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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1910
Page
4
The Beaverhead County official paper notes total revenue of two thousand dollars in the latest report. It outlines funding sources and earmarks for county notices and public information releases.
The column lists rates for church festivals fairs dances and other fundraisers charged by line with 5 cents for notices ad banners obituary poetry and card of thanks. It advises sending business letters to Tribune Publishing Co and editorial items to Editor Tribune and notes responsibility limits for employee debts.
TrianNne subscribers who do not receive their papers regularly and on time will please notify this office. The paper is published regularly and its subscribers should receive it regularly.
The Dillon and Beaverhead county populations send ill residents to Butte hospitals promptly, avoiding high mortality. The paper notes many patients in Butte facilities but few deaths, contrasting with other regions where treatment is delayed until grave danger.
The city should act to protect property by capturing stray livestock wandering streets injuring lawns and parks. Citizens with cows or horses on public streets should face fines to deter nuisance and preserve the city’s orderly appearance.
The paper urges the city council to install an additional pipeline from the city to the reservoirs due to many leaks in mains and the poor condition of the main line across the alkali flat. It warns of danger if another fire occurs during a future water outage and urges action at the earliest opportunity.
Governor Norris named representatives from each county to the national advisory board of the Good Roads congress. H. T. Poindexter was chosen as Beaverhead county’s member and was praised for his enthusiasm and extensive knowledge of road needs. He travels widely and is an outspoken advocate for road improvements and their benefits.
If a state highway between Dillon and Havre is planned the county must send its full delegate quota to the convention in Billings next June. Delegates should be appointed and named to attend and actively support the convention and its goals.
Multiple cities pass bans on long hat pins to protect men. Boulder Colorado enacts rules prohibiting skirts that sweep sidewalks. Advocates urge further measures to safeguard women's appearance and health.
Leaders of the fair association are working hard to ready a program with excellent special attractions and liberal purses. Promising announcements are expected soon as the event nears.
The census taking started last Friday and the government imposes a fine of one thousand planks for each refused question. The paper won’t object if a few citizens refuse to answer, pay the fine, and have the money go to the public hospital fund.
In Butte the Murray hospital saw eight patients last week while a public hospital fund is urged to safeguard the valuable city institution. Proponents argue lives would be saved by its establishment and question opposition to funding.
The Lemhi Herald reports Gilmore and Pittsburg railroad will arrive in Lemhi by April 22. The piece notes that many valley residents will see a locomotive for the first time, with a humorous aside about aging residents.
The column notes Helena society boasting a weekly silk stocking club of ladies while husbands wear two pairs of cotton socks. It questions dollars sent to distant hospitals instead of a home public hospital and mentions shifts in voter counts between wards and free mail delivery for Dillon, asking the census about it.
A collection of brief aphorisms and quotes from several Montana newspapers. Rings of social commentary on prohibition democracy homesteads Lent and virtue. Includes lines from Anaconda Standard Glendive Independent Miles City Independent Red Lodge Picket Virginia City Madisonian White Sulphur Springs Republican.
Hank Wetmore, a summer resort man, predicts a threshing machine within five to six years in the Centennial valley. He outlines high elevations, grain fields, strawberries, and potential for wheat barley oats potatoes cabbage and more, noting abundant hay lands, alfalfa, game, duck hunting, and year round fish.
Arthur J Breda and Miss Marie Engels were married in a quiet Butte ceremony last Thursday. Breda, a State Bank of Dillon clerk who came from the east, and the Chicago bride were met in Butte and united by Rev F E Dodds of Dillon Methodist church. Friends in Dillon extend best wishes for long happiness.
Lemhi County lays a new county court house near completion with fast progress. Contractor Shultz oversees details and stone cutting by Oxnam and Pignon advances well. Foundation nearly finished and water table in mortar as floor joists go in. The Herald notes a spacious building taking shape.
The notice reports Frank Sharkey wed Miss Cora Rostum in Livingston last Sunday. The couple, with Frank a Dillon native now working in groceries, will reside in Big Timber with his bride joining pioneer Livingston families in a hoped for happy future.
Robert Moore Jr a Junction Idaho bookkeeper was in Dillon several days this week due to the death of his sister Nellie Moore He returned to Junction yesterday unsure about funeral arrangements.
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