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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1902
Page
16
Western Montana office of the Standard located at 110 West Main Mis e0ua announces advertising rate information. Rates are furnished on application.
Missoula hosts Col O P Chisholm of Bozeman famed as a Northwest billiards champion. He discusses three cushion and straight games, recalls matches with East Coast players, and entertains at the Misoula clubrooms before a Republican convention where Colonel Marshall directs the proceedings. Local ward races feature Somerville, Stevens, and Price amid post convention politicking.
Missoula Nursery invites visitors to explore its greenhouses and the Higgins Avenue city store. Explore plant selections, gardening supplies, and seasonal displays at these local locations.
The state board of education returns to their homes except for Attorney General Donovan and Col. O P Chisolm. They praise the university's institutions and the forthcoming building as a valuable addition. Donovan remains in the valley and will arrive tomorrow noon. Local board plans repairs to the burned science hall and dormitory construction.
An advertisement notes wallpaper at 20 cents per double roll with two coats of paint at 14 cents per yard. L. N. Simons signs the offer.
Missoula voters head to the polls tomorrow for a trustee election with four candidates A L Stone John Sloane M B McBride and D R Beck contending. Clerks and judges expect a busy afternoon and urge early voting to avoid jams.
Missoula April 4. Sunday services listed for Missoula churches. Methodist church at East Main and Washington with Rev J W Bennett as pastor holds preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Sunday school at 12 20 p m intermediate league at 4 p m and Epworth league at 6 30 p m.
W A King an elderly man from Heron was examined for insanity and ordered committed to the asylum. Doctors Mills and Minshall reported clear symptoms including memory loss and delusions of owning a red mine. He recalled only the name William and said a tunnel runs over the mountain to wealth. He is 52 years old and once lived in Wisconsin. He will be taken to the asylum tomorrow morning.
Superintendent McConnell of Western Lumber reports the Lothrop mill will start up tomorrow morning after replacing a broken shaft. The new six and one eighth inch diameter shaft was secured at the Anaconda foundry and sent this week to prevent further trouble.
A deed records Harry D P Moore and wife Catherine of Helena transferring the Moore ranch at Helgate canyon, 160 acres, to T A Marlow as trustee for $10,000. The property is viewed as key for a new power dam near Missoula and a second power station may be built there.
Henry Gramm, charged by Simon Hollman, is free on bail and will return to his ranch until trial, possibly after the election. Mr and Mrs Hellman spoke with the county attorney, recounting driving by Gramm residence and hearing bullets whistle as Gramm held a rifle, with one bullet striking the wagon seat.
Lynn Ambrose of Lothrop arrived in Missoula with an injured arm after an accident while cleaning a bicycle. The right forefinger’s nail was torn off when caught in the chain, hindering his bridge work at Lothrop for several days.
Word reaches here of the marriage of Miss Nellie Galt of Missoula and Frederick Patterson of Minneapolis, which took place a few days ago in Minneapolis. The bride, sister of Mrs. D. J. McLardy, has resided here and friends wish her happiness. Home-cured hams bacon, at Daily's.
Bulletin from division headquarters announces W L Darlin of St Paul appoints G A Kyle division engineer with headquarters at Tacoma to fill vacancy created by J Q Jamieson resignation. Kyle will oversee the division west of Tacoma including Ellensburg.
In Missoula on April 4 it is reported that the remains of E A Goodchild of Thompson will be shipped to Switzerland tomorrow morning. The body has been in Missoula under the care of Undertaker Lucy, encased in a steel casket and to be sent by express. Mail orders to the Golden Rule in Missoula.
Albert Mattoday paid a second payment of 655 dollars into the land office on Indian lands in Bitter Root valley near Stevensville.
In Missoula the Western Lumber company yard project faces delay after union leader Henry Wolf demanded an eight hour day rather than ten. Superintendent McConnell says work stopped, fearing the plan may be abandoned. $100,000 investment and railroad sidetracks are at stake as workers were shifted to foundation prep before the dispute.
Minnesota begins its case challenging the Northern Securities merger. The state seeks to restrain stock interchanges and director interference between Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways, with James J. Hill named personally. The suit mirrors earlier U.S. Supreme Court actions and calls for injunctions to preserve independent management and prevent interdependence among the railroads.
Des Moines April 4 The senate passed the houseward merger bill with five dissenting votes authorizing Iowa railroads to extend their lines into other states and to own construct buy railroads and stock in those states An amendment barred acquiring stock or property of competing lines in other states
The Missoula Water Company case against C. E. Williams et al. ended its side this afternoon. The defense finished with five witnesses. Earlier, engineer C. D. Vail and Manager McLeod were recalled to discuss water quantity. Witnesses J. H. T. Ryman Ezra 8 S. Miller N. G. Cooper and Peter Feddersohn testified on the ditch and reservoir flow before and after cleaning.
Garden rakes at McBride's. Assessor Massey spent Friday at Bonita. The first Westbound train arrives Monday or Tuesday. Dr. Gwinn attended Mrs. Lempke who is very ill. Voters may register on Saturday with good cause. P J Conroy granted first papers by Judge Webster, native of Canada. R Sharpe of Anaconda returning to Big Flat ranch. James Ready arrested for sleeping in the Stairway of the Daly block. George Wold of Minneapolis purchased five acres in Orchard Homes and will build a dwelling. DPD P Marsh and son visited Missoula and return home impressed. Tom Fulkerson visiting from Victor seeks a baseball game. Tommy McBride injured but not bones broken. Funeral of the Dildine daughter held on Toole Avenue. Rev Barnes officiated. floral tributes noted. remains buried in Missoula cemetery.
The body, after dying of pneumonia last week in Dubuque Iowa, will be shipped to Deer Lodge for interment. E L Bonner and family will accompany the casket to Montana. Funeral plans were announced as the shipment approaches, with arrival expected imminently.
Mr and Mrs W H Beacom return from an extensive trip to the East and Canada saying the journey was delightful. They spent much time at Blytheswood Ontario and rode the first train through the flooded district in North Dakota on Thursday morning. The train passed through water about 15 inches deep and the crank rod of the engine was mentioned in transit details.
Fragmentary text notes the phrase sine touching the water at each revolution of the drivers. The readable portion hints at a mechanical or navigational principle apart from a full article context. No clear persons or organizations are identifiable.
In district court the administratrix of the estates of William McKeen and Herbert McQuarrie filed petitions for orders of sale. The court granted the request allowing private or public sale with 10 days notice. The property includes a Nine Mile sawmill and several horses harness wagons etc.
The Montana State College Glee Club performed at the Union Opera House in Missoula drawing a fair-sized audience. Every number was encored and well received with fine choruses and well rendered solos.
In Missoula county the county clerk and recorder filed a release of a mortgage against the Northern Pacific Railway company. The mortgage covers several hundred acres of land in Missoula county.
Federal Judge Grosscup and Judge Humphrey approve a compromise in seven Chicago utility cases. The court finds stock reassessment 30 to 40 percent high but orders payment of about 5 million dollars before injunctions, with masters to fix exact amounts. Corporations named include Union Traction Consolidated Traction South Chicago City Railway Chicago Edison People s Gas Light and Coke and Chicago Telephone.
Count de Keratry recounts a 1870 71 siege era mission to Madrid to urge Marshal Prim to proclaim a Spanish republic. He carried 60 009 000 francs in treasury bonds to fund an army corps in exchange for Spain's aid to France. Prim declined, Castelar supported the idea, and Prim was later assassinated with no killer found.
Field Flower and Garden Seeds. Plant good seeds for a harvest. Sterling Timothy, Sterling Medium Red Clover, Choice Timothy, Choice Medium Red Clover, Northrup King Co future package seeds offered at each. We pay freight on all orders for seeds. Mail orders receive careful attention.
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