The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1883-05-12

An addition Is to be built on to the Dillor
furniture store which will enable the propri
etor 10 display his attractive assortment o
furniture to better advantage than the pres
ent room will permit. The furniture store
has just received fine lot of household fur
niture, suitable for the parlor or kitchen.
The General Land Office at Washington
under date Of May lst, issued a mineral
patent to Athol F. Wright u Co. for thei'
placer mining claim in Prospect Mining
District in Beaverhead County. The
ground included in the patent embraces an
extensive tract Of placer ground In what II
better known as the Horse Prairie digginga
in this county. a.
Gardeners in the immediate vicinity Of
Dillon are preparing and planting larger
amount of alkali earth this Spring than
they did last year. Our "alkali benches, y
when properly irrigated, produce vegetable
crops in great abundance, as last years ex-
perience clearly demonstrated. The VAL
ley ranchers are busily engaged In prepar.
ing ground and many are sowing grain.
Advertisers in the TRIBUNE do not com.
plain Of their business being dull. Adver.
Using may be likened to the oil which wise
men put In their lamps. The live ADVERT.
ser wades in and wins the custom Of cash
customers and catches the trade Of all of
the crest of mankind" as General Taylor
would remark, If the old hero was alive
and Offering goods for sale In Southwestern
Montana.
Sheridan has the measles numerously.
Quite a number of children in the town
and vicinity are attacked with the disease
which Is spreading among the little ones.
In addition to the measles an unusual num-
Der Of new babies have arrived In Sheridan.
Our informant, who processes to be Judge,
says that they arc all beauties, and reports
that girl babies largely preponderate in the
recent increase.
Last week the Dillon Postmastership
was In status qmo ante bell~m, SO far as the
war for the Office was concerned. 1t has
been settled since, and Postmaster Kirk.
patrick has taken official possession Of Tn.
Gle Sans mail bags and the boxes OF the
post office. Ex-Postmaster Weightman
wilted and retired under the orders of the
powers that be. Of such is politics and the
tenure of Office.
Additional discoveries have been made
in the new quartz district recently recorded
as the Horse Prairie Mining District. An.
other new vein was discovered and record.
ed during the past week. The district is
within few miles of Red Rock on the
Utah and Northern Railway, and the ores
thus far discovered indicate that they will
pay a handsome margin Of profit to ship to
the Salt Lake market.
John Cannovan, Of Glendale, is putting
the Ryan Hot Springs, on the Big Hole,
eight miles from Glen Station, in shape for
the reception and accommodation Of guests
and persons afflicted with neuralgia and
rheumatic complaints. When the Springs
are ready for the public line Of hacks will
be run from the railway station. Due an.
no,,ncc,nen! Of the opening Of the Springs
will be advertised in the TRIBUNE.
A few years ago the sheep man of Bea-
verhead County considered himselfa as poo,
as old Larazus or jobs, turkey, and he then
wendell his way out among his flocks in
the foothills afoot. Times change. II is
different now. Now the sheep man rides
out on costly, stylish buck board when he
dcigns to interview his herders, These
woolly nabobs, with their wealth reducing
tlocks, are getting away with this country.
We have received at this Office "poetry"
written on paper bearing the Office heading
Of the Union Pacific Railway. 1t is an
anonymous effusion, written in the same
hand write that the note was making In.
quiry about the price Of "ladics' side sad.
dies" The youth engaged In this repre.
hensible business had better go slow. else
he will get a blast that will make this sec.
ton Of Montana entirely too hot for him.
Dillon isa poor town for mountebank
one. horse shows to open upin. Entertain.
n,ents Of this description stand moor show
In this town, and artists belonging to this
character Of nomadic troupes come into
and go out Of Dillon hungry and disguised.
Managers Of secondclass companies will
please make note Of this. Meritorious
entertainments always receive sustaining
patronage in Dillon, but inferior shows pet
the cold shoulder.
On next Tuesday the School Trustees
Of Dillon district will open the sealed pro.
r'osals for building the new brick school
house In Dillon. Already proposals have
been received by the school clerk, and It Is
understood that others will BIZ in before the
time for opening and considering the same
arrives. With number Of propositions to
consider the Board Of Trustees will be in
position to accept bid that will insure the
erection Of first.class school house IN th..
metropolis Of Southern Montana.
When the County Commissioners meet
again the Board will have lively time In
deciding ON which street Il will lay down
the new side walk I: will be called on to
buy for the convenience and comfort Of the
people Of Beaverhead County who daily
transact business at the Court House. Ban.
mack street would seem to be the proner
one, but Glendale street leads almost a.
directly tn the Court House. Either Of the
streets will do and the Commissio will
decide which will best serve the public.
Up at Butte, the other day, they made
heap at fuss over Hank Willard, the man