29 Dec 1893
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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1893
Page
1
Butte Montana merchants announce that the goods purchased in car load lots are now offered at reduced prices. Local buyers are urged to inspect and take advantage of the bulk discounts and favorable terms while supplies last.
Rep Rock notes a joyous Christmas with a large gift tree and lively entertainment led by Gov Hill. A Brownie impersonation by a child and Santa’s basket drew laughs as Gina Geertson trained performers. Local news mentions DeWitt hauling wood, Bell canyon trapping, a five month Red Rock school term, Joe Hainds runaway scene, and a growing brass band effort with Tim Switzer and Will Gilbert buying a sheep band.
From Our Regular Correspondent, Madison Vanity, Dec. 26. Beaux weather brings joy as Mr. and Mrs. Chowning visit Ennis from Helena. Mr. Rob Gilmer and Charley Davis plan holidays in Bozeman. The Ball and Hutton party head to Bozeman with plans for Logan winter visits. Trinity Sunday school’s entertainment drew a large, attentive audience. Maynard district school closed last Thursday.
Public sale of A. N. Colwell estate cattle sold at $19.80 per head with 83 horses bought for $900. Xmas party hosted by BE H Powers draws large turnout. Twin Bridges notes Christmas festivities, Argenta brass band at Mikus hall, Bannack ball described with lively detail and local figures in attendance.
An irrigation project in Centennial Valley Beaverhead County founded as Lima Reservoir and Irrigation Company aims to store water from Red Rock creek. Construction includes a dam and tunnel to supply about 80 000 acres below the dam and near Ima with plan to reach Dillon. It promises vast water storage and marked regional markets at Anaconda Helena and Butte.
The article outlines a canal project extending twenty six miles from Red Rock Creek with a twenty foot bottom width and fourteen inch grade per mile. A reservoir will supply a large land area with permanent water rights at ten dollars per acre and annual rentals of one dollar per acre, secured by a first mortgage. Revenue comes from water use for irrigation mining manufacturing and domestic needs with stock watering and irrigation demand benefiting local agriculture.
O Y Reeder, formerly of this city now in Lutte, returns from South Africa and shares insights from Johannesburg. He says white miners would starve there, natives work as slaves for low pay, and only schemers survive. He notes other details on Lobengula, the Matabele war, De Beers control at Kimberley, and African railway expansion.
Quotations show heavy weight tea spoons offered at 4.50 per half dozen, with similar lots selling for 6.75 and 9 previously. Hight & Fairfield Jewelers in Butte Montana indicate value and demand may rise again.
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