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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1898
Page
8
Beaverhead and Madison Counties readers get a compact week in review from The Tribune’s writers. Highlights sketch community events, meetings, and notable local happenings with concise, period-press clarity.
Special correspondence from Sheridan Montana notes heavy water across the Ruby Valley with bridges damaged and ditches overflowing. Residents attend Twin Bridges Sunday School Convention and several locals return or travel for family visits, schooling, health, and mining reports.
Lima notes highlight local residents and happenings in everyday life. Brief items mention community members, visits, and small events shaping the town’s social scene.
Fragmentary OCR notes show names such as Paul Mia Alex Singer and O K Paul with Gray, plus Dillon and Long Creek references. It mentions a witness returning from Virginia City and coal prospecting with a diamond drill, but details are incomplete.
A Tribune dispatch from Pageville notes visits by Rev E M Ellis of Helena and Rev B A Oliver and family from Whitehall. Belle Utley heads to Boulder Elkhorn to teach music, while Mrs Hall and Edna Thomas visit J M Page family. Other locals travel to Dillon Helena Sheridan and Whitehall for summer plans.
Local notices from Dell report Mrs. M. J. Martinell and Mrs. H. C. Patterson visiting T. B. Patterson, A. D. Young buying cattle at Melrose, Alf Decker gathering C. D. horses, E. M. Martinell with a new house foundation, and widespread tree planting and irrigation improvements boosting the town’s appearance amid fine growing weather.
The state capital commission ended its contract with Thomas Cruse of Helena for sale of $350,000 in bonds funding the new capitol building. Cruse will receive the bonds and be paid as funds are needed. a resolution thanked him for his patriotic action. A power dam project in Helena narrowly avoided failure. A Madison county mining man, J T Brereton, said the Nugget Gulch mines, 210 acres with ten claims, were sold to a Chicago syndicate and a concentrator will be built. The Diamond Hitch has yielded about $14,000 in ore. the mines lie near Twin Bridges with ample water and resources. An Episcopal convocation in Helena endorsed the Spain war and urged swift peace. A Blackfeet reservation camp at St Marys nears a stampede with ore assays ranging from 5 000 to 8 000 dollars per ton in gold.
Five soldiers afflicted with pneumonia were taken from Camp Merritt to a French hospital. Three sergeants and four corporals of Montana regiment were reduced to ranks for disobeying their commanding officer. The deposed officers belonged to Company B. Hudson iaxim patented an aerial torpedo gun threatening to render modern fleets obsolete.
President Sanders excerpts show strong enrollment from many counties and states, with earnest students and capable faculty. He emphasizes teaching as both art and science, the value of practice teaching, and support for a six week Summer Normal to boost preparation and outcomes.
The Atlantic's D B Sanford highlights youth driven experiments in physics and natural history. He notes electrical devices and homebuilt tramways created by clever boys, with one inventor fashioning an electric boat. He advocates guiding these interests via school support to enrich learning.
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