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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1902
Page
13
Western Montana the Standard lists its Mis soula office at 119 West Main Street with telephone 138. Advertising rates are available on request.
Missoula business men plan Western Montana Fair and Racing Association events with open livestock displays, thoroughbred stock, poultry, and premium prizes. Racing program promises fast horses and a district appeal with excursions by Northern Pacific and branch trains.
The Cooks and Waiters union plans to pressure members and then question hotel and restaurant operators about patronage of Chinese restaurants. The issue has stalled with no definite action and the outcome will draw interest as a warm night unfolds.
Prof. E C Reitz of the local business college asks a correction to a Standard item from Aug 2 noting that diplomas issued were the first in three years. He clarifies diplomas were for the shorthand department with other diplomas from different departments also issued. The correction is made.
F L Darbee visited the Darbee Hamilton camp near Corvallis reporting the camp well established and all resting comfortably. The group located the same site as a year ago, praising the Bitter Root river spot for outings, proximity to ranchers with rich cream and milk, and abundant trout in the nearby Titter Root river.
Missoula hosts a Friday evening party at Mr. and Mrs. George W. Wall home to honor Alma Luby on her fourth birthday. Attendees included Iona Straub Beatrice Kellum Della Van Stone Winnie Small Mary Emall Mable Stone Janie Thompson Florence Simons Edith Simons Bessie Hutchinson Ocina Wall and others during Alma Luby's Missoula visit.
Public library figures for July list 1,770 visitors and 1,821 books issued. Readers total 15 with 4 percent using reference works. fiction leads with 1,479 titles across subjects including biography religion history fine arts and more. Cards issued 14 in July with a year to date of 2.88 percent. Largest daily issue was 140 books on July 4.
Missoula readers report Sheriff Prescott holds a man in the county jail after he wandered from the Northern Pacific hospital. The over fifty visitor is uncommunicative, cannot be identified, and appears to be suffering from heat. He may be insane or a sun stroke.
The funeral of Eu gene Ketcham also known as J A Wilson was held this afternoon at Lucy's undertaking establishment under the Bon ner union auspices. A large gathering attended and pallbearers were chosen from among close friends. Burial followed at Missoula cemetery.
A cheerful gathering occurred at Fred Thibodeau’s Bonner home on Saturday night to honor Miss Cyr of Grass Valley who is visiting. Guests enjoyed games and an elegant luncheon as the Thibodeaus proved hospitable hosts.
T. H. Mott spent Sunday in the county jail after a Saturday night quarrel with an employee. He threatened to shoot, obtained a gun, lost it to his opponent, then seized an iron pipe before being arrested without anyone injured.
President Mellen of the Northern Pacific rode through Missoula in a private car special train bound for the coast. The train stopped five minutes to take on officials before continuing to Spokane.
Back From School Missoula August 3 Charles Weber son of Forest Supervisor Weber of Bitter Root forest reserve has returned after eight months in Omaha where he attended school He was accompanied from Anaconda by F Grady a young man formerly from Hamilton
John M. Evans came home from Helena where he attended a state board of education meeting. No local university matters were discussed. A subsequent meeting is planned in Dillon in September.
Visit Missoula Nursery to explore greenhouses or call the city store on Higgins Avenue for details and hours.
Missoula observers recall a cat wandering the night force area of the electric plant. The animal touched a live wire and received a powerful jolt, scrambling across partitions and wiring before escaping through a door five minutes later.
First quality fishing rods are offered at half price at McBride's. Shoppers can save on durable tackle while quantities last.
Missoula announces a Tuesday night meeting of the American Federation of Labor locals to discuss an important question regarding union men patronizing Chinese restaurants. The issue was previously raised and will be reviewed in detail.
In Missoula on August 3 the Democratic meeting at the court house invites attendees for an evening of speeches and the formal organization of the Young Men's Democratic Club.
W B Hudnall state examiner arrived from Hamilton where he spent days reviewing Ravali county records. He will continue to Missoula to inspect the county books there as well.
Rudolph Fenkhaugen, once severely stricken by rheumatism, is now able to leave the hospital. He can walk with difficulty and his hands remain in poor condition.
The group that toured Yellowstone Park with Mrs. W. A. Mentrum and Mrs. Knowles is back home in Missoula. They praised the trip and described it as delightful and well spoken of.
A bulletin from local headquarters announces Dr. Frank P. Witter has been appointed assistant local surgeon. The notice confirms the new post within the division and specifies the assignment location in Missoula dated August 3.
Missoula on August 3 faced a Tracy scare as sheriff deputies with Winchesters waited at the west yard. Conductor Charles Smith reported a man matching the outlaw’s description. the arriving passenger turned out to be a traveling tough with a revolver, not the famous fugitive, and the deputies returned to jail. Sheriff Prescott’s pursuit suggests Tracy eluded capture here.
Sheriff Prescott arrested Frank Whitman a brakeman after he was found carrying silverware from a box car toward his home on the school section. He is said to have accessed a carload of household goods en route to Missoula.
Henry Alphonse Ritty, once wealthy, was found unconscious in the Sachem’s hold at Boston. He had stowed away in Liverpool ten days earlier with little food and no water, surviving by licking the iron hull. He is a Alsace native and naturalized American. his brother Alfred is a Dayton contractor.
George F. Casey of Butte reports losing 210 dollars and a 100 dollar gold watch after a night of drinking. William Hunter, who had previously worked for Casey, is suspected of taking the money and watch and is being hunted in Missoula where both men were visiting.
On Lookout mountain the Coeur d'Alene branch suffered fires and wrecks since Friday. A bridge burned ruining four beats and two freezers derailed near Lookout station while crews repaired the line. Freight operations are returning to schedule.
Missoula on Aug 3 reports Ravalli county Sheriff Watts returned from Miles City after examining a man in custody believed to be a horse thief. He could not identify the suspect.
Deputy United States Marshal Leo Faust visited Missoula briefly this afternoon then headed to Drummond. He would not disclose the purpose of his trip.
In Missoula on Friday the Independent Order of Good Templars chose John Nottingham and Miss Amanda Souness as delegates to the Helena grand lodge meeting. Alternates are Charles Ky Boren and Miss Amelia Souness. Officers were installed for the ensuing quarter with the Past…
John Nottingham, retiring chief templar, has served four consecutive terms and led the lodge to success. Meetings were described as pleasant under his direction and members regret his decision not to seek another term.
Missoula social and business notes list visitors and residents. Helena’s H Ray and Bonner travelers are noted, local officials move offices, and several property transactions are recorded. Catherine Herriman of St Paul promotes Northwest Magazine, while legal defense contacts are noted for Rees Powell.
Missoula August 3 Sheriff Jeff O Connell of Lewis and Clarke county traveled to Missoula to meet his brother who lives at Lothrop and is en route to the East.
In South Missoula on August 3 Jack Edwards a large Black man flourished a 41 caliber revolver at children and fired into the air before Constable Smith arrested him.
In a Chicago Record-Herald piece a man reads a poem to Miss Waddington-Arabella about lovers in a vine covered cottage. She shivers at imagined germs and awful things under dead leaves as the moment ends.
A reflective line envisions a poet observing smoke rising from roofs and chimneys, pondering why that image has not occurred to the poet before.
The New York Tribune profile portrays Mother Jones as a 58 year old labor agitator, arrested in West Virginia for defying an injunction while rallying striking miners. It details her fiery methods, leadership, and personal history from Cork to America, including her influence with unions, debating skill, and resilience after tragedy.
The article narrates Mother Jones as a lifelong labor leader who fought Chinese immigration in California studied conditions across Europe and the U S worked in cotton mills and joined the great strikes including Chicago Coxey’s army and the 1900 anthracite strike guiding strikers and their families through confrontations without provoking violent clashes.
The Lewiston Journal notes Littlefield, a constitutional law specialist, could advise new means to curb big corporations and promote proper conduct by giants. The key challenge lies with states that grant wind and water rights to corporations as a form of property. Capitalization beyond hypothecation is deemed essential.
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