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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
8
A stream of visitors arrives in Dillon from Butte Wisdom Alder Grant Jackson Idaho Falls and Armstead with several staying for days. Local businesses promote paints supplies and house cleaning items while authorities report work programs for unemployed men as patrols catch non workers.
A Beaverhead county list names men subpended to report for jury duty on May 165 for the May term. The roster includes H E Andrus Dillon J C Arbour Bristow F W Armstrong Armstead A L Banks Dillon Jack Barrett Dillon and many others across Dillon Lima Jackson Wisdom Armstead and Dell with George Whitworth of Dell noted.
Mrs Mueller of Melrose visits town last Saturday. Chas Snook and F F Kregger from Baker Idaho come Friday. Roy Jackson in Butte on business last week. New wallpaper line ready for inspection. Hughes McCaleb Donovan Rand ship fat steers to Portland Feeder. Lambing season. Shells powders wads primers guns sold. Clarence Wall from Lima brings three men. one refuses to work. Children's Shop stock moved to Miss Agatha Lovell's home for children's goods. Majestic range promotion with in store expert week of May 13th.
A. R. Jacobs the Missoula banker remains in Dillon for a big ranch deal. Herman Jackson returns from Butte after days with friends and business. Dysert Gown plans to leave for Missouri to enlist. Mr and Mrs R. B. Caswell travel from Dillon and Lakeview to Portland Oregon. Tom Luebben returns from Ohio and Indiana. his wife and son stay behind. Mr and Mrs Jack Reece arrive from Anaconda and Reece takes a bookkeeper job at the First National Bank in Dillon.
General Greehan announces county quotas for the latest draft call to be met the week of May 265. Seven Montana counties Beaverhead Carter Ravalli Sanders Sweet Grass Wibaux Yellowstone exceed volunteers and special drafts with no further duty. The statewide gross quota is 2208 with 2163 white and 45 colored. volunteers since last July total 4951 and special draft totals 2207.
Potato King M Carney visits Dillon meeting friends and discussing business. He says Madison County will have a record agricultural year with larger planted acreage and new ground. The Kaiser picture provokes vigilante youth at Hartwig theatre. Methodist Sunday school plans a Saturday picnic at Dillmont Park, with church departure at 1 30 pm and guardianship of children.
Jess Fins ley of the Big Hole basin reports from Dillon that roads between the basin and county seat are exceptionally good this spring with fewer rocks and chuckholes than any in twenty years.
Tommy Machine, Japanese section foreman at Barretts, hailed as one of the most respected Japanese in the area, holds the distinction of the sole life member of the American Red Cross from Beaverhead county.
The Bannack Gold Mining company property sold at sheriff sale from the courthouse Monday. E. B. Howell and others of Butte purchased it for 10 933 60 dollars. The beach school under Miss Kate Meers closed last Friday and the public school will close May 31 with the summer term starting June 4.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Erwin and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Carney and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gleed Jr spent the weekend fishing at the Lima dam. They note water levels are high now hindering fishing but expect prime conditions in about a month.
Lieutenant Richard P. Hobson famed for the Spanish American War and a former congressman will visit Dillon on Friday evening May 24 to deliver a patriotic address at the Normal training school.
S. K. Clark of Dubois Idaho underwent an appendicitis operation at his ranch home near Dubois last week. His many friends here will be glad to learn that he is getting along nicely.
Bays City resident Edgar Kenni son, a prominent Sheep Creek Basin sheep man, has purchased J. T. Leimert's city home and will relocate his family to the city.
J. E. Monroe president of the Normal college arrived back Saturday after a high school visitation tour in the northern part of the state.
East-Francis Tonney and Mrs Anson Baxter were called to Pennsylvania last week due to the serious illness of their mother who has been spending the winter at her old home.
Paddy Moore from Helena detained Henry Rust after a Friday sighting in Butte. Rust was moved to Helena to stand trial in federal court on charges of impersonating a federal officer.
Will Enlist A B Seran who has lived in the city for a year departed last Thursday for Canton Ohio. After visiting his mother he plans to enlist in a branch of the service.
The Methodist Church will hold Sunday services on May 12 with Sunday school at 10 a m led by Prof Robt Clark and sermon at 11 a m by Pastor H G Humphrey. Music suitable for Mothers Day and an Epworth league anniversary program at 8 p m. Additional stars to be added to the service flag and Prof F H Garner to give a patriotic address. Everyone welcome.
Lew Bell sold 160 acres of irrigated land to Valen Todovich for 14000 dollars. The property is a fine grain quarter-section with long standing water rights. Todovich recently sold his Rock Creek ranch to Peter Jengen.
Charles Burden was in town yesterday visiting his ranch home on Medicine Lodge.
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