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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1906
Page
4
Entry dated September 20 1902 from Dillon Montana indicating second class matter under act of March 3 1879 and subscription price of 2 dollars per year in advance. The item notes postal status and pricing for the publication.
The piece argues New Zealand's government run life insurance lowers costs and tightens safeguards, contrasting with private firms. It cites an insurance commissioner with broad control and limited loan power, and notes investments in high grade securities. It then discusses railroad presidents' testimony on rate setting and alleges the beef, wheat, and corn markets are controlled by a few railroads and meat packers, creating monopolies.
Dillon residents and visitors are listed with names and brief motions including J A Burrows traveling to Pipestone Springs, John A Peat attending to business, E W Wilson regisred in Dillon, and Mrs J C Metlen traveling to Butte for treatment. A Plumstead entertainment at Normal College and a Montana Press excursion to Los Angeles are noted along with a postponed card party and theatre performance by Leon W Washburns company.
Word was received that Mrs. B F White, wintering in Pacific Grove California, is recovering from pneumonia. Normal students visited the school. Miss Morell of Helena visited Miss Jessie Poindexter. The district court term begins next Wednesday with no jury and should last two to three days. Water cases, including the Beaverhead River matter, may be passed to May. A 25 person company will present a new season play with elaborate scenery. A noon street parade is planned. Miss Marjorie McLaughlin enrolled in the commercial department for bookkeeping and typewriting. The boys basketball team aims to play Anaconda and Helena soon. There are ninety seven high school students. English 4-2 finished The Rape of the Lock. Anaconda high school reports readiness for combat at the Dillon Theatre Feb 16. Duke Gilbert has been ill. Rich copper ore bodies found in Birch Creek Snowball claim, Reins company, and Amalgamated has opened an ore body in Indian Queen area. Spring development expected in the district. A new algebra by Hawkes of Yale is used by the highest algebra class. About 1 100 volumes in the school library. Musical at E S Luce residence drew over a hundred guests and raised funds for the guild. Read The Examiner. Ferber t Foster is ill this week. Latin class Caesar translations complete with final prose work to follow. End of term exams to be held in arithmetic for commercial students. Geography lab work begins this semester. Miss Bingiel has the grip. Clerk Frank Hazel baker enrolled in shorthand classes Monday. Paul Paddock returned home toWisconsin due to his brother’s illness. Mildred Weenink was sick that week.
Ray Stannard Baker challenges railroad claims that rate setting is a scientific task for rail experts only. An extract from McClure’s magazine recounts how the beef trust influences transportation charges. The piece references the Chicago beef rate cases and notes the radical views voiced in the October 1905 discussion.
Acting for the state health board, the official chemist conducted 426 store inspections. Of these, 236 products, about 55 percent, were adulterated or not up to legal standard. Canned fruits jellies and jams showed 40 of 51 adulterated. Tomato ketchup samples were all impure. Olive oils proved fraudulent and one third of honey was adulterated.
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