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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1905
Page
4
The editor and proprietor are listed as PF C Kress and E L Poindexter with local editor duties noted. The paper is entered as Dillon Montana second class matter since 1902 and priced at 2 dollars per year in advance. Subscriptions continue until a formal discontinuation order is received and all arrears are paid.
Advertisement asserts Dillon Examiner has the largest bona fide paid circulation in Beaverhead County and offers advertisers access to subscription records, noting the issue date Wednesday March 1, 1905.
The piece argues government powers reside in three branches and that laws require governor approval or veto. It condemns the Montana lower house for pressuring Governor Toole to sign a partisan railroad commission bill, calling the move unconstitutional and insulting to the governor.
The piece argues Governor Toole won by a large margin and faces a partisan, overbearing Republican legislature. It condemns attempts to curb his appointment powers and ridicules a barber board proposal as an example of Republican overreach. The tone defends Toole and urges respect for constitutional duties.
The 1904 total value of U S farm products reached 5 billion dollars, nearly the pre boom capital of all railroads, over six times national banks, and about three times railroad gross earnings. In two years farm wealth surpasses all gold mine output since Columbus.
The lower house of the current legislative assembly unanimously complimented President Roosevelt and endorsed his trust curbing and railroad rate regulation policy. It affirms Roosevelt's alignment with the Democratic party on these issues and notes no Democrat should be ashamed of supporting a Republican president's approach.
Merchants nationwide organize to oppose the rural mail delivery system as Congress considers extensions. They argue the service harms local trade by diverting customers to mail order houses and reducing in person shopping, with both farmers and urban merchants suffering as routes expand.
A two line newspaper item, even if mixed, lingers with readers far longer than brief praise notes. Ordinary readers remember such concise remarks for years, while longer columns fade from memory.
Senate Bill 42 introduced by Mahon requires railways operating in Montana to maintain freight and passenger facilities in platted townsites with 100 or more inhabitants. Noncompliance after a 60 day written notice from 50 residents results in a daily fine between 10 and 100 dollars.
Census reports show 2,315,297 telephones in service with 4,890,456 miles of wires. The average telegraph rate fell to 35 cents since 1880, while telephone net income reached 9,386 dollars and a net surplus of 2.88 per phone. New York state leads in equipment and business.
It remained for Dr. George T. Moore of the department of agriculture in Washington D C to invent a method of sending out little plants to farmers so that if their fields lacked proper inoculation they could supply it. He will send one kind of germs for clover another kind for alfalfa and still another for white beans.
Stockgrowers Journal notes Lewistown Montana imposes a 2000 dollar bond for saloon licenses to enforce gambling bans. Judge Cheadle calls the plan constitutional, suggesting Lewistown’s approach may gain popularity if officials act against known gambling.
Notice to shippers states storage charges apply to all inbound freight unloaded on platforms or in warehouses and outbound freight until billed or removed within 72 hours after 6 pm. Storage rate is five cents per ton per day with 2000 pounds as a ton and fractions counted accordingly. minimum storage five cents per day for consignments under 2000 pounds.
The First Church of Christ Scientist holds regular services weekly with Sunday sessions at 11 o clock and Wednesday evening meetings at 8 o clock. The events take place on the second floor of the State Bank building.
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