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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1909
Page
4
The official Beaverhead County paper notes subscription rates in advance and directs letters and manuscripts to editor Eptror TRIBUNE for editorial correspondence.
The city treasurer reports Dillon is financially strained yet officials urge funds for a fire alarm system. Properly funded fire alarms and cement crossings are valued improvements. A big fire without alarms could ruin the business district. improving alarms now is essential for public safety.
The article praises Dillon saloon operators for collective action, noting their united, decisive effort on civic issues. They organize quickly to protest measures they oppose and show disciplined, coordinated voting behavior on local topics.
The excerpt notes that the proposition failed before the Dillon city council, implying the council acted rightly for public will. It contrasts saloon influence with citizens seeking change and hints at covert control by saloon men over the town.
The town shifts business toward Bannack Idaho and Glendale streets as Glendale is seen as the coming commercial hub. Downtown expansion centers on Idaho Glendale and depot access with the Idaho Glendale intersection proposed for a new fountain. The public is invited to share opinions by letter. Governor Norris appoints George B. Conway as state public accountant, praised as an ideal pick. Beaverhead county fair plans include an automobile race to boost attendance and attract exhibitors.
A local note recalls the Beaverhead county fair set to open twenty weeks from next Tuesday and mentions a national dress parade and thoroughbred hat show to be held across the country next Sunday.
The Baptist church schedules an Easter program for next Sunday evening April 11 with voluntary hymn scripture reading and anthem He is Risen. Solo The Voice Triumphant by Edith Remley and Resurrection by Mrs Scott. Choir solos and parts include Mesdames Scott Cush ing Lewis Ploten Holmes Dodgson Thouarts Rathbone Kohl and Messrs Stevenson Egbert Scott Main with Mrs F A M Thomas as choir director and ALF Colver as pastor.
Gloria Tibi 384 hymnal setting with soprano solo Miss Paxton and choir. Murertory 406 Whitney. Sanctus 423 Taylor. Communion Hymn 231 E Miller. Gloria in Excelsis 489 Zeuner. Recessional 109 Calkin. Organ Postlude. Organist Miss Graeter. Choir sopranos Mrs Scott Miss Paxton Osborn Innes La Galla Schroeder altos Mesdames Poindexter Orr Thomas Misses Peterson Jessie Poindexter tenor Mr Bott bass Messrs E H Brundage C L Robbins Chas Scott Violin accomp Miss Georgia Cullum.
A Women’s Christian Temperance Union event at the Methodist church hosts a medal contest for children. Participants recite pieces and compete for handsome silver medals previously awarded. An admission fee funds the Union. The program features multiple recitations and a vocal solo by Aycoe Praye.
Easter program at Grace ME Church on April 11 starts at ten with a school chorus and multiple readings recitations and songs including The Lord’s Prayer Beautiful Lilies of Easter The Sweet Story of Old and Hark Through the Dawn Bright. The program features Stella Knotts Beatrice Willard Gladys Winters Hazel Stratton Ruth Stoller Caroline Stoeller Ruth Knotts Fern McWethey Fraye Iliff Leira Florence Fuller and others with decorations led by Miss Herr’s class and Maud Selway’s and Mabel Selway’s groups.
Montana sheepmen are barred from moving sheep beyond county lines or more than 25 miles without an Inspector issued health certificate. The document requires the certificate to prove the flock is clean of communicable disease. Signed by T. C. Power, president, and State Veterinarian M. E. Knowes.
Prelude and hymn selections lead to a Handel scripture reading and contralto solo. Mozart anthem and mezzo soprano pieces frame the offertory, followed by a sermon on the Resurrection and a final anthem. The service closes with a postlude.
Governor Norris announced appointments including state fish and game warden Henry Avare to attend a Detroit conference April 22-23. Dillon’s J P Murray and R R Rathbone named to the executive board of the state normal school alongside other appointees from Butte Helena Miles City Billings and Sheridan.
Public notice cautions against catarrh ointments containing mercury as dangerous to the senses and overall health. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo as mercury free and cites internal use. Sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available. Also advertises Hall's Family Pills for constipation and a millinery display by Mrs Anna Hart.
County commissioners in Dillon Montana declare only regular form orders are valid for Beaverhead county supplies from March 6 1907. any unmanned or improperly ordered claims will be rejected. This notice warns all concerned to use official forms when presenting claims or requests.
The report suggests if a quieter crew is not hired for the Taft Montana tunnel project than last year, Sheriff Gosman may need to preside at multiple hangings during his first two years in office.
The piece argues the city hall site should have been bought years ago to save taxpayers money, urges future purchase, and notes Armstead’s rise in prominence with calls for a jail and deputy sheriff. It advises saving, investing in real estate, and suggests building a theatre in Dillon as a key growth plan.
The program lists Kyrie Gloria Quonium Solus Millard Mass in G Credo Et Carnatus Sanctus Benedictus Agnus Dei Dona Nobis Shueys Mass in F Offertory Soprano Solo The Resurrection Miss McFadden with choir sopranos Mesdames French Kaiser Paul Poindexter and Miss Grace Graeter as organist and directoress with bass A Stamm and tenor C L Robbins noted among the performers.
On Easter Sunday the Episcopal Church schedules Holy Communion at 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. with sermons and choir music. A 4 p.m. Easter service features the children’s choir under Miss Paxton, plus solos, duets, quartettes, and organ numbers.
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