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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
6
Muddy unfit water plagued residents last week with hardship for city consumers. Downtown users sought supply from backwater wells including 5. S. Patterson's, while authorities postponed Road Day work due to rain. Building contracts were awarded for a Best residence on Washington street valued near 5000 dollars.
Sunday services at First Baptist Church feature a morning theme The Christian Motor and an evening sermon for young people on the Challenges of the Impossible. Sunday school at 10 a m with Mrs Rathbone as superintendent and assistants. Improvements underway on South Washington Street aim to macadamize the route from Bannack to the city limits. Pearl I Smith returns from Chicago after promoting his graphite mine and a carload sale is reported. A high tension wire incident at Washington and Reeder streets involved a 2300 volt line and a dog. Ear! Wheat and family plan Dillon residence with Wheat taking a bookkeeper post at S S Patterson.
A four mule team panicked at the depot and pulled a wagon loaded with camp gear and men into the street. The other note mentions 86 degree shade heat at the library and Woods Livestock Co begins machine shearing of 10,000 sheep, first in the area.
The Oregon Short Line plans a spur from the southern city mill north to the park on Sebree Street to serve local patrons of the railroad.
Beaverhead and Silver Bow counties adopt state highway plans for a Big Hole river bridge to replace the Dickey bridge. They schedule bid opening June 29 and authorize county clerks to advertise, with joint board to award contract.
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