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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1905
Page
4
Dillon residents approved a broad celebration committee and multiple subcommittees at a Tuesday meeting. About $1,000 already subscribed with more expected, and funds will fuel a full day of Fourth activities from sunrise to midnight, inviting neighboring towns to join and ensure a memorable display.
Billings extends a cordial invitation to the Montana State Press association to meet July 27 to 29 in Billings. The event aims for record attendance and concentrates on business and reorganization to harmonize newspaper and job printing interests for mutual benefit and protection.
The German tariff law beginning March 1 1906 will nearly exclude U S goods including corn wheat lard tallow flour beef dried fruit oranges rye boots and shoes unless a reciprocal trade agreement is reached. Autonomy tariff and conventional rates are described in the act.
A Hinsdale merchant recalls a customer who tried to exchange a mail order item and explains how local trade strengthens the town and raises land value. He argues home merchants offer services, credit, and easy exchanges, while mail orders profit from selling and shipping with added costs to customers. He outlines railroad investment concentration and Union Pacific control as context.
The text describes Germany and the United States entering reciprocal agreements risking higher import duties for U S goods. Corn would rise to 31 cents a bushel, wheat to 49 cents, lard and tallow to 1 36 per cwt, flour to 4 00 a barrel, with other items similarly affected. It suggests little U S wheat and flour would reach Germany under such terms and notes opposition to reciprocity by some Washington policymakers.
An article by Henry C. Nicholas argues ten men dominate the U S railroad system. It highlights the concentration of power and cites C P Huntington among those named as influential figures in the industry.
A historian, a few months before his death, predicted a single U S railroad system. The article says 10 men control about 75 percent of U S rail mileage, linking virtually all major lines while ownership remains minor. The consolidation trend, it claims, will absorb most independents in coming years.
The Yellowstone Journal reports a yellow peril in Montana as dandelions crowd alfalfa and threaten crops. Shonkin ranchers corroborate the issue noting dandelions have taken hold in alfalfa fields and reduce yields, signaling urgent action to control the weed.
Orton Bros advertises a nearly new high top walnut parlor organ valued at $100 for a $35 sale. Terms require $10 down and $5 a month with immediate pickup near the City Drug Store.
Denver and Rio Grande Railway begins summer use of open top observation cars on daylight routes through Royal Gorge Grand Canon of the Arkavens Canon of the Grand River and Black Canon of the Gunnison. Each car seats seventy five and has no tops offering unobstructed Rocky Mountain scenery. No seat charge. Cars ready by June 1.
Sherman's Piano House announces an expert piano tuner is employed and guarantees all work. Residents should send orders for tuning now and the tuner will call on them in Dillon at 129 East Park Street Butte Montana.
The Collins Land Co of Helena Montana announces access to unsurveyed public land at reasonable costs with assured title. It notes past high scrip prices and urges interested parties to apply now for this chance, contrasting with the earlier Forest Reserve option.
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