Ep Stoller Wins City Cement Walk Contract Bid
Special city council session reports bids for Dillon cement walks with five bidders. Eph Stoller’s bid leads at 21 cents per sq ft for walks and 50 cents per ft for curbs, but doubts arise if he was truly lowest. Council may reconsider and may skip awarding this year, citing tight finances and a planned future sidewalk cleanup campaign.
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Tribune
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Street and Alley Committee
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Stoller
Tripune
Aidatest Clement
Montana
Montana Senator Denounces Railway Rates In Senate Debate
Special to the Tribune Washington May 11 Senator Dixon of Montana challenges Senator Aldrich in a railroad bill debate. He argues Montana copper wool cattle producers lose vital market access if rates fall or rise by a small amount, impacting the state's lifeblood commerce.
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Washington, D.C
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Senate
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Dixon
Dillon public schools elect new teacher corps for next year
The Dillon board of trustees met Wednesday and elected a new teaching staff. Three incumbents Pierson Hatch and King resigned for private reasons. Salaries were not published. Prof. Finch is expected to be superintendent. The crowded building may trigger tearing down the old structure and constructing a new school within the year.
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Hatch
King
Delia
Dorchester
Margaret Ross
Bertha Malone
Maud’ Styne
Lydia Roberts
Elizabeth Jones
Alma van de Walker
Mary L. Innes
Amy Lees
Finch
Normal College
Tribune
Ed Grounds forfeits bond in grand larceny case
County Attorney Melton reports Ed Grounds fled the country after being charged with stealing 139 sheep from Wood Live Stock company while driving a band from the range to Spencer Idaho. Grounds failed to appear for a preliminary trial in Dillon, bonds forfeited, and bondsmen must locate him or pay $500.
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Dillon
Lima
Ed. Grounds
Justice of the Peace Noble
Grounds
Wood Live Stock Company
Spencer
Idaho
Charles Seybold
Lawson Phillips
George Roe
Joseph Smith
Justice Noble
Dillon's Finest Building Opens as Telephone Block
Gov. B. F. White built the Telephone Block at Montana and Glendale streets, a two story granite edifice valued near $50,000. It houses the Bell Telephone offices on the east and four Montana street store rooms, totaling 35 rooms with modern conveniences and oak finishes. The city calls it an ornament and expects no equal soon.
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Dillon
Montana
Glendale
Bell Telephone
Gov. White
Concert at the Normal College This Friday Evening
A two and three part concert directed by Miss Hatch will be presented at the Normal College assembly hall this evening May 13 at 8 30. The chorus has twenty five women and tickets cost 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for school children. The program includes works by Rubinstein Graben Hoffmann Franz Abt Taubert Nevins and others with pieces such as My Peace is Gone Parody on The Rosary and Mammy's Lullaby.
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Miss Hatch
Normal College Assembly Hall
Dillon
Vincent the Angel
Rubinstein
Graben-Hoffman
Scott Twilight
Dee Franz
The
McFadden
Renwick
Erwin, Miller
Mammy
Jamison
Taubert Wolff
Nevins
Scott
Henry Cushing Pioneer Citizen Dies at Home
Henry Cushing a renowned pioneer citizen of Dillon dies at his South Railroad avenue home after a fall. Born September 9 1834 in England he worked as a shoemaker before emigrating to the United States in 1855 with his wife Sarah Ann Hewett. He faced his final illness with faith and dignity.
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West
Henry Cushing
Mr. Cushing
Dillon
England
Norfolk County
Sarah Ann Hewett
Philadelphia
Salt Lake
Census enumeration appeal in Dillon office notice
Citizens urged to visit Richard Price’s office to ensure their names are counted in the census. Those not yet enumerated are asked to come in before Saturday night to be included. The message emphasizes boosting Dillon’s population count.
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Dillon
Richard Price
Pioneering Gentile of Salt Lake City and Black Hills Miner
Mr. Cushing traveled with emigrants across the plains in prairie schooners. He became a leading Gentile in Salt Lake City after opposing Mormon polygamy and helped establish the Salt Lake Tribune. He served as a Utah Volunteer sergeant fighting Indians and later mined around Salt Lake City and in the Black Hills after joining 80 men in a gold strike.
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Walker Bros
C. C. Goodwin
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Tribune
Cushing
Lincoln
Utah Volunteers
Black Hills
Melrose Man Regains Youthlike Features Teeth and Senses Improve
James W. Murphy reports a remarkable change in 76 year old miner Bill Moore of Montana after tooth growth and dental work. Moore, previously toothless, now has a full dentition, restored facial fullness, better chewing, and improved sight and hearing. He jokes about aging backward toward age 21 as he plans a pancake supper at St James Hall on May 18.
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James W. Murphy
Melrose
W. H. Nichols
Butte
Murphy
Bill’ Moore
Montana
Moore
Watson Case on Trial In Dillon District Court
The May term convened in Dillon with Judge Poindexter presiding. Sanford B. Watson faces a charge of receiving stolen property tied to 26 pairs of pants stolen from Wisdom Drug & Clothing Co in 1909. Jury undecided as reporting proceeded. prosecutors Melton and defense attorneys H G Rodgers and H W Rodgers noted.
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Dillon
J. B. Poindexter
State of
Montana
Sanford B. Watson
Melton
H. G. Rodgers
H. W. Rodgers
Anaconda
Watson
Wisdom Drug & Clothing Company
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