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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1901
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR shows wholesale pricing for butter and potatoes with inconsistent figures and units. The lines indicate per pound butter costs and potato prices followed by mixed totals. Records are incomplete and require verification for accurate interpretation.
Not a trace of O R Engle has been found two weeks after his vanishing. He reportedly killed an enormous grizzly shortly before leaving home to turn on meadow water but vanished before pursuing further tracks. A sighting in the Big Hole basin proved false.
A large Arbor Day picnic in Selway's park drew seven couples on wheels and others by buggy. The lunch included a variety of picnic dainties. Notables present included Mrs Powers Mrs F E Foote Dr and Mrs H O Miller Mr and Mrs Lorenzo Qushing and several Misses Squire Sharkey Gwinne Rife Jardine Powers Ethel Squire and Messrs Walter Crowell Wm Knapp Frank Ebiel Olmsted Selway and Robison.
Last Friday, the high school and public school boards met in a joint session to elect a principal for next year. Prof. H. Tyree was chosen. The high school board adjourned while the public school board finished routine business and delayed grade teacher elections, planning another meeting to set those appointments.
Pollack, an all round tough, was released from jail Wednesday and quickly resumed trouble. Policeman Stone tried to arrest him for disorderly conduct. Pollack assaulted the officer, knocked him down, and was carried to the city jail unconscious and revived by water. This is his third offense.
M. D. Jardine and Miss Lucetta Pad dock, both of Wisdom, were married last Sunday morning in the Schaffer house parlors. Rev. R. P. Smith performed the ceremony. The couple are popular young people of the Big Hole basin.
Burnett Mann of Savanna Ohio recalls three years of back pains and fatigue before using Electric Bitters. He reports six bottles completely cured him and renewed his health, claiming the remedy regulates stomach liver kidneys and bowels with guaranteed satisfaction at City Drugstore.
Miss Harwood could not lead her classes on Wednesday due to illness. The new dormitory is under construction and the well has been finished. Normal students enjoyed a holiday picnic Tuesday with groups to Sheep Canyon and Ryan's Canyon. Friday night entertainment drew a large crowd and was well received.
Weatherwax of Wyandotte Michigan credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving him from consumption after pneumonia left a stubborn cough and long illness. He reports rapid improvement and weight gain after months of use. Trial bottle free and guaranteed bottles 60 cents and 1.00 at City Drug store.
Advertisers push for changes and await a Thursday decision as input and requests surface in relation to ongoing discussions. The page fragment notes calls for adjustments and potential policy shifts affecting campaigns and placements.
Practical guidance from C L Hardman on keeping brood mares in good condition before foaling. Reduce corn in late pregnancy, feed oats and clover hay, provide moderate exercise, and ensure box stalls. Watch for foaling signs, assist if needed, and manage aftercare with water, hay, and careful feeding.
A Colorado grower reports weighing three young Shorthorns and Herefords bought in Illinois and Kansas. From Dec 27 1900 to Jan 31 1901 their weights rose from 2180 to 2375 pounds as he fed 8 lb wheat bran 4 lb corn chop and 40 lb alfalfa daily after an initial two weeks of 8 lb wheat brain 6 lb oats and 40 lb alfalfa.
For scours in calves give two or three tablespoonfuls of powdered charcoal two or three times daily until a cure is effected. If calves won’t lick it from the hand, Patt it in their mouths and they will take it.
May 11 Detroit endures a three hour riot as thousands march through main streets. Ten thousand participants clash with mounted and foot police. 12 citizens and five officers are injured. Police director Andrews orders dispersal while Mayor Maybury urges calm from the post office steps.
A new practical guide Howell's Miners' Code offers full directions for locating and recording quartz and placer claims mill sites tunnels and more in Montana and Idaho. It covers co ownership mining liens patent methods and mining law citations. Price fifty cents and available from Trisunt Pusuasara Co Dillon Mont.
All persons owing Gooch and Coon are requested to call and settle their accounts within ten days without further notice. W. Banzourn, attorney for Gooch and Coon. 17 38.
Washington reports a potential general strike by 150000 machinists and 500000 metal workers unless a settlement is reached. President J OConnell of the International Association of Machinists says demands include a nine hour day and a 12 1 2 percent wage increase, or ten hours pay for nine. Local arbitration offered by employers is rejected as too slow. orders for the strike were prepared after returning to the city.
In Indianapolis on May 12 Will iam Phelps of Richmond Kentucky sacrificed himself to save James Stansbury of Indianapolis from a scalding steam leak in an eight foot boiler at Cerealine mills. Both workers were colored. Stansbury escaped with slight burns. Phelps died after two hours of agony.
Boston May 13. After textile workers convention at the Quincy house last night 75 000 men and women in North America will join one great labor organization to be known as the United Textile Workers of America.
At the Ames meet on Saturday Drake University defeated Grinnell College and Iowa State College in a close college athletics contest. Drake scored 54 to Grinnell 43 and Ames 38, a result seen as practically settling the state contest to be held later this month.
A boiler explosion at Riley's sawmill near Stroud yesterday killed engineer Oscar McAlley and fatally burned Solo Mon Riley. The blast occurred in the Guthrie district on May 13.
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