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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1901
Page
12
The Western Montana office of the Standard provides advertising rate details upon request. Located at 110 West Main Street, Missoula. Tel number listed as US.
Missoula reports progress on a new Northern Pacific station and headquarters at the head of Higgins avenue. If builders meet the December deadline the three story brick and stone facility will include waiting rooms, ticket office, lunch counter, women’s parlor, a large clubroom on the third floor, and separate track arrangements for Bitter Root and Coeur d Alene branch trains and private cars.
Mr Murphy of Denver, a supplier to undertakers, urges full attendance at the August Helena gathering of Montana undertakers. He says the event will raise standards, feature lectures by Professor Hohenschuh, and offer practical talks on disinfecting homes and shipping bodies. The meeting runs August 20 to 22 with state association officers Joseph Richards and E L Flaharty backing the effort.
A Salt Lake gathering on August 13 for four days invites Montana funeral directors to attend. The note says many Montana undertakers may join the statewide association soon and business with railroads will require membership.
A Nine Mile subscriber writes to the Standard defending the need for a fishway, arguing the dam at Western Lumber lacks passage for fish and that large numbers could perish without government stock and proper access. He urges authorities to investigate and remedy the situation. Also notices available for large furnished rooms at 303 South Third Street.
A late evening arson attempt to burn the Northern Pacific depot failed when a watchman spotted smoke. Fire started under the freight room near the scales. waste, papers, and kindling were piled against a piling and ignited. Buckets of water quenched the blaze. no fire department call.
Deputy Sheriff Kendall arrested a young man named Omer Williams about 20 and a 13 year old girl in Missoula. The girl reportedly ran away from Butte last Monday and is believed connected to a statutory offense alleged by her father. Sheriff Furey of Butte was notified and expected to arrive tonight to pursue the case.
H W McLaughlin returned from Lookout where the Leslie mine, now in his hands, shows promise as a top Western Montana venture. Sixteen men work the site as the lower tunnel reaches about 1200 feet and ore shipments indicate high gold assays. Exhibition plans are announced.
Missoula Aug 1 The annual convention of the county superintendents of the state will meet in Helena on August 26 and 27. Preparations aim to make it one of the most successful in the history of the organization. Miss Kate Shelley of Missoula County President Craig of the university and Librarian Davies will attend. Davies is to address the library topic School Libraries.
Letterman returns from Plains where he visited Clark's Fork Gold Mining company. A crew is building cabins for winter and preparing wood supply as work progresses rapidly. Call at the Standard office to see premiums offered for a year's subscription.
Richlie, a young man who rented a bicycle from Bishop and Kern, was brought before Justice Hayes in Missoula on August 1. He was fined $5 plus costs and allowed to go on his own recognizance while seeking work to pay the fine.
Missoula. Mr. Malone, a Minnesota lumber mill veteran, arrived from Minneapolis this week to take charge of the band saw at Lothrop. The new saw will be put into operation Monday.
A local sale item notes bamboo rods available split and nickel trimming offered for sale at McBride's storefront. The ad lists price at one dollar.
Missoula will send its second baseball nine to Wallace Idaho on Saturday morning to face Wallace’s second nine. Fred Smith of the M. M. team will captain the visiting squad. The game is to be played in Wallace.
Missoula observers note Aklery's baseball Colts now own new green and white uniforms. No game date set yet, but several propositions are under consideration and a game will be arranged soon. Get your catalogue from Golden Rule.
James PD Scott returns from Lolo Hot Springs and Gil Heyfron from a two week stay there. South Missoula residences proliferate. Mrs. W W Wilder and children travel from St Regis. Chaney of Florence hotel back from Butte. W H Longley collects tax for two show dogs. F E D Ludlum returns from Paradise Hot Springs. George Ouellette of Bonner and N Vellett of St Regis ill at Sisters hospital. Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows lodge sessions held Wednesday. George Nink closes business at the fair grounds and relocates his property to the city. H M Bell returns to Milwaukee after weeks in the area.
The article describes Africa as the world’s largest game preserve created by a multi nation treaty including England, Germany, France, Belgium, Portugal, Italy and Spain. It bans hunting of vultures, giraffes, gorillas, elephants, rhinos, hippos, antelope and other species, imposes licenses, limits harvests, and forbids nets and explosives to boost domesticating elephants, zebras and ostrich trade.
A survey of European and American legislatures notes France’s parliament costs about $1.5 million yearly with 784 lawmakers earning 31500 each. US senators and congressmen total $2.5 million in salaries, while Britain’s parliament has no salary. Austria spends $800,000 yearly with two chambers paying 2 florins a day.
A collection of aphorisms on character, prudence, and social observation. It covers motives in charity, timing, honesty in advice, appetite and appetite provocation, the role of skeptical minds, the impact of advisers, and the influence of a sharp companion on a man’s success.
In a dialogue from the Chicago Post a cook warns he may quit unless a change occurs. The mistress reacts as the cook reveals a union declared boycott against Mrs. Smith in the next block. A sympathetic strike covers all who associate with her on the calling list.
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