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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
4
Official paper header notes mail rate and guidance for news correspondence to the editor in Beaverhead County. Indicates editorial address Epitor Tribune for manuscript submissions and correspondence.
The Post Office Department ruling requires subscriptions to be prepaid on or before January 1st next. Papers lacking advance payment will lose second class mailing privileges and incur a one cent per copy surcharge. Tribune Pub. Co urges readers to secure receipts for at least six months’ prepaid subscription before January 1, 1908.
A short verse from Fame urges bold self promotion. The speaker argues that fame and commerce require loud, clear announcements to attract attention and win audiences. The poem emphasizes that those who seek success must advertise without fear.
A writer reports astonishing facts about the American farmer’s vast wealth and influence. He notes that a single harvest could buy nations, with daily earnings of about $1,000 per farmer and exports exceeding railroad ownership. Recent Salmon Herald notes confirm money being paid for rights of way on the Armstead Gilmore railroad proposal.
The newspaper asserts a railroad will reach Dillon within two years and traverse Horse Prairie into Lemhi county. It urges ranchers to accept rights of way damages calmly, notes mining benefits, and predicts new markets and activity. The piece also congratulates Republican governors and hints at political endorsements.
The article urges Dillon and Beaverhead county to accelerate sugar beet cultivation, rebuild Lima dam to irrigate 30 000 acres, and secure another railroad to cut freight costs. It highlights public support for the Beaverhead County Fair, urges stock subscriptions, and promotes three days of county-focused market activity to unite rural and urban communities. It also notes a million dollar sugar beet factory site being sought in Havre and continued interest in local beet experimentation.
A collage of satirical quotes from Belfry News Forsyth Times Virginian City Times Missoulian Inter Mountain Meagher Republican Billings Gazette Anaconda Standard offer light social jests and political quips about forestry policy, elections, postal savings, and social visits.
Several new students enrolled this week including Miss Helen E. Canfield of Great Falls Miss Rosa E. Kent and Mrs. Pauline Harden of Hinsdale Harry G. Jackson of Bozeman and Miss Anna Maynard of Butte. Senior Edith and Laura Maynard plan to teach in Victor and Miss Torreyson in Red Lodge.
Seven B C H S students submitted essays for the Sophomore prize and will represent the school at the Interscholastic Meet in Missoula. They depart Tuesday afternoon with Prof Fish and Miss Gurnee. Hortense Paul is the third speaker among fourteen girls at the Missoula event.
The Metlen hotel in Dillon, run by the Dillon Hotel company, has been extensively refurbished at a cost in the thousands. It now offers steam heat, electric lights, hot and cold water in every floor, improved dining with American plan, new tables, fine china, Reed & Barton silver, and upgraded office and guestrooms with modern beds and linens. The renovations position Dillon as a top Western midtown, earning widespread praise from travelers and local supporters alike.
Warning against mercury based catarrh ointments advises using prescriptions only from reputable physicians. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective, with testimonials available and sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Greatly reduced round trip rates offered to Omaha Kansas City Chicago St Louis and other points via Oregon Short Line and Overland Route with several departures June and July. Limit September 30th. See Oregon Short Line agents for details.
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