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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1894
Page
4
The Dillon Tribune lists its publication schedule and mail subscription terms including prices for six months and three months as well as single copy sales in a brief notice. The text is incomplete with garbled characters but indicates standard periodical pricing and delivery details.
A Montana wool grower Charles Hilton from Tastern Oregon writes to Senator Dolph detailing the hardship free wool would bring. He reports 18 years in Oregon with 10 000 to 12 000 sheep, losses estimated at about 156 to 200 dollars a year under free wool, and warns cattlemen would quit breeding as imports rise. He argues Montana would lose sheep industry and calls Wilson tariff bill a promoter of American idleness. The Anaconda Standard notes silver prices and 800 000 factory idle as tariff debates loom.
An Anaconda newspaper, The Standard, shifts from Democratic alignment toward the Republican camp. It opposes free wool, free lead, and free copper, supports the wool question as against free wool, and states it will favor the people. The piece notes the paper’s courage and questions Democratic patronage in Montana.
The Wilson tariff bill triggers a sharp dispute in both houses while Brazil’s civil conflict stalls with timid moves from both sides.
The December issue of Cosmopolitan reaches 400000 copies sold, signaling strong subscriber growth and profits. The note praises D M Ferry & Co seed firm, their annual guides, and urges inspection of the seed house. Wyoming ranchman John Myers is found murdered. other regional notes describe snowbound stages and a California Midwinter Exposition update with opening delays and attractions.
Charles Overhulse dies after a sleigh ride incident two miles north of town when a revolver fired into the air by Walter Hoffman mortally wounds him. Hoffman, Clay County Freeman senior editor, surrendered in town. The item also notes wage disputes in Wisconsin and a train collision in Pennsylvania with several injuries.
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