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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1903
Page
1
Beaverhead county assessor Beardsley and deputy Hughes completed the 1903 tax roll, reporting total assessments of 4,249,058 an increase of 394,792 over 1902. Mines yield vanished this year with Hecla abandoning profits, while town lots and other properties rose in value.
Special correspondence from Lakeview notes fine weather and preparations for a stay season. Mrs. James Sparrow of Dillon visits to help care for Mrs. Frank Sparrow while Mrs. Dr. Plummer of Denver stays with Mrs. J. E. Blake. Lester Shambow, newly in the navy, returns home before a two year deployment to New York. Park travel via M Y coaches surges with Dillon and St. Anthony teams aiding traffic, averaging five passengers daily. Mrs. Smith of Blackfoot Idaho travels to aid her daughter.
Six bids were opened for Dillon’s water works project with Cusick & Jacobs of Butte the lowest at 61000 dollars for the entire system. Work to begin within weeks and be completed by December 1 as bonds are posted and engineer Kelsey forwards the contract from Salt Lake City.
Mrs Lucy J Smith Sparrow died Saturday night from complications after childbirth in Centennial valley. She was 32, married to James Sparrow about four years earlier, mother of four, including a newborn girl. Funeral held Sunday near Lakeview. burial at the valley cemetery.
The wool market moved slowly over the past week with 130000 pounds sold yesterday. Today no sales were recorded yet and the market likely closes within a week as nearly all county clips have found buyers. Major transactions included 130000 pounds sold to C Q Herbert & Sons. other firms bought 55000 pounds at 14 cents and 40000 to Jeremiah Williams & Co at 14 cents. The report also notes historical details about J E Hample and local figures tied to Putnam county.
Sheriff Gist arrested W. T. Anderson at the Big Hole basin on a grand larceny charge for branding a three-year-old heifer owned by H. K. Bushnell of Butte. Anderson pleaded not guilty, prelim hearing set for next Tuesday the 28th, bond fixed at $1,000 after a brief contest. Anderson claims innocence.
The Putman journal of Unionville Missouri publishes a life sketch of a Missouri pioneer. Mr Davis lived in the Beaver head valley with his family in 1880 and spent about 14 months in Montana before returning home.
R T Wing returns from a multi week eastern trip that included a Wing family reunion in Sandwich Massachusetts. The gathering drew relatives from as far as Montana Oklahoma Virginia and Illinois with 109 registered attendees and many more expected.
Jas Toney is on trial in Justice Rich's court for rolling Newton T Baker of Horse Prairie. The incident occurred Saturday night near the Dillon Theatre with both men reportedly under heavy liquor influence. The defense is led by Attorney Will Cushing with prosecutor Edwin Norris assisting.
Jesse Tope of Dillon Missouri is identified as a friend of the Woode family and traveled to the basin on Saturday to help in the hay field.
News from Rome reports the death of Pope Leo XIII at 4 4 PM after a long illness. His funeral rites will span nine days with embalming in the Vatican and burial planned at Saint John Lateran. Bishops in Helena prepare to notify churches and tolls mark the sad event as cardinals perform solemn duties.
S. Carrenthers, agent in charge at Dillon, received word from Butte that General Agent Wilson of the Oregon Short Line has arrangements to run a spec from Butte to Dillon.
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