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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1916
Page
2
Open to all residents the Dillon playground returns with a full program of story hours apparatus work baseball and basketball for various age groups. Activities run daily with adult sessions in the evenings and English and Folk dances offered. No Sunday hours and teams must reserve baseball space in advance.
A crowd from Armstead and Dillon watched the opening of what was believed to be an ancient Indian cache near the Herbert Selway ranch two miles from Armstead. Despite uncovering two old gun barrels, no further contents were found and the cache remains unexplained. Master Elmer Selway spotted the barrels, pulled them free, and alerted others to the mystery.
Report notes the place opened revealing a hole with two old firearms. One breach loading rifle and a double barreled shotgun lay corroded, with makers unreadable. Opinions varied on purpose and prior use, including protection against Indians.
L. K. Adams, noted county sportsman, received 60 000 young trout last Saturday and planted them in streams tributary to two electric light plants. Additional fry arrived at Divide Maiden Rock and Bedrock. Hatchery stock was delivered from Anaconda by A. E. Piling and D. H. Morgan.
The third annual county spelling contest in Dillon produced a tie for first between Ruth Norris of Glen dale and George Ferguson of Reichle. They shared the prize money of 10 dollars and 7.50 dollars after parental and teacher consent. Zelda Davis Dillon took third with 5 dollars. Jeanette Garver Dillon and Angela Buyan Reichle each won 2.50 for fourth.
The county spelling contest open to all county children divided participants into four classes by grade. Finalists faced a 50 word list from the Powers speller with the fewest misspellings declared winner. The event, inaugurated three years ago, had its best showing last Friday.
President J. E. Monroe and Mrs Monroe with A L Stone, state board of education member, spent the week traveling the state for inaugural ceremonies of Chancellor Edward G. Elliott and commencements at state education institutions. They opened at the School of Mines in Butte, then Bozeman for the Agricultural College, finished at the State University before a Helena meeting of the state board.
W E Dunn visited the county seat last week for mine supplies while Mrs Thompson and Mrs Burles shopped in Dillon from Bannack. A Bannack dance delighted residents last Wednesday. Clara Adams spent an hour in Bannack aiding the Dillon Examiner. Mrs Harry Graves and her son returned to Bannack after a two week Dillon visit. George Tash came from Dillon and visited Bannack before returning to his ranch. The 4Paddock children, High School students, motored to Bannack Thursday to spend the summer with parents. Maquis of Dillon spent a week in Bannack with Arthur Contway for business, fishing 37 speckled beauties. George H Lyman, Dillon butcher, looked after his Bannack shop. Jef Gerard came from Dillon and joined Bannack Gold Mining as timekeeper, later bringing wife and son. Mr and Mrs C W Stallings motored to Dillon last Thursday, returning the same evening. Stallings attended county seat business and enjoyed a visit.
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