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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1920
Page
5
Baseball game between A. C. M. and Timber Butte scheduled for 1 o clock features a Kelley 70 award banner recognizing Vigdor for safety efforts. The event combines sport with local honors, highlighting community values and school athletics.
Cornelius F Kelley of Anaconda Copper Mining will present the prize banner to the winning mine in the safety first contest as today’s final shift ends and field day ceremonies occur tomorrow. Several mines including Emma and Alice show strong records. Timber Butte baseball faces AC in a rescheduled 1:30 pm game amid crowded afternoon program. drilling contest entrants listed. Yellowstone park travelers report good roads and fishing with several Butte Helena residents noted.
The butchers union, first to join the invitation to cooperate with the Butte Chamber of Commerce, stated readiness to work with the chamber. The union and the chamber will promote local interests as the Wild West show at Columbia Gardens proceeds with afternoon and evening performances. Warning was issued to keep away from the animals’ section in the Columbia Gardens park due to risk to children. The chamber’s new quarters in the Pall Mall building on Park and Dakota streets are prepared, with trucks ordered to move equipment tomorrow morning.
The column lists rent pianos from Orton Bros and several birth announcements for August at various addresses including Gordon Whitman Avenue Spruce Street and Meaderville. It notes a 41 year reunion of the Peck brothers and mentions a Labor Day event at Washoe Park with a large dance hall and picnic grounds. Sidewalk projects on Hancock Avenue Burlington Street and White Way in Atherton Place will improve access to Hawthorne School and city traffic.
Butte businessmen Newland and Merriam unveil a new phonograph with a long wood fiber horn and dual tone chambers. Newland claims 18 years of work, patents, and cabinet excellence, with partners from American Piano and Apollo companies eyeing factory plans at 342 South in street and local distribution.
Silver Bow National Bank expands safety deposit capacity with 500 more boxes bringing total to just over 1,000. New steel furniture enhances privacy in private booths. The system uses double-key protection, with keys held by both patron and bank for each box.
Bow county issues a pamphlet inviting campers picnickers to White county park. It outlines camping rules fire safety guidance and directs visitors to nearby markets while urging longer stays. Butte Chamber of Commerce offers maps and road condition info at Park and Dakota streets.
City of Butte faces a $600,000 water bonds issue as district court weighs legality. City clerk and Floyd Johnson note inquiries rise amid a pending court decision. Bond sellers appear optimistic as market appetite grows and bonding firms show willingness to take on the issue.
The official sliver Bow primary election ballots were delivered to county clerk Sam L. Anderson. Ballots exceed three feet and list 110 Republican and 234 Democratic nominees for county and state offices. One hundred thousand regular and sample ballots will be printed. Notices go to judges and clerks in 81 precincts. Divorces granted Daisy Meehan from Lesroy Meehan by Judge Lau rday. Camel Picnic announced for Monday Aug 16 at Washoe Park, Anaconda.
On account of construction of the paved highway between Anaconda and Butte the road running south from the Morgan Evans corner is closed Traffic to Butte must turn east at the Three Mile house and go through Opportunity Traffic from Butte should take the Deer Lodge road to where the Opportunity road intersects Come to Anaconda by Way of Opportunity H Clyde Amesbury Resident Engineer State Highway Commission
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