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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1910
Page
4
All business letters notices and advertisements for publication orders for job printing remittances should be sent to Tribune Publishing Co Letters addressed to Editor TRIBUNE pertain to news correspondence and editorial content
Tribune asks readers to notify the office if papers are not received regularly. The paper is published on schedule and subscribers should obtain it consistently.
The Anaconda Standard Sunday column lauds Rev. Jerry Rounder for a strong sermon on religion and church finance. He condemns begging outsiders for funds and urges members to support their church generously from within, warning that piecemeal fund drives stain faith.
The Dillon city council rejected every bid for the cement walk contract and set a new bid opening for the next regular meeting on June 1. The paper notes bids were high and argues local prices and recent contracts in Deer Lodge and other Montana cities show bidders are overcharging residents. It urges the council to force lower bids to save property owners money.
The article lauds United States Senator Dixon for passing the long and short haul amendment, claiming it will bring reasonable freight rates to Montana and benefit the state's food costs. It urges local delegates to attend the good roads convention in Billings and support the Dillon to Havre state highway project, stressing county duties and gains.
The text thanks readers who contributed to a public hospital fund. It notes a group with abundance should share their wealth, suggesting generosity linked to a celestial metaphor about the comet’s tail. The tone urges continued support.
The passage urges W A Clark to begin opening his long idle mining claims, including those in Beaverhead County. It also notes a growing belief that those who buy firecrackers for Independence Day should have their tobacco restricted, and comments on the comet tail as a notable heat related topic.
A collage of editorial quips and maxims from Kalispell Bee Belfry News Forsyth Times Journal Anaconda Standard Glendive Review and Rocky Mountain Husbandman. The aphorisms touch on wealth poverty pride and rural self sufficiency reflecting early 20th century community voices.
The article recounts Taft firing Pinchot after Glavis and Ballinger charges, the exoneration letter later rewritten by Taft with Lawler’s phrases, Kerby’s testimony, Kerby’s firing, and Wickersham’s backdated summary. It notes Pinchot’s continued public support and ex-Senator Clark selling mines and building a New York residence while retaining Montana ties.
The Normal College and training school announce a second annual Field Day on May 27 at 2 30 pm if weather permits. Activities include May Pole dances free play games rhythmic plays gymnastic drills and track events with prizes such as a silver cup pennants monograms and arm bands.
A young North Dakota cashier stole four thousand dollars and invested the money in a Montana ranch before being captured later. The tale notes he used the funds for prudent investment rather than reckless spending.
Seven thousand acres of state land will be sold at Burley Idaho on May 27. Tickets go on sale via the Short Line on May 24 25 and 26 to Burley. Two cents per mile rate. S S Carruthers Agent. 20 11.
The Women of Woodcraft announce a food sale to be held Saturday May 21 at the Post Office storeroom. Proceeds support local welfare activities and community projects.
The community prepares for graduation week with baccalaureate at the Methodist church led by Rev. F. E. Dodds, a senior class march from the high school, alumni banquet at St James Guild house May 24, and commencement at Normal college hall May 26 with Hon. N. R. Leonard as speaker on Halley’s Comet. Diploma ceremonies include domestic science graduates Ruth Conway, Olive Sapp, Alice Lawrence, and Cora Bryan. Public invited.
Commencement exercises will be held at the Normal college on Thursday evening May 26 with the domestic science class graduating at the high school building on Friday morning. Seating for county high school exercises will no longer be reserved as the hall is spacious. A birth is reported for Mr and Mrs Wilson of Armstead a son born Friday morning at Mrs Streit’s home in Dillon. An advertisement promotes HER BINE a liver stimulant priced 50 cents sold by Potts the Druggist.
Estray notice for a red and white-face heifer with monogram RHP on left thigh found at H J Seaway’s property on Jan 1 1910. Owner urged to pay for advertising and feed and claim the animal.
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