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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
1
The TripuNE summarizes county spending showing funds such as General Road Bridge Institute Contingent Mileage and salaries for officers and officials. Amounts for Poor fund Sheriff's office County treasurer and deputies are listed among the allowed payments.
The county board met all week with actions including rechecking election precinct boundaries, granting saloon licenses to Ernest Nelson Fox George F Gray Saw Mills Point A G Black Farlin, and denying Lloyd Dunbar's license. They approved road petitions pending cost by petitioners and named viewers for multiple proposed routes.
An illustrated account describes Dillon Public School’s new two story 38 by 24 foot building joined to the old structure, with sandstone and brick construction, Georgia pine interiors, hard maple floors, oak stairways, slate boards, electric bells, and a heating plant. The $18,000 project, designed by J. H. Kent of Helena and built by Frank P. Birrer, includes plumbing, plastering, painting, and other subcontracts.
The Commercial Club of Billings votes resolutions opposing tariff revisions that would raise Philippine sugar imports. It notes sugar beet industry growth in Montana, a Billings beet sugar factory under construction, pending factory projects in five towns, and the need to protect local farmers from cheaper Pacific labor competition. The group urges Congress to prevent tariff changes and to inform state representatives and organizations.
Beaverhead county Montana commissioners chaired by W M Oliver D D McKnight and William Montgomery endorse a Bedrock lakes reservoir project. The resolution urges congressional cooperation and preferred state land relinquishment to reclaim vast desert land and provide irrigation water. Dated December 6 1905.
Two sessions of the Farmers Institute will be held in Dell on December 20 and Dillon on December 21. President G R Featherly presents the program featuring experts from across the state on topics including cattle, dairy, fruit growing, oats, water duty, and farm diversification. Local speakers from Dillon, Dell, and Bozeman will discuss beef, sheep, garden insects, creamery notes, and ranch problems with an emphasis on practical instruction for ranchers.
Judge Lew L. Callaway fixed the 1906 Beaverhead district court terms. The first term starts the second Wednesday in February, the second the second Wednesday in May, the third the first Wednesday in August, and the fourth the first Wednesday in November.
The Helena Rate Association meeting in Helena drew over 200 citizens from across the state. Wyllye A. Hedges presided as the speaker of the house, with Gov. Toole and Helena Mayor Purcell among speakers.
Max Lauterbach departs Friday for Dillon with his brother to visit Washington and eastern cities. Next week they sail from New York to Berlin for weeks in Bavaria, recalling his 26 years in America since arriving at Castle Garden with three silver dollars. He expects a pleasant trip and a warmer welcome back. Tribune Store advertises its gift book selection.
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