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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1906
Page
3
Waterloo Montana notes a new telephone line nearing completion linking Whitehall Pony and Butte. Local updates cover travels of residents, church activities, school matters, renovations, and a death notice for Dr J I Jones amid winter weather.
Bannack March 1 The February 22 dance drew a full hall and long hours of music by Harry Campeau of Dillon and Robert Jaggers of Bannack. Supper at midnight was served by Mrs. Mathews of the Meade Hotel. Local residents and visitors from Dillon and Horse Prairie attend and visituised throughout the week.
A hard times ball and supper were held at Robbins Hall on Feb. 22 with good attendance. Edmond Decelles resigns from H M and B Co store after eighteen months to take a better job in Butte, while he is currently ill at home. Harry Dewey of Sheridan, Mont., has accepted a position at the H M and B Co store and will reside there with his wife.
Dell March 1 I was appointed weather observer here due to past forecasting success. Light snow and a chinook last week this week snow without a chinook. winds from all directions. More snow expected if winter lasts. H C Patterson appointed postmaster. new post office to adjoin hotel. construction fast. Thompson and Gleed to open a saloon with their grocery about the tenth in the former Rudy place. Dance Friday was a social highlight though crowds felt they had fun. Need for a larger hall urged. builders welcome. Miss Nevada Bessie Wall and Rose Dowling hosted senior High class of ’06. Mamie McIntosh visited. C H Taylor to move to Twin Falls for pumpkin farming.
Lima reports W. A. Miller moved to Silver Bow as yard master. Alex Singer leaves around March 15 to join G. L. Hinkey after serving as trainmaster here. Sam Smith, foreman, transfers to a district foreman role elsewhere, a loss to Lima’s railroad community.
A descriptive passage from Outing Magazine portrays winter trails in the mountains as severe and carefully kept by shovel and pack. It follows a teamster braving cold, wind, and scarce daylight, facing snow, thaw, and the ever present threat of sudden termination as seasons change.
The New York Medical Journal contemplates how childless men and women have fostered global progress. It notes widespread childloss and exploitation in some regions, yet praises philanthropists who funded colleges hospitals libraries and arts. Renowned figures like Plato Washington Nightingale Ruskin Carlyle and Spencer illustrate this paradox.
Statistics by authorities on the deaf and dumb reveal contrasting marriage patterns. Many speechless women were sought by unimpaired men, while few tongue tied women agreed to marry men who cannot hear. The note suggests cynical views on conversational skills and mating choices.
The Roscian Comic Opera Co. brings three productions to Dillon Theatre Monday through Wednesday next week. The Mikado opens, followed by The Bohemian Girl and Capitan, with a strong cast and scale prices. Reserved seats go on sale Thursday at 10 am for 8:20 pm curtain.
A English village is terrorized by unexplained sheep and lamb deaths with bodies drained of blood. Folklore fears ghoul and vampire legends until investigators reveal a pair of pine martens as the culprits, discovered at dawn after a night of widespread slaughter. The same pen suffered fourteen of twenty-one lambs killed, then the remaining seven the next night.
Naturalists find no shortsight in wild animals but domestic and confined animals show vision issues. Dogs and cats fail to distinguish friends at close range. Horses and cattle also suffer. Limited space prevents eye exercise, causing deterioration of distant vision.
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