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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1925
Page
8
Anaconda’s Postmaster Phil Daniels highlights the national shop early and mail early campaign. Christmas mail is rising and locals are urged to send packages promptly with return addresses to avoid loss, as peak season approaches next week. Posters and placards warn residents that Christmas delivery is near.
L. Be Smack and James Killeen of the Great Western Development Company, Argenta, visit the city. Smack says recent mining discoveries on the company’s properties will put Argenta back on the map, recalling its early seventies prominence. Development work continues and ore is being shipped by leasers.
Taxpayers crowded the Deer Lodge County treasurer and city treasurer offices to pay November taxes on the final grace day. Clerks worked to process payments, while officials estimated most county taxpayers paid on time, and the delinquent city list would be shorter than in past years.
David Johnson was freed after posting 500 bond for illegal deer killing and faces Justice of the Peace court. His brother William Johnson, also charged, remains jailed after pleading not guilty. no trial date set.
Coca Cola bowling team won three straight games against Goodfriend Clothing on Teacher alleys in the Commercial league. Petritz led scoring with 546 pins as the winners took two of three games, while the Wildcats were defeated.
Walter H. Tuchscherer acquired the Standard Drug store in Anaconda from a stock company led by Mrs. F. L. St. Jean. The buyer was out of town but is expected to run the business as it has been managed.
Ralph Erickson star athlete for the University of Idaho and pitcher for Anode team reportedly broke both legs in two places during the Idaho Creighton game last week. No further details yet received by friends in Idaho.
W. R. Lloyd was executed by hanging at the Oregon state penitentiary for the murder of taxi driver Clinton Baun in Independence. Lloyd, who confessed, died in Baun's car after the Sept. 1 slaying and was captured near The Dalles after his arrest.
Anaconda police court collected two fines yesterday. Jack McDonald jailed Sunday for speeding paid 10 dollars, and Enock Huckovich fined 10 dollars for fighting. A new loose leaf blotter system replaces the old book to improve accuracy and security of arrests and court dispositions.
The American Legion Minstrels drew a sold out crowd in Deer Lodge on Armistice night. The show from curtain to finale drew cheers for clever songs wit and jokes and sparked interest from nearby towns to host further performances under Powell county post auspices.
Two cars stolen from Anaconda Sunday night were recovered by Anaconda and Butte police yesterday. Charles A. Tescher’s car, taken from West Third Street, was found on Ash Street. Mrs. H. C. Gardiner’s car, taken from Main Street near the Margaret theater, was located by Butte police. Neither car was damaged and both appear to have been used for joy rides.
Funeral services for W. J. Dougherty, a well known Anacondan who died Saturday, will start at 8:30 AM at the family home 810 East Sixth Street and continue to St. Peter's church for a high mass at 9. The Bricklayers and Masons' union will attend in a body. Walter Dougherty Jr. will arrive from San Francisco for the funeral. Interment follows at Mount Carmel cemetery.
A balanced bill features Hip Raymond and company with pantomime and dance by Mildred Maison, Paul Braden’s humorous card tricks, Meyers and Nolan singing and comedy, Joe Baldwin and Harry Haley duo, James Wright and company with varied acts, finishing with the photoplay In Love With Love.
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