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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
7
May 16 report notes cattle prices up five to ten cents despite Chicago runs and strong demand from outside buyers. Stockers and feeders show declines, with steers from 5.25 to 5.75, cows 3.00 to 4.75, veal calves 4.00 to 5.75, hogs 6.25 to 6.35, and sheep prices rising 25 cents from a week ago as buyers remain active.
The class of 100 will be confirmed at the Church of the Sacred Heart on Memorial Day by Bishop John P. Carroll of the Helena diocese. Rev. Father Callahan announced the plan during Sunday services.
Notice to the People of Dillon announces N S Wood operates a delivery wagon for baggage express and light freight to the depot and city areas including the Normal college. He specializes in stove wood and dry kindling and accepts orders or checks via Deputy’s Meat Market or the Central telephone office messenger boy for prompt service.
Workmen at Dart Hardware on South Pacific Street uncover a large bone and multiple large fragments while connecting Finley Cunnard's residence to the city water main. The finds, including a five foot leg bone and a three foot limb piece, point to a prehistoric animal buried in red loam soil near Dillon.
The list of names includes Charles Rudeen Geo Noble Sam Burnside W N Culver W H Boyle Sam Brothers J L Lewis Chas Fordice and Bart Hungate in Dillon this week for court. Mrs George Noble returns from Long Beach Calif health improving. J H Rice foreman returns from Pocatello on company business. Charles Truax renovating barber shop near Peat hotel. J W Rockidge Royal Insurance special agent from Salt Lake attends to business.
Prof. Morton J. Elrod transmits Bulletin No. 34 Biological Series No. 11 listing 45 Montana fishes with nine introduced. Notes on game fishes cited for anglers and a paddle wheel device by Dr. Henshall to keep debris from clogging waterways. Bulletin first state fish contribution. free on request.
Mrs O M Best and family travel to Battle Creek Michigan for the summer. Floyd Best, Dillon’s notable student, completes a three year dental course and graduates on the 28th, with his family planning to attend the commencement in Chicago en route.
The Dillon public school eighth grade class received their diplomas today in a brief ceremony with light music. The school year ends around June 1. Twelve graduates are listed: Anna Adams, Isabella Hill, Blanche Haynes, Edith Remley, Margaret Lenox, Joe Allerton, Judson Best, Victor Grace, Henry Guyaz, Albert Swain, Will Carroll, Carl Hartwig.
Dr W C Bagley traveled to Fort Benson yesterday to deliver a commencement address before the high school class. The event highlighted graduates and community ties as the speaker urged future success and service.
A collage reports Vice President Fairbanks age 54, Mrs. Davis critically ill in New York, a Missouri man surviving a 130-foot fall with $1,400 on him, San Francisco gold vaults opened after the quake, student clashes in Missouri, and a pension bill rush in Congress. It notes epidemics, cures, church salaries, and local trials amid fires and strikes across states.
Josephus Rich of Steadman Post G A R and the Woman's Relief Corps Dillon call on the city to observe Memorial Day with schoolchildren joining the union service and related exercises. A full program will be published next week with songs and recitations welcomed.
Rancher John Helming reported a destructive basin fire near Jackson during Taste week. Sparks from brush learning spread to dry grass, burning Kraemer and Christensen ranch buildings and hay. Reinkel’s ranch also burned buildings and 150 tons of hay before a heavy rain on Saturday extinguished the flames.
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