Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
DILLON news
Erwin Schott. Representative Inter
Mountain Branch Office.
ARE IN SESSION
QUARTERLY MEETING OF COUN-
TY COMMISSIONERS. ~
WILL HOLD MASSMEETING.
Dillon Citizens Will Consider the Gel
ebration Of the Fourth-Death
of Charles Lewis. 80

Dillon, June6.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
! county commissioners was in session
! Monday, Chairman Barrett, COmmls-
sioner Anderson and County Clerk ray
Tor were in attendance, and the
business transacted: Petition of the Cold
Dredging CO., asking permission to use
the road beteen Bannack and Marysvnle
was granted, with a bond of 5000 was re-
quired by the board. @S5
The report of the county treasurer was
examined, checked with the clerks
ledger and approved.
The annual report of examinations of
county officers by j. G. Morony, state
examiner, was read and approved and
ordered filed.
The board cancelled all general fund
warrants from fiscal year and checked
! same with the clerks record of warrants.
The afternoon session opened with all
the members of the board present. The
contingent, road, poor and bridge fund
warrants were, cancelled and checked
with clerks record of warrants issued
and found correct.
| Viewers were appointed in the matter
of the petition of Allen Mcdonald for ex-
tension of road from Jackson shool house.
The petition of w. H. Finsley and 9TH
ers for change of o in section 80. ton
ship 5 and range Is west, received similar
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Owen and others for change of road run
ming east along side of Owen, McVey and
George Smiths land.
A number of other road petitions were
| also disposed of.
And with the reports of the sheriff,
! clerk of court and clerk and recorder,
checked and approved, the session of the
county commissioners was brought to a
| close. o.
Charles Lewis. the 17-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Lewis, died at the home
of his parents, on upper Blacktail, Sat
urday morning. Just a week previous
to the death of the boy, while riding the
range near his home he was thrown from
"a horse, but for several days he did not
feel any bad effects from the fall, but
within three days of his death he COM
menced to suffer intense pain, and DR..
J. L. Jones of this city was summoned,
but to no avail, as the young lad had re-
ceived serious injuries internally and died
fom the effects. Deceased was born in
this city and was a bright young man
with many friends, he being we'll known
'as he has always lived in this vicinity
He leaves a father, mother and one
brother to mourn his untimely loss. The
remains were brought to Dillon and bur-
led on Monday from st. James Episcopal
church., Rev. S. D. Hooker conducting the
services. The, interment took place at
Mountain View cemetery.
Mayor ]. E. Morse has called for a
mass meeting to be held at the court
house Thursday evening, June Z, at s
O'Clock, for the purpose of considering the
matter of celebrating the Fourth of July.
h time is not SO very far off and a full
attendance is desired to see what can be
done to celebrate the coming national
holiday.
Mr.. L. T. Brown and Verna Winkler,
both residents of this city, were united
in marriage Tuesday evening by Justice
Virmillion at his residence on Washing
ton street.
Mrs. p. D. McGough has closed her
boarding house on Montana street and
has moved into the Kife house ON Rail-
road avenue rs
Mrs. @. e. Morse, accompanied by her
daughters, Misses Nellie and Stella, have
returned from Rockford, ILL.,, where
they went to spend the winter. $3.50
Mark Poindexter returned Sunday
evening from Chicago, where he has been
attending a medical college. H e will
spend his vacation with relatives and
friend sin Montana.
F. Huber, D. E. Sanders, H. K. Melton,
w. j. CrOWel and r. 4. kreSS We're IN
Helena this week to represent the State
Normal at the ~semi-annual meeting of
the state board of education.
Mr.. Isaac Van Camp is reported being
quite i'll at his home on Kentucky avenue.
Mrs. o F. Bishop is in Twin Bridges
this week visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Leslie Thompson. s
o T. HI. Darrell, chairman of the
county commissioners, was in from Horse
Prairie the first part of the week to at
tend the quarterly session of the board.
Mr.. Armstrong, editor of the Wisdom
Breeze, who is charged with criminal IL
bel by G. w. Dart, postmaster of Jack
son, appeared in Justice Phillips court on
Monday, pleaded not guilty, waived. ex-
animation and was held to the district