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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1911
Page
3
Local column lists rates for notices and advertisements in the Dillon Examiner dated October 18 1911. Rates include 20 cents per line for first reading insertion and 15 cents per line thereafter for notices, business notices 10 cents first line and 8 cents subsequent, and other charges for church festivals fairs and card of thanks.
Train timetable fragment shows directional lines with numbered trains and times. Unclear destinations listed with milepost like c06 seeae 2252 p.m. and 42:05 a.m. unclear labels for East West routes and bound directions.
Local items list residents and visitors including Dr Walker and Dr Ackley in Dillon, Henry Dowling, A J Wedum, George Edinger, John Orr, Jos C Smith, W A Jones, J W Scott, Henry Thompson, Miss Lillian Maurice, Pearl I Smith, Arby Beardsley, Mrs Will Aldridge, Miss Bert Short, Sidmund Callway, Mr and Mrs Twitchell, Dr Rathbone, Tom Patterson, Henry Gleed, Kk I Price, Mrs Poreh, Mrs Charles Saner, Amos Elliott, Jas Patterson, Miss Shraus, Dr Morton Egbert and many others in town last week. Also notes on travel, purchases, and a Columbus Day observance at the normal college.
Twenty years ago Judge T J Galbraith appointed Henry Knippenberg as general manager of Hecla Mining Company and a county commissioner to fill a vacancy caused by George Woodworth's resignation. The piece discusses selecting a public square site for the city, praising Master Henry Haines, and lauding Montana's advancements in minerals, stock, crops, and people.
George Mudd sold 350 feeder cattle to W. B. Tash, weighed and driven to Grasshopper ranch. J. M. Briggeman bought 100 prime Big Hole cattle and 200 cows for a future drive. Oats yield 147.12 bushels per acre in Beaverhead country. Golden Link social event followed Roy Cottrell’s initiatory degree. A winter storm dumped 24 to 26 inches of snow, halting stage service and blanketing the region.
Auction sale of cattle and horses at E H Kates ranch in Big Sheep creek basin on October 25 1911. Bark stuff branded on left shoulder features Red Pole cattle all cows and broke to milk. 416
The Norma Mining Company seeks stock buyers to fund expansion at an existing silver ore body near the Butte Hill area. Promoters claim low risk, high value with ore averaging over $40 per ton, substantial cross-cuts within 600 feet, and a vast surface outcrop extending over a mile. Equipment on site includes hoisting engine, boilers, air compressor, and drills.
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