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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1905
Page
8
The Standard announces its land office is at 134 Higgins Avenue Missoula with telephone 118 advertising rates available on application.
Operators from the East abandon posts and strike organizers claim victory as trains run with delays. Superintendents report mixed conditions on the Rockies division while pickets and telegraphers in Missoula coordinate care for displaced workers. Kelley says East recruits quit under pressure and that strikers gained leverage by addressing men brought in from the East.
The note reports a search halted by failed telegraphic and telephone communications, leaving a missing individual unlocated. Officials indicate it is impossible to convey sad news until communications are restored.
Missoula Aug. 6 Tomorrow will see a pilgrimage of 10 or 15 Shriners from Missoula to Butte for a special ceremonial session of Algeria temple to be held there Tuesday. If all attendees compare with the Jolly fellows from Missoula, the meeting promises great enjoyment.
Missoula and Bonner teams met for a late season contest. The Hatheway Mute side fell 4 points short as Bonner led with a stronger defense. Despite the loss, Missoula players praised their hosts and noted a pleasant day and good treatment after the game.
The Carnegie Library of Missoula reports July patronage rising with 2256 total books loaned and 81 percent average daily circulation. Registered borrowers reach four thousand. non resident borrowers noted. Library sections show notable circulation across philosophy religion sociology natural science and literature among others. Mail orders invited to Golden Rule, Missoula.
Downhour an 18 year old, died at Blsters hospital this morning after a prior illness. An old timer in Montana, he arrived in 1866 and spent most years in Helena and Deer Lodge. He was well known locally. neighbors recall his steady presence in town. The notice lists local business references and a telephone contact.
Local report describes a celebratory gathering in Missoula Ang on the Spriv es site. Ole Trickson stages a ver show advocating prosperity through the year while crowds fill the neighborhood. A hospital visit and treatment are noted for a person from Urlin Avenue, and Dr Willard is referenced with a contact phone.
Members of the bar met at Ravalli hotel in Hamilton for a banquet after the Fourth Judicial District Bar meeting. Judge Woody presided as Murray acted as secretary, with wives and friends present. The dining room brimmed with flowers, the supper was abundant, and speeches recalled Montana legal life and patriotism.
Visitors from Helena, Butte and other Montana cities flock to Ravalli as cool evenings and green fields lure tourists. The upper valley train unloads pine lumber and loads new goods daily while Hamilton proudly hosts the Ravalli hotel, famed as a mountain retreat attracting travelers from New York to San Francisco.
Special Dispatch from Hamilton reports on community efforts to prevent animal deaths, arrivals of notable visitors like W Acheson of Helena, and routine town business. Frank Hemphill and others engage in clerical tasks, a marriage license is issued to WT Whiteett and Mrs Bara Pik of Stevensville, and Mabel Corley schedules August teachers exams. D V Hean visits Helena on business as Henry Hillman works on the Titer Toot stock farm. An incident leaves a man kicked by a horse. William Sievers’ burial plan follows a fatal accident at Amador caused by a dynamite blast injury aboard the Amador railroad.
A man who vanished near Willamn Alten near fay remains unfound as search parties comb the countryside. The case is described as highly unusual and continues to draw attention from residents and authorities.
An unidentified foreman or worker for the Northern Pacific died near the Columbia Gardens street car line by the trestle after a possible assault. Blood stains marked the embankment where he lay unconscious before the car struck him while descending. Police could not identify the man. a dated roadmaster order hinted at strike security duties. A note in his pocket named Dolgeville Wis Chronicle addressed to A J Wicks, but the dead man was not Wicks.
Stinger Campbell firm prospectors working with Engineer Rourke report solid rock footing across the river at Bonner. They found the rock so hard that piling cannot be driven without caps and stools. Delivery of caps awaited before further driving resumes.
In Dover Street New York August a clash between two Chinese societies left three Chinamen dead and several others fatally or seriously wounded. Police broke up the riot with many arrests, Hip Sing Tong blamed for starting the trouble in a seldom-visited Chinese theater scene.
Minow notes a surge of loads of hay entering the city for market. Ranchers report an exceptionally heavy season. Timothy and clover hay sold for $13 per ton on Saturday, indicating strong demand and prices.
President Roosevelt delivered a lay sermon at Oyster Bay on August 6, highlighting character building and duty to others. He spoke from Matthew, James, and Corinthians, urging charity, nonjudgment, and duties to neighbors, then read texts and closed with a final scripture reading before greeting Brotherhood members.
A Portland incident near dark describes a row boat with three occupants sinking after a launch struck it. Two drownings occurred as the launch crew failed to notice the unlit boat and did not attempt a rescue while one survivor helped the remaining passenger aboard. Names mentioned include Fred Steffense and Mabeline Ste, with Miss Lillie Third Kelsen aided from the water.
An envoy known for seasickness returns to land and is greeted by railroad staff. Officers note his difficulty keeping up as he interacts with a locomotive crew, embraces conductors, and retires to a hotel. The rest of the envoy’s party remains reticent during the stop.
Portsmouth reports all preparations complete for the peace talks. The large new naval stores building houses the plenipotentiaries on Tuesday with sessions in a center conference room. Government funds support quarters and staff while crowds flock to view the preparations and hotels fill with visitors and correspondents.
E B Dow was tried before Judge Smith for stealing a paint brush from W B Bessey and selling it to a second hand store to buy whiskey. He was fined $25 and, failing to pay, committed for 12½ days.
Petersburg crowds and morning papers track the Portsmouth peace talks with keen attention. The day’s chatter cites M Witte and officials as they await concrete news of a possible meeting, while Novoe Vremya predicts a shift to representative government and an end to Russian internal strife.
Secretary of State Elihu Root, then in Newfoundland fishing, will arrive Tuesday and stay a week. He plans a conference with the colonial ministry on the Bond-Hay treaty to seek a compromise to prevent enforcement of the bait agreement and grant the colony Asherien ad Wanlagen of the United States market.
A garbled ad references a remedy for dire distress and a Be sure Mim Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Twenty Five Genie Bottle appears in a long- faded notice. The fragment mentions Mrs Win Latine Panay and use across the world.
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