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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1913
Page
1
The Dillon community hosts its first Christmas tree event on Christmas night at seven o clock. Bells ring across the city inviting residents to gather at Bannack and Idaho streets near the State Bank corner for a musical program led by Professor E. R. Mosher with Dillon Braes Band and choirs from area churches.
The Busy Bee in Dillon saw rapid leadership changes over three weeks. Owner William Neff resigned, Tom Cornell and Walter Harver briefly leased the business, Harver left, Cornell continued with John Fischer, then Guy Finley and Ed Sells purchased the stock and tried to run the cafe before also leaving.
A Dillon man known as Jerry, once famed as the Hecla mines discoverer, lies at the county poor farm paralyzed and penniless. The community is asked to donate any unused phonograph to give him comfort in his final days. the Examiner offers to arrange delivery and credit to grateful donors.
For one day Paul Sloan, an expert chef, was named manager by the hasher and pearl divers. The next morning Tom Cornell and John Fisher stepped forward to take over, steering the cafe through trials and tribulations and restoring stable management.
The Girls Friendly club will hold its annual Christmas party Friday at eight o clock. Mrs. Una B. Herrick of Bozeman will give a lecture. she is a leader in Montana for girls and women vocational work and is visiting at her daughter Mrs EJ Callaway’s home.
Beaverhead club plans a formal send off for Charles A. Smith known as Horse as he joins the Leggatt hotel bar concession in Butte. A Dillon day on January 10 will feature special cars from Lima, E. S. Wharton, A. C. M. band, and large Beaverhead turnout to honor Smith and show Dillon’s prominence.
After a twelve hour session the jury in J C Brenner vs S B Howell returned a verdict at 10 am last Saturday. They found the second clause of the complaint owed $84 for the use of a four horse team and wagon at $4 per day for 21 days. Attorneys were J C Gilchrist and C W Robison for the plaintiff and Norris Hurd Smith for the defense. The jury was excused until the January term.
Byron A Cunnard dies at home in Dillon after a long stomach cancer battle. A native of Ohio born February 7, 1845, he traveled with settlers, became a Beaverhead flockmaster, later worked for Dart Hardware and Crowell & Nuckolls, and helped establish Dillon's first electric lighting plant with Matthew Orr. He is survived by his wife, son Charles, a brother Findlay, and sister Mary Johnson. Funeral is Friday at two o'clock conducted by Rev H K Ostrander.
Miss Florence Punning and K. R. Buck quietly married last Thursday at the Presbyterian church in Butte. A wedding supper followed at Ledham's cafe. The newlyweds return to Dillon Sunday and plan to run a cafe in Salmon City Idaho.
Jay Kerr former agricultural instructor at the local high school now teaches at Idaho State Normal College arrived in Dillon last Saturday and stayed several days with friends before leaving to attend the Idaho State Teachers meeting in Boise December 28 29 and 30 where he was placed on the program. Kerr notes S L Ripley a former local high school faculty member coached the Idaho Normal College football team and won the southern football championship.
A meeting of Beaverhead Elevator directors and stockholders was held last Monday evening at the court house in Dillon to discuss erecting a flour mill. About 25 people attended and heard W. H. Atchinson of Dodson, Montana, speak on building a mill here.
Dan Tritt 18, a Dillon native, leaps aboard a runaway Olmsted-Stevenson wagon to save eight year old Malcolm Stone from certain harm on Montana Street. Kinsey Collings clambers aboard to halt the panicked team but falls to the ground. both narrowly escape injury as the wagon finally stops near Louis Stahl’s home. Groceries scattered, little damage otherwise.
In 1877 at Poindexter school house near Dillon Beaverhead valley pioneers Thomas and Teddy Flynn Frank Landon Sam Betts and others gathered to form a plan and celebrate the first Christmas in the valley The event featured a Santa Claus tree candles a banquet dancing and games marking the start of western settlement plans in Bannack and Dillon history.
A Dillon message from Spokane dated December 18 1913 conveys Miss Elizabeth Curry’s heartfelt thanks to friends sisters Rebekahs and brothers Odd Fellows for their kindness and aid after a benefit supper three weeks earlier. It notes her rapid recovery from an accident and hope to rejoin the community soon.
E. O. Selway traveled to Butte yesterday afternoon for a business engagement.
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