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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1913
Page
1
Miss Margaret Ross compiles Beaverhead county school census and finance figures. Cash on hand Aug 81 1912 totals 102865.55 with no current bond debt, 985 male of 1810 youths ages 6-21, 413 of 416 eight to fourteen attend school, male teachers earn 131.66 while female teachers earn 78.14, and 1259.07 spent on textbooks.
This week at Pastime Theater features the Giants vs Athletics World Series films with noted stars in action. Manager Wheat paid extra for the reels but admission remains the same and shows run from 7 to 10 30 PM. Also on the bill are Ikhalem special The Fight at Grizzly Gulch and Wally Van in Catey's Waterloo.
Frank A. Hazelbaker executive commissioner of the Montana-Pacific exposition commission travels Montana selecting grain and farm produce for the Panama-Pacific fair. After touring county fairs and the state fair he plans a final stop at Billings corn show to finish Montana’s display for 1915.
Engineers completing the Butte and Wisdom railroad survey in the Big Hole basin move to the Wise River branch. Seventeen quartz locations were located in two weeks in the Elkhorn district, signaling a mining revival in Beaverhead not seen in years.
The Beaverhead club held a popular smoker last Saturday with entertainment from The Wheelers and Kitty Brandy plus Browne and Hackett. Charles A. Smith and Edmund J. Callaway spoke on the club’s finances as about one hundred members enjoyed a fine lunch and a raffle. The event marked paying off the club’s bonds, and the group promised its annual meeting and officer elections on Monday November 17.
Senator Walsh and Congressman Stout announce a competitive examination for two midshipman appointments to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. The test will be held in Helena on December 18, 1913, at 9 a.m., conducted by E B Craighead H A Davee and A J Roberts. Applicants should study the academy circular and may obtain details from Walsh or Stout in Washington.
At a regular Shakespeare club meeting Miss Helen Finch was chosen as high school delegate to the first Annual Vocational Congress in Bozeman, under Montana college of Agricultural and Industrial Arts and State Federation of Women's Clubs. Finch leaves with Miss Sophia Guyaz and Mrs. Edmund J. Callaway. The group also discusses Measure for Measure and notes a new city engineer appointment of William C. Chapman approved by the council.
L. J. Spreckle visiting Dillon to inspect yards and facilities. He recommends spending 100000 pounds for a large building combining round house coal chute pumping station electric light plant and machine shop plus yard improvements. The plan aims to cut wages, save coal and reduce lighting costs, with work starting next spring.
The city council, with mayor present, approved plans for a new city hall designed by C. W. Roode. Liquor licenses were granted to Dan Grant, Savacool & Company, and Rhodes & Anderson. Police reports were reviewed and accepted, while residents sought sewer tax reductions, but the council kept the current assessment rate.
Public library listings announce new fiction selections including George Barr McCutcheon Zane Grey Rex Beach novelists and classics like The Judgment House and The Air Pilot. Also listed are children's books by Thornton W. Burgess and John Barleycorn by Jack London in the expanded collection.
The district court schedule lists the December term opening December 9 at 10 a m with multiple cases set each day through December 23 and into January 1914. Notable filings include Montana vs Hansen and several civil actions such as Heavy vs Union Electric and Retallack vs Bessette, among others.
A group of enterprising young men met in the Guild hall of the Episcopal church to form a social club with athletic and social aims. Temporary officers were chosen Roy Stephenson as chairman and Fred Hale as secretary. A committee was set to draft a constitution and by laws. The next meeting is scheduled for tomorrow evening.
Former Dillon residents Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson, who have lived in Butte for a year, traveled through the city Tuesday bound for Portland Oregon, their future residence.
Charles Teers fifteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Wm Teers lives on the J Dunstyn ranch five miles south of Dillon suffered a broken leg at the Beaverhead Ranch threshing job near Andy Banks ranch. While guiding refrery horses to free a wagon stuck in a ditch the horse stepped on his right leg breaking the bone above the ankle. Medical aid set the fracture and he rests comfortably.
The Indies of St. James Guild announce their annual cafeteria supper and sale in the Guild hall on Thursday November 20 with a second evening of entertainment by Dillon's young men on Friday November 21. The events promise the usual high standards of this society.
Carl Stahl came back to Dillon on Tuesday following several weeks spent along the Pacific coast.
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