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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1912
Page
4
The notice identifies a Dillon Montana weekly edition edited by B L Poindexter. It notes publication every Wednesday and that the paper is entered as second class matter on September 20 192 under the 1879 act. It promises mail delivery until directed to discontinue and mentions a $2 annual prepaid subscription price.
The Dillon Examiner asserts it has the largest bona fide paid circulation in Beaverhead County and offers advertisers access to its subscription records and mailing lists for inspection.
The Examiner reports Dr H H Swain will retire from the presidency of the State Normal College at the end of his term on September first. During eleven years he built the college to a high Northwest standard while guiding its growth with quiet strength. He plans to stay on locally to pursue ranching interests, leaving a respected legacy and best wishes from students, faculty, and townspeople.
An editorial in The Journal of the American Medical Association contrasts religious press practices with The Daily Christian Science Monitor. It praises the Monitor for banning patent medicines and quack ads, arguing such policy would curb medical frauds and deter promoters who flood typical papers.
The report notes that suppressing the paper would only highlight how reliant the publication and its readers were on dubious remedies for survival.
The Kit Carson Buffalo Ranch Wild West arrives Friday in Dillon with a two hour program featuring trained animals riding roping and horsemanship acts. It ends with a Battle of Wounded Knee fantasy reenactment and includes a two mile parade and a free exhibition.
An unusual program at the Scenic features the three McGiverns in rifle and pistol exhibitions over Saturday and Sunday. They perform blind folded shots cuffed shots and moving shots among other feats with the Hopkins and Allen target pistols by master Bob McGivern described as a wonder. The act changes Sunday night and three rolls of motion pictures accompany the show.
June brings several Dillon weddings. Miss Fran is Harrison weds Mr. Graves in Butte with Laurant parlor ceremony. The bride, daughter of F P Harrison, and groom, son of I L Graves, plan Dillon home. Also Miss Mazel Weir wed Thomas Moses, and Ed minister Edminister weds Harriet Elienburg. On the same day James Morgan and Ruth Wilbur marry.
This season the Sells Floto Circus has enjoyed phenomenal success across large coastal and southwestern cities since April 1. Now in its twelfth year on the road, the troupe upholds a strong reputation for keeping its promises and offering popular prices with a 25 cent general admission rate since three years back.
Notice to Contractors invites sealed bids for a hot air heating plant for Wisdom school in Wisdom Montana. Bids due by noon with 5 percent certified check. Plans available at Dillon county superintendent office. Board reserves right to reject any bid.
Notice to Contractors calls for sealed bids to build a four room school in Wisdom Montana by Bruce Risley with 5 percent bid bond. Bids due by noon. plans available at the county supervisor’s office. Board may reject any or all bids after opening. mail bids marked Bid on Contract to avoid mishandling.
William E. Haines, general contracting agent of the Sells Floto Circus, is in town and announces the big show will arrive here on Friday June 21. Before leaving the city he will close contracts and make necessary arrangements for the giant circus return, which is said to be greatly enlarged and beautified.
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