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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1901
Page
1
Sundown on Main and Front street sparks chatter. The school near closure follows a successful term by Miss Grace Graeter. Minining paused for domestic improvements as Chas Perry plans a large carriage house. Community life shows harmony with varied amusements and town news including births, visits, and movable fortunes.
Three lodges I O F A O U W and K P each bought one 20 by 20 lot in the cemetery with trustees donating adjoining land making a 20 by 40 plot. A fence will be built and the space is for burying members stranded from relatives. Local notes plus names and arrivals from Dillon Bedrock Lima and Salt Lake City appear, including Emerson Hill and many travelers. The stage remains busy and the O D register lists attendees from cities including Dillon and Butte.
Tribune report details J. G. Shannon suffering a mass sheep loss of 930 head in a single Sunday incident amid a Timothy hay shortage. The event highlights farm losses and livestock risks in the region.
Argenta April 23 reports spring has begun with seed sowing and yard cleanup. The Shirt Sleeve club is shown debating as Mining Matters remain quiet at present.
The Madison County Sunday School convention gathered in an all day session at the M. E. church in Twin Bridges on Tuesday and Wednesday. Delegates from various schools attended with field worker John Orchard contributing to the program. In Birchard’s absence Mountjoy presided and Miss Malle Utly served as secretary.
A Saturday morning disturbance at the Watseka mine sparked excitement as miners refused to work over a dispute about a night boss. After a change was made, the crew resumed labor. The item notes numerous local travels and family visits around Butte Sheridan Twin Bridges and Rochester hotel employment.
General Samuel Pearson who lost a writ of injunction against British officers over mule exports from New Orleans to South Africa appeals directly to the president. Judge Parlang notes the matter is political and belongs before the executive branch, not the courts. Fresh plague outbreaks reach Brisbane and Perth with Dunwich Insane asylum affected, rats blamed for spreading infection.
This sketch recalls William Sturgis born April 1 1817 at Mount Pleasant Upper Canada who died April 6 1901 in New Smyrna Florida at 83. He helped found Cedar Falls Little Falls and Iowa City while pioneering the plains and Minnesota timber country. He built mills dams and aided early roads, joining California gold seekers in 1862 and heading toward Beaverhead valley in Montana.
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