for speaker. The Examiner notes mistrust over a so called Missoula agreement and questions Governor elect Smith's potential reliance on Republican sources for appointments.
The editorial argues the state must operate penitentiaries and insane asylums instead of private hands, claiming better management and cost savings with qualified staff. It condemns outsourcing and urges direct state administration to serve public interests. The piece also notes bargains from a vendor and comments on bimetallist strategy through a Kansas Senator Peffer proposal.
A furniture sale fragment lists beds book cases desks sideboards tables and other items at the Di Gold end. The readable text indicates a display of household furniture poised for purchase with prices not shown.
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