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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1910
Page
4
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The article urges citizens to support the upcoming good roads convention in Billings in June. It highlights two proposed state highways Havre to Dillon and Glendive to Missoula, which would pass through Dillon and benefit local travel. It calls on county commissioners to appoint delegates and for public-spirited residents to attend and back the highway proposition.
A Montana man Harry Gold was discharged for obtaining money under false pretenses after a prosecuting witness fled the state and refused to prosecute. Gold was captured in San Francisco after a chase from Montana to Texas and California and back. The county had spent much to detain him, yet the witness crawfished. The paper calls for a law making a prosecuting witness liable for costs when the state hunts an accused and the complainant refuses to prosecute.
A Butte contest closed last week awarded the slogan The Best in the West Butte for city promotion. The accompanying notes describe lingering confusions and a misprint amid Saturday night papers.
A youth, arrested with his mother and placed in a city jail cell, endures a string of misfortunes including his father’s recent death. Described as among the youngest inmates, he shares a cell with women jailed for vagrancy and drunkenness while his innocent face contrasts with the hardened surroundings. The piece closes with a wistful note about Butte.
A letter argues for prioritizing United States home missions over foreign aid citing grafts, murders, and crowded penal institutions as evidence of domestic need. The writer contends donations should go where they may improve local conditions and mocks reaction to seeing money squandered in public, preferring prudent domestic support.
The passages discuss a range of social topics and ideals. A Montana newspaper collage cites a Milwaukee punchline on engagement and lodge membership, a Stevensville and Kalispell Bee quotation about propriety and voting, and a Laurel Outlook remark warning against straight ticket voters as poor citizens.
Montana towns race for rail lines and electric service while April Fool’s jokes mix with politics. Attorneys clash over loaded revolvers as landowners weigh quick figures and railroad promises. Easter sun and spring harbingers set a bright, tense mood as readers consider hospital funds and town investments.
A garbled mash of phrases from Madisonian Tri bune Review Montana Lookout and Andronda Standard jokes and wry observations. It references budding genius, money, a hen in cold storage, Congressman Cannon, and a young man's spring plans with informal tone and scattered attributions.
Carl Taylor, longtime owner of Albert Stamm's jewelry store, was appointed by Governor Norris to the State Board of Examiners in Optometry. His term ends March 11, 1913. He recently visited Polson, Montana, to explore starting a jewelry business there this year.
Word reached Dillon Wednesday that Mrs R A Reynolds who went to California several months ago for her health was at the point of death.
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