The Dillon tribune., 1882-10-07

opened ut the section house, and In the
Wilson precinct the polling place will De It
Bishops. The polling places In the o, YER
precincts will remain az heretofore publish.
ed'in the TRIBUNE
Dillon 10 bound to become the social, ed.
ucational and commercial center OF nth
western Montana. It is predicted for our
town that it will have five thousand inhab.
itants before the close Of the present decade.
Leading stock -raisers contemplate building
homes here that they may have 60 .du.
cational facilities, and enjoy the soca. zen.
efits Of living in town. .,....
"Politics make queer .bed.fellows" and
queer friendships among men. If Re-
publican or Democratic candidate has only
a fighting chance" before the people he
will have supporters, and although they
may be only a fraction Of corporate
guard In number they try to make as much
showing a. whole regiment with brass
band does on afnii dress parade.
The Fyhrie.E liel brick 10 progressing
finely toward Its completion. When COM
pleted the corner room will be occupied by
L. &. Fyhrie & Go. with an extra stock Of
groceries and miscellaneous merchandise.
The store room adjoining will be use -,
Ehels New York clothing store. 10th
make grand opening in their new lick
building.
The hotel de Reinhardt on last Monday
contained no prisoners. The county jail had
not been empty for some time before. I'm.
the county officials will have to saw up
that fifty cords Of wood the Commissioners
are advertising for. It would be sad spec
tacle to see the gentlemen who will be &C.
cupying the Court House the coming win.
ter riding buck saws portion Of each day
In order to keep their offices warm. 49,
A party nomination Is not equivalent to
an election to county Office now-a. days.
The candidate who j. odious before the peo.
pie or who is deemed incompetent relies on
an idiotic dodge II he expects his party to
whitewaah his record and then swallow
him. There are good and competent men
running for the different county Offices In
Beaverhead and the people will not commit
the gross inconsistency Of electing men to
Office In whom they have no confidence.
The statement published last week of the
wool shipments from Beaverhead County
did-not include all the wool shipped from
the county. Mr.. Geo. NJ. Brown, Of Horse
Prairie, Mr.. Phil Thorpe, of the Valley,
and one or two others shipped about 6o,ooo
pounds. This with the 100000 pounds pre-
viouslN reported and the estimate Of 2s.ooo
pounds on hand shows the clip Of Beaver.
head county this seasont to be about 4IS,ooo
pounds, which has market value Of over
over 100000. so rs ri..p ,-.',..
The Dillon market Is huoyant. Pur-
chasers are buying freely add the amount
of merchandise disposed Of during, the
past week has been very large. At Poin.
dexter's, Kirkpatrick's, and Sweet s. Bald
wins there has been noticeable rush.
Sweet L. Baldwin received, this week,
heavy invoice Of goods. All Of the bust.
ness houses In town are doing lively trade
and this indicates a satisfactory degree
of prosperity among the people Of South
western Montana.
Mormon outfits are leaving the Territory
ft,r their respective stakes in Zion. Outfits
that have been at work grading ON the rail.
roads and in the woods at Butte have pass,
ed through Dillon during the past week,
bound for winter quarters in the land Of
carrots. Two years ago Beaverhead coun.
ty contained many If these Mormons who
remained until after election. They are
leaving Montana early this year, which in.
dicates that there is no effort being made to
catch the Mormon vote this Fall.
The musical man Of the Madisosias, who
Is authority on drrni.semi.quavers and the
like, observes: awe understand some of
the musical folk Of Virginia contemplate
holding weekly soirees during the winter,
tor the cultivation Of this very delightful
accomplishment. Such assemblies ought
to he very ENJOYABLE, and there Is an abund.
ance Of musical talent In the city to make
It interesting and mutually pleasant" The
closing sentence Of the quotation ia arpli-
cable to Dillon, where musical talent Is
abundant and could be advantageouslv util.
lied for the entertainment Of the people.
A correspondent, signing ~. to his lite.
rary effort writes column letter from Dill.
lon to the Butte Miner Of last SUNDAY.
The article, which 10 headed "Head of the
Ticket" gives Major Maginnis a dose Of
political tafty, passable to read, In some re-.
spects. The NIB r. the article, however,
Il the closing sentence, which reads: 1.-THE
head Of the ticket [Democraticl l. safe ;
look we'll to your county tickets." just 20.
The people viii take care Of their county
tickets, and when the votes are counted out
candidates who align ~ to their appeals will
see about .s>s ~. In their defeat. Ot
such will be the fate Of one.half Of the can.
didates.
The Hssbasdssas, which echoe. the sen.
timents Of the agriculturaiists very correct.
", has this to say about our mail facilities
"Montana is now in need Of q great mum.
her Of short line mail routes. The devel.
opment If the country has been 80 rapid
that complete network Of mail service Il
necessary for the accommodation Of the
people" An effort to have greater mail
facilities for Southwestern Montana was re,
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