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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1890
Page
5
L C Fyhrie Co grocers urge customers to inspect their large stock of foreign and domestic condiments and invite cash buyers. Oats sought with high cash payments. Ditton Lumber and Gr? Co notice of debt settlement and book cleanup by Padley Dillon Montana January 17 1890.
N. M. White announces blue vitriol availability at City Drug Store.
Readers are informed of near cut prices at Eastmans on lamps, ranges, cooking stoves, tumblers, curtains, cigars, and ammunition. The Bee Hive advertises fine toasters and cooking gear while Mills post office newsroom offers the Dillon Tribune. Sally goods include discounted books and song books at the News Depot and a Savage House option by Mrs. Con Bray. A carload of stock salt is available at Poindexter & Son's.
The snippet catalogs assorted items: World Almanac for sale at Mills, inexpensive Bee Hive china sets, peanuts sold at the news depot, and a groundhog shadow rumor on the 2nd. Barney Eagan, ex-Dillon resident, is now a wealthy Kansas City contractor. Argenta Gold and Silver Mining Co moves its office above W. T. Eastman’s book store. Chicago’s World’s Fair buzz slows local real estate, street promenaders toil in chilly evenings, with temperatures around 25 to 30 degrees below zero mentioned.
The article notes a large stock of school tablets at Rang and Morton’s and lists various local items. It mentions a local blizzard, hotel guests, new telephones, the Canyon Ditch Company, and Senate confirmations for Dillon figures, plus church services and a ranching community update. Ongoing dairy concerns in Montana are discussed with calls for state laws against oleomargarine and for dairy support.
Lafe Scott arrived from Argenta on Wednesday. Jake Kaufman came from Butte last evening. David Lamont visited Butte this week. Judge Galbraith spent a day or two in the big camp. Mrs A Mulkey of Lemhi Valley Idaho visits friends in town. Thomas Laney passed through en route from Seattle to Bannack. F W Pahmish and A H Odell came from Bannack this week. They stayed here until the cold eased before crossing the range Argenta to Bannack. F M Tidball of Fyhrie Eliel Co store at Dewey's Flat called on Dillon friends Tuesday. Tidball appointed postmaster at Dewey's post office, forecasting spring trade boom.
Last of letters remaining in the Post Office at Dillon Beaverhead County Montana for the weekend of Feb 27 1800 if not called for in 1 days will be sent to the dead letter office. John Blessing B Dunlap Billy Morrison Isaac Phillips James Puller Charles Wells IB Walker Richard Whiting Two persons calling for any of the above letters will please say advertised. T W Poindexter Postmaster
Trustees face a $2,500 demand for March to May expenses plus interest on 1890 bonds. The district must not incur new indebtedness until funds are raised, and current funds are insufficient. paying salaries now would deplete reserves and risk bond payments. The proposed tax is deemed useless for the present year, and the recommendation is to shut down the school for the rest of the year.
Mr. Ed Smith of Dillon and Miss Rosie Ripley of Berwyn Ohio wed at the bride’s parents home on February 6 1890 in a ceremony conducted by Rev Jackson. The Tribune notes the wedding as a county’s sole paper record.
Teipune disclaims responsibility for readers letters and states the column is a public forum for unobjectionable statements worthy of attention. It explains that the newspaper does not endorse views but publishes them for community discourse.
The Dillon community faces another school tax vote after a previous no. The letter argues taxpayers already overburdened by rising county, city, and school taxes, questions the need for bonds and interest payments, and notes trustees seek funds to cover March May teachers salaries while warning of tightened growth. It cites district finances showing $2103.76 on hand and asks what balance remains after proposed $4,603.76 total for three months.
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