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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1904
Page
5
An examining board ordered Jerry Bonner to the Warm Springs insane asylum after officers observed extreme melancholy and refusal to eat. Bonner, who wandered Dillon, showed poor hygiene and apathy, resting motionless behind a saloon for hours.
Beaverhead county records show multiple transfers including 400 acres near Melrose sold for 9500 and 320 acres on Sage Creek for 1150. Other deeds cover 575 acres near Jackson, 280 acres on Big Hole River, and 160 acres below Dillon with various prices. Water rights and mining interests are noted along with a Tariff Hand Book advertisement.
Frederick J. W. Skiff outlines the World’s Fair plan as a living encyclopedia of society. He details 16 departments 144 groups 807 classes and ranks Education Art Liberal Arts and Applied Sciences as top priorities for shaping human progress at the 1904 exposition.
The Exposition plans provide 6000 capacity Inside Inn plus many nearby hotels and private houses. Rates are fixed from $1.50 to $5 daily, European to American plans, with no increases during the fair. Notable new hotels include Notel Napoleon Bonaparte, Grand View, and Kenilworth, all within easy walking distance on high ground.
A full roster of county and city officials including State Senator James P. Murray and Representatives B F White and George Woodworth, Sheriff Duke Gist, Treasurers B N Stevenson and A S Johnson, clerks John Baker and George French, assessor A L Beardsley, attorney C W Robison, superintendent Mica Mae Rich, coroner Dr M A Walker, surveyor George St Motlen, commissioners W M Oliver Dillon W A Montgomery Wisdom D D McKnight Dell, justice J Birmillion, constables A A Elliott Jos Young, mayor B F White, city attorney Edwin Norris, police magistrate Wm Cushing, chief Fred L Stone, aldermen L Eel George French A F Graeter Wm Phillips A F Rife George Wolf.
An old advertisement claims facial pallor and skin eruptions signal impure blood and promotes Acker's Blood Elixir as a cure for blood diseases. It asserts the product works where sarsaparilla fails and offers a positive guarantee on every bottle.
The notice touts Ely Cream Balm to cleanse soothe and heal nasal catarrh and hay fever and claims a trial size can be mailed for 10 cents with 50 cent size sold by all druggists. It also promotes Ely Brothers at 56 Warren Street New York and the Balin remedy for painless relief.
Three official compositions invite world attention for the fair arc. Hymn of the West by Edmund Clarence Stedman with music by John K. Paine. Louisiana a march by Frank Vanderstuken. Along the Plaza a waltz by Henry K. Hadley. Premiered April 30 with prize money of thirty thousand dollars for top bands. Major bands from France England and the United States will participate throughout the event.
The Western Passenger Association offers a ten day excursion from 250 miles or more from St. Louis at one and one fifth fare for the round trip. From any point within 300 miles travelers may visit the Exposition for three days paying the same train fare as in any year.
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