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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1905
Page
5
Proper glasses for your eyes and the right kind for those between. Each 4th of July finds eyes changing as years pass. Have optics tested by Huber who will set you right if you are on the wrong trail and furnish glasses that preserve your sight without injury.
A historic fire department calls log lists ward alarms with taps and pauses. It records three general ward alarms and the fire out signal, plus three taps for regular and special meetings and four taps for practice calls.
Notices show Chris Maurer of Blaine and Ford Burtch of Pageville visiting town while J E Conlon of Cascade and Drummey ranch guests are listed. Local ads promote Paul Jones Cigar and horse buying services. C L Robbins from Junction City set to fill in at the Normal faculty for Prof Ruediger during a year away.
A bustling Dillon page shows many names and movements from Billings horse trades to Portland fairs. Ongoing notes include J Kelly from his upper Rattlesnak home, Graeter Grocery selling Milwaukee Mowers, and F W Carter resuming duties after vacation. Various residents plan travel to Salt Lake City Portland or Chicago university for summer studies.
Montana weather report for the week ending June 1 1905 notes excellent crop progress across sections. Cooler days, copious rainfall improving moisture in Cascade Teton and Chouteau counties, water on eastern ranges boosting cattle and sheep, good sheep shearings and promising lamb crop, potatoes vegetables and fruit progressing. Beaverhead Dilldn reports rapid grain growth and strong stock condition. Bowen notes limited showers with better range water than expected.
The Orton Bros store advertises a limited stock piano sale with wholesale prices and savings of 150 on a piano and 50 on an organ. They tout the Kimball scale as first class and endorsed by leading musicians. Pianos priced from 248 and up, with monthly payments claimed as low as 7 to 10 dollars.
A nearly new high top walnut parlor organ, valued at about $100, is offered for $35 with terms of $10 down and $5 per month. Located next to City Drug Store, it is advertised as a fine instrument and a quick sale.
An article explains dandruff caused by a scalp germ that burrows to the hair root and causes thinning. It promotes Newbro's Herpicide as a chemical cure that destroys the germ, stops hair loss, and prevents baldness. Sample offered for 10 cents.
The article describes an early morning attack on Fort Howard near Baltimore on June 13. Admiral Dicking led a fleet showing torpedo boat destroyers blown from the water by fort artillery while the Texas and a swift cruiser engaged in a bay skirmish, with both vessels reportedly sunk.
In Portland Oregon on June 13 Judge John De Haven heard the demurrer to the indictment charging Senator John H. Mitchell with accepting money while a U S senator to influence the general land department to expedite land claims deemed fraudulent. The government was led by Francis J. Heney with A S Bennett and ex Senator Thurston present. deliberation to follow.
In Thorn Hill near Tate Springs Tennessee a desperate shooting in a blacksmith shop left John Holland William Holland and Will Bubrgeny dead and Clink Winkle wounded. The Hollands and Bundren families have a four year feud tied to a prior killing for which Bundren’s elder is serving a life sentence. The Hollands used Winchesters while Bundren and Winkle fired pistols.
The Augustana synod session opens with a grand concert by the Wenneberg chorus. A large congregation attended as the large church filled to capacity. Thirty-two applicants for ordination passed the examination.
A large dance is planned at Farlin next Thursday June 22. Chas. R. Tyrrell, cousin of J. W. Lusher of La Porte Indiana, is in the city.
The Episcopal Church of Montana holds its annual convocation in Helena next week lasting four days with sessions in the city. The event gathers clergy and lay delegates from across the state for talks and decisions on church affairs.
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