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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1905
Page
4
Notices warn readers to direct business to Tribune Publishing Co and editorial items to Korros Tribune. It states the postal classification and non responsibility for debts unless signed by a manager. It urges subscribers to report missed deliveries and confirms regular publication.
Editorial in the Dillon Examiner commends Representative E. O. Selway as energetic and influential in the lower house. It objects to omitting Representative Alf Decker, insisting he has equally served Beaverhead County and deserves equal recognition from the paper and constituents.
Colliers notes President veto of a bill allowing a railroad to secure part of Yosemite Park. It contrasts congressional motives with presidential responsibility, cites tariff pledges and actions, and laments party factions and special interests in Congress. Salmon City, Idaho, again looks to railroad prospects. Senator B F White of Beaverhead praised for leadership and service.
Beaverhead county members report Senate bill No. 11 by Gov. White for the State Normal College relief passed the House with no dissent. The Dillon Examiner praised earlier calls for energetic action and predicted swift approval awaiting Governor Toole's signature.
A newspaper note urges Dillon peace officers to enforce Section 6 of the 1901 anti gambling law. It states officers may break into any house room tent or apartment suspected of conducting gambling games to arrest offenders, upon information received.
The fastest time on record was achieved at Ormond Beach Florida this week when W H Bowden drove an automobile to cover a mile in 3245 seconds. The feat follows claims by earlier critics that such speed was impossible.
President H. H. Swain of the Normal College praise Beaverhead delegates for securing a $75,000 bonding grant to complete and equip the main building. He commended Senator White, Lt. Gov. Norris, and Representatives Decker and Selway for smooth passage through the senate and house. Swain notes tighter finances but optimism remains for the college's needs.
The body of Mrs Sophia Sorenson arrived in Dillon from Salt Lake Sunday and she was buried Monday at Mountain View cemetery after an appendicitis operation proved fatal. She died of peritonitis at age 26. Surviving are her husband Fred Sorenson and their 3 year old son. The family had moved from Denmark two years ago and resided at Chris Jensen’s ranch.
Real estate transfers and mining locations in Beaverhead County listed by Pearl I. Smith include deeds from Louis Nelson to Joshua Bennett for one lot in Dillon for 200 dollars and multiple 160 acre tracts along the Big Hole river in Wisdom and near Dillon. Additional bargains involve 80 by 30 foot in Farlin for one dollar and several 160 to 820 acre stakes near Bowen and the Big Hole basin with prices noted.
A tire alarm prompted a quick response from the fire department. The Huber cottage owned by the Merrill family, under smallpox quarantine until Wednesday, caught a stovepipe fire in the kitchen but was extinguished within five minutes with little damage. A. A. Linder of Blaine reports eight horses stolen by Les Patrick, locating them with innocent buyers between Larb and Stevensville.
The Indian Queen mine near Farlin five miles from Apex is being expanded with 35 workers sinking a new shaft and improving surface works for large scale operation. John Kane, ex Minnie Healy foreman, oversees the effort amid late machinery delays. If ore bodies prove extensive a spur to Apex could cut handling costs by shipping to the Washoo smelter in Anaconda.
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable case of catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a remedy taken internally. It includes endorsements from West & Truax and Walding Kinnan Marvin druggists in Toledo Ohio, claims of the remedy working on blood and mucous surfaces, and notes price 75 cents per bottle with testimonials and free samples.
Prof E S Luce dean of music at Montana State Normal College will give a pipe organ recital at St James Church on Feb 10 at 8 o'clock assisted by Mrs E S Luce soprano and the Episcopal choir. Admission is free with an offering to fund choir music and church improvements.
The writer laments the defeat of a bill proposing corporal punishment for wife beaters. He argues such measures are needed in the state to deter and properly punish this contemptible class of citizens.
The Tribune corrects last week’s Melrose correspondence that listed Henry Cartier among several coal thieves arrested by the railroad company. Cartier states he was not arrested and the paper apologizes for the error.
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