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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1895
Page
5
The Dillon Examiner lists ad rates: 2 cents for first insertion, 15 cents per line for subsequent insertions. Business locals priced at 1 cent per line for the first, and a small additional rate for each following line. Standing ad rates available on application. Editorial correspondence to Tax DiaLOx Examiner.
The brief items record various residents traveling to Madison county and Melrose, local court adjournment, upcoming performances at the opera house, and small town appointments. Mentions include Tate Taylor, Jos A Drowne, Hod Burleigh, Dr. Meade, Miss Minchie Tittell, A V Walker, Mrs J A Myers, Charles Padley, Frank Taudon, and the Old Faithful Mining Co. Chief notices cover campaigns for city treasurer, new typewriter purchase, and upcoming court and political events.
The district court appointed jury commissioners John T. Yee W B Carter and Wo M Knapp who drew names for the next term. Final homestead proofs filed by Kyron Nay on Horse Prairie and Patrick Ward near Red Rock. Several mining and divorce actions noted with judgments and decrees including Fred Randolph vs Old Faithful Mining Co and Charlotte J W against George W. Darboi. Commission issued for cosnilsstin and administration reports referenced.
A Dillon news report states the State Board of Education approved plans for a State Normal School building with a $30,000 bondfund and a July groundbreak goal. Proposals will be solicited from eastern bond buyers. plans call for a brick and stone modern design with updated heating and ventilation.
A party of five experienced miners leaves for the Big Hole to prospect between Wisdem and Gibbons with plans to open pay placer ground and quartz properties. Leaders include J. M. McParene and investor Mr. Cropsey, aided by a larger supporting party. They anticipate yields and seek to develop sections near Silver Bow Junction with tools, teams, and pack animals already secured.
An odd narrative from Red Rock mixes weather, local freighters, and Indian tensions with springtime imagery. Mentions of fences, cattle, tepees, squaws, and fuel worries mingle with notes on nearby ranches and a volatile relations with indigenous groups, ending with references to theatre notes and a theater company arrival in Angeonda.
Crowell’s Produce booth advertises new stock including crackers and cakes, cigars, and a sale of white and red skinned potatoes. Low prices cited on wheel dade and other goods with notices of coal dust and saltien wocat reportedly on sale at Crowell’s.
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