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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1903
Page
4
Reading notices in the local column cost 0 cents per line for the first insertion and 16 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Business locals are 10 cents per line for the first insertion and 8 cents per line for subsequent insertions. Standing advertisements rates available on request. Obituary poetry charged at 5 cents per line.
Fragmentary OCR notes list a southbound service at 4 40 a m and other time markers with unclear destinations and numbers. The readable bits imply train movement or schedule details without complete context.
Local Dillon items cover visitors from Twin Bridges to Butte arrivals and departures, road and rail disruptions, business moves, and community notices. Highlights include Dr. Eddy relocating near the market, Hancock and Edwards family arrivals, the Daly estate Centennial deal, bridge work on the Oregon Short Line, and a replevin case in Lima with Poindexter and Willis.
County Commissioner Montgomer y reports a bold pack of gray wolves haunting Big Hole basin stockmen all winter. The wolves killed and fed on a three year old steer at the Joe Kraemer place near Jackson then returned for more, a first for the area. Hunter Cooper Harrison plans a renewed chase and bounty collection, hoping to exterminate the pack before green grass returns.
A Saturday fire in Hecla leveled the house owned by John Reid and occupied by John Rowhatt and family, with losses over 2000 dollars including cash and jewelry. Firefighters were limited to a bucket brigade as fierce winds hampered efforts. only a trunk with money and clothing was saved. The structure was the town’s best and largest home from Hecla’s boom days.
William Montgomery of Anaconda sold his interest in the Centennial Valley ranches to the late Marcus Daly estate. The Madison county transfer covers about 7 040 acres and the stock includes high grade cattle and horses. Dave Peel and P J Shannon will oversee moving 28 thoroughbreds 23 trotters and three stallions to the Bitter Root valley for sale.
Agent F Jahnke transfers an undivided one half interest in the Ranger lode quartz claim located on the south fork of the Big Hole River to William P Jahnke for a stated consideration of 1. This record notes the formal conveyance of mining property between named individuals.
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