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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1905
Page
8
Bannack reports a well attended dance last Friday night with many locals and visitors listed among attendees. Several residents fell ill with grip with school closed for a few days until Miss Lulu Clark recovers.
Extremely cold weather grips Lima with twenty below reading and warns of a water shortage next summer unless heavy snows arrive this month. Wm. O'Rourke of Portland visits his Lima братер, while Clark McNinch, injured in a recent runaway, is hospitalized in Butte for treatment.
The article asserts a $500 reward for women not cured by Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and cites a long record of cures for female diseases. It notes endorsements from the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and contrasts with other patent medicines containing alcohol, promising Pierce’s does not.
This week Lima police attempted to trap two robbers after a bold Saturday night hold up. The pair escaped toward the river, while other locals noted routine visits to Dillon and ranch sales. Wolves grow scarce in the Big Hole area as hunting parties return.
Special correspondence from the Tainan E Polaris dated Feb 1 reports subzero temperatures as Grasshopper youths and girls attended a Bannack dance last Friday. Ben Hummlet and Miss Mabel Clowes of Butte, Bert Martin and Joseph Ellis with Misses Maude Myrtle and Alice Ellis traveled together. The group describes a fine dance but poor supper. Wm Tash spent days receiving fat care he had bought. Stock Inspector Stap spent days on the creek correcting astray branding.
Wills Feb 1 report notes Steve Kambioh hauled potatoes to Melrose and J McLean returned from Butte to tend cattle. W Lovell with kin visited Dillon and made a business trip. Kambich and Beav er joined Will Lovell to Glendive. Ed Holder and Will Lovell loaded oats. Walter Peterson of Rock Creek toured Melrose. Thermometer fell to 15 below zero that morning.
Roomsize Feb 1. West Side Grocery Co sold stock to H M Co at Melrose and closed building. Residents face hardships. several leave for Vancouver and Marysville. Rumor of rebuilding the destroyed structures circulated as cold tightens grip. Local notes include visits by Hoadley Rankin Foster and Thompson with talk of 30 below.
Examinations ran yesterday and today as the term closes. Several students from Big Timber Melville Hamilton and Butte prepare for next semester while others finish work. A straw ride and lunch honored the graduating class and visits occurred at the dormitory.
The next entertainment in the courts is to be given on Tuesday evening Feb. 7 by Miss Bertha Kunty Baker. All those who have ever heard her recommend her very highly. Mrs. Qweley gave a dinner for the graduates on Sunday. Miss Cora Owsley, who has been quite ill for the past two weeks, is slowly improving.
The new term begins as registration and classification fill Monday. Fourteen new students enroll, many from eighth grade, while bookkeepers begin regular practice sets and students trade according to Chicago market reports.
A letter from Fred Carter announces his marriage last Saturday to Misa Zetta Landon in Portland Oregon. The couple will take a prolonged wedding trip before returning to Dillon to establish their home.
Helena briefs report four hour debate on initiative and referendum bills with a failed Oregon law. a new Missoula County is named Paradise later changed to Sanders in honor of Wilbur F. Sanders with unanimous support save one vote. Senate bills considering officers of corporations and bank penalties pass or are amended. Laestram bill dies in house. Contested seats in Afribon county resolved, while several House bills on divorces, passenger rail rates, county deputy counts and cruelty to animals are introduced. A Ditlev Fire Department social ball is announced for February 14 at Dart's hall.
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