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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
4
Classified line advert announces subscription options for the Beaverhead County paper with prices for one year six months and three months and a partial rate line. The brief reads like a billing note or announcement without additional context or names.
Public notices outline admission charges for church festivals fairs dancing parties concerts and sociables with profit from fancy articles. Card of Thanks and obituary poetry are billed per line. All notices and ads to be sent to Tribune Publishing Co. for publication and billing.
The Tripuns Pus isu iie Co. will not be responsible for debts by employees except when orders signed by management are given. Tribune subscribers who do not receive papers regularly should inform the office. paper is published regularly and subscribers should receive it on time.
In a Chicago Record reprint Governor Edwin L. Norris extols Montana at length praising many counties while Dillon and Beaverhead are ignored. The piece laments lack of railroad advertising for the southern region and hints residents expect more favorable mentions from Norris for their dry farming lands and potato crops. Why the omission remains unclear.
A twenty four page Beaverhead County pamphlet promotes local development and resources. It highlights homeseeker opportunities, climate, crops, cattle and stock industry and cites last year’s shipments including wool, beef, oats, hay and mutton. Compiled under County Commissioner Eliel, it aims to convey reliable information on resources and economic conditions.
The article discusses county investment in a publication to attract homeseekers, notes oats prices fluctuate, and argues for pursuing sugar beet culture with a factory. It suggests guaranteed beet prices and long term planning to offset grain market swings, praising beets for feeding and profit potential.
The Lemhi County board of commissioners calls a special election across the main range of the Rockies to decide if intoxicating liquor may be sold in the county. The vote is set for the 24th of next month amid a rising prohibition wave and appeals for liquor business reform to avert stricter controls.
The Beaverhead county fair is planned as a strictly local event with horses and stock from outside areas barred from competition. It is likely to be held in late September after farmer harvest, with plans to reduce debt and create a dividend for the association.
The article weighs Peary and Cook polar claims with data deadlines and contemplates building an oatmeal mill in Dillon. It notes a Hamilton mill project costing $14000 with fifty barrels per day capacity and praises Beaverhead and Bitterroot valleys for grain and fruit production.
Judge Lew L. Callaway presided over an Anaconda gambling case week with nine defendants pleading guilty. He imposed fines of $100 to $150 each, delivering firm sentences as the guilty plea reached sentencing.
Fergus county reports a surge of land business this week as visitors from other states arrive, credited to boosting and advertising by the Milwaukee railroad. The writer questions when this section was ever boosted by any railroad advertising and longs for Milwaukee or Great Northern promotion.
Ex Gov Toole says he does not think he wants more politics and likely will not run to succeed Senator Carter. The remark casts doubt on any Democratic candidates who may or may not decide to pursue the plum in the crowded field.
Monday's Butter notes Attorney B S Thresher is back from the Big Hole basin amid a flurry of spoiled goods quiets the calendar, reflecting the basin's lively legal activity.
Over ten days three local cases stressed the need for a hospital in Dillon. The community has raised more than half the required funds and urges further contributions to establish the facility.
The state papers discuss inconsistent boosting as making far fetched claims about one's community. It argues that while such boasting can be harmful, it is preferable to total inaction or slumber.
In Lemhi county Idaho locals foresee Salmon's railroad and depot completion as a turning point. Projections note no political gain for any Democrat from Carter's pending senatorial term end. A hunter reports a deer bagged under the new game law, while Halloween plans include bringing the front gate into the parlor for next Sunday night.
A collection of brief quotations and notes from Montana papers. Items joke about words per hour by gender the Dry Farming Congress in Lemhi county the egg trust in Montana hens and Halloween. A Missoulian closing line emphasizes people as essential to towns.
Mrs. Eliza A. Olmsted aged 84 passed away this afternoon at the Dillon home of Dr. H. H. Swain after a paralysis stroke. The Norwalk, Ohio native spent most of her life there and for six years resided with her son in law and daughter. Funeral arrangements not yet determined and burial location undecided.
H. J. Smith of Bristow visited Rye in the Big Hole basin with a rye sample grown on dry land this year. The crop reached heights of 634 feet with five acres yielding about 25 bushels per acre. He plans ten acres next year and also produced eight tons of turnips and other vegetables. C. H. Strawbridge reported oats and some potatoes grown in the basin, prompting locals to note they can raise many crops at high altitude.
Judge J. B. Poindexter will open the regular November term of district court in Dillon next Wednesday at 10 a.m. The calendar includes many lengthy criminal cases and a large number of civil matters. A trial jury of 75 has been summoned, with names including Joseph Arnold Eli jah M Ames Thomas Ackerman Dan Adams Benjamin Bond Paul Brown L. A. Burrows Henry Brennen J D Berry Joshua Bennett B F Cheney A W Childs Chas H Chapman William B Carter George Dodgson Carl Decker Isaac Edinger Carlos Engle Peter Erickson Edwin Farley J W Feiten Ed Gray Henry Gleed Sr Joseph Gauthier Archie Gibson Milton Hayes Fred Hirschy O T Husted Dick Haines Hans Johnson August Jahnke John Jahnke George Kunzman Ed Kenney Henry Laughlin Moses Loree Charles Meine Chas E Morris Edward Mooney Chas E Miller James Mackay George W Murray Elwood D Mitchell Clark E McNinch S E McGee Nels Nelson Nels P Nelson James O Dunnell David J Pierson E F Price Charles Perry Hans Peterson R S Quackenbush J Thomas Ross David Robb Stanley M Starr Chris Snyder J W Scott Gustaf Swanson Albert M Smith Samuel Shefer John Steger Robert Schendel John B Smith Edward C Smith James W Thompson Fred Tauchman J B Tope Phil Thorp H D Weenink Joseph Wall James L Willard August Wenger Thomas Warner Emil Zorn
The Theta girls hold a Halloween dance this evening with a lively social mood. One hundred fifty unique invitations were issued for the event.
Farmers in Dillon push to revive a sugar beet venture and build a large local factory. T. J. Walsh of the Penwell company, Beaverhead Ranch owner, pledges to contract for a big beet acreage if the plan succeeds. He notes that Billings area farms are expanding with over 10 000 acres grown for sugar beets this year.
Dr. Ackley George Murray and C A Smith made an automobile trip to Twin Bridges on Wednesday.
The Board of County Commissioners of Beaverhead County Montana orders that claims must be presented on the regular form of order from their office. Any claim presented late will be rejected. Dated Dillon Sunday of March 1907.
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