Dillon Notes and Visitor Recitals Highlight Local Scene
Dillon residents and visitors fill the week with business trips and social calls. Notables include C W Stallings of Bannack on business, George L Craig from Butte, Dr C V Williams of Sheridan, Jorgen Jorgenson from Big Hole, and C G Evans of Butte. A piano recital by Ralph McFadden’s pupils is scheduled Friday. An electric plant is now at Hagenbarth Greene well with day and night drilling, sharing geological similarity with nearby Crowley.
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Ralph McFadden
the Normal College
Hagenbarth-Greene
Crowley
Local Social Notes Highlight Dillon Events
Mrs Arthur Graeter hosted friends Friday afternoon while Miss Orpha Baker advances toward a June Dana Institute graduation in Warren Ohio. Miss Marjorie Williams of Dillon soloed at the Dana Musical Institute concert April 7 and also graduates in June. W A Sigourney of the Western Newspaper Union Billings visited Dillon on business and offered a friendly call. Mrs Mayme French Allen teaching at Bannack spent the weekend with relatives in Dillon. A window display of new goods draws few passersby. Inclement weather brings illness. Mr and Mrs Wm S Tash of Polaris visited Dillon for the weekend. B N Stevenson and companions drove to Butte for shopping and The Arabian show.
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Marjorie Williams
Dillon
Dana Musical Institute
Warren
Ohio
W. A. Sigourney
Western Newspaper Union of Billings
Local Residents and Visitors Reported in Dillon Gatherings
A series of brief notes records visits and errands in Dillon. Henry Erickson of Great Falls visited Dillon Tuesday while Chas. P. Thomas faced illness earlier in the week. Mrs. Sarah E. Schuler seeks administration of Clayton Schuler estate. neighbors and travelers from Lima Dell Polaris Armstead Melrose Kidd and Bedrock are noted.
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Henry Erickson of
Great Falls
Dillon
Sarah E. Schuler
Clayton Schuler
City Baking Co opens new plant and delight in doughnut making
Dillon residents praised the new City Baking Co plant opening Saturday as the doughnut operation drew local interest. Mrs. R. H. Watt and Hal West returned from Los Angeles after their father's death. Mrs. West will remain in California. Apollo Lodge S O O F members from Dillon visited Melrose for the third degree and banquet. Miss Cora Berry will teach at Lyon in Madison County as school starts next Monday. Scarlet fever cases were reported after a week’s relief at the training school.
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City Baking Co’s. New Plant
Dillon
Apollo Lodge
Melrose
Cora Berry
Lyon
Madison County
Work on new Baptist church progresses steadily
The Tribune notes steady progress on a new Baptist church during April 1885. It also mentions several opium dens in the city warranting raids and reports frequent whisky punishments during the term.
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the Tribune
New Baptist Church
Dillon court reports disorderly conduct and lodge land purchase
The Dillon court notes there have been numerous drunks and disorderly acts. Apollo Lodge No 15 I O O F bought two lots at Idaho and Bannack streets for an Odd Fellows hall to be erected, paying $900. The article mocks local politics and the press’s stance on morality.
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Dillon
Apollo Lodge
Idaho
Bannack
Odd Fellows Hall
Butte
Montanan Bride of Red Squaw Sparks Lamanite Label
The Tribune notes curious racial terms and social quirks in Dillon Montana. It mentions many babies in Dillon for a town of its size and a bachelor pad with an unwashed towel. Madison county cowboys parade in town while drunk. Glendale experiences a property boom with Main Street land rising from 250 to 900 dollars in two months.
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Dillon
Montana
Adam
Madison County
Glendale
Main Street
Steers Average 1350 Pounds Sold At About Four Fifty Per Hundred
Tom Yost delivered a bunch of steers here last week averaging 1350 pounds each with prices around 4.50 per hundred. Grant Haynes returned this week from a trip to Calgary Alberta Canada.
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Tom Yost
Grant Haynes
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Rats Invading Treasure State Across the West
The brown rat, likely from 18th century England, now infests every U S state with Montana the last to be afflicted. Early records show Denver and other towns as early hubs. Lewistown and Fort Benton saw initial Montana infestations about three years before 1926. The spread accelerated in temperate regions, with established populations in Alaska Canada and Newfoundland.
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United States
England
Union
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana
O. SE. Stephl
Lewistown
Fort Benton
Denver
Colo
Utah
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Arizona
Idaho
Wyoming
Nebraska
Alaska
Canada
Newfoundland
Law Against Warlike Display of Weapons Sought
The Tribune notes a rise in armed men with two guns and calls for a law to curb such displays. It mentions clean sidewalks from ladies sweeps, and announces Dillon meat markets will close Sundays starting the first May Sunday. Also reports adjustable wire bustles in shops and a Shakespeare club performance of The Taming of the Shrew at the rectory last Friday.
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the Tribune
Dillon Meat Markets
Shakespeare Club
Rebuilding at Rife's barn and local edits spark town notes
Rife's barn is under reconstruction after a near twister. Dillon welcomes its first tandem bicycle, tested by Makinson and Waldorff. The Normal school building rises above basement windows. Mrs Hart offers sailor hats from 25 cents. Will Cushing shines at Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with grades from 91 to 95 percent.
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Rife
Dillon
Mauling of Oil Station Case Dismissed. Station Reopens
The Bluebird Oil & Refining Co Montana Hardware Co and Beaverhead Lumber Co actions in district court against William Updegraft former Bluebird service station operator were dismissed. Attachments released and the station reopened for business Saturday.
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Bluebird Oil & Refining Co
Montana Hardware Co
Beaverhead Lumber Co
William Updegraft
Bluebird
Foley's Honey and Tar for bronchitis relief
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound relieves distressing bronchial symptoms at once. It loosens the cough raises phlegm and soothes irritated membranes. Mrs L M Charleston West Virginia says it helped her through a bad bronchitis attack. Safe and effective for adults and children. Your druggist sells and recommends it. Ask or phone Potts the Druggist.
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Foley
Potts
Southern Cross Mining Company Incorporation in Dillon
In Dillon the Southern Cross Mining Company is incorporated with stock capital of 1 500 000. A fashion writer foresees corsets ending in three years. Tom Yost delivered a fine lot of steers bringing 4 50. B H Patt appointed postmaster at Monida. Grace Adams credited herself well at a recital at the Normal college last Friday evening.
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the Tribune
Southern Cross Mining Company
Dillon
Tom Yost
B. H. Patt
Monida
Grace Adams
Normal College
Furnished Houses and Apartments Quietly Offered
Notice advertises nicely furnished houses and apartments that are clean quiet and comfortable with contact BK B Emerick by phone at 103-W.
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BK. B. Emerick Phone 103—W
Timely Warning on Typhoid Fever Water Safety
State Health Board urges caution after a 1910 to 1926 death rate drop. Contaminated Deer Lodge river water blamed for outbreak risk. Advice includes boiling water, chlorine solution, and vaccination via physician.
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Montana
Montara
California
Deer Lodge
Unusually cold weather hurts Beaverhead lambing season
Unusually cold and stormy weather hampers lambing in Beaverhead county. Losses are feared high if conditions persist until ranging lambing begins, with most lambing confined to sheds or protected areas.
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Beaverhead
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C. W. Stallings
George L. Craig
Matt Polish
Reichle
C.V. Williams
Sheridan, Wyo
Jorgen Jorgenson
Big Hole Basin
Carl Decker
C. G. Evans of
Andrus Hotel
Etta Metzel
Alder
Go, Callahan
Minot, N.D
Potts Drug Store
Lilly Matthews
E.E. Loft
The
Presbyterian Church
Presbytery
Will A. Lovell
Mary Gist
Twin Bridges
George Wolf
Earl’ Opp
Dillon, Mont
Arthur Graeter
Orpha Baker
Dana Institute
Mayme French Allen
Mrs. Wm. S. Tash of
Polaris
B. N. Stevenson
Marjorie Stevenson
Anna Patterson
N. E. Stone
C. H. Rody
Lima
A. M. Peterson
Dell
Chas. P. Thomas
Ford McBain
Dan Tovey
Wisdom
Logan
E. B. Roe
Bedrock Sunday
Russell Fryburg
Joseph Longley of
D. Kennegaard
R. J. Dansie
Verona Smith
Small Daughter
Near Armstead
Nellie McKnight
Henry Thompson of
Kidd
Clara Chapman
Los Angeles
Henry Dowling
W. M. Sweeney
Dillon Saturdy
Federal Reserve System
First National Bank
Thomas E. Luebben
State Health Board
A. H
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