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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
4
Local notes list numerous residents traveling to cities such as Los Angeles Chicago Denver and Kansas City. Partnerships and shops advertise offerings from The Crothhery to harness goods while several individuals depart for seminars, vacations, or family visits. church and civic events include marriages and upcoming sermons.
A long disputed report from the Montana Federation of Labor details anger over the failure to authorize a union label on school textbooks. Governor Norris appointed a commission that critics say misinterpreted tax text usage, defrauding workers. The document calls for political consequences against Norris and outlines measures on convict labor, wage acts, and jurisdictional disputes among Helena Missoula and Anaconda cement and building trades.
The gathering rejected a case, tabling it, as trades councils prepare after the convention to pursue settlement. Torin Taeclair of New York, national organizer for the Union Label League, outlined aims to organize the league statewide, staying in Montana a month. Delegates face extensive business, with a bill to convict labor on roads and a convic t law adopted after debate. The legislative committee was authorized to prepare bills on mine inspectors, six hour mining shifts, semi monthly pay, state development and sale of coal, municipal resale at cost, and property tax exemptions up to 1500. The convention expected adjournment tomorrow.
The American Automobile Association filed notice that Butte became part of its Northwest trail on the transcontinental route. R Bruce of the AAA Touring Bureau in New York reported the pass through Butte, completing a path laid out two years earlier and signaling two more tours along central and southern routes.
An effort to revive association football in Butte is proposed with five teams named Butte Cuy Butte United Butte Miners Plymouth Argyles and a Gaelic league pick. A plan for an England Ireland Scotland international match is hoped for at end of season. A meeting to organize is set for Sunday at 7 pm in Judge Donlan's court.
A 28 year old named Harry Van Quirk died after being thrown from a horse while harvesting near Wisdom. He sustained a severe head injury and died 14 hours later at the ranch house. The body was moved to Butte for burial. Jack Bray, a veteran horseman, and Montana pioneers gathered for his funeral in Bolte. Emily Brown’s family expresses thanks for sympathy and offerings after their loss.
Grace Me Church hosts a concert tonight for members and friends. Performers include Frank Erickson pupil at the state school for the blind Boulder Jack Deeble tenor Elle Dunston reader Emma Nelson soprano Wallace Wolfe reniers A Davis basso Helena Hicks soprano George Stevens tenor Dolores Naughton reader Lea Weise berg vieliny Clarence Conn basso Edgar Lowman tenor Alma Giduz accompanist.
The Hutte Motor Cycle club plans a Deer Lodge outing next Wednesday as the season’s feature event. About 60 riders will depart from 208 South Mass Street at 8 o'clock in the morning for a record run, with Tad O'Brien and Lt. L. Onig Wil making arrangements for major rites and ball games.
Fans and interested parties in Butte are invited to attend a meeting in Judge Donlan's district court department at the new jail building Sunday at 7 o'clock to form an assortation football league for the fall season. By order of the committee.
Amateur athletes of Butte form a temporary club to establish a Northwest Amateur Athletic Union key officers are chosen with John Lindquist as chair. Plans include clubhouse use at Columbia Gardens, gym for winter quarters, a September track and field meet, and a final bullfighting event on August 25 at McCarthy's gym. Public invitation extended for interest in the city’s amateur sports.
A Fountain Road proprietor reported a burglary after seeing a young boy, George Leptolle, crouched in a shed. She pulled him to the road, called police, and Leptolle was arrested on a burglary charge as revelry peaked nearby.
Land adjoining Luna Park, East of the park entrance, over six blocks, will be sold in a Friday morning auction. The tract offers lake views and proximity to Main Street and City water. Terms: 15 percent cash, SG monthly per lot, with 10 percent interest on deferred payments. A on site representative will show the property.
Dr Meyer was brought back from Seattle to face forgery charges and arraigned before Justice Furlong. He pleaded not guilty and a preliminary hearing was set for Tuesday August 20, with bond at $2000. Belle Sparger, a colored woman, charged with grand larceny, pleaded not guilty and will have a hearing next Saturday at Weldock. Her bond was set at $1.00 for stealing $73 from John Dee.
Isin Stokes and Mitc Alian Eva Spaulding were married by Justice Walter Furlong yesterday. Annie Sheehan and John T. Kelly served as attendants. Stokes, a popular employee at West Colusa, and Spaulding recently arrived in Butte from Minnesota.
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