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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1888
Page
6
A late 19th century Montana notice lists government offices in Helena and Beaverhead County, plus an impassioned critique of mail service cuts and hostility to the wool industry. It condemns federal policy and cautions Democrats against Cleveland, urging citizens to rebuke perceived betrayals of progress.
The Territorial Auditor reports Montana county indebtedness as of March 1 shows total net debt of 1,383,?92 dollars. The debts are itemized by county including Meagher, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Missoula, Silver Bow, Yellowstone, and others with figures ranging around eighty thousand to one hundred thousand dollars for several.
The Cascade Tunnel completion on the Northern Pacific line is the longest aside from Hoosac within the United States. Western contractors built it, and thousands will pass through as Tacoma becomes terminal while Portland grows. Prohibition critique spans parties. President J A P Bernard of Columbia College resigns due to ill health.
The Rocky Mountain Husbandman condemns the Democratic Central Committee of the Territory for endorsing Grover Cleveland and his administration despite a protectionist stance in the Territory. It criticizes the committee for appointing anti Cleveland delegates to the St Louis convention and for backing a free trade policy harming local interests.
The text shows partial ledger style figures including capital stock paths, outstanding notes, individual deposits, certificates of deposit, and bank assets. It references a national bank and various monetary amounts though the details are incomplete and garbled.
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