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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1920
Page
2
Dillon anticipates a record Beaverhead Pow Wow with stellar west attractions, rodeo riders, and crowd-pleasing events. A $190 prize for best bucking horse and a weeklong lineup of band concerts and street dancing promise large regional turnout from Montana and Idaho.
Aug 30 Helena reports no demand for a recount of the census showing 12 037 for the city, a 478 drop. George L. Ramsey of the Helena Commercial club notes suburbs and omitted institutions explain the decrease and argues East Helena and several local facilities should be counted. Kenwood Broadwater Lenox areas house Florence Crittenden daycare Good Shepherd home Montana Deaconess and Joseph's orphan home.
Great Falls August 30 Stewart McPherson a veteran Great Northern conductor with 27 years service and long experience on the Great Falls to Butte passenger run has left for Marcus Washington to assume the position of trainmaster of the Marcus division.
Harry Gilbert of First National Bank was taken to Butte for surgery yesterday and is recovering well after the operation. A light snow flurry covered Dillon, with higher elevations seeing notable snowfall. Pioneer Bert Gray of Bannock died aged, funeral held in the old territory capitol, Bannock cemetery interment.
Libby community committees rush to ready the September 10 event at the opera house. Exhibits from local gardens kitchens and farms will be shown with home talent entertainment planned to make this the big api best fair ever held in the area.
The sixteenth annual Montana state tennis tournament opened in Great Falls with 31 out of town entrants. Rain limited play to one match today. Notable visitors include Alfred Karested, Kenneth Simmons, Mrs Karsted of Butte, Dockery, Paul F. Meyer of Lewistown, Payne Templeton of Lewistown, Ralph Bancroft, P Hi Fallows of Cascade, J F Kumptm and Gerard Kyzek of Conrad.
A discovery well in Mule Creek field eastern Wyoming 100 miles east of Salt Creek and near the South Dakota line sparked renewed drilling. The United States Geological Survey reported 10 subsequent wells along the southeastern anticline soon producing 125 to 150 barrels daily of high grade oil.
Great Falls August 30. A conference on the coming campaign for two Democratic ticket partisans was led by gubernatorial candidate B. K. Wheeler. Attendees included W. W. Palmer Harlow Pease supreme bench candidates L. S. Irvin attorney-general candidate M. McCusker congress candidate Second district Ole Sanvik state auditor candidate R. Bruce Martin Nonpartisan league organizer D. J. Ryan Cascade county attorney Joseph Kirschwing Wheeler aide. Wheeler to Lake McDonald for rest after arduous primary effort.
Helena Montana reports a population decline of 478, a 3.8 percent drop to 12,037. Utah shows a large gain of 76,095 to 499,466, a 20.4 percent rise. Pueblo California falls by 1,487 to 42,908 and Los Angeles and Pasadena totals are revised higher.
Secretary Colby met with Mrs. Corless leading a New York women’s delegation and said he would consider interceding with Great Britain on behalf of Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney, though he gave no promise. The delegation urged action amid a broader boycott threat against British ships and trade.
London reports feathered gowns are the fall fashion surprise. Exclusive customers view dress models in capucine charmeuse with cock feathers. Capucine denotes a copper shade and feathers appear in clusters at the waist while sash draperies bear tufted feathers.
The Montana conference announces major Methodist clergy reassignments. Rev. George D. Wolfe leaves Mountain View in Butte after a 10 year tenure to lead a church in Billings for altitude needs. Rev. J. O. Randall of Billings will replace Wolfe, while Rev. W. A. Parkinson moves to Mount Bethel and Wesley churches. Multiple pastors remain at current posts, with a broad slate of special appointments across districts and campaigns.
Hearings reveal Republican officials claim a $4 million cross country campaign fund with $1 million for state committees while Democrats cite smaller past spending and accuse excesses. Hays and Cummings defend budget plans and discuss funding controls, with partial testimony on contributions and alleged propaganda finances.
Report notes illiteracy felled from eighty to forty percent as Soviet units organize libraries and weekly political lectures. Wives of officers and vast baggage trains accompany troops while many resist Bolshevik life citing loss of family stability. A former Austrian officer now in Red forces praises the system and its discipline.
Salt Lake City August 30 Congressman M H Welling of the First Utah district was nominated by acclamation by the state democratic convention to oppose Senator Reed Smoot, renominated by Republicans last week.
Senator Hiram W. Johnson will leave San Francisco mid September for a national tour in support of the Republican ticket. In a statement he denounced the League of Nations as an offensive and defensive alliance and said the long fight is won while voters will still decide the issue in November.
The first inter continental air mail has been established by the French between Paris and Brussels. Letters will be transported between France and Belgium by air for 15 cents. Other air mails are to be arranged between Paris and Rome, Madrid, Geneva, Vienna and Budapest.
Washington reports Americans with German or Austrian roots seek guidance on when relatives may enter the United States under wartime restrictions. Entry is limited to compelling cases via visas issued by American diplomats abroad or the State Department, with categories including business necessity, dependent elderly parents, and naturalized citizens’ spouses. In 1919 only 52 Germans and 53 Austrians were admitted. 1914 totals reached 35,734 Germans and 278,152 Austrians.
Lieut R R Fox a New York City pilot and Corp H J Cornet a Pennsylvania mechanician went missing after taking off Saturday in an army airplane. Air planes and eagle boats are in pursuit. Their craft was last seen entering a cloud bank above Molokai island.
A Seattle woman describes dramatic health gains after starting Tanlac. She details years of stomach trouble, poor appetite, gas, pain, palpitations, headaches, dizziness, insomnia, and weight loss, then reports improved appetite, no gas, stable nerves, better sleep, and regained strength. She credits Tanlac and notes local availability through Fuller Drug Co. in Anaconda and Newbro Drug Co. in Butte.
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