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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1906
Page
2
Madison county commissioners reduced the total tax assessment to 20 mills, one mill less than last year. Billings ex priest John Reagan pleaded guilty to stealing a small sum from Father Stack and was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary by Judge Loud in district court Saturday evening.
Edwardsville resident M Chas Baldwin credits Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets with long standing constipation and stomach issues improving. The ad urges buying the 25 cent package from Ri ey the druggist for repair and lasting health.
Twin Bridges The Green Campbell Mining Company at Silver Star reports it has begun operations at its mine and mill initiating ore production and processing activities.
Deer Lodge hosted a rare afternoon and evening concert by the famed Boston and Montana band as guests of Col. Tom McTague. The event, organized by the colonel, provided a memorable musical day for western residents.
Eminence Ky editor Major Hamm says a box of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured his severe injuries from an attack four years ago in ten days. The salve is praised as the quickest healer of burns sores cuts and wounds and is sold for 25 cents at R L Riley’s drug store.
Delegates to the Montana Methodist conference held a Saturday night street meeting in Billings. Chaplain George Stull led the organ and singing while Rev W W Van Orsdenl guided the services. More than four hundred people stayed until the end.
Will Ascend St Nicholas Missoula professor W D Harkins leaves for the university biological station by Flathead Lake to join Dr M J Elrod and others for an annual Rocky Mountains expedition. The leading plan this year is the ascent of St Nicholas, a high unexplored summit.
An 80 word reminiscence credits Electric Bitters with ending years of kidney trouble and general debility for E H Wolfe of Bear Grove Indiana. The advertisement claims the remedy cures stomach liver kidney complaints blood diseases headaches dizziness and weakness. Price 50 cents and guaranteed by druggist R L Riley.
Washington advices report President Roosevelt issued a proclamation establishing the Crazy Mountains forest reserve in south central Montana. The rugged range feeds the Yellowstone Missouri and Musselshell river basins with heavy year round snow. Peaks reach 11 178 feet above sea level.
The advertisement touts Acker's Blood Elixir as a universal blood purifier claiming to cure impure blood, scrofula, syphilitic poisons and other blood diseases with a positive guarantee. It invites readers to buy from R L Riley Co.
Lewistown reports a major engineering feat as a long tunnel drilled in the Barnes King at Kendall nears completion. The 5000 foot drive is expected to access rich ore deposits found over a year ago, boosting output from Kendall and the new shaft workings.
During hot summer months the text advises immediate attention to a child’s loose bowels. It recommends Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by castor oil to cleanse the system. Rev M O Stockland of Little Falls Minnesota endorses the remedy for children and summer disorders. Sold by Riley the Druggist.
The Montana State Federation of Labor at its annual session denounces the Denver arrest of Haywood Moyer and Pettibone, and their removal to Idaho on charges of conspiring to kill ex Governor Steunenberg. The federation deplores the killing and expresses belief in the accused's innocence.
H. L. Frank, chairman of the Democratic state central committee, announces a meeting in Butte on August 27 to fix the date and site of the state convention and determine delegate apportionment. No city has been formally chosen, though Butte is favored.
John N. Pleasant of Magnolia Indiana credits Dr King s New Life Pills with ending periodic bilious attacks and constipation. The pills promise satisfaction or money back and are priced at 25 cents at R L Riley s drug store.
Mrs. Cora B. Teeters files two suits in Butte courts. She asks for divorce from Almon L. Teeters, married 1892 in Eugene, Oregon, on abandonment grounds and also seeks an annulment from Eugene Kurtz, whom she wed in 1903, arguing she had a living husband when she married Kurtz.
Governor Cummins of Iowa informs Governor Toole that the convention to amend the constitution for direct senate elections is postponed from September 5 to December 5, 1906. Delegates named include Major Martin Maginnis and B F White among others, with Toole notifying Montana delegates of the change.
Waco resident E W Goodloe credits Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption with five years of use to stay well and safe. He reports previous long running cough now gone. The remedy claims to cure chronic cough la grippe croup whooping cough and prevent pneumonia. Pleasant to take and guaranteed at R L Riley s drug store priced 50c and 1.00 trial bottle free.
The location engineer for the 9 line north of Culbertson between Medicine Lake and the Canadian line has been called off and the Soo Survey is stopped for the present.
The state board of examiners authorized bills for ordinary current expenses on Monday, including two unusually large items. The asylum maintenance bill totaled $14,059.50 and the penitentiary bill $7,442.30.
Helena register John P. Schmit announces public auctions of ceded strip lands in the Crow reservation at Billings on September 18 and lands in Rosebud county at Forsyth on September 19. About 25,000 acres at Billings and 35,000 acres at Forsyth are offered, mostly grazing land.
Fred Gerdes, an employee at the Copper Bell mine in the Cataract district, went to the sheriff Saturday evening and asked to be sent to the Warm Springs insane asylum for treatment. He said he was released last spring but felt his condition returning.
Notice to the People of Dillon announces N S Wood on the streets with a quick delivery wagon for baggage express and light freight to and from the depot and city including the Normal college and Dormitory. He sells stove wood and dry kindling with clean wagons and prompt attention to orders left at Deputy's Meat Market or with the messenger boy at Central telephone office.
John Donegan once served Madison county in two territorial legislature terms was found dead Tuesday morning in a field on his upper Ruby farm. Officials say paralysis caused his death after he lay exposed all night. His daughter Mollie discovered the unattended bed and later located his body in a nearby field.
Six from Ft Benton were escorted to the county jail by Deputies Haigler and Danielson on the way to state prison. They were chained three by three, including a youth under 22 and an older man with snow white hair and beard. Names and sentences include W H Willard forgery fourteen months and multiple horse stealing and grand larceny cases ranging from one to eighteen months. Willard stood out as the forger, forging a $35 check.
Dr A G Leonard state geologist of North Dakota leads a three man party from Miles City to explore lignite deposits north of the Yellowstone toward the Missouri. They have worked near Glendive and in Montana last year, with tests conducted at the St Louis government laboratory to study commercial value. Lignite in eastern Montana shows promise for gas production.
Missoula contractor Missoula S R Inch returned from Butte where he negotiated and signed all contracts for electrical equipment for the Clark dam across the Missoula river near Bonner. Engineer Jerry Rourke directs resumed work. The dam will have a 28 foot head and 2000 horsepower capacity.
Bryan was seated at the Madison Square Garden reception in New York City on August 30. Colonel Tom McTague accepted an invitation from Montana Democratic National Committee member Charles W. Hoffman to attend the metropolis event for the leader of the Democratic party. McTague plans to support the man on horseback from Nebraska with evident enthusiasm.
Virginia City man Virginia City blacksmith Prasch created alarm Tuesday by pursuing his wife’s wraith on a saddle horse. Deputy sheriffs found him six miles south hiding behind a rock near the Pacific mine exhausted but partly rational. He was brought to town and jailed. It is thought the trouble is temporary and he will recover after the whiskey leaves his system.
Kalispell resident reports J. J. Hill purchased the large lumber mill at Sommers on Flathead lake from the O'Brien brothers. Hill plans to use the mill to cut ties for the Great Northern road, with his tie pickling plant at Sommers operated in connection with the mill.
Physicians and surgeons in Butte gathered in Police Magistrate Warren's courtroom Wednesday night and decided to pursue a capital of 100000 dollars or more for a new hospital. The debate centered on the location of the facility.
Miles City report says a ranch hand smoking on a hay load started fire that burned about 1500 dollars of hay and oats owned by Lee Tucker of Otter. The team moved toward the stack and the blaze spread to the stack.
In Danville Illinois the Eighteenth Illinois congressional district renominated Joseph G Cannon for the eighteenth consecutive time by acclamation amid strong pro presidential momentum. Supporters expect state convention endorsement and a broader push toward a presidential bid.
The advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal remedy. It claims the formula is printed on bottle wrappers and sworn accurate and lists uses for indigestion catarrh and mucous membrane diseases. It cautions it is not effective in advanced consumption but praises its value for chronic coughs and stomach issues.
Gen J A Browne dies leaving a diversified legacy as a cattle breeder miner and political figure in Montana His Durhams Morgan and Clyde horses ranch near the river bridge and Faithful silver mine at Vipond district near Ponsonby are noted along with a long public service record from Territorial Assembly to Territorial Convention He was married to Agnes M Murray in 1872 and had four children His career included key roles in reorganizing county seats and staff appointments under several governors and participation in the Vigilante Committee.
The State Fair features a $1000 Cow Boy Relay race over 24 miles in four daily segments. Riders swap horses each mile, with one handler per rider and no bridle changes. Thoroughbreds barred, favoring cow horses. Entries close Sept 10. conditions available from Secretary Pace in Helena.
Charles S. Patterson from Bozeman was seen in Dillon on Monday, marking a local sighting reported by residents.
Dillon theater manager J F Wiksdal has joined the Pelton Smutzer Inter Mountain circuit boosting this season’s attractions. Booked shows include The Holy City Dora Thorne Royal Slave Company Theodore Lorch Curtis Musical Comedy Wolfe Stock Holden Bros. Josh Spruseby The Midnight Flyer A Ragged Hero My Wife's Family King of Tramps Old Arkansas Trip to Egypt with more to come.
William Rossi, acting director of the Census Bureau, says 160 sworn clerks will study divorce records in twenty large cities for twenty years. He assures the public that individual names won’t appear and the effort yields only block statistics.
The new two step intermezzo Azaleas by J Bodewalt Lampe has been published and arranged for Piatola Victor Empress Music Box and Edison Phonograph. It is endorsed by Lampe and praised for its catchy rhythm and enduring appeal. On sale at the Tribune Store Dillon Montana post paid for 25 cents. Henry Thompson the Dell sheepman visited Dillon Tuesday.
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