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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1909
Page
5
A Republican paper voices broad nationwide protests against Post Office Department actions. It condemns a one cent postage rule for delinquent subscribers and government printed advertising envelopes sold below market price. It warns of further government interference in newspaper business and calls for accountability.
Opinion columns argue for redistricting in Dillon citing ward population gaps. The first ward has about three times the third and twice the second, while two aldermen represent far more people and property than others. Legal limits restrict creating a new ward under Section 3223 of the Revised Codes.
The paper notes that ward creation requires an ordinance and a new ward must have at least 150 electors. Since no new ward meets this, the city should re district. It suggests moving part of the first ward into the third and advises the city council to consider the matter.
The Dillon paper argues past reform efforts through civic leagues fail and widen divisions. It contends Dillon’s growth justifies two distinct tickets a democratic and a republican one, mirroring smaller Montana cities. It invites readers to consider this idea.
The city’s freeholders vote next Monday on granting a 25 year franchise to E E Marcoe and W W Wilson for a central heating plant. Proponents say it costs the city nothing, increases taxable property, improves comfort, and is supported by the promoters’ election expenses with safeguards for city and property owners.
At the Dillon farmers institute next week George R Featherly will outline how the sugar beet proposition stands. Low farmer interest has left the plan in doubt with only two or three satisfactory replies to his circular letter. The institute aims to spur involvement and avoid the proposal folding.
The paper criticizes nighttime thefts in chicken houses labeling them burglary not petit larceny and urges filing formal charges against the guilty parties. It questions the effectiveness of short jail terms and calls for penitentiary time for persistent thieves.
A brief note notes Sheriff Gosman has served two months in office, January and February, with mileage logged on office business and related duties. It acknowledges support from voters and supporters who helped elect him and highlights evidence of active service.
During the period the sheriff's office reported 20 arrests and a travel bill totaling 131 20. Two years earlier during the same months the mileage bill was 265 90 with ten arrests. The record is framed as a comparison to Gosman.
The trial of the fortune tellers of Butte this week exposed many secrets used to swindle the gullible. Exposures show that paying palmists and clairvoyants for readings leads to loss of money, likely disrupting their business for some time.
Dillon police and the county sheriff collaborate closely to crack petty thefts. The joint effort yields results and deserves commendation for better cooperation and more good will than before.
Dillon residents boast a skewed ratio of women to men, claiming about sixteen young ladies for every young man and many older women for every bachelor, challenging the Helena postmaster to see the scene firsthand.
Editorial notes Roosevelt no longer in office but lauds his leadership and impact, while critiquing corporate responses to his policies. It argues his legacy endures despite modern business reactions and evolving political climate.
The editorial contends that sugar beet culture could double land value population and town size with success, and that funds to support a saloon could instead support a Young Men's Christian association, asserting the paper is stating a fact about priorities rather than opposing saloons.
A county notes recent prosecutions of meat sellers who failed to exhibit hides. The column ponders enforcement as Lent ends and Easter hat season approaches, warning consumers about rising grocery and meat costs and a potential egg price slump.
The notice uses upbeat local guidance urging preparation for the Beaverhead county fair in twenty five weeks from next Tuesday. It also salutes President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt and promotes joining the boosters' club to show enterprise while encouraging sugar beet cultivation and anticipating spring fever after recovery from grip.
The governor defended his veto of the local option bill, asserting no error was made. A light morning greeting frames the commentary, with a casual aside about a grip question.
A collection of Montana newspaper quips reflects local wit about national issues. Forsyth Times cites a call for proper legislation on a pervasive problem, while Anaconda Standard jokes about Rep Pray sending garden seeds. Other papers poke fun at politics and everyday life.
Norman Holden, prominent local dry land farmer, returned from the Cheyenne Wyoming congress. He noted snow delays but called the gathering successful and full of insight. He cited high yields on dry land with limited rainfall and urged expansion around Dillon where beach land remains available for homesteading.
Carruthers prints a catalog of about 40 fine horses and uses the pamphlet to reach buyers nationwide. He also promotes Dillon Montana and Beaverhead county, touting sunshine water irrigation farms schools churches and progressive business. The pamphlet urges outsiders to relocate and invest, highlighting cheap farms and opportunities.
A home remedy recipe promises relief for rheumatism and kidney trouble. It prescribes Fluid Extract Dandelion half ounce Compound Karyon one ounce Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces taken after meals and at bedtime, shaken in a bottle. The note claims quick relief and urges readers to preserve the prescription. 10-8
Eph Stoller buys a 28 foot 9 inch by 100 foot Helena lot from Mrs Henry Burfiend to build a brick 28 by 100 feet automobile garage and machine shop. He will lease the completed structure for five years to machinist T K Julson who plans to add machinery and operate car service, with a front display, a large turntable and a wash basin, costing about 3090 dollars.
Be advised that from this date all supplies or orders for Beaverhead County must be placed on the regular form of order and obtained from the office. Any claim not properly ordered will be rejected. Dated Dillon March 5, 1907. Beaverhead County Commissioners, 10-11.
A sequence of warranty and quit claim deeds transfers properties in Dillon and nearby areas. Phillip Lovell to Maud S Morton and Maud S Morton to Ellen Lovell cover two Dillon lots each for 2500. Other transfers include 160 acres near Grant for 1 to Gertrude Cox to Milton Elliott. 10 dollar sale for Frank D Melroy to Laveny Haggerty and more. Mining locations include Bon Arc and Gold Chain groups with multiple owners in South Side and Montana districts.
Mining locations listed in the Montana district include Piva Dooley Blanche Jode Argenta Dillon Winnie Jode Edw P Marchesen Michael F Steele Invincible Jode Bald Mountain Frank Harry and Wm H McMannis Three Brothers and Hard Luck lodes. A decree distributes 160 acres in the Big Hole basin from the Sarah Elizabeth Fox estate to James D Fox Chas M Thomas and Hannah Young.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio and offers one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case cured or not by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Cure is ingested and targets blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials available. 75 cents at druggists. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The note appears in the Butte Tribune Review.
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