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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
8
The training school work advances under contractor W G Reed. Foundation is done and first section near completion with carpenters and masons finishing. Water drainage delays persist in the east end, eight inch centrifugal pump draining five cubic feet per second as traction engine powers it.
Principal Byron E. Toan announces the fall semester will begin Monday September 8 at the high school with expected large attendance.
W. S. Bayerd, a Dillon resident for five years, died at St. James hospital in Butte after gall stone surgery. He leaves a son Forrest G. Bayerd and daughter Mrs. Len Pearn in Butte and a sister in White Sulphur Springs. Remains to be brought to Dillon. funeral plans pending. A separate report notes Mesdames Bernstein Williams Cushing Calloway escaping serious injury when a wheel came off a car on the river road hill. driver Gordon aided injured passengers.
Centennial Valley Telephone lines will be laid underground where the line crosses Union Electric's power line near the power house south of town. Manager Dan Hinckley said the change is to prevent interference with telephone service.
Lima notes report Mrs J A Geary hosting a pleasant card afternoon. a K P Lodge Sheep Creek picnic was a success. Visitors include Mrs Bessie Pace of Missoula and Mr Ray Richardson in Lima. several relatives plan moves and visits across Idaho Montana and nearby towns.
Aug 13 special report notes visitors from Butte to Reichle. Miss Irma Daub and friends camp along the river. Lingley, Beehrer, Evers, Reiber, Polish, Buyan and families travel to Dillon for leisure, business, or market potatoes. Area children prepare for first communion as harvest nears and grains redden with maturation.
Brief items report Miss Nettie Paddock injuring her wrist and showing blood poisoning symptoms while washing a window. A Dillon man loses a rake tooth. social outing to Paddock and O’Connell ranch includes Mr Flager and others. Jim Ward visits Dillon on business. A baby girl Eunice Tovey is born to Mr and Mrs Danny Tovey in Bristow. Raymond Elliott breaks his left wrist, treated by Dr Cowperthwaite. Joe Courcey and Warren Stone attend a Shaw ranch luncheon. three course meal noted.
Butte Butchers plan an August 20 picnic in Dillon with union committee coordination with Beaverhead Commercial Club. Three special trains to Dillon, a band, and an iron barbecue pan for beef mutton and pork will feed the crowd. Activities include broncho busting and outlaw horse rides as the town hosts visitors from Butte.
A list of real estate transfers and related deeds including warranty deeds for 160 acres in Big Hole basin from Carl R. Huntley to Jones Land & Cattle Co for 1500, several Burggraf interests in Centennial valley for 100, Nellie L. Patterson to Beaverhead county road strip near Jackson for 1, Milton Hayes to Robert Khuni Polaris quartz lode, a Decree of Distribution for Ellen L. Williamson estate of Stahl addition, and several declarations of intention and water appropriations for areas around Snow Line, Lima, and Sage Creek basin with named individuals and plots.
Mrs. L Meisner formerly of Dillon died last week at her daughter Mrs Geo Martin s home in Spokane from ptomaine poisoning traced to ice cream buttermilk and canned salmon. She was 57. Her husband Henry Meisner had been killed two months earlier by a Northern Pacific train in Spokane.
Mr and Mrs George Jenkins once Dillon residents now of Tonopah Nevada were in Dillon last Saturday en route to Sheridan to visit at the T F Jenkins ranch for a time.
A testimonial extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for curing severe bowel complaints after one or two doses. The author claims it never fails and recommends trying it in need. Sold by all dealers Advim.
The Barry boys were recalled to Rowan due to their mother's serious illness. Difficulty finding a driver for the Jackson and Bristow routes arose, but Rev. Hulburd stepped in as driver, proving capable both as driver and as leader. Nellie Pendleton and others spent the evening at card playing.
The document lists loans and discounts 752 718.11 and overdrafts 4413.30 plus securities 20 743.00 and real estate 27 085.00. It shows cash reserves 13 759.52, currency 19 588.00, deposits 262 325.02 with time certificates 329 704.49 and savings deposits 61 759.31. The sworn statement by cashier W A Graeter affirms truth.
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