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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1920
Page
7
Classified ad lists multiple dwellings with terms. A 7-room cottage at 1300 price, a new 3-room bungalow at 1600, a 3-room modern bungalow for 2000, a 4-room modern bungalow at 2100, and an 8-room modern cottage at 4500, all with various financing options and conditions. Some homes include concrete foundations, plaster, renovated interiors, and fenced plots.
At the Silver Bow Trades and Labor assembly meeting last night solutions condemned the shooting on the Anaconda road where strikers were wounded and one person died. Fr Dunn spoke defending the Butte Bulletin as not an I W W publication. A committee was appointed to draft resolutions. The teamsters union proposed a new wage scale raising pay by 14 dollars daily. Cooks and waiters declined arbitration. The council set May 12 to decide on aiding the Montana Federation of Labor.
Nemo Fall, injured in the Anaconda road clash in Butte last Wednesday, left Columbia hospital yesterday afternoon for home. Doctors say his recovery is rapid and other men at Columbia hospital are improving, with James Sullivan progressing despite a bullet near his spine.
Captain Edward P. McAdams, chaplain of federal troops in Butte, will address the conference of patrol leaders at Butte High School at 7:20 this evening. The talk is part of an ongoing series for intensive leadership training, with Benjamin Owen noting high attendance expected.
Extraction papers from Governor Stewart concern the case of Vincent Jonepiy 1. Vinc enter who is charged by his former wife with failure to pay alimony. He is under arrest in Coeur d Alene and will be brought back to Butte for proceedings after a January divorce decree. The article notes the marriage to Gat and relocation.
A frame dwelling owned by S Farris and Sus Hast Gas fora was destroyed by a rapid fire yesterday afternoon. Firemen arrived after the blaze spread through the wooden structure, with losses estimated between 1000 and 1350 dollars.
Noon lunch today at First Baptist church for 40 cents. Mrs. F.C. Pitts of Miles City was in Butte yesterday. R. E. Elliott of Dell visited. Mr and Mrs AL Powers of Philipsburg called on friends. Dr J. R. Perkins of Fairview stopped by before part of the week. 3. M. Reynolds of Boulder Springs hotel was a Finlen guest. Mr and Mrs James Kerr of Missoula guests at Acoma hotel. Willing Workers meet Thursday April 29 hosted by Mrs William Symons and others. Thomas Hurley of Great Falls, formerly of Butte, visiting, guest of Jack Cain. Mrs Paul Van Cleve of a ranch near Melville was a Thornton guest en route home from Southern California.
Mrs Gertrude Ottis Selgehrist aged 55 died yesterday morning at her daughters home 1010 Nevada Avenue after a long illness. Born in Germany May 8 1861 she came to the United States years ago. Survived by daughters Mrs P M Kerr Mrs Nora Cram and Mrs Elizabeth Laws and son Frank Ottley all of Butte. Funeral services will be held at St Josephs church at 9:50 a.m. Thursday.
Continued discussion on the soldier bonus proposal reveals concerns about its scope and fiscal impact. Senator Smoot suggests funding through a 41 percent sales tax on ultimate earnings, warning Congress may reject a bill seen as excessive. The plan contemplates time-limited tax, potentially repealable after a short period.
A House inquiry accuses Louis F Post of abuses of deportation power amid clashes over communist membership and rapid case releases. Republican Siegel and Tincher question legality, Hoch cites 38 cases, and a push for impeachment or preliminaries to bar further action.
Complex notes describe The Great Western Oil company planning to drill the Goodwin lease in Lewistown area, with holdings across parts of Devil Basin and Mussels Shell Valley. Report details shifting plans from Devil Basin to Cat Creek anticline and mentions Ohio Oil company involvement and nearby wells.
Special Dispatch from Missoula reports a dawn break in at the high school principal G A S Ketchum’s office. A safe was pulled from the wall and door smashed. about $500 in Liberty bonds and valuables vanished, mostly Ketchum’s property. Deputies and the sheriff investigated, noting the scene littered with envelopes, stamps, policies, and other items.
The Butte carpenters ask a $1 a day raise, presenting wage figures from 19 principal cities and arguing the need to match postwar increases. They cite prewar rates, tool costs, apprentice wages, and mastery requirements, seeking a total 26% rise to $9 an hour in Butte, with backing from Local Union No. 112 and allied craft boards.
Massachusetts names delegates after a statewide vote led by Johnson and Wood. The Democratic “big four” pledged to Gov. Edward Howards won unopposed, with Johnson carrying Jersey City Hoboken and Bayonne. Idaho GOP delegates favored an uninstructed ticket amid talk of a Wood alignment.
Special Dispatch reports Montana officials, led by Frank Haight, indicate the State Accident Insurance Board can cover future claims for workplace disasters. The board, formed May 1901, protects about 4 000 workers across 3 000 employers with low overhead, and its secretary Marshall asserts strong finances and readiness for large-scale incidents.
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