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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1916
Page
5
Armstead and Reichle residents journeyed to Dillon and Butte for the Fourth as local families and Elks attended celebrations. Businesses, lodgers, and visiting relatives populate a wide-ranging Dillon area update with travel, social events, and local notices.
Ray Wafford was picked up last Saturday morning and charged with vagrancy. He received a 45 day sentence in the county jail. Dr D Q Rathbone and family plan to move to Lewistown Montana where he will open dental parlors.
Back from college in Ann Arbor and Chicago, Howard Morse son of J. E. Morse arrives last Monday morning and will spend the remainder of the summer months in Dillon.
The city employs a large crew to macadamize Dillon streets. Workers receive three meals daily and housing. All vagrancy offenders are offered a choice of work or bread.
An active Independence Day program in Dillon featured horse and foot races, bucking horses, and a grand ball. Winners included Sherman Dodgson in the 440 yard race and Pat Smith in the saddle horse event, with large crowds from Dillon and nearby towns attending and enjoying Melrose band performances.
Married Saturday Casper Leonard and Blanche Thompson obtained a marriage license Saturday afternoon and were married in the office of Judge Kenison.
Mrs. Robert C. Koontz and her sisters from Butte visited at the Barratts ranch last Saturday afternoon. Also joined by Bert Koontz the visit will end with departures for home in Butte after a few days.
Melrose observed a grand Fourth of July celebration with a large turnout beginning in the morning and continuing into the early hours of the next day. The event was praised as one of the best ever held in the town.
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