Dongs of the State Legislature in Helena Past Week
Recap of Montana legislature activities from February 11 to 14 highlighting passage and defeat of multiple bills in both houses. Key actions include railway commission bill approval, school tax and election bills, tabling measures, gubernatorial signings, and routine committee reports. Included are warnings of long sessions and notable votes on occupation taxes, bonds, and public funding measures.
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Helena
Railway Commission
House
Whiteside
Swindlehurst
Senate
Everett
Romney
Miles
Fourth Judicial District
Martien
Montana
B. J
White
State Normal College
Toole
John J. Quinn
Attorney General’s Office
Bureau of Child and Animal Protection
McCone
Department of the Interior
James Williams
State Capitol
Mitchell & Mussigbrod
State Board Horticulture
Quinn
Attorney General's Office
Donlan
Norris
H. B
Captain Williams
State Board of Horticulture
O Mitchell & Mussiglord
Justices of the Peace
Supreme Court
Representative Hyndman
Shaw
McLean
Haviland
Sodiers
Agricultural College
State Board of Health
Pressmen Strike Shuts Butte Anaconda Newspapers
Dillon readers see no Butte or Anaconda papers since Wednesday as pressmen strike for a 50 cent raise to 1 dollar per day. Publishers closed plants for an indefinite period and refuse arbitration, demanding wage-scale revisions for pressmen, compositors, and stereotypers across affected job offices.
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Butte
Anaconda
Dillon
Helena
Citles
Married on Monday Elmer Barrett Weds Fannie Polston in Montana
Elmer A. Barrett eldest son of Thomas Barrett marries Miss Fannie Polston at 5 pm on Horse Prairie. Rev W A Winters officiates at the groom’s father home. The bride, a former Missouri teacher, is popular and well regarded. The groom, a noted rancher and cattleman, recently supervised beef shipments for Frye Bruhn in Seattle and now works in Montana.
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Horse Prairie
Elmer A. Barrett
Thomas Barrett
Prairie
Fannie Polston
W. A. Winters
Grace M. FE. Church
Montana
Missouri
St. Lois
Versailles
Morgan County
Frye, Bruhn & Company
Seattle
Tripune
Is Dillon Safe Or Sinking Beneath Montana Street?
Residents in Dillon worry about the town’s safety as a low Montana street indentation keeps sinking. Despite four feet of dirt being added to raise the walk, the ground remains level and water pools after thaw, pointing to underlying quicksand. Past excavations for the courthouse foundation reportedly used boulders to reach solidity.
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Dillon
Montana Street
Bannack
Glendale
Bannack Street
Stone
Altogethn
Court House
Beaverhead County
Wisdom clerk Frank Patterson Visits Dillon
Frank Patterson a popular clerk from a mercantile store in Wisdom Big Hole basin is currently in Dillon for an unspecified purpose or visit.
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Frank Patterson
Wisdom
Big Hole Basin
Dillon
What Lies Beneath in Dillon’s Ground
A reader notes repeated ground softness in Dillon citing a school foundation, a circus wagon sinking in a ballpark, and Idaho street near the Baptist church requiring annual gravel to stay level. The writer asks what underneath supports the town.
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Dillon
Baseball Park
Idaho Street
Baptist Church
Renowned Clark to perform Ising Lear at Normal College
Prof S H Clark of the University of Chicago will render Ising Lear at Normal assembly hall on February 20. His dramatic readings have drawn large Montana crowds in Helena and Butte, with seats sold at the Post Office store. The Dillon Grocery Co plans a bakery move to a block near the old post office, and the February issue of the Monunal is out.
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S. H. Clark
University of Chicago
Normal College
H. Clark
Tosrender
Ising Lear
Normal Assembly Hall
Dillon
Clark
Stephen Phillips
Ulysses
Montana
Helena
Butte
Post Office
Dillon Grocery Company
City park plan urged to accompany Deacon cabin preservation
The Tribune commends Dillon Club efforts to save the Deacon cabin and push for a city park. It notes owner Phillip Lovell may sell block 20 at cost and urges purchase or donation plans from Lovell and local groups, with future club meetings to coordinate action for a park and city hall site.
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Tribune
Dillon Club
Dillon
Deacon Cabin
J. B. McKinney
Dillot’ Club
T. D. Olmsted
Beaverhead Club
Phillip Lovell
Block 20
Lovell
Acrons
Normal College
Poindexter & Orr Company
Tri- Bune
Butte Knickerbocker to push early day mining plans
The Butte Knickerbocker Mining Company will develop its properties adjoining the Lexington in Walkerville with new machinery to sink a shaft to 1500 feet on the Jennie Dell claim. A French syndicate has bought 400000 shares, boosting capital for rapid development and production.
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Butte-Knickerbocker Mining Company
Lexington
Walkerville
Jennie Dell
Edward Higgins
New York
George B. Conway
Treasury
Paris
Butte-Knickerbocker Company
Twilight
October
Lamonta
Heinze
Butte- Knickerbocker Company
Butte
Celestials of Dillon Celebrate Chinese New Year
The Celestials of Dillon marked Chinese New Year on Tuesday. Laun dries closed and residents spent their pin money on fire crackers in a festive local observance.
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Celestials
Dillon
Townsman Ira Townsend Visits Dillon from Ruby
Ira Townsend, previously employed aboard a gold dreydle boat at Ruby for several months, traveled to Dillon last week and plans to spend time visiting in the city.
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Ira Townsend
Ruby
Dillon
City
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Elmer Barrett
Miss Polston
Robert Bears
George Dart
Episcopal Church
Beaverhead Club, the City Council
the Tribune
Old Deacon
Knickerbocker
Beaverhead
Amede Bessete
Anaconda Standard
Blue Wing
Bessette
Corinne
Utah
Central Pacific
San Francisco
Swansea
Wales
Argenta
S. Roberts
Monumental Mining Company
Bloody Dick
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