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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1905
Page
4
Published every Wednesday F C Kress E L Poindexter editors and proprietors. Local notice of mailing date shows entered September 20 1902 Dillon Montana second class matter under act of Congress March 3 1879. Subscription price two dollars per year in advance. Paper mailed regularly until definite order to discontinue and arrears paid.
The Dillon Examiner asserts it offers the largest paid circulation in Beaverhead County and invites advertisers to inspect subscription records and mailing lists. The note appears in a February 1, 1905 issue.
The legislature passed Senator White’s $75,000 bond measure to build and equip an additional building for the State Normal College. The plan aims to relieve cramped facilities as the college grows, benefiting Dillon and Beaverhead County with economic and educational gains.
The Examiner notes the state now pays 65 cents per day to insane asylum contractors, not 95 cents as previously stated. The correction credits the last state board for securing the lower rate given Montana’s limited capable facilities.
Justice Wilmot J. Gaynor advocates government appointment of a general freight agent for all railroads to eliminate favoritism in freight rates. Local agents would answer to the national appointee and could be dismissed for discrimination. He cautions against fixing rates, insisting the agent’s role is to prevent unequal schedules.
The supreme court decision last Monday reshapes Beaverhead county livestock interests as Roosevelt plans prosecutions in cases tied to the ruling. Economists say beef trust actions harmed producers and raised meat prices, while buyers faced inflated costs. The administration aims for fairer prices for raisers and cheaper meat for consumers.
One of the most energetic members of the ninth assembly is Representative E. O. Selway of this county. He is a hardworking conscientious worker who enjoys trust and respect from colleagues, making him one of the most influential in the body. The Examiner acknowledges his efficient service to Beaverhead County constituents.
The Tyrolean Alps owe the exposition company 5000 dollars and all of the Pike people are delinquent in sums ranging from 2600 to 60000 dollars each. The total reaches 598000 dollars as the exposition company seeks to recover as much money as possible from the show men.
A vast Moscow complex in Russia spans twenty acres with three stories and a ground floor housing a thousand establishments. The mammoth building offers fabulous merchandise valued in the millions of dollars under individual proprietors.
The report lists costs and losses including 100000 lives lost, one fleet lost, an expense of 50000000 for a fleet, one fortress lost with 200000000, general expenses 300000000, totaling 550000000, plus 100000 liver.
The notes detail rough treatment of new boys during initiation in the shower area, widespread freshman confusion in halls and rooms, and frequent misplacement of recitation spaces. Mary Bennett and Eleanor Poindexter are ill. new radiators arrive as term begins with twenty new students and a cataloged library. Theta club hosted by Miss Florence Carter with a post party cleanup.
Mrs Sophia Sorensen wife of Fred Sorensen resident of this city died in Salt Lake City hospital Saturday morning from peritonitis after an operation last Tuesday. She was 26 years old and had lived in Montana two years with her husband at Chris Jensen’s ranch. A three year old son survives. Funeral services were held Monday at the Episcopal church with Rev S Hooker officiating and interment at Mountain View cemetery.
The New Orleans Picayune notes Madame Bertha Kunz Bakers arrival to the city with striking advance notices praising her genius in understanding thought and feeling and her artistic expression. The excerpt ends mid description of her abilities and impact.
The melodious and flexible voice of Mrs Baker lit the audience with pleasure and earned sincere, merited applause. At the request of hundreds who wished to hear her again she consented to repeat the recital. This compliment is rare for a woman in New Orleans.
A Jackson New Year letter from January 1905 notes thrift in cattle markets with several herds in feed pens. It mentions calendars from Dillon Bank featuring Andromache, sales of cattle to a Colorado buyer, travels of August Wenger to Anaconda for health care, and a Jackson literary society meeting detailing performances. It also references rumors of summer developments by a local company and colorful social notes about town visitors and local worthies.
The piece notes an estimate that 320 000 divorces were granted in the last twenty years in the country. It contrasts public expectation of much higher figures with journalism’s tendency to imply larger numbers.
Three students from State Normal College complete the three year course this week marking the close of the first semester. The midwinter graduating class includes Misses Margaret Griffith Frances L Chase and Lillian Lambrecht all from Butte and previous graduates of Butte High School.
Notice of a February 18 1905 election in School District No 10 Beaverhead County Montana to decide issuing and selling 16000 in coupon bonds at 5 percent interest payable semi annually. Bonds of 500 each payable in 20 years with redeemable after ten years to build and furnish a school house and purchase land. Board of Trustees T M Selway chairman R F Tattersall clerk.
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