Butte Current Notes Briefs and Local Ads
A dense column of brief items covers store ads and small notices in Butte. Mentions Orton Bros., Lisa’s wine shop, Sherman & Reed cabs, Clothery suit sale, Walker’s liquor curio display, Osmundo cigars, newsboys auxiliary meeting, jeweler Mayer, Yegen Bros. interest payments, Hilton Glass shows, and various travelers and local officials. George Stamos pleads guilty to third degree assault and pays a fine. Several residents plan trips to Seattle, Glacier National Park, and Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisa’s
Sherman & Reed
Walker's
Newsboys
J. R. Wharton
Mayer
W. Park
Yegen Bros
Bankers
Garry Garretson
Anaconda
Williams Boys
Tot
Hallam
Wein
Kerrisxan
Ke. A. Hardcastle
Big Hole
Kenry Junce
Walkerville
Butte
Seattle
Stanley Cavanaugh
M. J. Cavanaugh
Glacier Prevonet Park
Carey Woman Dies After Opiate Overdose at Home
Evidence at coroner inquest showed Minnie Carey of 306 West Quartz Street did not intend self harm and likely took an opiate overdose during a personal crisis. Witnesses testified she was accustomed to using the drug for pain and died eight hours after the dose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Carey
West Quartz Street
Moose Lodge officers to visit Prison City lodge tonight
Loyal Order of Moose officers will drive to Deer Lodge with five lodge members to initiate a class into the Prison City lodge. The start is at 6 30 in four automobiles. Also note Bouchers sale prices and window displays at 37 39 West Park street. Adv Summer sale men s Oxfords five dollars values two ninety five at Everybody s shop 189 West Park street Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Focal Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose
Deer Lodge
Prison City
Boucher
West Park Street
Adv
Engineers Name Committees For The Montana Meeting
Plans to entertain mining engineers during the American Institute of Engineers visit to Butte August 18 to 21 are announced with several local committees named. General, program, transportation, entertainment, and press roles cover Butte Great Falls and Anaconda events with chairmen and members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute of Engineers
Butte
C. W. Goodale
J. C. Feebles
R. A. McArthur
B. H. Dunshee
Samuel Barker Jr
J. H. Klepinger
M. W. Krejci
Arthur Crowfoot
J. P. Mathewson
Fred Laist
E. M. Dunn
C. D. Demond
L. V. Bender
H. S. Ware
H. l. Welsh
Devastation After Storm Hits Circus Grounds
Power company crews work to install new transformers so pumps can operate again. At Circus Panle near Ringling Circus, winds ripped a 49 foot long canvas slit as crowds watched. Operators kept the crowd calm despite the threat and prior storms in Connecticut and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Power Company
Ringling Circus
Connecticut
Ohio
Butte race track fight ends in fines for owner and jockey
W S Heath owner of Pajorita Gretchen G and other horses and jockey Ed McEwen faced Judge Booker in a police court for fighting in the Butte hotel barroom. Heath fined 25 dollars and McEwen 10 dollars after conflicting testimonies about the incident tied to a recent race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Heath
Gretchen G
Booker
Ed McEwen
Heath
MeeEwen
Butte Hotel
McEwen
Butte
Chief Murphy
Roberts
Helena
Western
Coourn
Murphy
Cadillac five passenger car for sale in Butte
Notice of a 1913 brand new five passenger Cadillac offered at 511 South Main street Butte for 1670 dollars on the fifth day of August 1913. The price drops 19 dollars daily until sold. Ady invites inspection and purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Main Street
Butte
Wolfe to Enter Montana Ministry in Montana Conference
Charles F. Wolfe of Detroit will move to Montana to join the Montana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church and receive local preacher license. Archie Tregidga also received a local preacher license. District Superintendent E L Mills led the Mountain View church quarterly conference where resolutions urged Bishop Lucecock to keep Rev George D Wolfe at Mountain View for another year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Wolfe
Detroit
Mich
George D. Wolfe
Montana
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mountain View
Archie Tregidga
E.L. Mills
Lucecock
Wolfe
Bozeman
Old Fashioned Cleanup Sale Leads at Bouchers Tomorrow
Advertisements promote a genuine cleanup sale at Bouchers with everything in store reduced. Homer Hindman, 56, died suddenly. his remains to White's parlors and then Whitehall for burial. Martha Eileen Wilson, one year and one month old, died at home near Eighteen Mile Hill. remains to Butte for interment in the family plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Hindman
White
Whitehall
Martha Eileen Wilson
Alexander Wilson
Wilson
Eighteen Mile Hill
Butte
Advy
Butte-Alex Scott mine hits main vein at 1 900 level
Development work at the Butte-Alex Scott mine reaches the main vein after 205 feet of cross cutting from the shaft. The vein averages about 12 feet wide, with copper content around 64 percent and silver about 1 ounce per ton. Connection with West Colusa shaft at 1,900 level completed. plans target 300 to 400 tons daily by October as development continues on 2,200 level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte-Alex Scott
J. Stone
West Colusa
Copper prices drive early ore production push
The speaker notes that advancing development work now, during low copper prices, will enable higher ore output when copper prices rise. This policy aims to boost production when it becomes economically viable.
Police Judge Quits Council Over Criticism
Police Judge Archie Seig handed his resignation to the city clerk after last night’s Walkerville council meeting amid accusations of leniency toward offenders. The council deferred action until next week while the judge disputed the criticisms. City Clerk Holbrook praised the city books and received minor state examiner suggestions. Mayor Binney and Holbrook said efforts to improve the Hennessy barn failed and the fire marshal will be appealed to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Seig
Walkerville
Holbrook
Joe Binney
Hennessy
Back From California and Varied Experiences
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Gunn and daughter Lois have returned from a two month trip to California and other coast states. An electric car wreck near Los Angeles is the only negative event. otherwise the journey was pleasant. In California the Gunns noted San Diego’s expo preparations with ten buildings underway and emphasis on permanent park improvements. San Francisco plans focus on filling tide lands for the expo site, with improved land reverting to private owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Gunn
Lois
California
Los Angles
Last Clew to Thornton Hotel Holdup Is Gone
Under Sheriff Smith ordered the release of Wilcox and Cowdery, two suspects held at Deer Lodge in the Thornton holdup. Officers say they have linked the Duffy saloon holdups to a known crew. Joe Monahan, 30, crippled, was jailed for trying to pass a worthless $25 check in South Butte saloons and admitted the offense. Otto Teorell, 25, was active in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Wilcox and Cowdey
Deer Lodge
Thornton
Joe Monahan
South Butte
Monahan
Otto Teorell
Track tout arrested after betting ring winner incident
A wager at the race track yesterday ended with a winner chosen for a stranger and the bettor detained by Chief Murphy for touting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Murphy
New hand in pocket leads to arrest at race track
Terry Lennon of Butte felt a stranger’s hand in his left pocket at the race track betting ring. He held the man until Under Sheriff Smith arrived and arrested the accomplice. In jail, prisoners named H. Troy and Abe Warek. The men, race followers, are charged with attempting to pick pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Lennon
Butte
Lennon
Smith
H. Troy
Abe Warek
Notice to Merchants by Husband in Butte 1913
Matthew J Hammond of 538 West Galena Street Butte Montana issues a notice that he will not be responsible for any bills or debts contracted by his wife Mrs. Matthew J Hammond who has left their home dated August 5 1913 Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Harvey Smith
Front Street
Silver Bow Creek
Harrison Avenue
Light Company
Matthew J. Hammond
Galena Street
Butte, Mont
Ady
Harvesters In Demand Across Plains States
Fifty six thousand six hundred laborers will be required to harvest crops in Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Kansas Nebraska and Montana based on figures compiled by railroads from reports of their agents at line points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Dakotas
Kansas
Nebraska
Montana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Butte News
the Standard
East Broadway
Independent Telephone
Orton Bros
J. (. Conkey
Ravalli Republican
J. H. Phillips
Office State Savings Bank
Fhones- Onice
B. T. Manlove
West Chanite Street
Eugenie Manlove
Great Northern
Glacier National Park
Elizabeth C. Brunshaw
Silver Bow Club
M. W. Crystal
Milwaukee
Alaska
the Clothery
North Main St
Panle
Circus
Tout
Granite
W. W. W. Ring
Towle-Winterhalter
Bannifingo
Boucher's
Mose Linz
N. Main Street
Alex Scott
Quits Council
Thornton Hotel
I. Simon
N. Main St
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