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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1902
Page
14
Western Montana office of the Standard located at 110 West Main Street Mis soula. Telephone number 118. Advertising rates furnished on application.
A store announces special prices on millinery and shirt waists to attract early week shoppers. The notice invites prompt attention to secure significant savings.
Missoula April 21. County officials receive Attorney General Donovan's opinion on taxation of property on the Flathead reservation. White men married to Indian women and certain half breeds may face tax liability, with stock on the reservation potentially taxable unless tribal status is proven. The ruling cites cases like Stiff vs MelLauchlin to outline when individuals are considered tribal Indians for tax purposes.
J R Wharton superintendent of the Butte Street Railway received two young lynx from Bitter Root valley. The animals were savage and boxed for transit and will be placed in Columbia Gardens at Butte along with other attractions.
Mr and Mrs C H Lane and Mr and Mrs J H Maloney arrived from Butte aboard Sunday nights train. Lane, president of the Butte baseball club, reports a strong team and favorable progress at Salt Lake City. He hopes Missoula club organizers soon schedule a meeting to arrange a game once his schedule frees up.
F J Pearson formerly of Tacoma and Rocky Mountain Division will pass through Missoula en route to St Paul to establish his headquarters as assistant general superintendent of the Northern Pacific. His promotion is well deserved and he has made many friends in Missoula.
Louis Marquette reports from E. L. Bonner that Charles Bonner’s remains will arrive by train in Deer Lodge on April 24 with funeral services to follow on arrival at the station. The notice mentions Dally's in Deer Lodge and the interment date.
Missoula reports John McGinnis was taken to the Sisters hospital Sunday evening in a serious illness. The article notes his recent health issues and further details were not provided in the accessible text.
A patient who spent a year in Phoenix has not improved. Doctors fear his health may keep him hospitalized for an extended period and that he cannot leave the hospital soon.
Missoula follows Dr. C. W. Lombard home after a five week trip to Honolulu and San Francisco. He is joined by Henry Hathaway of Tacoma. On the Honolulu wharf the transport Meade appeared with troops bound for Manila and Missoula youth Ben Mulligan spoke to the soldiers before enlisting for three to five years. In San Francisco Hammond, formerly of Missoula, showed a racing stable as a horse won a rich stake There.
Miss Maud Angst, living with her parents in Pattee canyon, was thrown from a horse about a mile from town. She broke a wrist and suffered bruises but remounted and rode home. The horse stumbled into a gopher hole while she tried to head off other horses. Dr. McCulloch treated her injuries and she plans to return to school this week.
Stevensville lost to the Victors 12 to 9 in a recent game reported from Missoula. The Victors, coming off a strong previous season, start this year well and are set to face Hamilton on Sunday in a matchup with a Hamilton team composed of local players.
Harry Allen a well known engineer on the Northern Pacific sails for the East to represent the local lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at the national convention. He will be away about three months and Mrs. Allen plans to join him later to stay with her parents in North Dakota. He will visit Philadelphia and renew old acquaintances while away.
Judge William Landers will leave for Santa Monica to live in California for a long time. He plans to buy five acres to raise tropical fruits and to reconnect with old friends in the popular region. A local ad notes a double tube tire pair for five dollars at Mc Bride's.
Deacon Kilburn, superintendent of the Largey sawmill at Woodside, has arrived in Butte to testify in timber cases before Master in Chancery Henry N. Blake. The mill is operating smoothly, producing nearly 50 000 feet of lumber daily.
Missoula April 21. Uncle Robert Coombs of Bonner has returned from Hot Springs Arkansas after months there for health. He says the stay did not benefit him much and he plans to head to Michigan once arrangements are made. Mail orders go to the Golden Rule in Missoula.
Missoula April 21 Alderman Owen purchases a bright red patrol wagon for the police department. It can be drawn by one horse and will be kept in the rear of the fire station for nightly operations as drunks prove hard to carry. The item is described with casual notes on decor and paint.
A Port Missoula baseball game Sunday between the Fort and the Laundry squads ended with the Fort nine winning 16 to 10. A sizable local crowd attended to watch the contest.
James House, known as the father of the Wallace mining district, died at Par sons hospital after a six week confinement. A St Louis native who prospected from 1864 onward, he owned a rich Oregon mine and later settled in Missoula county. Funeral plans await relatives’ word.
Justice Hayes handled eight petty offenders in Missoula. Six received 30 day terms and two got 10 days. the group was promised release at 5 pm but failed to appear, possibly leaving town. A separate arrest involved Garvin charging fraud against Mrs Hilcher. he pleaded not guilty and faces trial tomorrow afternoon.
Missoula residents are invited to tour the Missoula Nursery greenhouses or contact the city store on Higgins Avenue for information. Details include visiting hours and phone numbers for inquiries.
In Missoula on April 21 a United States land office decision ruled in favor of William A. J. Ray in a contest against William E. Tracy’s desert land entry near Wisdom. The contest claimed noncompliance with the law and speculative take up. Commissioner B. R. Stephenson heard the case March 10. the contestant defaulted. The local office recommends canceling Tracy’s entry. Peter Whaley filed final proof on 40 acres in the Bitter Root valley near Stevensville and Otto Gasser filed a final homestead entry for land near Wisdom.
Missoula records show Possessory right by John Bergstrom for 160 acres at Thonffison, Power of attorney from Rose Devitt of Helena to D. D. O'Connell of Lothrop, Deeds by R. M. Cobban and W. H. Raymond to John A. Kapp for an undivided 1/80 interest in a Williams ditch water right, and a placer mining claim near Vermillion by Henry Daigneault.
An elderly man named Joseph Boone died suddenly one evening last week in Clinton while his companion was away from the house. Police and local officials noted no foul play and that the death appeared to be natural.
Missoula notes list visitants including G. J. Martz from Anaconda, H. Chandion new patient at Sisters' hospital, FE. P. Wood from Stevensville, Col. J. A. McGowan and P. B. Jackson from Plains. Also recorded are locals or travelers such as Maj. John B. Catlin in Butte, Bert B. Palmer from Spokane, and Dr. Goodreau arriving from Canada to practice in De Smet.
The Missoula school board met at A. L. Stone's Pine street home and approved Arbor Day observances for April 25. The plan includes a child led program and tree planting at schools. Afternoon school will be canceled to allow attendance at services. The board also studied adding to Central school and relocating Orchard Homes school about half a mile west.
Justice Houtekens ruled for Mrs. S. FE Allen against James Martin in the dress case. The judge based his decision on Mrs. Allen’s prior satisfaction with the dress when she could not afford to pay at that time.
Mrs Daly as administratrix of Marcus Daly estate sold 12800 acres of timber lands in Missoula county to Big Blackfoot Milling company for about 85000 dollars. Revenue stamps totaling 39 marked on the deed. One of the county's largest transfers in years.
Fire department rushed to the Northern Pacific freight depot in Missoula on April 21 to tackle a blaze in the old lunch counter area on the second floor near the stairway. The cause is undetermined but no prior fire had occurred since the lunch department moved out Sunday morning. Flames were extinguished using chemical apparatus.
Charlee H. Cook, longtime Missoula Mercantile hardware staffer now with a Wallace Idaho firm, returns from a pleasant visit in the East and leaves this morning to resume work in Wallace.
P M Reilly and Company reports a new chemical and firefighting hook and ladder truck for the Missoula fire department. The Minnesota transfer carrying the equipment left on April 14 and should arrive within a day or two if routed straight through.
Northern Pacific agent M. Mattson of Arlee is in Missoula for business and will take a 30 day lay off. He plans to travel to Minnesota to spend his holidays with his wife in the East. Mrs Easton will run the station at night and W T Wright will depart for Duluth to join the dispatch office crew.
M. B. McBride chief clerk to Superintendent Russell of the Rocky Mountain division Frank Mayne roadmaster and William Devan section foreman will leave tomorrow for Spokane where a case will be tried against the Northern Pacific for damages The gentlemen will testify on behalf of the company.
E B Hicklin formerly of Helena moved onto a small 40 by 105 foot land parcel behind the Hammond block in Missoula and fenced it off. He plans a house and to deed a portion to the city, asserting the land was unowned and that he can stay on it. Local banks and residents watched as the fence went up and crowds gathered.
Jim Ferguson attempted to hold up Ed Carlson near Edwards Bakery alley in Missoula on April 21. Carlson wrestled Ferguson’s gun away and, with Officer Anderson, restrained him until arrest.
Judge Webster and Doctors Tremblay and Buckley examined Martin Davis at Missoula on April 21 and found him a fit subject for the asylum. They ordered his commitment.
An elderly German hotelier in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin remained unshaken during a poker game when a boy burst in with news of a barn fire. He calmly asked if the horse and buggy were saved and then bid three in the hand, keeping his poker face.
A Missoula city council meeting on April 21 failed to transact any business as insufficient aldermen attended to form a quorum. The session was called but could not proceed due to the missing members.
The funeral of Joseph Reone took place at the Catholic church with Rev. Father Palladino officiating. Several friends attended and accompanied the remains to the Catholic cemetery for burial.
Rev. Joseph P. McCarthy of Helena spoke to a large and appreciative audience tonight in Elks hall Missoula April 21 audience size and response noted in the report
Missoula reports the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs David Erickson this morning. The infant lived only an hour.
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