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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1912
Page
1
An attempted clash between elephants and cows during a Campbell Brothers circus in Dillon ended without injury. Crowd enjoyed the spectacle as elephants, horses and wagons passed, then calm returned after keepers intervened. A local man Linquist died hours after cocaine poisoning, with coroner and witnesses testifying as to his background and habits.
Coroner jury rules death due to self administered cocaine overdose at the Metlen hotel in Dillon. Linquist, a former restaurant worker and Hopp ranch cook, was in town for medical attention and died Wednesday morning after taking an unidentified drug while intoxicated.
The 12 by 25 foot canvas by Chas M Russell shows the 1803 meeting of Lewis and Clark with the Flathead at Ross Hole Ravalli County. Russell spent two months there obtaining local color and included almost 50 figures, both Indians and whites, to capture life and action.
Mr and Mrs J C Harrison of Grasshopper valley came to town Saturday to restock supplies for the haying season.
Figures from J H Hall show 30 percent more Montana voters registered by June 30 than in 1910 congress elections. With an estimated extra 10 percent yet to register before October 5, total registrations may reach about 93 500 for 1912. Beaverhead County lags but should rise by registration end.
Beaverhead County Board of Commissioners in regular session as board of equalization on July 15 1912 heard petitions for tax reduction and sank changes including horses reduced from 65 to 40 head and cattle from 1000 to 900 head. Licenses granted for saloons in Robt Schultz Dewey Monida Gelhous Bros Armstead and Bart Hungate Dell. Road rights of way filed for county road east of Selway Park. Appointments made for special officers and peace officers. Road repairs funded for Hecla Argenta and Glen areas with investigations into new routes and costs. Board set August 12 1912 as tax levy meeting date.
Chas E Pittoff died July 16 in a Great Falls hospital after an appendicitis operation performed too late. Once a Dillon resident about 18 years ago he married May Stelzer and moved to Great Falls where they lived. Their daughter Grace, attending the summer Normal, was recalled home when his illness worsened.
Beaverhead-Butte Oil Co promoters report about $8,000 in stock taken and $6,000 more likely to sell, largely in Dillon. A promising Small Horn canyon site twelve miles south of Dillon is eyed, with a 16 inch bore hole tapering to eight inches, and a depth target of up to 4000 feet. A government-connected geological expert expects a shallow, potentially productive well, though success is not guaranteed.
The farmers institute committee for the picnic at the experiment station south of Dillon reports ready. President Hazel baker of Beaverhead club notified the seven members N E Holden F H Bimrose C W Conger Robert Morton J W Kemper John Neal and R E Winchester. Prof F S Cooley will attend with demonstrators and speakers. Speaking begins at 1 PM after a basket dinner. Everyone is invited.
The assessment summary lists ranch lands valued at 1 668 769, ranch improvements 823 675, mining improvements 4 378, city lots 363 156, and city improvements 691 295. An auto thief stole Dr Holmes' fifty horsepower Rambler from Wisdom last Saturday. a reward is offered for recovery or thief conviction.
Dick Powers, a miner from Butte who has been in the locality about a year, attempted to rob William Fruin, a Dillon constable. Powers, six feet four inches tall, entered Fruin's tent before daybreak Thursday and was struck with a slingshot, then pursued by Fruin who leapt to strike him in the face. A night officer arrived and took Powers into custody.
The United States closes a last refuge for fugitives by signing an extradition treaty with Honduras. The State Department asserts the pact ensures fugitives cannot evade justice by fleeing to the western hemisphere.
Beaverhead county progressive Republicans met at the courthouse at 8 30 PM Wednesday. G E Finch was named president E M Yeaman vice president and B A Tower secretary. Delegates H C Patterson Louis Stahl and Nels Nelson were chosen for the state convention in Helena July 29 and for the national convention in Chicago August 5. The group favored Roosevelt for president and agreed not to field a local ticket, adjourning to await the president's call.
Josephus Rich did not improve, and it was decided to return him to Hood River Oregon. His daughter May and Frank Caldwell accompanied him this morning.
Sheriff O C Gosman returned from Boise Idaho to obtain a governor's requisition to bring Hughett L Scott here on grand larceny charges The requisition was refused because Scott is a deserter from the army and has been turned over to military authorities.
G and P railway president W A McCutcheon with Mrs McCutcheon and sons Norton Kenneth and Donald and Mrs Hames all of Pittsburg plus Supt W H Bichler of Armstead finished a road inspection run from Armstead to Salmon and Gilmore branch returning to Pittsburg via Salt Lake on Monday. McCutcheon says there are no railroad improvements planned.
Miss Catherine Meers and Mrs John McPhee were seen shopping in the eastern part of the county Monday.
Mrs Bovard, a reform Presbyterian who married a Methodist minister, spoke to a small Dillon congregation on Methodism’s missionary impact and the vast foreign field. She warned of “white slavery” in Montana, urged parental vigilance, and cited Helena’s home for fallen girls and Beaverhead County into the state’s larger problem with youth vice.
Dr F H Bimrose brought a specimen of improved black winter emmer to the Tribune office. He says it grows well under dry-land farming and produces as a feeder for livestock, with a stalk and beard resembling wheat. Seed cost was $10 a bushel, and the crop promises profit for Bedvethead ranchers.
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