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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1910
Page
4
Public notices list charges for church festivals fairs and social events with an admission or profit from sales. Obituary poetry is billed per line. Business letters and printing orders should go to TRIBUNE PUBLISHING Co with correspondence to Editor TRIBUNE. Subscribers are asked to notify the paper if delivery is irregular.
The good roads convention will open in Billings next Thursday morning and run three days. It is the first convention of its kind in Montana and will feature a broad program on road building and two proposed state highways, including Havre to Dillon. Beaverhead county should send delegates, with officials and others attending. The paper notes uncertainties about cement walk costs in Dillon versus Salmon Idaho and mentions railroad survey progress from Armstead toward Dillon, urging investment in Dillon property and land for dry farming opportunities.
Citizens question the status of promised free mail delivery this time of year. The note hints at Dillon being entitled to benefits but contains incomplete details about rights and timelines.
Aspirants to office resume activities and promote candidacy by advertising. The Beaverhead valley drought looms, with crops awaiting rain. The text urges investing in home propositions, real estate, and property for larger dividends.
A collection of satirical quips from various papers mocks schooling debates, drunken behavior, currency size, mental health, and political integrity. The snippets lampoon teachers, legislators, treasury decisions, and independence day dangers with sharp humor and regional flavor.
Phillip Miller was brought from Dice creek to Dillon for a sanity examination. He was declared insane after Tuesday’s evaluation and, with the help of Under Sheriff Gruwell and Deputy Erwin, sent to the Warm Springs asylum on Wednesday. Miller, a noted Southern Montana miner since 1865, spoke of a hidden rich ore pocket in Dice creek and had moments of violence requiring two men to escort him.
News from Dillon reports the sudden death of William Spears at Monida while waiting for a train to Lima. He choked on a goitre present since youth, leaving a wife and several children. burial occurred in Lima after a funeral there. He had moved from Michigan to Montana about 25 years ago and lived as a rancher in Centennial Valley. The widow over the years supported by a large family, with five children surviving.
Leon Eliel of Pasadena arrives in Dillon for a European trip planned to last several months. He travels with his uncle, Hon. Frank Eliel, of Dillon, and will depart the first opportunity.
W. Jr. Forrest of Butte arrived in Dillon for a new post as local manager replacing Hards of the R. M. B. Telephone company. Hards will be transferred to another part of the state around July 1.
Miss Eleanor Poindexter, who taught in Kalispell this year, returned to her Dillon home Monday evening to spend the summer vacation. She is among several Dillon graduates of the Normal College who are proving successful teachers in the state.
A vintage advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F J Cheney Co of Toledo and endorsements from Warpinc Kinnan Marvin Wholesale Druggists, with internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and a 75 cent bottle price. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In Weiser Idaho on June 14 under the Crane Creek Project reduced rates via Oregon Short Line. Tickets on sale June 11 12 and 18 limited to June 18. See agents for rates and further particulars. 21-8t
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