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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1924
Page
1
Taxpayers in Dillon vote tomorrow on a hundred thousand dollar bond issue to repair improve and enlarge the city water system and provide a more adequate pipeline from source to reservoirs. Polls open 8 am to 6 pm and all qualified electors on the 1623 tax list may vote.
Clifford Michelson died Monday night at the family home on Kentucky Avenue after a yearlong illness. An only child of Mr and Mrs Louis Michelson he had been treated in Dillon and Murray hospital Butte and at Mayo Brothers hospital in Rochester. He was born in Dillon fifteen years ago and would have entered high school next fall. The funeral was held this afternoon at the Baptist church with pallbearers Charles Thomas Carl Hansen Chas Retallack Howard Roseneau Sherman Hughes and LeVant Taylor.
A. M. Cosgrove opened a new meat market in Dillon last Saturday, operated as Dillon Meat Company. Located on Helena Street in the former Dillon Auto Company building, it features new white sanitary equipment and a delivery system. Cosgrove previously managed the Montana Meat Market in Dillon.
A detailed schedule from the Dillon Volunteer Fire Department lists a sunrise 100 gun salute, parade assembly at 9 30 a m, and a procession along Bannack and Idaho streets. It includes a patriotic address, sport events at the fair grounds with cash prizes, band concert, fireworks, a big dance, and prize payments at the information booth.
A Saturday community dance in Wisdom raised a substantial sum for the county health nurse fund. Wisdom leads with an apportioned raise to support nurse services in district schools. Miss Lian will return for another year and plan a statewide dental clinic, with outreach to teachers and others unable to travel to Dillon.
Mrs. L. W. English died Friday morning at her ranch home south of town after about a week of illness from cancer. Born in March 52 years ago at Three Rivers Michigan she moved to Dillon sixteen years ago with her husband and later to Sheridan. Survived by husband and four sons Dale Earl Thurman and Lloyd. Funeral Sunday in Dillon with interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
J. E. Doyle bought 450 head of cattle from Gleed Bros. and J. E. Kellet in a major local deal reported by the Lima Ledger. The sale marks one of the largest stock purchases in the region this season.
Miss Josephine Nichols visits Dillon for Sunday stay with the Dell household.
Helena reports the Montana Supreme Court reversed a Beaverhead district court judgment awarding John A. West of Lima damages after he was injured in an automobile train collision at a Lima crossing. The ruling, delivered by Judge John C. Huntoon, found contributory negligence, with Justices Holloway and Stark concurring.
The 160000 pound Martinsdale Sheep company wool clip owned by Charles M Blair of Billings sold Wednesday to Silberman & Sons of Chicago through Harry Mayer and J A Hanlon at 38 cents. It is regarded as exceptionally favorable for the producer given market conditions.
Prominent Dillon businessman Everett Hiram Brundage died at five o clock after a sudden illness. He had been a vestry member of St James Episcopal Church for over thirty years and was honored with a large funeral in Dillon. The service included Masonic rites at Mountain View Cemetery and large floral tributes from across the country.
Dillon will host the 1925 American Legion convention drawing several thousand guests next June. Unanimous Helena selection, preparations underway to stage a premier event in the state with local post and merchants backing the effort. Delegates from Dillon, led by E Gilbert and Dr R D Curry, plus auxiliary reps, also set Dillon as Montana’s future 1926 convention site.
Mr and Mrs A L Anderson Mrs H Bimrose and Miss Julia Anderson motored to Salmon City last week where they will be guests at Salmon Hot Springs for a week. Robert Woody motored to Dillon from his ranch in Jackson. Clarence Patterson visited Dillon over the weekend from Armetead.
The Ellison-White Chautauqua Company announces a seven day Dillon event from August 2 to 9 with no Sunday programs. Key attractions include the light opera Robin Hood featuring thirty performers, the Paramount Marimba Band, a native Guatemalan group, and the Ault Concert Artists. Lecturers listed are Arthur Walwyn Edward Amherst Ott Nitro Strongheart and Ralph Bingham.
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