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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1900
Page
5
Big steel beams and girders rise for the roaster building as rapid progress marks the Anaconda melting plant site. Stone masons work on a 700 foot foundation while multiple crews lay tracks for the railroad grade and a village of temporary buildings grows on the hillside. A Sunday round trip fare of 1.00 from Anaconda to Butte is set to begin June 24.
Local retailer Conley Clague and Collins promote fresh stock at low prices. Features include picture frames wall paper paints glass and other goods with emphasis on new patterns and best value.
Philipsburg Mail reports Deputy Sheriff Morse learned a sheep herder Thomas English was killed near the Hatta mine in the Dunkleberg district. Coroner Ferguson and County Attorney Shull handled the inquest. English died of a gunshot wound and William Funk is suspected. Funk was jailed after a warrant issued. Reports say Funk and English had clashed over grazing. Milroy heard a shot nearby.
Republican voters will cast mass primaries next Wednesday evening to elect delegates for the county convention. The Deer Lodge convention is set for September 1. Primary locations in the city include 506 West Park avenue Evans' opera house 312 Oak street city hall Lincoln school 317 Chestnut 518 Birch 801 East Park Washington and Sixth streets.
Camping parties that have left Anaconda in large numbers over the past two months are returning in similar numbers. Heavy rains and continued cold weather have made mountain camping uncomfortable, and those who spent time in the hills and along streams are glad to be back at home by warm fires.
Rain storms over the past week have all but extinguished the Biz forest fire in Mill Creek district and other wildfires in the hills west of the city. Residents report fires are out and the rainfall a blessing for the watershed and timberlands.
Church services listed for Ana conda with Presbyterian and Christian church venues. No sermon due to repairs and organ erection. Sunday school at 12 30 in the Christian church. Christian Endeavor meets at 7 in the Presbyterian lecture room.
The Grand Army Encampment in Chicago draws heavy Northwest travel Aug 27 to Sept 1 1900. The Milwaukee line offers five daily trains from Minneapolis and St Paul to Chicago with half tariff round trips at $11.59 and return allowed to Sept 30. Tickets sold Aug 25–29. sleeping car reservations via C M & St P agents or J T Conley assistant general passenger agent.
Deeds yesterday filed list transfers including William E Thomas Jolver Wir Well and Parker to others for 140 acres in sections 20 and 21 township 5 north range 10 west at 8500 dollars. Also a lease on a placer claim in the Oro Fino mining district from Rm. W. Dunlap et al to John Schmidt for 65 dollars.
Dullbin Iown K. C. Stebbins, brother of Police Officer Frank Stebbins, arrives in Anaconda from Gravity Iowa. He plans to travel to Washington to invest in land and enter the blooded cattle business. He will stay several days to visit his brother, whom he had not seen in 17 years, as town trade remains slow with good crop prospects but low prices.
Edward Brooks pleaded guilty to burglary in district court and received a three year sentence from Judge Napton at Deer Lodge. He admitted taking a gold watch from the Thompson brothers’ cabin near Elliston after arriving from Seattle and seeking food. The judge also set juror panels and calendar items for September, with several cases and motions discussed.
The Postal Telegraph Company reports completion of a new cable linking New York with the Azores. The cable connects with the Eastern and Western telegraph systems for routes to Portugal Spain the Mediterranean ports Africa Asia Australasia and South America. The line is described as the shortest path to the Philippine Islands.
The 26th annual convention of the Christian churches of Montana meets at the First Christian church in Helena from Aug 30 to Sept 2. Railroads grant a one and one-fifth fare round trip on the certificate plan. A large and profitable gathering is expected.
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