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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1918
Page
8
Fragment shows scattered price figures such as 26¢ 35¢ and several odd breaks. Includes multiples like 35c to 1.50 and $1.00 to $2.75 with notes on quantities or tiers. Details are incomplete and the context is unclear.
Dillon welcomes visitors from Bannack Bedrock and Butte including C W Stallings BE Price and Bert Clayton. Beach: E B Roe and F Hirschy travel for business. Lyman Bennett and T A Grigg visit for oil and legal affairs. Earl Bickmore becomes Union Electric bookkeeper succeeding George Dixon who goes to war.
R B Elliott the Dell hotel man visited Dillon yesterday. Dixon Brown from Armstead spent Monday afternoon in Dillon. A new road planer and other road machinery were unloaded last Monday by the county. W Chasman of Calgary arrives Monday to study the oil situation. Peter Winner came Monday from Belgrade to oversee interests for a week. Local residents and visitors include Mrs Hank Wetmore and granddaughter Lakeview. Mr and Mrs A M Gregg and Mr and Mrs A B LeClar from Bozeman. Mrs Clay Patterson and Miss Mabel Hungate in Dillon. Mrs G W Case of Portage Wis.. Leroy Arnott and John Taylor party from Wichita. C G Gilster of Leadore. James Cummins and E J Hamner of the Butte Daily Post spent Sunday in Dillon en route with friends.
Sherman attends a few days in Dillon with Mr and Mrs George Clemon visit Jackson. Mrs Fero Marchesseau of Grant shops in Dillon. J E Shaw from his Big Hole ranch is in town. Sheriff Wyman heads Salmon River district duties. Alma Morse returns from Chicago. Merl Hart arrives from Salmon Idaho to visit Dillon relatives before heading to Weiser Idaho.
The fourth annual Chautauqua will be held in Dilton this summer from June 5 to June 11.
Edgar Rife, eight months in training at Camp Lewis, enjoys a furlough visit with home folks. Will Williamson, in the navy since the war began, visits Dillon relatives for a homecoming.
Prof Stark, long time cooking demonstrator for Majestic range makers, spends the week in Dillon giving demonstrations at the Dart Hardware store. His wartime recipes interest local housewives.
Larry Holden of the Dewey-Gould company in Boston and J M Solomon of Eismann Brothers in Boston arrived to inquire about the wool market prospects. They aim to gauge prices and demand and discuss available lots and trade opportunities.
Stewart Phillips, a city youth, passed the telegraphers examination in Pocatello on Monday. Though a boy in short trousers, he has only worked as a messenger a few months yet now can hold a trick job of his own after diligent study and effort.
Renowned piano tuner Harry Hunter with 31 years of experience will visit Dillon within the next ten days to tune pianos. Leave or phone orders at the Triune Book Store.
An advertisement invites readers to consult Dr. H. H. Scarborough at the Andrus Hol Dillon for eye care. The event is scheduled for Thursday May 23.
Examinations will be held in Dillon and Wisdom for those who wish to write on the Eighth grade examinations on May 31 and June 1. Miss Elizabeth Sutherland 40-31. County Supt.
Local woolgrowers urge government purchase of the 1918 clip to go directly to manufacturers eliminating Boston traders. George M. Melton argues the grading and financing system favors traders who take 3 percent and 6 percent loan interest. He envisions a grower controlled system with local committees and a National Warehouse. E. O. Selway reacts to Boston firms’ representation on the appraising board.
List of patent grants warranty deeds and administrator deeds in Beavershead County Montana covering Horse Prairie valley Sheep Creek basin Big Hole basin Barrett station and Dillon area with parcels from 40 to 480 acres and prices ranging from $1 to $2,500 noting names such as Ross F Nay James W Taylor Robert Scohick Adele Pierce Andrew J Lounsbury Todd Collins Mary Judge George M Clemon Ted Collins Mamie Pinkerton Estate and others and mentions of homestead notice and relinquishment on Grasshopper creek and Medicine Lodge creek.
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