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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1905
Page
8
Redrock reports a quiet period with several notes of local interest. Wm and Ted Ames show improvement after recent illness while Edward Ames and Mrs. Fielder and others visit towns, clubs host gatherings, and a town dance is planned for Friday night.
Polaris notes a first winter blast with three inches of snow and subfreezing temps. Eddie Lloyd buys several cattle bunches for feeding. The Polaris mine is active with a large force and plans to hire more. The Driscoll mines prepare for major work as owner Mr. Mineo starts a 1000 foot tunnel. Various locals visit, hunt, and community events are reported, including a brown bear kill and a birthday party.
Wason J. Oliver murdered near Wolf Creek on September 23. A Frenchman, suspected in the slaying, fled with two horses and a platform wagon. Deputies chase clues across Montana toward Helena Missoula and into Canada, while Oliver travels with three silver forks heirlooms and a stag hound.
Silver Star observes a telephone line being installed to the Green Campbell mine. Local visits include Mr. and Mrs. Merk at the state fair and Miss Amy Sperry visiting friends. Social highlights feature a well attended dance at James Barkell’s Iron Rod home and hospital/household visits from Waterloo Butte and Twin Bridges residents.
The Bannack column records local social updates from Bannack Montana including visits by Grace and Guy Gray Joe Burrell and others Dr Ryburn attends Mrs Chauncy Brown ill with appendicitis a birth announced for Tom Clements wife with a seven pound baby boy and several travels to Jackson Burke Idaho and Dillon during the week.
R W Page narrowly misses severe harm when his harness slips as he returns from Twin Bridges with a new Pageville schoolteacher. The buggy tongue drops to the ground, throwing them clear with only bruises and a few lames noted. A surprise welcomed Miss Fuqua at her home Monday before her departure to Butte Tuesday.
Miss Winnie Jones hosted a birthday event at her Montana street home last Thursday evening celebrating her fourteenth year. Guests included Hortense Paul Music Bessie Clark Hazel McDonald Montana Gilbert Faye Wier Katie Fishburn Florence Hayes Edith Remley Vera Jones Celia Jones. The gathering featured games and a late luncheon before guests departed wishing her many happy returns.
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