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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1912
Page
3
Editorial lists William H. Taft for president and James S. Sherman for vice president as the Republican party ticket. The piece endorses the pair and presents them as the leading candidates.
Presidential Electors A W Mills Livingston T A Cummings Fort Benton C E Prescott Boulder J Davidson Deer Lodge United States Senator Justice H C Smith Helena Congress Charles N Pray Fort Benton W F Meyer Red Lodge Governor H L Wilson Billings Lieutenant Governor J C Kinney Wibaux Treasurer William Enright Billings Auditor C C McCoy Butte Secretary of State Frank A Hazel baker Dillon Attorney General J G Brown Helena Associate Justice Judge Lew L Calloway Virginia City Superintendent Public Instruction Lewis Terwilliger Livingston Railroad Commissioner Leo H Faust Libby
The Beaverhead County Central Committee calls a progressive convention in Dillon Montana to nominate candidates for state and county offices. Precinct primaries will be held September 21 1912 at 2 30 p m to select delegates with rules on voting and attendance. The call names officers plus details on delegate eligibility and precinct voting.
Last Saturday Frank A Hazel baker returned home from the Great Falls convention to a crowd of several hundred townsmen who cheered his reception. The group accompanied him to the Mellen Hotel where he spoke briefly thanking neighbors for the hearty greeting.
The address emphasizes Hazelbaker’s independence from party labels and his commitment to public service for all Montanians. It argues the secretary of state’s role on multiple boards requires proven industry, integrity, and county loyalty, predicting Beaverhead County will again support him at the election.
Tom Neenan of Butte and Bill Lull of Helena boxed to a draw Wednesday night before fewer than 100 spectators. Padded gloves and polite reviews marked the event, with witnesses saying the bout was well received though Dillonites prefer other pursuits.
Havre public schools teacher Havre-Rose M. Harvey took carbolic acid Wednesday evening and died Friday night. Her decline followed her mother's death a year ago, with lingering melancholy noted by mourners.
Two bay horses branded bar five on the left shoulder with trimmed forelocks are missing. Both are shod and one is slightly darker. Reward of ten dollars for information. Contact J. B. McLaren in Dillon, Montana.
Dillon column recaps visits by Henry Hildreth of Medicine Lodge and Adele Pierce of Horse Prairie, plus O H Lewis from Dewey on legal matters, and Mrs H T Hedden with son Earl traveling to Illinois Missouri and Wisconsin. Graphite firm, fair reports, and aviator T T Maroney thrill readers with high altitude flight.
The platform calls for selling state bonds to fund a highway system, creating a public service commission over utilities, reclassifying lands to recover value, surveying unsurveyed lands, uniform freight classifications, and a Kansas blue sky law model to regulate stock offerings. It advocates water rights for power, a dairy commission, and pledges to enact these provisions in spirit and letter.
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