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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1888
Page
9
A dated notice explains that anyone who takes a paper from the office is responsible for payment, whether or not subscribed. If the paper is not paid or started, arrears must be paid. courts deem uncalled-for papers as intent to pay. Address changes possible. remittances by draft, check, money order, or registered letter. postmasters must register letters.
A historical roster details the Montana territorial administration including Governor Preston H. Leslie Secretary Win T. Webb Auditor James Sullivan Treasurer Green Prucitt Superintendent A Ciawan Justices N A McConnell Utica Stephen DeWolfe Bate Man Thos C Bach Miles City U S District Attorney Robt B Smith U S Internal Revenue Collector Janes Shields U S Marshal Robert Kelley Deer Lodge U S Land Officers Horatio Seymour Howell Receiver Helena Samuel W Langhorne Register Melons O County Officers Sheriff Thos M Jones Clerk and Record Phil D McGough Dillon Probate Judge A RR Melton Treasurer Robert T Wing Millon County Attorney WS Barbour Dillon Assessor Wall Bickett Glendale Supt Schools Mrs LE Saylor Dillon Public Administrator C Mead Ned Rook Coroner 5 0 Or TLD PMickman Dillon Surveyor 6000 eebe UE Matterton Wisdom WM Oliver Dillon Commissioners bes M Grown Hannack 1M Johnson Glendale Members of the Legislative Assembly of Montana Council Geo N Batchelder Bannack House of Representatives Lawrence A Brown Dillon James M VPage Joint Representative Beaverhead Madison counties
The document lists Mayor Geo W Dart and city officers including Aldermen J E Morse and Lou C Fybrie for the First Ward Lambert Ellil and C J Thomaen for the Second Ward J C Halliday and J Moore for the Third Ward City Marshal O W W Rote City Attorney K J Conger City Clerk J E Stringham City Treasurer Thos W Poindexter and J Street Commissioner J Cashmore.
The Western Rural and American Stockman editor extols Montana after a visit noting its rich valleys plains towering mountains canyons waterfalls and grand people. He describes rail travel from the line to Helena through landscapes of cattle settlements and the Missouri River, foreseeing a bright settlement era.
A 19th century observer extols Montana’s grandeur as vistas unfold for hundreds of miles. The Manitoba Railroad projector Mr Hill is praised as visionary for envisioning dividends from travelers seeking the empire’s vast beauty and splendor.
The Missoula Gazette denounces President Cleveland for appointing carpetbaggers including Moses Liddell as Associate Justice and Thomas A Garrett as clerk. It argues the appointments violate the Democratic platform and laments lack of Democrat successors while urging territorial statehood as remedy.
Bucklen's Arnica salve claims to be the best salve for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded, priced at 25 cents per box, sold by N. M. White at City Drug Store.
Businessmen and merchants in Southern Montana and Eastern Idaho are invited to visit the Triune job department to inspect samples and compare prices. New paper and printing material boost capacity, with steam presses ensuring fast, first class job printing and a large stock of stationery for quick orders.
Pimples on the face are linked to impure blood and suspicion. Acker's Blood Elixir is advertised to remove impurities and improve complexion. The product is sold and guaranteed by N. M. White at City Drug Store.
An advertisement touts Haines Golden Specific as a harmless, covert cure for drunkenness. It claims rapid, permanent temperance whether drinkers are moderate or alcoholic and urges readers to send for details to the Goines Specific Co. at 185 Race St., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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