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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1905
Page
9
Butte voters will not have a new registration list for the September special election if they registered last spring for the municipal election. Those who moved must transfer their name to the new ward. Registration books open August 30 for those who did not register last spring and changed residence.
A man labeled Cross was found guilty by Judge Doran in a county court trial without a jury for taking items belonging to his employer, with defense claiming authority to collect money and misdirected funds. Sentencing followed as the judge ruled on the petty larceny case amid testimony about embezzlement and missing cash records. The article also notes railway notices and local advertisements interspersed with the legal report.
City council discussed dog license enforcement and fines. City Treasurer reported several owners had not paid, with some paying after warrants issued. Officials expect substantial revenue unless more owners comply.
Large damages reported to the Missoula gulch storm sewer with walls and roof sections washed out in seven or eight places. The most dangerous spots are Broadway and Park and Granite and Park where walls and the roof cave in, endangering street traffic along the tar trade routes. The sewer runs from Quarta street to Galena and is built of stone walls and brick roof.
Justice Do Fan dismissed the charge against Dr H G Depew for practicing medicine without a license on motion by Assistant County Attorney Denny citing insufficient testimony to convict. Depew is linked with a Butte medical institute. The piece also notes a Northern code round trip fare change for Miles City to Bozeman to Missoula for the interstate fair August 28 to September 2 with Butte origin fare at 2.95 dollars.
In Butte a local store boasts a wide trunk selection with well made, durable styles at lower prices. The ad promises better variety than three other shops and encourages customers to compare quality and finish before buying.
Fragments urge readers to stop grinding for wages and strive to own a home. A call to action directs to the office for more details about seizing independence and land ownership opportunities.
Vlathead Reservation Information Agency offers swine vacuum and land deals with prices near nothing, promising rich homesteads worth thousands. Locations listed include Helena, Missoula, and Butte offices with agents O'Brien, Packer, Tibbits, Darcy, and Small urging quick action.
John Barrett, then a Portland reporter, became minister to Siam after a scheme by Bunco Jim Kelly to shanghai him failed. Kelly, a notorious shipworker, plotted to abduct Barrett on a voyage to the Orient but Barrett reached Siam and rose in diplomacy. Kelly is serving a life sentence for murder.
Sunday school at 12 45 p m and 2 p m at Immanuel Church with evening services and meetings. Walkerville mechanical church holds 10 15 a m worship and 11 a m sermon by Mrs Joseph Treloar of Butte. Sabbath School 2 30 p m Epworth league 6 30 p m public worship 1 30 p m sermon by J J Stephens of Centerville. Henry A James, pastor.
Meaderville Methodist church announces no morning sermon with class meeting at 11 a m Sabbath school at 230 p m Epworth league at 630 p m and public worship at 780 p m Sermon by Joseph Treloar of Butte Henry A James leader castor service noted.
Ed Maule and brother David, former Butte businessmen, are visiting after a decade away. Maule recently lived in Oakland then Ogden, where his wife joins him as he plans a career change. Also notes the death of Sirs Hanna Willman at 33 and a funeral set for Sunday morning at 10 from the family residence near Recept House, with Rev. J W Nyvall officiating.
Local church notices list Trinity Methodist and several other congregations in Butte. Details cover service times from morning to evening, Sunday schools, youth gatherings, prayer meetings, baptisms, and choir events. Also noted are locations, pastors, and a Finnish church service.
Christian Science services led by Miss Alice M. Peck will be held in a Jewish synagogue at the corner of Galena and Washington each evening at o'clock. C 8.B. reader and Cariatian Science services noted in the extended notice.
A Las Vegas fire on Aug. 7 caused about 10 000 in losses, with Roy G. Butler former Butte man now in Las Vegas furniture business suffering nearly half the damage. Butler had purchased stock from E. E. Neeley and George E. Neeley and added his Mog Ey stock, creating a furniture supply in the two story, 80 by 20 foot building.
Arthur Dawes resigns as chief clerk in the Butte office of the Oregon Short Line after one year and will be succeeded by Con St Clair of Montana. Dawes will join A H Wethey’s Clark mining interests in Diamondville Wyoming. St Clair is a veteran railroad man with deep knowledge of the Oregon Short Line operations.
Roy Cobban, under sixteen, and companion Sidney George, also about sixteen, toured the East using earnings from Nugget placer digging near Eighteen Mile House. They funded trips with gold dust saved from sluicing, built a scarecrow to deter wildlife, and plan a return home without telegraphing for funds. They caution others seeking easy money may be left behind.
H. C. Wilson, agent for Oregon Short Line, announced a final Butte to Salt Lake excursion for this warm season. The train leaves Butte on September 9 under existing fare and ticket limits. This will be the fourth such trip this summer, with past runs meeting expectations despite Portland fair impacts. Wilson notes high passenger counts and says these excursions are the only ones from Butte that pay.
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