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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
4
The Dillon newspaper notes its status as the official paper for Beaverhead County. It directs readers to send letters to the Easter Tribune and confirms second class mailing at the Dillon post office.
Tribune asks subscribers who miss issues to notify the office and assures the paper is published regularly and should be delivered consistently.
The post office rules require prepayment of subscriptions to avoid refusal of second class mailing and a one cent per copy surcharge. To avoid disruption, readers must provide a receipt proving at least six months prepaid by January 1, 1908. Tribune Pub. Co. urges subscribers to act now to ensure uninterrupted delivery.
A newspaper note argues that sugar beets can yield net profits up to about 146 dollars per acre under favorable conditions. It cites Colorado beet sugar percentages and yields, compares production costs, and warns about contracts that cap prices, with local growers predicting strong future beet output in the region.
The article argues that the sugar beet culture has the right soil water climate and altitude to succeed in the Beaverhead region. Proponents claim an underlined goal of earning $100 per acre on beet land may be achievable, pending conclusive proof.
The Montana governor praised grain yields at a Roosevelt conference but sparked pushback by opposing forest reserve grazing fees. The editorial argues stockmen support grazing permits to protect ranges and distrusts calls to loosen grazing controls, noting small stockmen outnumber powerful interests like T. J. Walsh.
A New York City medical gathering heard a report on using intermittent electricity to render a subject unconscious during operations. In a dog, six volts produced quick sleep with no after effects, suggesting ether and chloroform could be replaced. The experimenter claimed no harm and predicted broader surgical advances.
A man survived a blaze and later claimed he would run for the legislature on the Democratic ticket. He described being strangled and coughing up arsenic before wading out to proclaim his candidacy.
The Anaconda Standard notes P A Hazelbaker clerk of Beaverhead county district court was elected secretary of the republican state convention. Virginia City hosts visiting railroad officials amid talk of a new line while Dillon’s similar visits end with caution. An observer comments on W G Conrad’s campaign setup in Great Falls. The Deer Lodge smoke case looms as Judge Hunt prepares for two weeks of arguments. An unknown man dies of starvation and exposure in Butte, and farmers hope rain returns before sugar beet planting.
The message commends Reed and Barton for meticulously fulfilling the metal contract and delivering far more than the agreed weight. It praises the excellent work and elegant decorative scheme, noting the outcome exceeded expectations for the price. Montana citizens are thanked for having the project managed by capable hands.
John Evans entertained a near full Dillon theatre Friday night with hypnotism and humor. He drew three volunteers for onstage acts and awakened a staged sleeper from the Golden Rule Store. Evans spoke on hypnotism history and its proper uses and promotes future demonstrations and a liquor and drug abstinence claim.
The Claman Stock Company, famed on the road, arrives in Dillon tomorrow to stage Wife in Name Only a four act comedy drama. The production has earned strong press notices nationwide and features a complete group of dramatic artists delivering three shows in one.
A renowned vaudeville program combines a rare band show with special engaged vaudeville performers and music by an outstanding orchestra. Sixteen performers, all first class, deliver a balanced mix of pathos and comedy, with runs in many large cities and a show no one should miss.
An advertisement warns against mercury based remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The product is claimed to be mercury free and taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials are offered and price listed as 75 cents per bottle along with Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A young teacher seeking basic anatomy faced blank faces until a pupil exclaimed with gusto that the spinal cord runs through you and connects your head to your body, turning the moment into an unexpected lesson.
The clippings note a Republican governor in Montana and speculation of four years of GOP control. Across towns like Butte Anaconda Red Lodge Forsyth and Dillon opinion columns discuss politics religion boosterism and social mores with local flavor and wit.
A Cooper county man bought rope coal oil matches arsenic and a revolver then tied the rope to a tree limb and his neck, saturated his clothing, lit a match and fired the revolver. The bullet missed, the rope snapped and he fell into the river alive.
The Dillon jewelry firm Huber Brothers receives a congratulatory letter from the Montana commission dated May 16 1908 for delivering the silver service to the U S S Montana. The missive notes delivery acceptance by Reed & Barton and mentions commission members Cheely Haviland and the absent third member.
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