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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1907
Page
4
The Dillon Examiner publishes weekly in Dillon Montana under editor B L Poindexter. It states a $2 yearly subscription, guarantees large paid circulation in Beaverhead County, and notes subscribers receive issues until paid and discontinued. Wednesday June 5, 1907 edition.
Local readers report dangerous delays at Dillon station as southbound freight trains block the west-side crossing during passenger arrivals. Women and others are forced to risk transfer near moving engines, prompting calls for safety remedies at the depot and yard. A Century of Growth: census stats reveal vast gains in population, wealth, deposits, and production across the United States from 1800 to 1906.
The Brooklyn Eagle describes a plan to amend state constitutions enabling a petition by five to eight percent of voters to require a legislative vote on a proposed measure. If the legislature does not act, the measure goes to a public vote and if approved becomes law despite a governor’s veto. It argues the proposal would restore government to the people.
The text describes a procedure where if a significant minority of voters petitions after a law is passed, the measure must be placed before the people at the next general or special election. If the majority rejects, the law is void. if the majority supports it, it becomes effective immediately.
Early travelers described the grizzly as a vast, aggressive presence. Pattie recorded 220 bears in a single day in September 1824 across Colorado territory now Cheyenne county while 20 guards kept camps safe. Fremont later noted large herds feeding under oaks in San Bernardino California, suggesting the grizzly was not always solitary.
Avaconda butcher John Wenger visits to oversee cattle interests while C H Strawbridge celebrates a plow in good shape. The first Big Hole auto arrives at Divide for C H Strowbridge who plans to bring it up. A free dance for the wedding J T Armitage and Ivy Willey is set in Ellis Hall Wisdom on June 12. Wolves trouble James Callen, lightning kills a mare and colt at Emil Zorn's. Montgomery family returns from Dillon with Fannie Montgomery and J J Morrison. James Montgomery estate to be settled.
Real estate loans are reported as being made in Beaverhead and Madison counties at consistently long term low interest rates. The report highlights stable financing terms and ongoing lending activity in these regions.
Johnson and Smith announce a summer teachers excursion sale on June 18 19 20 with regular fare plus 9 50 for tickets. Return limit ten days from sale and final return to September 30. See agent S Carrushers for territory rates and routes. Also notices on organizing Sunday school or Bible study centers inviting correspondence with Rev Ka win M Ellis Helena and Mr J Q Large Billings Montana.
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