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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1916
Page
2
A dispatch from Arizona notes the Second Montana contingent in Douglas trains daily, excelling in drill and discipline. Capt. Perry and officers tend to hospital care during a bout of enteric fever, while intercompany games and successful horseriding tests boost camp morale amid improving weather and evolving camp routines.
Washington Aug 10 Montana receives special consideration for site of an experimental farm and vocational training school by the Friends of Childhood society founded by Miss Caroline Dawes Appleton. The plan includes homes with schooling, and vocational instruction for children 12 to 18, with emphasis on agriculture and stockraising. appeal for money and clothing and for foster parents. Senator Walsh among Montana supporters, and a national exhibition in the capital is proposed. Contributions to Mrs Caroline Telegraph? founder Friends of Childhood at Union Trust Building Washington.
Mayor John A returns from Bozeman Australia and discusses an annual sale of bonds while in St Paul he met President Hannaford of Northern Pacific about a new passenger depot. Claude Lowder sustains a fractured leg after a horse incident. Funeral services held for Tennis Thompson. remains shipped to Sims North Dakota with sisters Nordquist and Thompson attending. Mrs W B funeral attended by many friends.
Aug 1 Boulder A contract awarded to Nelson and Peterson of Butte for a $15000 bathhouse and plunge at the springs. Building will cover a large swimming tank and 60 dressing rooms with sanitary fittings and copper lining. Thomas Clausen of Seattle to supervise construction. The bathhouse will adjoin the hotel and sit facing south with brick tile and ironwork features.
Deer Lodge notes a visiting party from Butte including Mr and Mrs John D Ryan and Mr Berne along with Mr John Cotter and Mrs D J Hennessy. A private car with H Sander, a New York financier, traveled eastbound with W Thornton of Amalgamated with them. Charles Witt and family plan to move to Livingston. Maxine Saint and her father Tittle return from Beattie. William Krump and spouse, recently wed in Butte, were welcomed home with a rice shower. The Athletic Girls of San Francisco schedule a game with Deer Lodge. Local residents Joseph Blessinger William Wal tage Jens King of Garrison and others transact city business.
Hamilton news notes visits by George Walden a former resident returning to Bitter Root. Chilcotte from Darby attends business. CTE. Smith of Centerville Utah, with Montana Utah Sugar Co, leaves for nursery duties but plans return. W G Smith Republican county commissioner candidate visits, busy with grain crop, postponing campaign activities.
Great Falls August 10 Arthur W Matthews 28 was electrocuted this afternoon while shearing a narrow strip of sheet steel in the Holler shop of the B and M Smelter. The steel curled struck an electric wire cutting it off and taking the circuit that caught Matthews. It is the first fatal incident at the smelter in three years. Matthews leaves a wife of one month.
Mrs Elizabeth B Hoffman wife of former State Senator C W Hoffman prominent in Bozeman social life and St James Episcopal church died at home on Tracy South after a lingering illness Born Penfield New York Sept 27 US 1869 Married April 27 1869 in Buffalo They had two children Eugene B Hoffman of Washington DC and a daughter who died in childhood Survived by husband and three grandchildren Funeral at St James Episcopal Friday at 1 a m There is a note about Montana Retail Merchants Association convention and voter totals in Gallatin County but the readable obituary dominates the item
The United States Geological Survey reports on the Colorado River and its uses for irrigation power and transport. It notes Grand Canyon discovery by Maj. J W Powell in 1869 and highlights towns like Grand Junction Farmington and Yuma. The report traces development since 1889 and discusses cross-border issues with Mexico. It also cites $70,000,000 in annual crop damage from insect pests.
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