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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1909
Page
3
Reading notices in local column priced at 20 cents per line for first insertion and 15 cents per line for subsequent insertions. Business Deals at 10 cents per line first insertion and 8 cents after. Standing ads rates available on application. Address letters about editorial matters to The Dillon Examiner.
Notices describe charges for church events and obituaries with pricing at five cents per line for notices and poetry. It notes that sales of fancy articles and admissions will be taxed per line and specifies rates for related notices.
Fragmentary OCR shows line referencing December 1907 standard effect and multiple North and South bound numbers 7 9 8 10 with partial text. The readable portions indicate a transportation related notice or timetable segment with route numbers rather than a full coherent article.
Dillon drew many visitors from Bedrock Lima Blaine and other nearby towns for a major horse sale and ranch business. Local buyers Jacob Wall and George Breck highlighted a busy market as speakers like Dr. H F Best and Frank Swartz attended and Johnson and Boone advertised 120 acre parcels with water rights.
Dr E A Sweet heads to Butte and Dillon returning Monday. W C Jones sold beef steers to F J Frazier at good prices. C H Strowbride sold 240 head of fine beet steers to F J Frazier for Seattle buyers. Road condition orders issued between Anaconda and Big Hole. Blacksmith Hugh Melonia injured. three hand bones broken. Jolly Diggers Club formed in Wisdom to fund stained glass for the new church. Draft horses shipped to Bitter Root Valley Irrigation Com, Coma Orchard Land Co, and Bitter Root Valley Orchards Inc. 97 head at $162 each. Cattle prices up. many steers fed in basin and headed west amid open winter. Western buyers active and big sales expected.
Buick advertises the largest Flint Michigan factory and a medium priced model with strong power, speed, large tires, and Remy magneto. The copy notes low noise, smooth operation, beauty lines, and urges early ordering to avoid summer delays. Features listed include four cylinders, 16 inch wheels, 112 inch wheelbase, and price of 1760 f.o.b. factory with lamps, generator, and repair outfit included.
A detailed specification list for a five seat body wood touring type vehicle notes dimensions wheel base gauge tires and braking system. It cites a two speed planetary transmission and a leather faced cone clutch with foot pedal control plus gas lamps tools horn and price of 1250 dollars f o b factory.
Detailed specifications describe a gray Buick runabout with rumble seat for three and tonneau for four, 91 inch wheel base, 56 inch gauge, 30x319 tires, water cooling, Remy magneto ignition, leather faced cone clutch, planetary transmission, and factory price of 1050 dollars f o b.
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