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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1906
Page
4
The Dillon Tribune announces new headquarters in the Lynch building on Montana Street opposite the Oregon Short Line depot. The overhauled facility houses upgraded machinery and will handle all publishing needs with improved efficiency and service.
Local hopes center on eastern capital pledging 500000 to build an interstate electric line. Citizens are urged to express interest by buying stock when the road is constructed, with Madison and Beaverhead counties expected to generate sufficient tonnage business.
An effort will be made to have Congress enact laws preventing patent rights abuse. Current patent laws grant seventeen years protection and are harming the public. The example given concerns Mergenthaler Linotype, a leading manufacturer.
A speaker criticizes Linotype for owning over six hundred patents with only about fifty used in their machine and allows another manufacturer to use a patent. He argues this stifles competition and robs the public, noting foreign laws compel patent owners to manufacture within two years or lose rights and sell at a reasonable profit.
A dismissive take on King Alfonso and Princess Ena highlights royal romance as overblown theater while a Montana town, Conrad, shows local resolve as ministers persuade saloonkeepers to close during church hours. The first dry hour in Conrad marks a rare moral stand.
The piece notes Andrew Carnegie’s age over seventy and his large fortunes. It cites an estimated $19 million donated last year and an annual income of about $15 million. It suggests he must surpass his 1905 giving record to see his fortune endure.
The banner completed and to be unveiled tomorrow evening. Prof. Potter crafted the letters and they are praised as beautiful. Miss Bertha Harkens enrolled bringing total students to 100 for the year. Paul Paddock cannot return this semester due to a family illness. Mrs. Tilden visited Wednesday. President H. H. Swain will address the assembly Tuesday morning the 20th. open to the public. Senior girls hosted visiting boys at Miss Mayme Ross’s home. list of seniors and accompanying young men named. Baptist Lecture course earned net proceeds of 137.75 with some returns pending. thanks extended to helpers. Gracter Grocery Co. to continue at old stand under E. T. Hall after L. D. Graeter’s move to California. Sunday features Lincoln Memorial sermon continuation by Dr. Tilden. morning service on Drawing vs Driving. St James Guild to meet Thursday with the Misses Huber.
Judge Lew L. Callawa presided as several cases moved to next term or were resolved. Defendants James Brown and Dolphus Paris faced motions and demurrers while others were dismissed or awarded judgments including Metlen, Grater, Gracter, Burfiend, and the State Bank of Dillon with amounts ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars.
Dr. H. W. Tilden delivered the final lecture to a large audience on a Trip to the Yellowstone Park. He honored Montana pioneers including Jim Bridger. The talk blended history humor and vivid natural description and held listeners’ full attention throughout.
An old newspaper ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio. Backed by testimonials from Watovic Kinnan and Marvin wholesale druggists, it claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and lists 75 cents per bottle with additional Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
State Auditor H R Cunningham returned from Salt Lake City where he conferred with Utah officials over the Continental Life Insurance and Investment company. Tyree and Wylie face charges of false reports and misuse of funds as Utah and Montana consider action pending court outcomes and a forthcoming report.
The Shakespeare club presents the third public entertainment next Tuesday evening at the Carnogie Library. A committee led by Mesdames Luce Sooker Orr and Rathbone arranged a program including Miss Dorchester My Visit to Stratford Mrs Bagley and scenes from The Taming of the Shrew performed by club members. A photo exhibit of Shakespeare portraits and actors will be shown under several ladies supervision.
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