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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1902
Page
7
The Principal Branch Office of the Standard is at 28 Mast Broadway Butte Telephone 422. Advertising rates furnished on application.
King Lemaire Julius of Cleveland patents an adjustable opera glass handle enabling focus by a screw in the handle. Arranges Paris manufacture and attachment to opera glasses. Priced at 18 dollars in black Morocco or 25 dollars in white oriental or smoked pearl. A wide line of other opera glasses with handles from 12 09 to 20 dollars.
Butte citizens hear about rentals and sales of pianos, visits from out of town officials, business moves, and upcoming entertainment. Highlights include moves by Dr. Clifford and the Grand theater engagement, July plans, and the Welsh church fair which raised 580 for a future church building. Local officials settle sentences and a Western Investment company files articles of incorporation.
Modern Woodmen of America camp No 5805 held its annual election at the camp hall in Pythian castle on Thursday night. Elected officers include Venerable consul C N Davidson and worthy advisor T J Lane with others named as excellent banker George S Round clerk Lewis 4 Smith escort Charles W Dempster watchman W L Johnson seniority S Cohen and managers J C Oberem William Worth D W Brodie camp physicians T B Moore A W Corner A C Dogge J G Lobb and P H McCarthy.
The Y M C A in Topeka announced that the next international conference of the railroad Y M C A would be held in Topeka in May.
Jockey Joe Kane, known as the Crazy Dutchman for his stage roles, recounts a Texas Dennison bear ride near disaster after a balky broncho toss. He later recalls a Colorado Springs bear hunt with Fred Burns, where Kane claims victory in a humorous race against a bear.
At a regular Woodmen of the World meeting in Fidelity hall West Broadway officers were elected for the coming term Charles Lannin past consul commander H E Rooks consul commander J H Guerin advisor lieutenant J W Jaquette banker G J Langford clerk W F E Winn escort me We Kramer watchman Alfred Paynter sentry C S Westwick manager The clerk and banker serve one year while other officers serve six months Langford won clerk with 111 of 187 votes cast He has held the post two consecutive terms
This week at The on the $1 stock of leather goods features purses priced from 10 cents to a dollar. The collection showcases the latest designs, a splendid chance to buy a sensible Christmas present.
The Oregon Short Line Railroad will establish a pension system from January 1, 1908, for employees with 20 years of service who have reached retirement age. Pension amounts depend on continuous service and average salary of the last decade, with details to follow in a later circular.
The Elks lodge adds John M. Farrell to its memorial dead for 1902. A memorial service at Broadway theater at 2 pm Sunday will feature brief eulogies by T. Bailey Lee, John M. Dixon, and others, followed by a hymn, solos, and vocal numbers. Members meet at 12 pm for program familiarization and 1 pm for lodge procession.
A new overland limited rail service linking Chicago to the coast through an alliance of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Union Pacific will start January 1. Two trains will run Chicago to San Francisco with no car changes at Omaha and shared freight routing across lines, signaling a major transcontinental shift.
The Northern Pacific has dispatched surveyors to inspect a proposed extension to Nez Perce and Grangeville Idaho reaching the high plateaus beyond. The project would enable annual shipments of 090,000 pounds of grain and large hog and cattle cargos along with other freight.
J G Taylor, formerly the Montana division superintendent for Great Northern at Havre, is named superintendent of terminals for the Northern Pacific with headquarters in Winnipeg.
The Pfister in the Silver Bow block by Perry and Cook opens tonight as a first class resort for all. Hilliard parlors house 15 billiard and pool tables and J. McWinley will manage. Six new bowling alleys will eventually join as the project aims to be the state’s bowling HQ. A grand formal opening will follow once alleys are ready.
Special Dispatch reports a district court injunction case between John Berry and James Basiman over a division of the entry has been settled and the suit dismissed today.
Pueblo Colorado November 5 J M Smith a 36 year old rigger was killed and H W Bowman another rigger fatally injured at the Colorado Fuel and Iron company steel works when struck by a traveling crane seventy feet above the ground both workers were outrun by the crane as it moved over them.
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