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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
1
The Dillon council holds an extra session to approve cement walk licenses requiring $500 bonds and strict adherence to city specs. A. J. Rife is named city electrician to manage the alarm system and respond to fires. The sewer committee seeks more time to study plumbing ordinances for final passage.
At the Missoula convention the Forward Movement campaign began and a dioscian missionary committee of four clergymen and six laymen was formed. A local parish committee will push the Every-member Canvass plan and introduce the Duplex envelope. The Bishop signaled a bishop coadjutor may be sought next convention if funds permit. An archdeacon of deacon missionary will be employed to work diocesan wide under the Bishop, with Rev S D Hooker of St James Church appointed.
Mrs Ida M Jones arrives in Dillon yesterday afternoon after spending winter and spring in Spokane. Miss Vera visited friends in Butte during the trip.
Smith pitched a shutout as Nercantiles defeated the Opponents by a wide margin in Independence Day action. The winners benefited from 18 hits and just three errors, while the losers managed only fourteen hits and committed fourteen errors. Conger started for the losers with mixed results as Bradley was pulled after one inning. Fritz Lundstrum signed with Detroit this week after proving himself with Dillon, while Carl Kirslin faced charges for gun play near the Bostwick ranch.
An OCR fragment presents a verse featuring patriotic twins The Cracker and the Flag who boast about popping and flopping as citizens near exhaustion. The poem references July and themes of national pride with repeated cheers and flags.
Beaverhead residents are urged to attend a full day in Dillon on July 4 with a brass band, a street pageant, races, a ball, and a middleweight wrestling title worth 150 dollars. The program runs from daylight to dark with events for all ages and a grand evening ball to conclude.
William R. Wright of Bannack married Olive Hosier of Hamilton Montana Sunday at Hotel Medlen. Rev Jessé Lacklen officiated with Orpha Oneal as bridesmaid and Martin Innes as best man. Wright is brother of pioneer merchant F Wright and has lived in Bannack. bride taught school there last winter.
Dr. F. L. St. Jean of Anaconda and C. L. Fowler of Butte are in the city with a plan to found a hospital. If locals subscribe $20,000, they will match it with another $20,000, funding site purchase and building for the hospital.
F D Wilson district freight and passenger agent of the Oregon Short Line was a visitor in Dillon on Wednesday.
Henry C Hunt, early Dillon resident and father in law of State Auditor Geo B Conway, returns to Dillon visiting his daughter at her Glendale home. Born 1840s, Hunt served in the Indiana cavalry under Sheridan, was wounded in the Shenandoah campaign, led a wagon train of 120 supply wagons west of the Missouri, and later helped publish a local paper in Indianapolis before moving to Dillon. Now 76, he celebrates a family reunion and plans a fishing hunting expedition after a lively welcome from relatives.
Chas Bennington of the city was arrested on Wednesday and charged with arson after a hotel fire at Dell. A preliminary hearing was held and he is held on a $1500 bond with plea set for July 6. Evidence included soaked lanterns and cans found in the attic and access from Bennington’s room. The motive was reported as revenge for past eviction.
Jas Lewis a Spencer Idaho drover faced arraignment before Police Judge Rich after drawing a Clasp knife in Potter's saloon and threatening Louis Krueger. He was held by a companion until officers arrived and fined ten dollars.
Miss Maude Peterson and H. R. Foster were married last Saturday in Lima at the Methodist church parsonage with Rev. Thomas Hardie officiating. The bride is a longtime Lima resident. the groom works as a fireman on the Short Line. Best wishes pour in for a happy, prosperous future.
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