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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1900
Page
12
Missoula reports apple and plum crops far exceed earlier hopes with trees bent to the ground under heavy fruit. Visitors, including prominent figures, praise Bitter Root orchards from Hamilton to Missoula as a harvest paradise, urging others to see Montana’s productive landscape.
The county board met to fix levies for state and county funds including general stock inspector and indemnity funds and state bounty. The district added one mill to the school fund and set various funds for bond and interest. Cobban and Dinsmore announce sale of Orchard Homes and 240 acres adjoining Missoula for farm homes with terms and pamphlet requested.
A list of unclaimed letters remaining at the Missoula post office for the week ending August 24 1900 includes names such as Harry Ash Dally Bucher J Bridgman J F Cassel Jas Collins Mrs J Crane Prof Winter Cooper Tom J Davis Miss Jula Davis Mrs O Delpha Hawon John Mkerman J W Fosdyke Arthur Gibbs William Hughes Mrs Odelpha Hawon J Hayes John F Hayes G Hill Jacob Hostetter John A Jackson Mrs A Johnson Christ Lilje Green Dolphy Lavoie Joseph Lanjerven France McKinley Frank McGregor William O Brien William A Pinkston E B Quimby Charles Richardson James H K Rea Mrs A D Saunders Martin Tierney Miles Wilber J C C Zaner. GEO H KEEP P M.
Dick Rhoads, formerly in the fruit commission business in Missoula, is in town for a day or two en route to Wallace. He has traveled through San Francisco and New York, noting the climates along the way. His health improved briefly but the summer heat on the Atlantic coast worsened his condition as he longs for home.
The narrative notes a Wallace man bought a ticket home after a stay and arrived Sunday night. He intends to enter business in Wallace, and his Missoula friends express good wishes for his success.
The August 14 report notes recent showers cleared dust from country roads making driving and cycling pleasant. Local bi cyclists praise routes around the city Fort Missoula DeSmet and the nine mile old road race course. Bonner road improvements enhance trips to the Blackfoot mouth.
Missoula on North Second Street hosted Mont Downing's fifth birthday party Monday afternoon. Guests included Clara Likes Elvin Likes Winnie Ray Mary Gladys Small Edna Albee Irma Straub Leta Hazel Good Thomas Carruthers Ursul Conroy Winnifred Jameson Hazel Cranston Jessie Clyde Michel Agnes Jeffries Teresa Cara He'd. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served.
The Missoula golf club will hold a Wednesday night meeting at the Florence hotel to elect officers. An informal gathering tonight discussed the course layout and inauguration plans, with a Butte expert to design the course before play begins in earnest.
In Missoula on August 14 the eastern mail backlog grows as August Wasnouts disrupt overland trains. Stenographers expect heavy workload when accumulated mails arrive, with nearly a week of correspondence awaiting business men.
Filed for Record Missoula August 1. Instruments on file include a deed from Peter and O A Herg to Gust Lumigren for an undivided one eighth interest in the Democrat quartz lode mining claim in the St. Regis district. Also reports a cattle slaughterer tally for Fritz Koopman Co Missoula for April May and June.
Missoula and surrounding area residents engage in travel and visits. Charles E Bonner visits parents. Dr FE M Knowles state veterinarian in town. various locals return from Wallace Butte Helena and Montreal while others depart for New Brunswick and North Carolina. Clerks union to meet. hospital moves for Mrs Boos. water pressure test and a tack incident reported. river voyage planned by H McLeod family. census returns trickle in for county schools.
In Missoula, F W Shilling sues Sheriff Curran. Defense demurrer challenges the complaint seeking to strike lines on lack of proof of property value and damages. Meanwhile, Missoula reports a new Northern Pacific time card with minor schedule changes to through trains and branches, effective soon.
In Missoula on August 4 United States Commissioner Frank Morris of Hamilton and Judge presided as Frank Morris aided by witness Sands located in UMMONn 4 confirmed a map and found Sands who is wanted in the Peterson murder case. He returned home on the afternoon train.
August 14 district court spent the day securing jurors for the Peterson murder trial. A special venue of 20 more jurors was ordered as the regular panel proved insufficient and court adjourned until 9 oclock this morning. Peterson appeared feeble from confinement and the trial is expected to last at least two days. The report includes local visits, political notes, and business movements around Hamilton with several named residents and visitors in town for court and county conventions.
Dr. H. J. Riesland, eye specialist, will hold consultations at the Rankin hotel in Missoula on August 12 and 25. All glasses will be ground at the hotel and the consultation is free.
Missoula August 14. The school board will meet Wednesday night to take final action on the acceptance of the remodeled south side school building. The contractor has finished work and the building will be ready for the opening of the school year.
Missoula residents began departures for preferred hunting grounds in Bitter Root valley and nearby areas. John Plummer A W Woodworth and George Potts head to the Lolo for two days of hunting while B M Francis and Charles Dallman travel to Stevensville and Harry Thompson plans a solo trip to his favorite site.
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