Grass Freezes Drive Short Feed Across Melrose Country
Special correspondence from Whilis notes feed is scarce on Birch creek range as cattle stock looks thin and grass fails due to nightly freezes. Local residents report health recoveries and community visits while townspeople testify to harsh conditions and ongoing delays in transport and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Hartwig
Julius Hartwig
Melrose
J. O. Wilson
Walter Peterson
Dillon
Father Aiken
J. A. Browne
Father van den Brook
Hood
J. McLean
Butte
Birch Creek
Bond
W. H. Oliver
Three Yara of cattle received for Lazy 5 Ranch
Local notes recount cattle deliveries to Lazy 5 Ranch including Lee Lewis shipping three cars of cattle from Monida. Community updates cover dental work trips, staff changes, fishing reports, weather delays to planting, and a sheep shooting incident involving Abbott Wilcomb with mounts of local sentiment.
Man Run Over by Stage in Rochester
Fred Wagner, reportedly intoxicated, was struck by a mail stage after slipping in the road as horses charged forward near dusk. The wagon ran over his leg but no bones were broken. observers say he is badly used up but likely to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Roomster
Fred Wagner
Wagner
Dell News Wedding Lights Up Dell as Saw Mill Runs
Special correspondence from Dzvi reports winter returning briefly with deep snow. Bart Hungate and Nellie Cope wed at Nige Hungate’s home with H J Just officiating. The couple will live on the groom’s Dell ranch and host a Friday night wedding dance. Dell Lumber Co. cut 20 000 feet of lumber the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dzvi
Bart Hungate
Nellie Cope
Nige Hungate
H. J. Just
Lima
Hungate
Dell
Cope
Pocatello
H. McKnight
Frank Gan
L. E. McGee
Dillon
Dell Lumber Company
Joseph Dowling
Silver Bow
Jos. Wall
Henry Thompson
Inspector Duncan To Visit Dillon Unit For Inspection
A. L. Duncan of Missoula, inspector general of the state militia, is due to inspect Company F in Dillon next Sunday. In advance, the unit increases drilling to impress. The militia received a full supply of army clothes and Captain Holcomb recently got 210 dollars from Adjutant General Ashby to support the unit’s drill and appearance. Ashby urged hard work since future appropriations depend on their rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Duncan
Missoula
Dillon
Holcomb
Ashby
Helena
Memorial Day Observance at Dillon Opera House
Memorial Day program set for 1 30 p m May 30 1903 at the Dillon Opera House. Open to the public with emphasis on school children and flowers donations accepted at the venue. Rev R P Smith to deliver the address with post officials present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Dillon
R. P. Smith
B. Yeartan
Com
Stesdman
G. A. R. Jose Paul Ricu
Adjt
Atkins Is Sentenced After Guilty Forgery Plea
Oscar Atkins of the Big Hole basin pleaded guilty to forgery before Judge Parker after weeks in jail. He claimed intoxication at the time and refused counsel, saying the forged check could not be recalled once sober, and that Mrs. Pendleton’s name was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Atkins
Big Hole Basin
Parker
Pendleton
Public School Faculty Elects Teachers for Ensuing Year
The board of Dillon public schools district No. 10 met at the First National Bank and elected teachers for the new school year. All members and the clerk were present. Two vacancies were filled with Miss Pluma Tattersall in the fourth grade and Miss Eva LaBeau in the fifth, both graduates of the State Normal College in June and replacing teachers who did not reapply for health or travel reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of School District No. 10
First National Bank
Dillon Public Schools
Madie Rife
Pluma Tattersall
Eva LaBeau
State Normal College
Bagley
Normal College
W. C. Bagley
Ada Kochen
Alice Chambers
Mary Innes
Ella Pond Leland
Dorchester
Leland
Missoula
Mrs. John Hay Reopens Washington Society Following Family Loss
After a year with the secretary of state’s home closed due to family deaths Mr and Mrs Hay resume lavish entertainments. The new season mirrors the former generosity that made their house a principal social hub in the national capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
Court sentences man for forged check in Deer Lodge
Atkins admitted guilt after a forged $56 check to Mrs. Pendleton. He received one year at hard labor, with the judge noting his voluntary plea and prompting sympathy. He paid $20 and offered to settle the balance, but remained bound over to district court on $1,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkins
Deer Lodge
Parker
Aikins
M. A. Pendleton
Bristow
Big Hole Basin
First National Bank
Pendleton
B. F. White
Justice of
Grand Jury Sets First Such Panel In Years At Dillon
Last Monday the May term opened with a long docket. Judge Parker presided and bonds of the county commissioners were approved. The first grand jury in years, seven members led by foreman C.C. Barnett, convened in the County School Superintendent Miss Mae Rich’s office to hear duties and statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
French
James J. Sparrow
Dillon
Evans
Gleed
Cherry Creek
Pahnish, Et al
Krueger
Abrams
Divide Creek
Tash
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Whilis
Notion
Owsley
A.J. Dorland
Express
Gertie McCann
Berlin
N. H
Ed Vance
E. L. Smith
Twin Bridges
Redrock News
Reprocx
F. W. Vogler
T. J. Atkins
I. W. Vogler
J. B. Mason
Salmon
Mamie Peterson
0. C
Utah
J. W. Scott
Park
J. P. Coleman
Pat Ward
Lee Lewis
Monida
Lazy 5 Ranch
Pageville News
Trisuar
Paceville
Ed Page
N. L. Page
Patterson
Ernest Page
McCarty
Mr. Wilcomb
Rochester News
A. W. McCune
Vivian
Mark
Young
Salt Lake City
J. Reed
McCune
Watseca
Clark Kemph
Galahan
Roderick
Mary Cayley
Alex Ledingham
Ledingham
J. O. Thomas
Sophie Long
M. Grandy
Jack Harsh
Idaho Falls
R. E. Madden
Tombatone
Arizona
Rosa
Dell News
Iness
Tae Dion Tarune
Hughes & McCunleb’s
Jasper Nelson
Post Office
Tribune
Public School
John Hay
Sheban Ferris
Triplett
State of Montana
Loveland
Fred Sinclair
George Askins
Robison
United States
Denney
Ferris
Brazil
United States of America
Hill Vs
Polish & Davis
Mow Lung Yen
Bon Accord Placers Ltd
Battinger
Padley
Morton
Haines
Dillon Implement Co
Callahan
Yenggi
McKinney
Christensen
Peterson
Emerick
Earhart
Farhay
State Bank of Dillon
R. F. Tattersall
Louis Gerland
Gerland
Nels Nelson
R. B. Triplett
Dstrict Court
John F. Peterson
J. F
Ethel Rhodes
Melin
Shaffer
D. R. Moore
Peter Leybold
Harry Canute
Leybold
Moore
Seybold
Canute
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