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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1905
Page
3
E W Slack sold his Dillon area ranch two miles south of Dillon to Peter C Peterson of Dell for 12600. Slack had bought the 252 acre property from Thomas Porch about 12 years ago for 4500, with farming machinery included. He plans to focus on the Thomas Haw ranch where he runs over 7000 sheep.
Hopkinston Iowa resident H E Rutter seeks information about son Phillip Henry Rutter last heard from in Dell Beaverhead county Montana. The boy wrote he was sick and out of money and vanished after a brief work stint near Dell. Chief Bert Williams asks for any lead.
Will Tash spent most of last week in the Madison valley tending cattle offered for sale and reports making only a few purchases.
The STATE a Helena based independent weekly edited by W G Eggleston voices critique of last winter’s action by that commission and opposes re election of W A Clark to the Senate. It notes its stance for readers and sketches a political friction in Montana.
The Dillon contingent recounts a splendid time at the Helena gathering as A F Greater is elected vice-president and J P Thomas of Anaconda becomes president. The group admitted 23 new members including N S Wood of Dillon. A $100 purse was raised for Barney Hughes, one of six who discovered Alder Gulch in 1863.
W B Stanchfield returns from Ajax to assume foreman duties at the mine this week. Two 4 horse teams haul ore to the mill as two shifts of miners break rock in No 4 tunnel. Significant ore remains in No 2 tunnel. Tom Landers supervises the mill to maximize ore value.
A Dillon letter from J. T. Farley of near Valparaiso Indiana reports Mr Farley is much improved and on a rapid path to full recovery. He has entered the butter and egg trade in town with his farm overseen by son in law Ross McConkey.
The Belmont post office lists uncalled letters including A C Armstrong Willie Belmont Nora Esterbrock Joe Enaign Horace Ellerman Minnie Hetherington W Howard I F Haken C W Kelley H L Lovell Harry Meller Harry PP Neeln Leo Meadowcroft W D Munn Paine A J Morris W B Porche Ernest Potter Rufus Steele M T Thompson Harry Walker S P Williams M J Williams Mrs H S Grace Lamont Postmistress Grace Lamont warns these letters will be sent to the dead letter office if not claimed within 30 days.
An appeal seeks clean reliable Montana boys to sell The State subscriptions at 25 cents per dollar. Boys must mail names and addresses weekly, keep 25 cents per dollar, and send the rest by registered letter or money order.
Advertisement notes plans to get rich are derailed by dyspepsia or constipation and promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills. They claim to remove clogging materials, revive energy, and cure headache and dizziness. Available at Riley’s drug store for 25 cents with guarantee.
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