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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1896
Page
4
The Dillon publication lists subscription rates by mail prepaid and single-copy price. It notes editorial correspondence addressed to the Tribune and identifies Fisher as the San Francisco advertising agent with a Merchants Exchange office.
Democratic national convention set in Chicago on July 7. Populist and Silver national conventions both scheduled for July 22 in St. Louis.
A long verse honors a buff and blue figure, then snippets report wool prices at Miles City nine cents versus twelve last year, Matts campaigning for Bland, Hartman’s letter, and silver politics. Local notes praise Beaverhead and Dillon militias, trips to Salt Lake, and Fletcher Maddox as Meagher county attorney general candidate.
Wool clips from Beaverhead and Utah report wide price swings with 4 to 10 cents per pound ranges while freight to Boston remains high. W.R. Clark's 16,000 pound clip waits for offers as buyers arrive. London auctions show gains but few sales, and rates to city ports spark debate. Inter Mountain column comments on politics, journalism, and 1892 1896 price contrasts.
Beaverhead County Montana board meets in special session to award a wood contract to Geo W Riley at 3.50 per cord and a bridge contract to Estes and Swanstrum with a 1500 bond, plus a road petition report delayed due to conflicting viewer duties. Meeting closes with sine die adjournment and notices of local ads.
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