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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
7
Partial OCR shows the principal branch office of the Standard at 119 North Mal Butte. Advertising rates furnished on application.
A compact gifts feature highlights in demand items, suggesting portable useful options. Legs Jeweler and Optometrist located at 20 North Main Street is noted in the display context.
Butte notes record numerous visitors and movers including W. D. Davis heading to Denver and F. G. Cora of Helena visiting. Residents such as Roy Sanger to Park City Utah and P. C. Harrington to Aspen depart, while James Gray of Dillon and Mrs. M. C. Young of Bozeman are staying or visiting. Several residents travel for visits or business to San Francisco Denver Los Angeles and Montreal with others staying in town for short periods. Henry Rundle undergoes cancer surgery locally, Lieut. W. E. Madden sails to Salt Lake on navy business, and a military-positive note mentions the Woman's Patriotic association meeting in Butte.
J C Masel aged 84 died quietly yesterday at 847 West Quartz Street, the home of his daughter. He came to Butte 22 years ago and leaves three children Mrs F 1 Dervin 8 D Masel and George T Masel all of Butte.
The Chamber of Commerce in Columbia Gardens will host a farewell ball next Tuesday night to honor soldiers and selected guardsmen. The Annaconda Copper Mines band will play military dance music at the pavilion, with streetcar conductors offering free rides for uniformed soldiers from 6 pm to midnight. Tickets will be distributed to draft boards to cover trips to American Lake training camp, with parades and escorts arranged for groups of 19 on September 5, 144 on September 19, and 143 on September 23 bound for military service.
George Baltimore and L. B. Cohn Co. of Butte reported the largest single order for Baltimore cigars, shipped immediately to fill demand in Butte Anaconda and nearby. Symons will visit relatives in Butte before continuing to San Francisco. In a separate case an inquest found John Sheskerin died of electrocution at the Butte yard after contact with a 2200 volt pantograph while moving engines.
George Lyman, proprietor of the Helena meat market, was in Butte yesterday. He placed 300 head of steers in basin feeding for the winter aimed at the Helena retail market. A. E. Franklin of Dilton is spending a few days in the area.
Butte council opened bids for excavation sewers and sidewalks with J J Kelly and John Axon among bidders. Playground funds were redirected to Thompson Park improvements as Granite alley paving was approved. Officials reported Skeber willing to settle a $500 offer in a $15 000 personal injury suit. Mayor criticized delays and vowed action. Requests for city employee raises and garage taxation were referred to committee.
Ottawa reports conscription became law as Justice Duff gave royal assent to raise 100000 men for Canadian divisions at the front. All Canadians 20 to 45 may be called, with unmarried ages 20 to 34 slated to supply the first troops. Premier Borden asked Sir Wilfrid Laurier to help name a tribunals board for exemption applications. Laurier urged harmony and loyalty to carry the law forward.
The Brooklyn Eagle reports on a dispute among Anaconda smelter workers over whether their action was a walkout or a lockout. The engineers union of Hutte debated the issue for hours and sided with a walkout. Tom Campbell's outlaw miners union sought funds to aid the out of work men but was rejected. The piece also reflects on monarchies versus republics and calls for democracy amid global unrest.
A Brooklyn Eagle note quotes optimistic figures on peanut farming as a wartime boost. Texas plans to raise acreage from 300 600 to 500000 acres, with peanuts valued at about $80 per acre. Vine hay and ground meal feed also cited.
Claud F. Fields, former secretary of the socialist party in Idaho, confessed in federal court that he deliberately failed to register for the selective draft. He was sentenced to one year in jail in Portland Oregon on August 29.
A lecturer argues sedentary work weakens endurance while a sharp exchange with a judge highlights how prolonged sitting diminishes stamina. The dialogue frames physical decline tied to constant sitting and lying.
Garbed in men’s clothes and traveling with “handlestifts” walking gear, Mrs A Leatke escaped Warm Springs asylum four days ago and walked about 26 miles along railroad tracks to South Butte. Deputy sheriff Melia found her in a worn Prince Albert coat and man’s hat, and she was jailed to be returned to the asylum.
A violent shootout erupted at the Tipperary dance hall in East Butte as a man alleged to be a bad man fired inside during a gathering. Patrons fled through windows amid panic while a deputy sheriff detained the suspect after the chaotic incident and ensuing arrest.
A private telegram to Copenhagen relayed by Central News from London reports serious rioting at Bjornsborg Finland where fighting between Finnish civilians and Russian garrison troops lasted hours. Several killed or wounded, as Finland’s assembly date and the Moscow conference press Kerensky to warn against reopening the diet and pursuing separation from Russia.
A comedy wrestling and boxing program featured at the Second regiment Mone tana national guard smoker in the School of Mines gym last night. Highlights included Harry Metropoulos vs Pat Connally, draws between Kelly and Private Gira, and an exhibition bout between Connelly and Gebhardt. Company KC arranged the matinee, with a note that Saturday night’s dance will occur without smoke.
War bond passage stalls as administration leaders curb rights to sell foreign bonds. House aims to act before next Tuesday or Wednesday. Republicans press to limit secretary's selling authority and seek dollar-for-dollar value. Debate to resume tomorrow with pushback on bond par.
The remains of Kenny Unpertakers lie in Walsh's parlors awaiting instructions for funeral services. J C Masel, aged 84, died last evening at his residence. funeral details and notices will follow in newspapers. Relatives and friends are informed to await further announcements.
The funeral of the late Himer Datfer will take place this Thursday afternoon at Richards funeral parlors under the Enterprise Lode. Interment in Mount Moriah Cemetery.
The funeral for Daniel Connors is at Daniels hilbos funeral chapel this morning at 3 o'clock, with mass at Holy Grows cemetery. The remains of Jona Hoerin will be moved from East Second Street to Montgomery, Minnesota, accompanied by his wife and relatives.
Local obituary note indicates M. J. Walsh Co Funeral Directors handling arrangements for a Bentam New Look Automob incident. Details on service dates or beneficiaries are not provided in the fragment.
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