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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1896
Page
5
Rates listed for local advertising include 20 cents per line for first insertion and 15 cents per line for each additional. Business locals priced at 10 cents per line for first insertion and 5 cents per line for subsequent insertions. Standing ads rates available on request. Correspondence to Dillon Examiner editorial or business management.
North bound passenger No 7 departs at 9 08 a m and arrives south at 7 06 p m North bound local freight No 28 has a morning and afternoon run with service times around 11 20 a m.
Local tidbits cover visits by Matt Orr and Wm Dudley from Argenta, J W Scott from Red Rock, and Arthur promotions. Mentions include CRaver from Medicine Lodge, Shively leaving for Ohio, and new lines from Seearce. Reports of travel, business, and social events fill the scene with cattle prices, butter, oysters, and electric light upgrades.
Dillon plans a Beaverhead County Building and Loan Association with 500000 capital stock. A committee led by Fidel Huber and others will organize, aiming for 150000 subscribed before incorporation. Shares cost 100 each with 60 cent monthly payments, 7 percent loan rate, and a follow up meeting to adopt by laws and complete organization.
Dillon Tent No 7 KK O T M held a semi annual installation in Odd Fellows hall with a literary and musical program. New officers installed include T J Murray HP Winter Lt Com YW Postdexter Dr RoW J P Cos BORG HW A dud Chaps CoC Barnett Set Wo Weenink M A George Clark St M Matt Machlensy 2d M Ge Joseph Rich Sen Pat Phillips Mickel. The hall was crowded with members and spectators. The issue notes Morse's rotary engine with a piston carrier and fixed eccentrics producing steady generation and automatic power with speed changes.
George Staudaker reports assay results from Bald Mountain ore with silver values of 145% ounces valued at $95. A tunnel extends 120 feet with a two foot wide vein found. Partner dispute leads him to halt work but he will bond the property to any responsible party who applies. Real estate appraiser appointed for county duty. board to meet February to appraise county property and improvements.
Frank O Neil, a partially demented sheep herder, was arrested by Police Chief Phillips and handed to county authorities. In Judge Holdens court he was convicted of indecent exposure and sentenced to ninety days in the county jail.
The young ladies of St James church host an oyster supper at P H Poindexter’s residence on Thursday evening Jan th. Tickets cost 33 cents for the oysters and 60 cents including transport. Four departure times from St James Rectory are 6 6 30 7 and 7 30 p m. This event offers a chance for a mock fight ride and fine oysters.
Bannack Montana notes a death in the community Ella Bell is laid to rest in Bannack cemetery. Local miners Prospects at Excelsior and Golden Leaf mines show shipments and profits. Reports from Polaris Elkhorn Upper Grasshopper and town residents, births, barber shop opening, and a cold epidemic circulate amid lively social updates.
A Dell community note lists visitors and locals from Dell and nearby places. Debates over a new voting precinct are mentioned. Names include Crawford McKnight Dowling Hallegan and Padley. Movements from Melrose Red Rock Dillon Bed Rock Lima Tallon and Camp Creek are cited along with cattle concerns and school trustees.
The speaker notes McKnight's letter and recalls plans to relocate the schoolhouse using funds. He says the boys treated it as sport without permission from the landowner, and questions the district clerk’s defense while seeking aid. He demands acknowledgement that the owner is not an enemy and asks for the error to be corrected.
Estate of George Moltz appoints George Staudacher as administrator with $300 bonds. Philip J. McAndrews administrator sues Martin Mc Nameney for 700. State v Paul Metcalf remittitur from Supreme Court and order for defendant’s return to county. Estate of Daniel Gallagher final account filed and distribution petition set for March hearing. appraisers appointed and notice to creditors ordered.
Community thanks extend to Red Rock and Lima friends for sympathy after the death of Dotn C Beau. Miscellaneous notes report potato shipments by Fyhrie Grocery Co, post office spelling changes to Red Rock and nearby towns, a child death in Red Rock, and a Seventh Day Adventist church interest. Sheriff takes Paul Metcalf to Deer Lodge per supreme court order. pending trial to follow in county jail.
An old advertisement-like verse recalls Castoria as a remedy used across generations from infancy through motherhood. The refrain emphasizes its role for babies children and grandchildren in a classic marketing voice.
Bannack and Argenta are featured this week in the county correspondence. The Examiner urges correspondents from every other place not yet represented, promising interesting letters from those districts.
A man ceases reading a newspaper when its viewpoints mirror his own, likening it to refusing dialogue with a friend over shared subjects. The remark highlights confirmation bias and the impulse to avoid contradiction in discourse.
An old advertisement-like piece extols Electric Bitters as a remedy for fevers headaches indigestion constipation and coughs. A letter from Rey J Gooderman of Dimondale Michigan attests rapid relief for his wife from pneumonia and influenza. Local notes mention J C Wilson Birch Creek rancher and mining activity by Frank Bennett and Charles For, owners of a copper claim.
For sale a two dozen stockrattle at George Perkins ranch and a sale at Ditlon Ment Jobet Deey dee last Thursday. Walter Powers hosted a gathering for about a dozen youths with cards and supper. Rev Father Paul Wyn of Dados visits. news of his improving health is shared. A domestic incident recounts a wife waiting for her husband who returns to his room, causing tension.
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