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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1916
Page
8
Judge Whitty in police court yesterday fined El Joseph Justin Louis Cansereau and Felix Cancereau 50 dollars each with 26 days in county jail option. The men admitted gambling in a saloon on Wyoming Street and said they sang cards to raise drinks.
The South American ruling consigns closed register packages to Argentina awaiting customs inspection. The U S postoffice department warns bare notices to avoid embarrassment for consigners. The Butte post office received notice of the Argentine decision. Senders must inform customs officials and pay duties when required before delivery to the addressee.
Al Green left for San Francisco last night and will be away from Butte for several months. He plans visits to Los Angeles, San Diego, and Tijuana, Mexico to gamble on Billy Gemmell’s ponies at the Mexican track, accompanied by Harold Crary.
In the tour of California the plan may include a stop in Honolulu. wagers on Gemmell’s horse hinge on friendship. Green, dubbed the king of Davie-Daly, remains protected. His companion, the heir apparent, has earned a modest fortune from the venture.
Stopover privileges on tickets draw thousands who call Butte the most prosperous city in the country. M. R. Baysour, Northern Pacific passenger agent, says travelers from coast to coast buy tickets via Butte at excursion rates and get 30 days or as long as their tickets allow. They can ride trips to Yellowstone or Glacier National parks from Butte.
Albert Stephens aged 61 a blacksmith died Sunday at Lewistown He was a brother of The Stephens brothers who came to Butte two years ago from Lyndon Wisconsin The deceased is survived by his wife four daughters and two sons He was stricken with typhoid pneumonia several weeks ago The family moved to Lewistown two years ago
The Butte Milk Dealers association filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk. Four trustees were named H B Hirsh Frank Yeo Joseph H Grittin and Louise M Mater. The group aims to foster social and intellectual intercourse and mutual cooperation within the dairy trade. Also notes milk price raise by dealers. Valuable skins brought in include 10 coyotes, a badger 2 minks and 1 weasel from rancher H G Baker of Perce Creek valued at over 100 dollars.
Delinquent taxes for 1916 will be little more than half 1915’s total, with initial estimates at about 11 000. Final figures await a week, aided by higher wages and prosperity. many 1916 taxes paid early and redemptions on large properties. Judge Lynch division hears Teo & contractor suit over a 44.62 mechanic’s lien at Mayer’s 21 West Park.
Butte records show unusually few contagious disease cases in the past month with only one case of scarlet fever and none of measles diphtheria or smallpox. The last diphtheria case was October 27 and measles last November 8. Health clerks credit extra precautions and physician cooperation for the strong health record.
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