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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1903
Page
4
A dated advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for womanly disease including backache and uterine trouble. It claims cures, regularity, and relief from inflammation aided by testimonials from Mrs. Henry Harrell of Tarboro. Also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a laxative for delicate women.
The Trizone reports a 60 ton smelter bought for $8000 to be built on the Indian Queen claim in Birch Creek canyon. Foreman Owsley, formerly of Twin Bridges, will supervise a 35 man crew. The plant will process custom ore from local claims, boosting Dillon area business and joint ventures with Jewell and Stanchfield’s Snowball claim nearby.
The Normal board invites bids for a new dormitory wing. Architects are Haire of Helena and Fennell of Butte. Plans are viewable at their offices or A. L. Stone’s Dillon office. Bids require a $500 certified check to Eliel, with 50 percent of contract price due as bond.
Wong Dan seeks a kind soul to care for his five week old son Fong Quan Dan until age one or he can provide for him. His wife has left with fear of her Celestial circle, eloped from Dillon after birth, and returned to Billings. Wong, once a Chinese store owner, asks for aid while he struggles to feed the infant.
Gallager and Barret head a larger cast in a refreshed Finnigan's Ball at the Dillon Theatre next Wednesday night April 22. The show promises new New York songs and dances, updated comedy, and improved costumes while keeping the familiar story and characters that audiences recall.
C W Robison was elected Great Senior Saga more at the Grand Council session in Philipsburg. The council plans its next meeting for March in Butte 1904. Visitors to Philipsburg enjoyed a banquet and a ball at the Fireman's hall, and Robison returned to Dillon reporting a great time.
George Howard and George Cole robbed the Burlington express train six miles from Butte at midnight on February 12. Howard received thirty years of hard labor in the state penitentiary for the crime.
The Junior and Senior classes of the high school, editors Faye Beott Minnie Brittt Bertha Tyree, enjoyed a Theta gathering at Mrs. George Metlen's home. Grace Squire led amusing fortune telling, with fudge ice cream and cake served.
Tickets are on sale for plays produced under V F Q club supervision on April 25. The Mouse Trap directed by Charlotte Herr and Mrs Edwin Norris. Box and Cox under Josephine Holt. Character sketches of Julius Caesar completed. Next work Silas Marner. V F Q meets at the Rectory next Saturday afternoon.
Freshman class and V. F. Q. club were entertained by Misses Arts and Esther Willard last Saturday afternoon despite bad weather. About twenty attendees enjoyed fruit salad cake and coffee. Ruby Page returned to school after a week away Leon Grannis was absent. A surprise party honored Mabel Selway on Friday night April 10. Regular singing exercises and Freshman English study of Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal noted. Гyrnamsium exercises again draw interest among Freshman students.
A dispatch states President Roosevelt will spend three hours in Helena and Butte, with extra time likely in Butte. He will pass through Dillon around midnight on May 27 on a special train, stopping to coal and water. He plans short talks at large crowds, weather permitting.
Mrs Kress gave a lecture on Shakespeare's Use of the Bible before the pworth League. She outlined the era and public stance toward scripture, then cited Bible indebtedness in Shakespeare and included quotations from Holy Writ. The room was filled with an attentive audience.
Granite-Thomas Dyer, longtime secretary treasurer of the Granite Miners' union, is alleged to be a defaulter in an amount around 750 dollars. Dyer is reported to be in Cornwall England where he went last fall.
The V F Q club of the high school plans two plays at the Dillon Theatre on April 25. The Mouse Trap features eight cast with five girls and three boys, running about forty five minutes. Box and Cox includes three characters and lasts about thirty minutes. Dillon orchestra provides music and Verena Linfors with Gertrude Metlen perform a piano duet.
The Montana Supreme Court affirms the district court ruling that William E. Hardee must be hanged for the murder of Charles Snearly at J. P. Smith’s Valley county ranch in September 1901.
A father pleads for aid and a temporary caregiver for his son born March 5, asking a reliable woman to care for the child until he can support them. He states his wife has left and he does not want the boy sent to an orphanage.
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