The Dillon tribune., 1883-07-28

proposals for the $1,000 bonds authorized
BY the law passed by the Legislature las,
February. The bonds will be secure and
desirable investment. They will draw in
terest at the rate Of seven per cent per an.
mum and are redeemable in six years.
The Ogden Pilot, under the new man
age'nent, has been enlarged to seven
column. to.the. paper. 1t Is now is-
sued a. a morning daily, and is newsy,
enterprising newspaper. The Pilot ham.
mers the polygamous Mormons plenty
and is making vigorous and telling fight
against the most debasing institution on
the face of the earth-the polygamous
Mormon Church.
Parties wishing to find splendid pc nd
for fishing should 10 to Rock Greek Lake,
distant from Dillon about twenty. two miles.
The lake Is beautiful sheet Of clear, cool
water, surrounded BY picturesque mountain
scenery and Is fine place to camp. Mr..
and Mrs. w. F. Wood, Of the Valley, spent
a day at the lake and caught basket full
of large trout. To reach the lake take the
road from Dillon via Willis. Disciples Of
tzaac Walton should visit the lake.
The ''chivarie" on the occasion of the
Cashmere. Davis wedding On last Sunday
night run way into Monday morning. 1t
was horrid racket-a ming,ing of noises
made by tin horns, horse fddles and the
beating Of tin.can gongs, loud enough to
disturb the slumbers Of the dead. The boys
stuck to It until the bridegroom weakened
and set 'em up literally. The fun closed
about daylight with "wind up" that was
simply terrific, laying In the shade all Of
the previous efforts Of the night herd of
Dillon.
Mr.. Sam T. Hauser is reported to be In
robust health. Democrats of Montana will
make note of Sans healthy condition
II there Ia no monument built over the re-
mains Of Sam Hauser before the time Of
making the next Democratic nomination
for Congress, Maginnis from Minnesota
will be the nominee. In the meantime,
should Divine Providence remove Sam,
the nominee will be taken outside of the
narrow circumference Of the Territory Of
Helena.
Michael Connolly, the insanity dodger,
who played insane to get from the Peni-
Tertiary into Warm Springs Insane Asy.
lum, and who escaped from the asylum a
couple OF weeks ago, was captured In Ida.
no. Gov. Crosby has issued requisition
and In short time Connolly will be brought
back and placed In the Penitentiary to
serve his life sentence out. Connolly will
not be successful In a second play Of the in
sanity dodge.
Work In the Birch Creek District Is
progressing finely, with good results. Jay
Wells has crew Of men on the Prospect.
ing Company's iron mine taking out iron
ore for the Colorado Smclter, at Butte.
The Cole Bios, on the Red Bear mine,
have developed strong vein Of rich ore.
The Red Bear ia one Of the properties Of
the Railway Mail Mining Company, and
as the mine Is opened up 1t is proving
valuable property.
"Bobby" Graham, better known at Glen.
dale than at any other place in this county,
"changed In his checks" at Maiden. "Bob.
by" when boy, was a race rider, but de.
veloped into sport, and followed the for.
tunes Of the cards. In row with one
Doane "Bobby" received a pistol shot in
the abdomen, from which he died In five
hours. For one Of his years he played
q lively game with chances for life, and at
Glendale, on one occasion, he came near
melting his own death.
The Argenta furnace, run BY Smith Ball.
is doing good work this season. The first
run IF the furnace turned out a large ouan.
tity Of silver.lead bullion OF high grade.
which Is being hauled to the Dillon depot
for shipment. The furnace is now making
a second run and is daily rolling out base
bullion Of an excellent grade. We are in.
formed that the furnace is making better
record this summer than it ever did before.
both AZ to the amount Of ore reduced and
The quality Of bullion produced.
The Smelling Works on Wisconsin
Creek, in the Sheridan district, will be com. !
pleted and ready to start up by the middle
If August. The new town at the srnelter
cas not been named yet, but It is expected
hat Flavius will give the embryo city !
maine that will shine in the future. We
could suggest name, hut won't ont Of r..
'pect to Flavius' superior wisdom In such
matters. Mr.. Jones, for the company he
represents, will open an office shortly for
he purchase Of ores to supply the s,nel,er.
The ranch Of Messrs. Poindexter & Orr.
m the Blacktail, is the most extensive.
'anch, In area, In Southern Montana. 1t
large territory Of valuable graz. |
ny land. 1t is stocked with large herds Of
'orses and cattle, which are improved bv |
'areful breeding every year. The pay roll |
II employees on the ranch amounts to
1880 per month, or $lS,o,o per annum. |
The extent Of the stock raising operations
# Messrs. Po!ndexter 4 Orr may be iuslg.
d from the fact that they have paid out |
bout $3oo,ooo In wages to hands since
hey located on the Blacktail.
A noticeable Improvement in trade in
Dillon is worth chronicling. Our mer.
hants and business men have no cause of
complaint and no murmurs of dull times
re heard. Steady streams Of customers
I the stores plainly indicate that customers
re buying freely. The trade is no, local,
pr many ofthe customers come from dis.
ance. This shows conclusiy.lv that ID;l.