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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1905
Page
4
The snippet lists the weekly paper details with editors Les ter F. Kress and L. Poindexter, noting Dillon Montana as the publication location, 1902 entry date, and price of $2 per year. It states mail delivery under a 1902 act and that the paper will be mailed regularly until subscribers pay arrears or issue order to discontinue.
The Dillon Examiner guarantees advertisers the largest paid circulation in Beaverhead County and offers open inspection of subscription records and mailing lists to advertisers.
The Examiner prints Governor Toole’s concise message urging enactment of reform measures including initiative and referendum, a railroad commission, a primary elections law, and a constitutional amendment empowering tax equalization. He warns powerful lobbies may oppose reform and questions whether the legislature will uphold the people’s will over the next sixty days.
In absence or incapacity of Governor Toole and Lieutenant Governor Norris, Dillon's B. F. White is chosen as president pro tem of the state senate, making him acting governor in such cases. Edwin Norris holds the lieutenant governorship.
A neighboring town man notes advertising costs of forty cents per hundred dollars of sales last year and his shift from half to full page ads. He praises steady ad pages and local liners, saying he will keep advertising while readers buy newspapers as the biggest and best merchants rely on adver tising. those who ignore it fall behind.
A professor from the Iowa Agricultural College is credited with boosting state wealth by 30 million dollars in a year. He lectured farmers across Iowa, teaching better seed selection and scientific tillage to raise corn yield from 27 to 40 bushels per acre, adding about 100 million bushels to the state’s harvest.
The Mountain Eagle profile lauds W G Conrad for shaping Montana through business and public service. It recounts early travels from 1808, ventures in Fort Benton, the Conrad Cattle Company, Fort Benton banking, and a selfless deed to repay depositors when the bank closed.
A round of Christmas and New Year celebrations fills Dillon's social calendar. Mr and Mrs Frank Birrer hosted Iowa guests at a New Year dinner with a rose pink and white theme. The Social Fight Needle club celebrated its fourth anniversary with a five hundred game and a four course supper. The Duplicate Whist club met at Mr and Mrs W A Jones for Dutch lunch as the year opened.
The ninth Montana legislature began its session with Hon. B. F. White elected president pro tem of the senate and Willis A. Hedges chosen speaker of the house. Officers for both houses were elected and a joint session heard the governor’s message before adjourning.
Real estate transfers are recorded from the title books of Pearl 1. Smith. The brief notices list parcels conveyed, grantors and grantees, and dates of deed recordings in the local land records.
A sequence of real estate transfers and mining deeds from early records. James H Philipp to Jobe Hill for 160 acres near Lima with nominal $1 consideration. Jobe Hill to Elizabeth Phillips for 160 acres near Bargain. A. B. Coon to B. F. White for 17% on Bannack Street north side. Geo F Whitaker to Ernest C Selway water right from Blacktail Deer Creek for $1. Henry H Armstead to Silver Fiseue Mining Company Rider Swan Hermit and Tailor quartz lodes Lost Cloud district for $1. Henry H Armstead to Silver Fissue Mining Co Polaris lode and millsite plus four placer claims for $40 000.
The High Five club members were pleasantly entertained yesterday afternoon at the Phil Lovell residence with Mrs. H. T. Poin dexter as hostess.
Dillon residents attended the annual Montana State Teachers Association meeting in Helena. J A Koontz Beaverhead county free high school was elected president for the coming year and J E Munroe State Normal College faculty was chosen president of the Montana Academy of Science.
The monthly weather report for September notes a mean temperature of 28.1 degrees, a high of 52 on the 30th, a low of 18 below on the 26th, and four subzero days. Precipitation totals reach .29 inches with 2.7 inches of snowfall, nine clear days, nine partly cloudy days, and thirteen cloudy days. The prevailing wind is westerly. A seven year comparison table shows normal mean 43.3 and average precip 15.8, with yearly figures from 1898 to 1904. An affidavit from A. L. Stone, cashier of the Beaverhead Bank, sworn January 2, 1904, confirms the statements as true.
New Year’s Day events described across several homes. Mrs. W. A. Jones and others hosted Duplicate Whist guests with elaborate decorations and refreshments at the Jones residence. Other receptions included Mrs. J. Monroe and Mrs. Lovell at their mansions, featuring punch, oysters, and festive décor. The Dillon Orchestra provided music for an extended dance session.
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