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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1920
Page
7
Text explains pneumonia harming lung air cells and heart strain, followed by recovery issues like lingering congestion and cough. Advises physician follow ups and nightly Vicks VapoRub use to draw out inflammation, with application method and a request for samples from Vick Chemical Company in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Montana delegates from Butte Helena Missoula Lewistown Glasgow and Glasgow attend Washington conference on Gilland leasing bill regulations. They stress state need for private land oil well rules and greater statewide legislation. Also notes Shrine plans in Helena June 19 and civic projects including a Missoula camp site fund drive.
The Sand Point Lumber and Pole Company of Sand Point Idaho had its bid accepted by local United States Forest Service officials for the Callahan timber tract in Northern Idaho and Northwestern Montana. The tract contains between 60,000,000 and 60,000,000 feet of timber, with the highest bid at $4.25 per 1,000 feet. The sale will be recommended to the chief forester in Washington, D.C., and is expected to be finalized, ending a major timber sale controversy.
The funeral for Alois Bassler, once a prominent Melrose rancher, was held at St. Rose Catholic Church with interment at Mountain View Cemetery. A large Melrose turnout marked the service as a sign of Bassler’s esteem.
MissoUla News reports at the main hall last night students sang many university songs and yelled, prompting weekly singing events through spring quarter. Dr. Peter Stankoff, noted influenza era physician, died of bronchial pneumonia at home in Carlton leaving a wife and relatives. Burial will be in Missoula. Flathead reports brighter crop prospects with good rainfall and ground moisture, predicting gains for ranchers through June as they recover from several dry years.
Missoula April 15 There will be seven percent of the senior class at the local high school receiving diplomas next June. Names listed include Egbert Nelson Clifford Young Franklin Pew George Whit ab Tommy Wickes Maurine Weaver William Wallace Vernie Ulrike Ruth Tulbee Jeanette Schlesabers Maurice Richardson Dubh Phelps Lucille Peat Gretchen Muckler Gwene Mian Morison Norman Maclean Laura Lloyd Katherine Keith Margaret Jones Esther Johnson Mabel Jacobsen Florence Himes Marion Hayes Robert Harper Genevieve Hall Reg inald Gillespie Charles Freeman Lysle Fosterling Violet Crain Edward Conroy Forest Bishop Margaret Taff Mildred Angst Linetta Anderson Audrey Bailey La Verne Barlow Anne Bennett Malcolm Boucher Seph Conroy Helen Faiek Ethryn Fisher Avon Fraser Dorothy Frudenreich Margaret Graham Max Harlow Doris Haviland Bernice Alice Hershey Rebecca Howe Theodore Jacob Johnson Lillian Jensen Freda Philip Keene Custer Keim Florence Leash Blossom Love Mildred McQuarrie Gertrude Moody Edna Morris Frank Newhurst Ansley Pierce Francis Peterson Mildred Reynolds John Sargent Eleanor Showell Mildred Taylor Ted Van Deusen Norma Virtue Hazel Watters Anna Webster Marjorie Wilkinson Herbert Inch Mary Raff Amy Johnson Audrey Allen.
Shurch organization gathers in Bozeman on April 15 with delegates from Protestant churches in Gallatin county. A county-wide organization forms in connection with the Inter World movement. Officers include Snowden, Dawes, Ken, and Chapman. A day-long conference features Rev Newman Hall Burdick and others. Evening programs include a stereopticon world view. Nearly 100 delegates attend the Presbyterian church event with youth gatherings and college people.
The article notes that on Friday in ABLENA the supreme court will hear appeals from Montana against WF Sunsangi, addressing convictions in a Sowia and Clare county case from the previous year, with President Alfred Atkinson of Montana State College leaving for Toronto due to his mother’s serious illness.
Carl Marian Smith of Bozeman is laid to rest with military honors. The American soldier, born 1888 in Gallatin, died in England and was among 87 bodies returned from the war. The procession included the Chamber of Commerce band, 40 Army Training Corps students, and 600 Gallatin Post Legion members, with taps by Bugler Frank Noe and a final flag-draped casket.
The Dillon project for a new school building drew bids far above the architect’s estimate. The local and outside firms competed, with a Butte firm submitting the top bid of 161 685 dollars for plumbing wiring and lighting. The projected construction will require a special election for bonds as the existing school structures are crowded and a large portion of students from Norma College area attend temporarily. Architect Fred F Wilston of Roget designed the building and was present for the bid letting.
The Kansas Montana stockholders hear rumors as work at Arrow Creek Development near the Chouteau county line stalls after expert drillers from Wyoming straighten casing and bale the hole. Reports say wet gas flow and a 620 foot oil pocket were touched, shares offered at 515 each but none sold. Joseph Perier, Kendall miner, died after a rock fall at Hanover Cement works. he was unmarried with many acquaintances.
Clarence Wall and Lillian Jaques wed today after a Dillon trip for the ceremony. The groom, a Lima Welding Works owner, is a son of Joseph Wall. The couple plan a long honeymoon through Southern Idaho and Utah before settling in Lima. Local railroad switchmen strike affects freight as crews slowly return. A. Cobb buys a Chevrolet five passenger car. Maynard and Gladys visited Butte and returned home.
Delegates from Yellowstone county Protestant churches attend the Winter church world movement meeting. Miss Mina A Willis named to succeed Miss Irene ix home demonstration agent. Foster resigns. Nine St Vincent's hospital graduates listed with their hometowns and names. Sioux City Livestock Growers plan a large delegation for the Montana Stock Growers convention starting April 20. Seven property holders arrested in a city cleanup campaign. Schoolchildren released one hour early Friday for a city cleanup drive on untidy streets yards and alleys.
Lewistown news from April 15 reports the Winifred Kansas-Montana well descending rapidly after a long halt. Noon depth reached 2322 feet. Geologist Gould expects the Colorado sands struck by Frantz at Winnett to be reached around 2400 feet, making the coming days eagerly watched by the project.
A distorted passage discusses supposed cal blot circles and tablets claiming to grant wealth and pink complexions, with claims about corpuscles, digestion, and transformation of the body. The text mentions these tablets and a general admonition about following administration, cited as from a well stocked apothecary.
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