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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1911
Page
22
Rescue efforts focus on sealing the Giroux and Alpha shafts after about 400 feet of timbering burned away. Foreman T. J. Gilmore, a victim, nearly escaped but was found near the surface with a lantern in hand, as steam core was forced down to extinguish flames.
The Coliseum dancing pavilion will undergo thorough renovations and be enlarged for the coming season. Changes aim to provide modern conveniences and rival Seattle’s Dreamland hall. Dancing nights return to Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday with Lew Kelly directing the floor and the city’s finest orchestra engaged.
Special Dispatch reports Helena August 25 where Attorney General Galen issues two opinions on liquor licenses. One response to County Attorney Greene of Great Falls holds no limit to licenses issued by county boards outside city corporate limits, rest on board discretion. The other to County Attorney Cotter of Townsend addresses licensure procedures for licensees.
A saloon within an incorporated town cannot use or transfer its license to operate at an unincorporated town. A liquor license permits business only at the specific place named on the license.
President Taft will deny himself to all callers for two weeks starting Monday. He will stay near the Myopia golf course and use his automobile for transportation. He is due to speak tomorrow to the Essex County Republican club in Hamilton, Mass. and may leave for Syracuse on Sept. 15 for his fifty fourth birthday.
Special Correspondence notes E D Swisher leaving Philipsburg Methodist church after summer preaching to resume studies in the East. Frosty ground but little grain damage. potatoes slightly injured. Philipsburg baseball vs Drummond planned for next Sunday with a chartered special train. Hall depot project starts replacing old box car setup. Washington reports Senator Dixon and wife heading to Maine coast. Mrs Prey heads to Montana. Adams to announce Havre land office decision tomorrow.
A well dressed man about 50 is found partially submerged in Deltic Creek near White Sulphur Springs. His clothing is Minneapolis made with a Lakeside shirt. he had seven dollars. He appeared to have wandered westward and fallen ill, possibly sheltering near a hay stack for days. Detectives will pursue identification.
Meagher County's second annual fair at Harlowton closed after a record turnout. The week featured a free barbecue speechmaking and events including horse races and kicking contests. In sports Roundup defeated by Harlowton 3 to 0 to claim Central Montana championship. Lewistown and Harlowton tied 5 to 5 in 13 innings. Roundup beat Moore 12 to 4.
Western Federation of Miners executive board approved supporting the Hurd eight hour law and authorized a vigorous effort to keep the bill from a public referendum. In Miles City R. H. Heane faced grand larceny charges, waived preliminary hearing, and was bound over on $1,000 bond, with remand to jail if not posted.
The record notes age cannot be stated yet due to possible unsettled accounts between Heane’s employing company and various debtors paid without records, which are not yet known to them.
In Miles City John H. Woodly was arraigned on stealing a bull from W. E. Harris in August 1900. After State testimony, he was held to district court on $750 bond. Also notes Batala, Walsh and Throop obituaries and local wells news from Lewistown and Miles City.
Artisans and settlers seek reliable artesian water as Miles City has many wells. An old German study links industrial accidents to Saturdays and Mondays, suggesting rest days may impact worker fatigue. A California inventor creates a machine to uniform knot hole plugs for lumber.
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