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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
6
The Dillon Examiner lists advertising rates in local column with cents per line for first and subsequent insertions and 10 cents per line for church festivals and dances with admission. Card of thanks priced at 1 cent per word. Train times No 3 southbound 7:58 p.m. No 10 southbound 9:40 a.m. No 9 northbound No 1 northbound.
Dillon residents host or travel to nearby towns including Alder, Butte, Armstead, Sheridan, Twin Bridges, Lima, and Virginia City. Attendees include lawyers, teachers, and merchants. several of the mentions reference Christmas and holiday visits. Local business owners advertise services while coal shortages disrupt school openings and rail travelers frequent Dillon.
The column lists locals visiting from Argenta Hecla Dillon and Big Hole basin. Mentions Miss Edith Miller Edith and Blanche Miller studying in Oregon and teachers' institute in Great Falls. Includes a marriage license for John B Smith and Marguerite Davis and notes new county officers to take office with Shannon’s term expiring next year.
J E Hample a business visitor from Butte stopped in Melrose last Tuesday. Mrs Noah Allen spent a week with Mrs Springer in Butte starting Saturday. Viola McNurn visited her parents in Woodin Saturday. Mrs Chas Bennington from Dillon visited her daughter Mrs Delbert Jones last week. Roy Ayers of Divide searched for cattle feed Sunday. Frank Eichelberger Free Gold Mining and Milling chief returned from a Texas trip with John Joy Edson of Pittsburg to review mining interests. Wm Lacey returned from Salt Lake last week and was met by Mrs Lacey in Dillon Friday. Mr and Mrs Henry Gelhaus and family moved to Butte Saturday. Mrs Tom Sappington just returned from Salt Lake visit with daughters.
Realty transfers include Isaac Rife and Charles Pollins for 160 acres each west and east of Dillon. Warranty deeds show multiple property sales with low consideration amounts and several transfers near Armstead and Wisdom. Mining and quitclaim deeds cover Central Tunnel Site Quartz Lode, 19 mining claims, and Quartz Location Garr et al.
Property trades include James W. Cole for 187748 acres in Centennial valley and James Ambrose Brown for 160 acres east of Dillon. Transfers cover Nellie Shaw assignee for 320 acres in Big Hole Dillon Dairy, Besta M Hall and W K Hall for 19.9 acres in Rife addition Dillon, and others with small sums. Also listed are oil placer mining claims transfers and homestead filings by Wick P. Miller and Carl Borgeous with 160 acres each in Centennial valley and near Martin.
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