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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1906
Page
4
The Dillon Montana Examiner under editor E L Poindexter lists entry date September 20 1902 and notes second class mailing rights. Subscription price is 2 dollars per year in advance and the paper will mail to subscribers until an order to discontinue is received and arrears are paid.
Advertisers are assured the Dillon Examiner offers the largest bona fide paid circulation in Beaverhead County. Subscription records and mailing lists are open to advertiser inspection. Wednesday January 17, 1:06.
The Livingston Post leads anti bond efforts with frequent editorials questioned by The Examiner. The Examiner rebuts claims of extravagant state school buildings, noting needs at State University, Agricultural College, and Normal College outstrip current facilities and funding.
The Examiner questions the Post’s sources and methods for its bond question coverage. It accuses The Post of gross misrepresentation and slander to undermine the interests of Dillon and state education figures including the Normal College.
Preliminary figures show US gold output at 86.34 million dollars and silver at 58.94 million. Colorado leads in gold with over 25 million, Montana tops silver with 13.5 million, California adds 17.5 million, Alaska 14.65 million, and other western states follow. South Carolina even produced 101,600 in gold.
A local advocacy piece denounces mail order firms as parasitic and deceptive. It argues spending with neighborhood merchants strengthens the community, pays taxes, and sustains schools and roads, while catalog sellers profit by draining local money and offering inferior goods. The author urges readers to buy cash from trusted local dealers who support local prosperity and uphold quality.
Ravalli county votes to end two year dry experiment and allow saloons with open-door policy. Hamilton enacts ordinance licensing at 480 dollars per saloon, signed by freeholders, 7000 dollar bond, 11 pm closing and Sunday closings. minors barred from alcohol sales and gambling prohibited.
A Twin Bridges dispatch dated January 7 states armed men guard the Lauterbach ranch and Mrs Lauterbach offers a $1000 reward for the arrest and conviction of those who burned three stacks on December 15 and 30. About 300 tons of hay valued at $2500 were destroyed between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. The fires are suspected incendiary. A snowfall aided limited bloodhound use. second such attack in months. Virginia City Times.
The piece argues gambling dens should be barred from liquor outlets to minors and underage access prevented. It urges police entry, license withdrawal for violations, and notes vices cannot be blamed on venues alone while condemning broader gambling and related vice venues.
Judge Henry C. Smith informed the jury they would hear a verdict that night. Deliberations extended past midnight and resumed after breakfast, continuing late into the following day. The Remey case is expected to be among the county’s most expensive, with costs near five thousand dollars plus a jury bill of five hundred or more. Witnesses traveled from Vancouver and Nelson, B C, adding about one thousand dollars in mileage and per diem.
The discussion estimates the case and chase expenses will total about 4500 to 5000 dollars. This includes witness payments and the $200 reward to Vancouver officers for apprehending the suspect plus other incidentals.
Dr and Mrs W C Bagley presided at a prettily appointed dinner Thursday evening in honor of Professor O Shea of Madison Wisconsin. Professor O Shea is a University of Wisconsin education school faculty member and former student of Dr Bagley. Also present were Dr and Mrs H O Swain Prof and Mrs J E Monroe Mr and Mrs S C Kress and Miss Bishop.
Notice to the People of Dillon states N S Wood resumes his quick delivery wagon offering baggage express light freight to and from the depot and city including the Normal College and Dormitory. He avoids coal and emphasizes clean wagon and wood delivery with orders left at Deputy's Meat Market or with the messenger at Central telephone office for prompt attention.
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