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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1913
Page
7
Local notes and ads list business offers and personal items from Butte and nearby towns. Breweries, clothing sales, jewelers, bankers, and lodging are mentioned along with travel notes to Ralston and Beargulch. A railway round trip to attend the Ringling circus on August 4, 1913 is announced.
Eureka California August 3 five Japanese argonauts the last of a nine man group who crossed the Pacific in an antiquated junk landed five miles from Eureka and were arrested by Deputy Immigration Inspector Nichols. They were exhausted and weakened from days without food as they traveled east into the hills. They will be taken to San Francisco for deportation. Captain Ozaki allegedly piloted the junk and smuggled men into the United States for thirty three dollars each. An informer claimed Ozaki had previously led a similar landing near the mouth of the Columbia River.
Advertisement style note urges using Killeen the plumber at 47 East Broadway for sour plumbing and avoiding shoemaker services. It promotes value footwear at Everybody's shoe store, 130 West York street, with a brief ad feel.
The Rev. Frank Hopkins at South Side Methodist preached on the personal devil. He warned against denying Satan's personality and against overestimating his power, urging reliance on Jesus for victory and noting angels and the Holy Spirit aiding believers.
The Cristoforo Colombo society of Butte and vicinity has named committees for a Sept picnic at Giuseppe Cirighino's ranch in Brown's Gulch. Members and families will travel by tallyhos, autos, and other transport for a big banquet. The society also elected officers for six months, led by President Arigoni Battista. other roles include Giovanni Pallegrini, Domenico Alassa, Giovanni Berra, Giovanni Forsella, Martino Bonino, and trustees Carlo Actis, Giuseppe Locatello, Antonio Streitto, Domenica Vercella. Victoria lodge changes yards Aug. the judge will meet in the T. C. G. T. hall, then a joint social with Peace and Harmony lodge and Victoria lodge. Signed by Simon Wills, President, and W. J. Treloar, Secretary. Adys advertise a 121⁄2 brand Cadillac priced at 1,680 dollars with a daily price drop through Aug 4, 1918, at 37-39 West Park and South Main streets.
In a fashionable residential block a new Corbin Copper mine emerges near Copper street and Excelsior avenue. Indications point to a large silver and copper vein with soon steady ore output. Modern electric hoists showcase cutting edge mining methods, contrasting with nearby older sites like Anselmo, Mount Moriah, and the former Morning Star mine. The city’s growth has edged mines outward, with the Smokehouse site absorbed by the Acoma building.
The Pony Moore Davey company delayed reaching Butte and could not perform yesterday at the Ansonia theater. The act will appear today and tomorrow with two shows, drawing crowds despite the earlier setback. Other features include During the Roundup and Pathe's Weekly. Educational Building the Chattanooga Power Plant and The Browns Study Astrology also shown.
The Orpheum program features Home Sweet Home as a headliner with The Pick Pocket a Vitagraph comedy starring John Bunny and Flora Finch. Flora plays a suffragette in trouble, her husband urges officers to take her to jail. The bill includes two Selig comedies and Lubin stars, with music and strong attendance noted.
A rambling 19th century column observes Butte life themes from new street-building and railties to fashion, boxing exhibitions, and old friends like Arthur Carson and Elias Siegel. The piece contrasts modern trends with pioneer days, reflecting on crowds, transport, and public taste.
The text notes the open date of a northern Pas te depot in Butte on September 10, 1906. It lists Ward's Peak at 10,371 feet, Mount Blackmore at 10,18? feet, and Bridger's Peak around 9,000 feet. It states the Colorado smelter as the first copper smelter in Butte, ore from Gagnon mine, and compares Montana’s average elevation about 3,800 feet above sea level to Nevada 5,600 feet and other states.
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