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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1917
Page
5
Montana anglers and hunters must wait until September 15 to begin waterfowl season per the Fifteenth legislative assembly. Open season aligns with this date and law prohibits December to September shooting of waterfowl and limits to twenty ducks per day, with penalty for violations.
Joseph D. Deranleau of Agawam Montana is visiting Anaconda this week as a guest of his sons Leon J. and Francis Deranleau. A 44 year old, he is the youngest of 21 siblings. His eldest sister is 69 and he has never met her. At a Montreal reunion the family and descendants totaled 56, preventing his attendance.
A city party including Mr and Mrs V J Applegate and son Fred Mrs W L Collins and daughter Fay Mrs A F Applegate Mr and Mrs J A Hastie Miss Mildred Allen Mr and Mrs D R Roach and daughter Katherine and Mrs Dr Russel of Spokane returned yesterday from an automobile outing to Yellowstone National Park. They all called the trip an ideal outing.
A list of individuals and couples from multiple states and cities including Chicago San Francisco Burlington Idaho Missoula Seattle and Denver appears in a local notice. The names include Gustav Muller R P Grubb Dr and Mrs Charles Dettman J C Glahl Mrs J B Ostrancer Mr and Mrs W H Spence J R McWorton J W Jackson Lutz Helen Wright L Eaves Jr and G F Martz among others.
Teachers and eighth grade examinations will be conducted in the office of the county superintendent of schools on Thursday and Friday August 30 and 31 beginning at o clock. MAY RUSSELL, County Superintendent of Schools.
Insurance offered by Wellcome and Durston company located at 110 East Park providing a range of coverage options for individuals and businesses including property, casualty, and life products. Local clients seek reliable risk protection and expert guidance.
Pauline Frederick stars in Nanette of the Wilds for Famous Players. The feature tale, set in the Loyal Canadian Northwest Mounted police world, follows a fearless male lead and the brave daughter of a Canadian liquor smuggler. Willard Mack wrote and acts in the production.
Anaconda and Butte Central Labor councils plan a big Labor Day celebration in Anaconda with a first time women only tug of war between Butte and Anaconda teams. Ten women per team, multiple teams possible, prizes of 29 and 20 dollars. Entry via local committee. winners face off after elimination rounds. Anticipated turnout includes Deer Lodge visitors.
Doug Fairbanks appears in the five reel comedy drama In Again Out Again at the Margaret theater last night. The plot follows a New Jersey youth mistaken as a dynamiter who is jailed by the county sheriff, falls for the sheriff’s daughter, and notes his staged arrest to stay near her. The show features daring stunts by the celebrated screen comedian and will be repeated this afternoon and evening.
A splendid dramatic program at the Imperial last evening featured Madam Bo-Peep with Leena Owen in a reading role. The plot follows a jilted man who becomes ranch owner by twist of fate, amid madness and jealousy, ending in romance. A later comedy His Widow's Might, with an all star Triangle cast, drew loud applause. the program repeats tonight.
Autoists on Sunday drive in the Big Hole report a fire at dawn that destroyed about 75 tons of hay owned by Charles Ralston. The stack lay in a field near Deep Creek, away from timber and road. Firemen consider incendiary origin possible with cigar butt as other theory. no forest fire signs observed.
The state fish car Thymallus, carrying Dr I H Treece T J Manley Hallam Williams and George Hartsell, departed last evening for Columbus to plant a number of cans of native trout fry in streams around the area.
Three Anaconda boys Robert F P Majors Joe A Kelley and Dewey Kelley enlist in the U S Navy and train in San Francisco. They send this poem praising the Yankee sailor, his roots, training, and readiness to protect Old Glory with brains and brawn.
The cattle tick alone is said to cause more than 200000 dollars in losses each year, underscoring the fiscal impact on livestock producers and related industries.
Eastern capital takes over the famed Cable mine in the George town district as operations resume. The once richest Montana gold producer, discovered around the same era as the first Atlantic cable, yielded vast fortunes to early owners including William Le Goullon and Salton Cameron, with a long history of tunnels, cave-ins, and spectacular ore pockets.
In a Brooklyn Eagle excerpt it is plain that Root and Kerensky agreed on the democratic potencies inherent in six feet of repe.
A regiment departs to fight the Hun, with farewells spoken in quiet resolve. Women hide tears and men mask feelings as soldiers commit to defeating the Kaiser, embracing the mission without hesitation.
Numerous briefs detail people leaving for visits in Seattle Salt Lake City Ogden and Chicago. business appointments across Deer Lodge Spokane Portland and San Francisco. dances and Rotary supper at Anaconda Country Club. local shop and post office moves and retirement notices. various residents and visitors listed with destinations and purposes.
Spokane Aug 27 An inquiry into the arrest of 27 Industrial Workers of the World by military authorities was held by Ernest P Marsh head of the State Federation of Labor and council defense labor committee chairman. Marsh conferred with city and county officials for three hours as to their role. The closed session was attended by W Dowler district president of the carpenters union and J G Brown international president of the shingleweavers union. The defense council labor committee executive members later met the central labor council which urged I W W release and Marsh’s resignation, which he declined. He said he was seeking facts for a report.
San Francisco August 27 The second training camp for reserve corps officers opened at the Presidio with 1500 men attending from California Oregon Washington Montana Idaho Nevada Utah Wyoming and Alaska. They began three months of intensive training for commissions. Examinations for those lacking qualifications start this week Col Fred W Sladen commander announced. Training will follow the first camp until new war department regulations arrive.
Washington reports Germany will conduct an active export trade canvass despite the war. Chauncey D. Snow, in Germany when war began, outlines aims to reach South and Central America Spain the Near East and neighboring markets in a memo to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
William J. Bryan said while touring the country the urge to back the government in the war is nearly universal. He noted newspapers focus on exceptions rather than the many patriotic citizens and stated there can be only one end to the war: the overthrow of Germany.
Ottawa reports weekly casualty totals exceed 1 000 with the noon list showing 27 fatalities and 33 deaths from wounds. The tally reflects intensified Canadian front fighting during the period ending this weekend.
Ruel Chandler of Ridgefield Washington, winner of the state's best garden last summer, again pursues the honor and currently tops his county. He cultivates 67 varieties of vegetables in his garden, more than at the fur counters.
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