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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1888
Page
6
The Montana game law outlines penalties for killing large game between December 1 and August 15 and for small game between November 15 and August 15. Violations incur fines from twenty to fifty dollars per offense, with bans on killing birds for speculative or market purposes.
The Mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South met in Butte with Bishop Galloway presiding. Attendance was low. the document lists assigned preachers for Helena, Bozeman, and surrounding circuits with several posts marked to be supplied.
Governor Preston F. Leslie declares a five hundred dollar reward for each person involved in the murder of Henry Willits at Missoula County This inquest found poison was used with intent to kill and the guilty parties remain at large. The document is dated in Helena and bears the seal of Montana Territory with Secretary Wana’s signature.
Local church notices outline morning services at First Baptist and Grace Methodist Episcopal, with Sunday School at noon and midweek prayer meetings on Wednesdays. St. James Church lists Holy Communion on the first Sunday and a regular morning service, while care for children includes sermon aids and caution against unsafe medicines.
A local office handles diverse printing work including labels posters and forms. Staff manage small runs and bulk orders while maintaining turnaround times for departments and clients.
On a south bound train Cade, SherriY Bob Slaves of Blackfoot Idaho, took Alec Woods the barber in charge back to the gallows. Woods, ironed, has broken jail twice and faces execution Friday the 1st inst for the murder of his wife near Pocatello over a year ago. Woods claims a white man was acquitted for a similar deed, but the claim is dismissed. He was captured at Bozeman after an escape and is to die.
In Deer Lodge no new cases of smallpox have appeared in the past two weeks. Little Mamie Larabie remains convalescent and isolated until next week when she should be past contagion. Lucien Woolfolk and Mamie Larabie had smallpox, but no spread is recorded as authorities quarantined the cases and prevented transmission.
At the request of many horse growers a meeting is called in Helena on Wednesday August to discuss forming a Horse Growers Association. The aim is protection against theft and disease with noted organizers listed among the participants.
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