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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1902
Page
4
The Dillon Examiner serves Beaverhead County and publishes weekly on Wednesdays. Editor and proprietor is F. Kress with annual prepaid subscription set at 52 dollars.
A Democratic convention is called to meet at Dillon courthouse on a Saturday at 10 a.m. to select delegates and alternates for the state convention in Bozeman Montana and to nominate candidates for county offices including sheriff, county clerk and recorder, treasurer, assessor, county attorney, superintendent of schools, public administrator, surveyor, and coroner. Delegates and alternates are apportioned by precincts based on votes for Jos. B. Toole.
Fragmentary OCR passage discusses patronage institutions, wages, taxation, and a group of workers or visitors. It critiques their economic impact and contribution to local development, labeling them as temporary and unhelpful to the community and industry. It mentions taxes, cash payments, and the notion of a temporary resident workforce.
A historic debate traces the balance of power between traveling peddlers and local merchants. It highlights advance payments, strict security demands, and the risk of non returnable goods, with critique of dependence on cheap imports and the influence of large eastern interests on local trade.
The fragment appears garbled with missing letters and stray characters. It mentions a page 4 item and a possible reference to a person or event but is too incomplete to identify names, places, or actions.
The article outlines a heated dispute among former protectionist officials over reciprocity and regional trade rules. It mentions a league requiring member votes for American fiber protection and calls to purge perceived bottlenecks in business practices.
Brief notes indicate a potential consolidation among the Great Northern Northern Pacific and associated regional lines. Early market chatter suggests strategic rationales but no final agreement or timetable announced.
The Dillon Normal Dormitory adds space with attic improvements by Dillon Lumber Co allowing 70 women to be lodged plus space for staff. Dr Swain reports assurance of over 80 pupils arriving opening day, bringing attendance to over 100, nearly double prior highs, with many students staying with private families.
A garbled note sketches a Monday hunting day in marshes with a legal holiday. It mentions geinoor barrow owners, a crowded scene, and ducks reportedly scarce but some shooters charged with effort. Details are unclear and several terms appear corrupted.
Professor H. T tree reports many rodents would have been sent to Rozemoen or Missouri. He plans to come to town on this wister and says county plattings in recent weeks aim to boost attendance when school opens the 15th. For sale forty five two year old steers and sixty head of young cows with carren James Bateman Melrose Mont 25146 Just received a mice jot of new
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