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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1924
Page
3
A fragment shows prices for shoulder pork steak at 25 cents per pound, shoulder veal chops at 16 cents, round steak at 10 cents, and pickled spare ribs at 15 cents per pound. The text is partially garbled with stray characters.
Silver Bow County plans to set its 1924 tax levy next Monday between 4 p m and midnight. The general levy may drop slightly to offset an increased poor fund to cover registered warrants and demands on the fund. The county tax base is 24 779 580 versus 26 023 865 last year, with assessed value at 100 469 185.
Silver Bow county lines up against proposed shifts in auto license and gasoline tax funding. Chairman Lou Freudenstein warns a change could force higher road taxes to cover lost county revenue. The county has received 54000 from auto licenses so far in 1924.
Andy Poulos faced three new counts for liquor law violations in district court with bail set at 1500 on one count and 2000 on each of the others. Judge Lynch ordered reliable surety and immediate collection from former bondsmen Mary Walsh and Louis B Chronos. An information also charged Orville T Duffy with possessing liquor at the One Two Three bar at 123 South Main Street following an abatement action.
Jane Cox claims in district court that the first year of marriage to Patrick B. Cox in Butte ended in abuse. She alleges repeated beating and choking within six months of the Oct. 15 marriage and seeks $190 counsel fees $50 suit money and $15 weekly support.
John L. Slattery, federal district attorney, holds no federal statute violated by Montana secretary of state’s refusal to place independent candidate C. Juttner on the U.S. Senate ballot. He notes no action για the U.S. attorney general’s office and sees no basis for further federal intervention.
The final contingent of Brown's Lake Camp Fire Girls left yesterday from the chamber of commerce. Thirty girls formed the departing party with a larger delegation to return later for new arrivals. Cars supplied by Butte citizens ferried the group to and from the camp. Nearly sixty girls will return home this morning after completing the two week encampment schedule.
A suit filed in district court by F. L. St. Onge and others seeks to stop Charles A. Blakesley from diverting water from Black Tail Deer creek beyond legal entitlements. The city of Butte is co defendant as landowner through which the water allegedly flows. The plaintiffs ask the court to compel Blakesley to show cause why he should not be restrained.
United States narcotics agent John Guerra received notice of his transfer to Minnesota headquarters in Minneapolis. He departed to assume new duties. Montana remains without a narcotic agent. Guerra has five years in government service and a strong record in Butte, Montana.
Butte reports Mr and Mrs W H Loper of Kalakekua Hawaii as the farthest travelers today. They registered at Yellowstone trail bureau and plan to continue toward Bouton this morning. They tour in a small auto bought in San Francisco and will sight the East before returning by train in autumn and boarding a liner at San Francisco for Hawaii. The 260 mile air hop between Christiania and Copenhagen takes three and a half hours with a stop at Goteborg.
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