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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1921
Page
8
Local notices report a busy period with guests and visitors from Butte Dillon and Helena, a park trip by a motor party to Yellowstone, and multiple business and social engagements. City services note ads for August sales, a dance at the K of C club, and Judy notices.
A rise in vandalism by youths across Anaconda prompts police and Sheriff Beal to intervene. Boys and girls, ages 14 to 18, damage trees, pick green crabs, and steal flowers from yards. Judge Winston and Sheriff Beal lecture offenders, warning of jail if misbehavior repeats.
The Anaconda Anglers club proposes a statewide close season for fishing and will submit the plan to voters. Ballots go out for return by next Wednesday at 6 pm. Members and nonmembers alike may vote on closing streams during spawning and specific dates to protect fish stocks.
Anaconda briefs report social visits from Bitter Root to Philipsburg Missoula and Butte residents in town. The Midgets defeated the Giants 18 to 4 with Guindon and Ryberg as batteries while Sullivan and McCaffery played for the Giants. Mr and Mrs M A McClure of Boston were in the city awaiting car repairs before continuing their summer tour to California.
The B A P railway runs special trains on Saturday and Sunday evenings August 6 and 7. From Butte trains depart at 8:00 p.m. and 12:45 a.m. From Anaconda departures are 8:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Service also noted for Bustle and Gregson with a midnight return to Anaconda.
The Anaconda Copper Mining company ran a free employment bureau in Anaconda to place hundreds of idle men in ranches farms and other state jobs after the April 1921 shutdown. Letters from towns across Montana show varied responses and ongoing efforts to match labor with construction harvest and farm needs amid broader downturns.
The Opechee Campfire Girls will host Rotary, Women’s club, and Boy Scouts this afternoon with open house from 2 to 10 pm. Guests will travel by auto from the city for a camp feast at the scenic Opechee camp near Georgetown Lake, with Miss St Jean and Miss Hayes organizing arrangements.
Earl Tucker's Anaconna Anones announce a Sunday afternoon game at Washoe Park against a picked Philipsburg team. Changes in the lineup aim for a good local show. only the second out of town game this season. A solid crowd of boosters is expected with a $0 gate.
A small, promotional notice explains a booklet titled The Proper Cure of the Feet. It promises simple ways to end foot pain, over perspiration, swelling, and corns, and notes that the guide accompanies Blue-jay Foot Treatment boxes. Requests for a free copy are directed to Bauer & Black in Chicago.
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