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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
4
Instructions urge all business letters and advertisements to Tribune Publishing Co and direct news correspondence to editorial staff, outlining proper addressing for publication and remittances in this notable period notice.
An eight page editorial argues that mail order buying lowers perceived price but harms quality. It contends mail order firms pressure manufacturers to cut costs, sometimes using inferior materials, to undercut local merchants. The piece warns about bait pricing and urges readers to support local merchants for better value.
A religious view urges respect for local merchants as the backbone of the country town while opposing mail order houses. It argues farmers and towns must support each other and warns that buying inferior goods at low prices harms the community. Meanwhile freight rates on produce to Butte via Oregon Short Line drop 21 to 34 percent.
A preacher warns locals that prodigality can strike any resident not just those far away while reporting on cooperative potato marketing in the Northwest. Washington Oregon Idaho growers unite under North Pacific Fruit Distributors to handle crop sales from Spokane ensuring fair prices. Montana growers urged to join or form their own organization.
A call to keep money in the community warns that leaving town funds endangers the town’s future. The Panama Pacific exposition offers a $25,000 prize for the best baby, judged by the babies and nursery department officials. Up to 250,000 applicants are expected with preliminaries in each state capital, ages three to ten.
The piece urges readers to engage with editors about local happenings and defends local reporting as hard, essential work. It also reprints Billings Journal critique of the Wilson Gorman tariff and warns that Underwood Simmons policy would harm wool producers, citing Montana memories of 1904 and Warren’s 1901 epigram.
A statewide effort in Missouri drew 150000 volunteers to two days of road work using picks shovels and road graders. Officials estimate the public highways will benefit by at least one million dollars, inspiring other states to improve roads nationwide.
A report notes that visitors to Yellowstone National Park prefer coach transport to private cars. It records about a thousand tourists making rounds using guided coaches rather than self driven vehicles.
News notes show 82 percent prefer stagecoaches to automobiles amid safety concerns on narrow roads. A parcel post COD misuse case raises caution for swindlers. A T R ultimatum hints at Republican healing by embracing progressive reforms. Colonel praises progressives for advancing woman suffrage.
Witty remarks from various papers touch on farming advice in Washington, emigration trends in Sweden, fashion trends with perforated gowns, and a joking jab at legal cases and boxing figures. The collection shows light commentary and satirical takes on contemporary issues.
A montage notes political sniping from editorials in Big Timber and Chicago on salaries and public service. Judge E J Conger heads to Seattle to visit family after summer in Dillon. A playful piece on a noisy boy contrasts with a Massachusetts forest fire and Ada County Idaho school district size as a reminder of vastness.
Miss Minie Ward, who has spent the summer in Dillon, left Sunday for Butte to spend a few days before proceeding to the Gallatin valley to take charge of a school for the coming year.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company publishes a bright Monitor newspaper across seven states to bring employees closer and improve service to the public. It operates numerous exchanges and aims to enhance nationwide communication.
The article extols the Monitor as a leading up to date publication in its field. It highlights its comparisons of telephone services across the Canadian and Mexican fronts and emphasizes the company's aim to provide the best telephone service in the world.
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages as a constitutional disease. It states the remedy is taken internally and works through the blood and mucous surfaces. A One Hundred Dollar reward is offered for any case it fails to cure, with testimonials available from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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