Keen Interest Taken The New Road Law Is a Very Popular One
A New Road Law draws strong public approval with broad interest noted across communities. Officials report widespread support and engagement as the measure moves forward.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1900
Page
3
A New Road Law draws strong public approval with broad interest noted across communities. Officials report widespread support and engagement as the measure moves forward.
Cascade voters approved a new method of selecting road district supervisors by ballot, electing 19 district supervisors with salaries of three dollars per day. The article lists districts, mileage, and current supervisors, noting the tie in District 16 and the possibility of drawing lots to decide the winner.
In Great Falls on April 14 William Daly was examined by Judge Len Ne and ordered committed to the Door Lodge insane asylum. Daly, twice committed previously, sought confinement after declaring himself going crazy again. His condition described as melancholia has worsened recently. Louis Thayer, a 16-year-old boy, pleaded guilty to forging a 25 certificate of deposit and was ordered committed to the reform school.
Henry Evans aged 58 died this morning at the Deaconess hospital in Great Falls after a serious illness noted yesterday in the Standard. A Northern Montana resident, he lived near Truly on Deep Creek and had stock raising ties for 15 years, with earlier years in Helena.
The City of Great Falls Montana invites bids by April 30 1900 for paving and labor in Special Improvement District No 2. Approximate work includes 9940 square yards block paving 1430 linear feet plank curbing and related excavation. Bids may cover cedar or fir paving and require a 200 dollar certified check. City reserves right to reject all bids.
Henry N. Evans, long known in the city and a respected resident, leaves a wife and four grown children including daughter Maggie K. Shaw of Leadville, Colo. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Masonic hall under Masonic auspices, with Rev. J. H. Little to conduct. Interment will be in Highland cemetery.
A roundup from Great Falls lists visitors from Glasgow to Medicine Hat including A W Mahon John Gonsfer George Magee and many others. Local business notes report cattle dealings stage line setup Dupuyer canal work and trials in Kalispell with the Conrad canal slated for completion. Ends with a desk rental notice.
A Great Kallis physician warns pneumonia cases rise due to people venturing out in warm spells. He urges precautions against chills as open winter and spring keep germ spread active, noting mumps and pneumonia germs are closely linked.
A column urges readers to avoid pneumonia by staying warm during winter. It warns against sitting in drafts and going coatless even if the sun shines and the weather appears clear, advising readers to keep winter underclothing on until spring.
The county commissioners of Great Falls adjourned to May 7 and ordered litigation to force Cameron Brown and Payne to allow a county road through their lands in Goodman country and Gibbon hill. Game Warden Bridges may appoint five unpaid deputies in the county. Supervisors warned against overspending. any excess to be charged to the individual. Joseph Meagher appointed justice of the peace for Sand Coulee township to fill Mel Helsing's resignation.
Charles S. Gibson died in Neihart after a short illness and was brought by train to Helena for burial. He had lived in Fort Benton, Helena, Great Falls, Neihart and other Montana towns, worked in mining, and headed Broadwater mine before falling ill. He was about 45 and survived by two children, with his father a former army colonel.
J M Buckley appeared before Judge Hawkins in city hall on April 13. Buckley, a familiar docket name, asked for remittance of a $20 fine and costs. The judge remitted both with a sigh and Buckley pledged reform as he left.
In Congress Senator West of Missouri argues against cutting day schools for Montana and Wyoming Indians. He praises Jesuit missions at St. Ignatius and St. Mary, denounces government day schools as ineffective, and urges contract or sectarian options to educate about 1,073 Montana Indian children. He warns abandoning education would betray a sacred trust and highlights the Flathead reservation's need.
The Lewistown Eagle says the recent heavy snowfall brings vast moisture and far reaching benefits. It dispels fears of a dry season and supports the prophecy of a year of prosperity abundance and plenty with favorable climatic conditions and limitless resources.
The Belt Times reports riprapping the river completed from Armington Krade to opposite the big washer dump. The eight foot high rock work with gravel backing forms a solid barrier so the river will run in a straight channel, protecting the low town area. Contractor W. J. Martin led the project.
Advertising and illustration cuts offered by the Standard Publishing company for correspondence and solicitations.
From Blood Poisoning Great Falls April 24 Mrs George Parker of Little Bell died this morning at Columbus hospital of blood poisoning. She was wife of George Parker the Highwood Sheepman and leaves two sons who are sick in the city and cannot attend the funeral at Highwood cemetery Monday. Mr Parker has broken ribs and bruises from a runaway last week.
A Garden Spot of the West Indies calls for adapted policy to attract American capital and establish industries in Puerto Rico. Leaders urge a elected local government under a single governor, end charity distributions, and develop fields beyond sugar and tobacco. They assert workers, including women, will build a thriving economy and prepare the island for eventual statehood.
In La Porte Indiana on April 4 Mina Beadle a Tyrol area schoolteacher took kerosene poured it over her head and clothing and set fire to herself resulting in death.
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