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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
5
Entered September 20 1902 Dillon Montana as second class matter under the 1879 act. Price of subscription is 2 dollars per year in advance. This paper will be mailed regularly to subscribers until a definite order to discontinue is received and all arrears are paid.
June 28 1905 report notes a statewide organization for commercial and business interests was formed at a hillings gathering. It plans an annual meeting in Butte next year with Dillon expected to send full representation, highlighting benefits for Montana resources and communities.
Indianapolis ad vice notes Beaverhead county reacts to a U S circuit court of appeals ruling ending legal troubles for Hecla Mining Co The headquart ers will be in the new company with Henry Knippenberg and associates in control Mines may reopen soon bringing work to Trapper gulch Glendale and Hecla and reviving the county economy
The Examiner notes Dillon's Fourth of July plans will attract a large crowd. Anticipated visitors from Madison and Lemhi counties plus a heavy Butte contingent are expected to swell turnout and challenge the Oregon Short Line to handle traffic. The piece urges local residents to prepare for a memorable celebration.
Col Sam Gordon editorials on desert land policy from Miles City Journal discuss an order from Great Falls that removed 750000 acres from desert land classification. The piece notes this is not a direct cancellation of entries but marks a major administrative shift affecting Cascade county and Beaverhead County desert land entries.
The Great Falls land office reports 1,000 desert entries affecting 150,000 to 200,000 acres while 750,000 acres remain in public domain. Entrymen must initiate inquiries into desert character via a government special inspector, altering prior final proofs and prompting real reclamation to raise land value over mere nominal saving.
Kalispell Bee notes brewing GOP rift in Montana as Carter abandons Dixon and Mantle alliances. Dixon faction buys stock options for Helena Daily Record to block Carter Mantle plans. Carter fights to derail the deal while tensions rise within the party.
J. W. Pace editor of the Montana Stock Grower argues most future Montana immigration will come from the Pacific coast. He cites Eastern misperceptions about Montana, notes cheap rail fares draw settlers westward, then social drift back east as land in Montana proves suitable for home making.
The class of 1905 staged a night of comedy with Miss Prudence Pinchbeck and others in a grand class night show. Rev. E Stanton Hodgin of Helena delivered the commencement address, praising balanced mental and moral growth. President Swain awarded diplomas as crowds gathered at the depot for departures.
The region will attract settlers from the West who will arrive first and then drift back. They will be poorer by several hundred dollars before they finally settle, a temporary cost of pursuing a home hunter’s life.
Henry Burfeind begins a two story residence on Washington Street costing about 4000 dollars. Mrs. Jewell has been operated on at Johns Hopkins Hospital and is recovering well. Elite Cafe opens next Saturday on Montana Street run by Thomas Fleming. A saddle horse was stolen from Robert H Best near Argenta. tracks lead to Frying Pan Basin and a sheriff hunt is ongoing. About a hundred State Normal College students depart Friday afternoon.
Two brand new sample organs offered at about half value. Priced at 48 and 58 dollars with $5 monthly terms. Sale closes 9 o clock Saturday evening. Orton Bros next to City Drug Store.
In Beaverhead County Montana a guardian sues The Pentecostal Union of Denver Colorado Alma White Kent White and Della Huffman trustees seeking to cancel a 1905 deed and mortgage executed by Venora E Metlen while alleged to be mentally incompetent The suit asks to void the deed mortgage and note and to quiet title and return property to Metlen The case docket notes filing June 16 1905 with attorney Edwin Norris and J B Poin dexter for plaintiff and publication June 21 1905.
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