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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1916
Page
3
A Dillon dry goods store manager predicts wool prices will rise sharply due to wartime demand and dye shortages. He cites limited sheep supply, heavy wool need for soldiers, and soaring dye costs as factors driving clothing costs up. He notes anticipated price bands for fabrics and skirts around low to high grade stock.
Col. A. D. Watts cites Winston-Salem as the nation’s top tobacco maker in a 1916 address at a Twin City club smoker. The city supplies about one fourth of U S chewing and smoking tobacco and one seventh of all tobacco products, with daily internal revenue taxes rising as production grows.
The excerpt praises Winston-Salem for its tobacco industry, noting weekly government tax payments on tobacco, ship shipments averaging 150000 dollars daily to national and international markets, and claims the city leads North Carolina and possibly America in tobacco manufacture and influence.
Richard Galaigher visits the county seat while Levi Carter of Butte conducts town business. The city council passes new ordinances and Gov. White travels to Portland. A cold snap kills Hirschman’s flowers. Methodists hold a reception for new converts. Chase Sutter plans preliminary work on the State Normal school building. masonry to start late April. J. J. Coleman raises funds for the Montana Bimetallic league. Wisdom reports a rich Maynard strike. milling plant planned. Leap year ball set for April 10. A state and capital social planned at the M E church with supper. S. A. Taylor promotes a Western Loan & Saving branch with over 20000 in stock. Glendive to vote May 15 on 65000 for a new filtration plant and water mains.
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