06 May 1908
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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
1
Dillon banker B F White predicts strong Beaverhead crops despite water concerns. He notes robust livestock and wool markets, upcoming sugar beet trials, and a new Dillon railroad station project with relocated warehouses boosting business. He cites last March rail receipts surpassing the prior year.
A student piano and violin recital by Miss Grace Graeter and Mr Karl Riedelsberger with Miss McWethy features a program of 20 classical works. Scholars Mae Henneberry Edison Orr Irma Stone Elizabeth Feath erstone and Lora Maxwell perform. no admission charged.
William Tash bought cattle in the Big Hole basin and will ship from Bedrock on May 11 to the South Omaha market, completing several purchases.
Grant merchant FE Blair reports a coal mine near Grant, one mile southwest, with a 300 foot incline shaft and four foot coal vein. The vein tests as good quality and has impressed those who used it for domestic and boiler purposes. Blair plans continued development and foresees strong potential.
Thomas E. Clapp of the Normal school at Dillon won the state oratorical contest held at St Pauls church with Ralph Dinsmore of the University of Montana at Missoula placing second. Judges awarded Dillon the top spot after a two to three ballot split. The event featured speakers from the Agricultural College at Bozeman and Wesleyan University with Miss Helena Peck presiding and a Wesleyan quartet providing music.
Talk around Whitehall places a Milwaukee Road branch from Whitehall to Dillon via Twin Bridges under consideration. A Milwaukee Road representative reportedly began land negotiations for terminal facilities and a survey may start soon. If built, work could begin this season though steel might wait until the Pacific coast line is completed. The route would follow the Jefferson river to Twin Bridges and then through the Big Hole and Beaverhead valleys toward Dillon as the region ships abundant livestock.
Leo H. Truax a Lima businessman and Anna Laura Wilson married at the Peat hotel Lima Monday night. Judge George Noble officiated with L C Ford Jr as best man and Grace Truax as bridesmaid. The couple plans a honeymoon in San Francisco and will reside in Lima after May 20.
The Marry a champions hosted Bedrock’s team in a drizzle and near freezing weather. Barry’s squad won 6 to 0 after seven innings despite poor conditions, with a fair crowd impressed by the new grounds and race track.
Perry M. Backus, a Sheridan Wyoming native and W B Carter son in law, has purchased the Buffalo Lumber Company from Gilkey Brothers H R Kay. He will take charge once a Forest Lumber Company successor is named and invoicing is completed.
Those who took the Forest Rangers examination at Dillon last week are T B Landers Camas Nelson S Shepherd A A Anderson C A Spencer S Findling and C P Hansen.
The district court adjourned after a week and a half of work. Jury cases included Albert Anderson v I I Call deciding in favor of the plaintiff for a brown gelding, and C S Russell v John Downing yielding a defendant verdict for 3.70. Several cases were continued or amended with dates set for filings, while naturalization was granted to Christopher Peterson of Dell.
The county commission holds a special meeting to award road and fence contracts. The ten miles of fence along the new Blacktail road are let, with grading on Lima road, and a Divide creek road change awarded to Grant Kennison. A petition near Big Hole river is tabled, and Argenta area petitions are discussed alongside quarantine measures for scarlet fever.
President Roosevelt's promotions confirmed by the senate include Dr Craig W Snyder elevating from first lieutenant to captain. A former Dillon resident born and raised in the county, he studied at Chicago Medical College alongside Dillon physician Dr F M Poin Dexter.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Fox, wife of James D. Fox, a longtime Basin resident and Montana settler, died Monday after a tumor illness. Born in Winthrop, Maine, 67 years ago, she had recently undergone surgery in Butte and was later stricken again. Funeral services were held in Dillon conducted by Reverend S. D. Hooker, with interment at Mountain View cemetery.
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