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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1903
Page
1
Measles remain present with no new cases reported. Social notes report visits among local families, recoveries, and guests from Melrose and Salt Lake. A quiet September wedding at the Presbyterian Manse unites Georgiana Gwynne and Charles F. Wright with a Portland backdrop and a California wedding trip to follow.
Rochester notes say the Watseca company paid players on Sept 3 for July and again for August. The team beat Bozeman 9 to 8 in the final of four games, as Mr Hand praised the squad. Local arrivals include Mrs Ed Hand visiting Ironton Mo and Myrtle Aldridge at the Hardesty. frost touched gardens. town quiet with many families camping.
Harvesting has commenced in Dell with binders seen in fields and sowing and reaping keeping farmers busy. The thresher is expected to start in about two weeks. A dance date was corrected to Wednesday evening. Miss Carter Adams and Miss Rose Dowling are mentioned amid local notes.
The board met with Chairman Oliver and two commissioners and Clerk Baker. John R. Potter named road supervisor for district 2 and H R Paddock replaced by Wm Pyeat in district 5. Mrs K M Stevenson hired as deputy treasurer for 3.5 months at 90 dollars monthly. Delegates W C Orr and H C Patterson selected for irrigation congress at Ogden. County filed suit with O S S railroad for right of way between Dell and Lima. Road used since 1866. plant to inspect feasibility of buying ROW from local ranchers. session likely to continue through Monday.
Coley Barnett and Sheriff Gist accompanied three individuals judged insane to the asylum at Warm Springs yesterday.
Caliph and Mrs Murphy the hippopotamus at the New York zoo are proud parents to a healthy eight baby hippo. The youngster weighs about forty pounds and both mother and child are doing well.
A million dollar beet sugar plant near Idaho Falls, under expert management and backed by ample capital, hires 800 workers on construction and farming, contracts 5 000 acres of beets for five years, and promises strong land value growth. Beets yield 12 to 30 tons per acre, at 4 50 a ton, with contractor labor at 20 per acre. locals use Japs and children for thinning and weeding. The project, plus an expected Rexburg plant, signals beet culture potential in Montana valleys and a possible two to three factories statewide.
A special session revised sprinkling rates, eight cents per foot on Montana street and four cents on other business and dwelling blocks. Corrections to apportionment were made and the Metlen hotel corridor on Railroad avenue will be added to next year's district.
On Friday evening September 18 1903 Dart Hall offered a well attended event with good music and orderly conduct. Admission was one dollar for gentlemen, ladies admitted free, under manager Jos Hicm.
County commissioners met at Dillon's city hall to review three jail inmates for insanity. Mary Popple born in Germany in 1852 showed clear sanity under questioning but was deemed mentally unbalanced due to a fast life. Gus Blume described as heated and erratic claimed to be an Austrian Duke and aged 54 with Montana ties since 1868. Tom Jennings the sheepherder admitted drinking affects conduct but is cooperative and valued for work. all three were ordered committed to Warm Springs asylum.
Frost occurred on morning of the 4th and nights were cool. Fair weather until the 5th with light to moderate rains across the state. Winter wheat harvest finished. oats and spring wheat harvesting nearly done. threshing general and satisfactory. Forage crops mostly cut. hay crops light to good. potato and apple crops very good.
Two sections of Montana Street sidewalks between Sebree and Bannack streets are finished and usable. The stretch between Bannack and Center streets was approved for now due to pending basement work and missing iron grating. Construction continues on the Montana sidewalk between Center and Helena streets.
J. W. Baskerville of the Associated Press died here Monday night after an illness suspected to be spotted fever. The death occurred at the AP office in Missoula and authorities are investigating the case.
Mosers Stevens Ellis and Robinson have taken ownership of the Indian Queen mine on Birch Creek under a $45,000 bond. The bond, replacing Marchesseau and Frlin heirs of O. D. Farlin, profits from rapid ore discovery and a full-capacity smelter. Expansion plans aim to increase smelter size, with nearby claim groups seen as promising depending on Queen showings.
Mrs. Fitzharris faced trial after firing a shot at persistent suitor Sweeney on Montana Street. The jury found her not guilty after hearing she acted to scare rather than kill. Sweeney argued the incident, while Fitzharris contended the motive was protection.
Walter Jackson was found guilty of the murder of Fannie Buck in Stevensville after a two hour jury deliberation. The verdict of murder in the first degree was delivered in Hamilton on Wednesday and Thursday this week and Jackson awaits sentencing tomorrow.
James Chappelle faced a cruelty to animals charge after driving A L Anderson's team to death during an elopement with Blanche Rivers from Dillon to Virginia City. A continuance delayed the case to gather Virginia City witnesses. He pleaded guilty before Judge Rich and was fined 25 dollars and ordered to pay 150 dollars for the horses, with part payments already made.
Last Wednesday afternoon at the home of Justice Rich, Robert H. Childs and Effie E. Nelson were married. Both residents of Dillon, they will reside in Missoula and departed immediately after the ceremony.
Right Rev. Daniel Tuttle, Bishop of Missouri, chosen as senior bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America to succeed the late Bishop Clark of Rhode Island. He is well known in Montana where he served as the state’s first bishop and preached in the old parish house in this city.
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