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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1905
Page
1
The Beaverhead county fair commissioners met to decide on holding a fair this season. They deferred action to a later meeting after hearing opposition and concerns about water, a proposed multi district water commission, a reservoir project, and the Big Hole telephone line.
Dr M A Miller principal stockholder of Dillon Electric Light and Power sells his stock to H W Turner manager of Butte Electric company and will sever ties on June 5 He may resume medicine in Dillon and a local manager L Adams will oversee Dillon operations A potential day circuit to Divide power plant could meet town demand of fifty to sixty horsepower.
Mrs. Mary J. Smith, living in Virginia City, was injured when thrown from a horse near Monida. She was brought to Dillon for medical aid after Dr. Ford was unavailable in Lima. Her left elbow was dislocated and immobilized, she was given anaesthetic, and returned to Monida the same evening with her young daughter and companions en route to Payette Idaho.
The Dillon public school board elected the same teaching staff for the upcoming year with minor grade changes. Dr. Bagley of the State Normal College serves as superintendent without salary to maintain practice work for seniors.
Winthrop Raymond, Sheridan banker and stockman, leaves for the Bullfrog district in Nevada where promising ore results boost confidence. A nearby McDonald claim reports a 54 foot wide gold-silver vein with ore averaging $300 per ton, described as a major rich body. Raymond owns 30 to 40 claims, many located by his son, and plans development to capitalize on the recent strike nearby.
The second week of district court winds down with the calendar nearly cleared. Verdicts include not guilty in the Frank Andrus case and multiple demurrers and dismissals. Grants of divorce and custody issued in several matters while other cases proceed or are stricken or continued.
Miss Delia Dorchester reports that eighteen students passed the eighth grade examination at Dillon Public School. Named among the successful pupils are Carrie Oliver Bernice Monahan Benjamin Willard Hiram Brundage Otto Mudd Frances Carroll Helen Rife Constance Barrett Josephine Erwin Nora Foster Minnie Gilbert John Carhartt Mildred Haines Nellie Moore Ray Melton Laura Bennett Alice Finsley and Henry Burfield. They will be eligible to enter the County High School next year.
A class of seven will graduate this year four girls and three boys. Students named include Sadie Huffman Graeter May Carolynn Hansen Laura Isabelle Jenkins Jennie Frank Ball and Philip Walter Poindexter Carl Frederick Stahl Henry Love Melton. Commencement begins May 28 with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev Charles F Richardson of Great Falls at eight. Class day June 1 features the Amateur Glee club salutary by Jennie Ball and Carl Stahl valedictorian with Cecilian quartet musical numbers. The play The Sweet Girl Graduates tints the program. The final commencement at Dillon theatre June 2 includes invocation by Rev S D Hooker. Bozeman Agricultural College president James M Hamilton will address and diplomas will be presented by G R Featherly High School board president.
Southern Montana Telephone company trustees met to elect temporary officers and set bid dates for poles and pole setting for a Dillon to Big Hole basin line. Bids due May 27 with 5 percent bid bond. wooden pine poles 25 feet long, delivered 26 per mile, 150 feet apart between Bannack and Wisdom. Work must finish by July 20 with $400 bond.
W E Huey of Lima writes from Goldfields Nevada that he is making money in the new mining district. He says he works little but earns five times his Lima salary and is connected with three large firms plus several smaller ones. He mentions a Jumbo Mining Co stationery and auditor role while noting his Beaverhead county politics and Lima Oregon Short Line ties.
Grand Master Lew L Callaway official visit to Evergreen lodge No 45 A F and A M Lima last Saturday evening. Dillon attendees were John S Baker James Dunstan S J Haines John Ewing Matt Orr. Others joined at Bedrock Smith McKnight at Dell. Third degree work led by Master O C Gosman candidate H E Wilson. Banquet for thirty five guests described as finest by visiting Dillon brothers.
The Oregon Short Line plans a new passenger train out of Butte on June 1 with connections to the Union Pacific east and Oregon Short Line west at Poc atello. H O Wilson says summer travel will be heavy and the route offers faster Chicago service in 66 hours versus 63 now. The Salt Lake City to Butte leg starts May 31, with Butte to Chicago trips beginning June 1. The summer schedule aims for extended excursions with liberal rates and privileges amid national events and the World’s Fair. Butte anglers will find the service convenient for nearby streams.
Local druggist Riley promotes Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy for spring fatigue and low energy. The ad touts both tea and tablet forms priced at 35 cents, urging customers to “make you well and keep you well.”
A special to the Butte Evening News reports the death of Edwin Warren Toole in Helena at age 66. He was one of Montana’s leading lawyers, admired for brilliance and integrity, with brothers Gov. Joseph K. Toole and Ben W. Toole and sisters by his side during his illness. He came west in 1863 and to Montana in 1865, gaining a renowned record in civil litigation and serving as counsel in many western suits for over two decades.
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