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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1922
Page
6
The Montana Pioneer prints a bizarre ad for a horse described with many flaws yet offered with a factory-like guarantee. The seller notes 16.3 hands tall, odd temperaments, ribs visible, and a questionable state of repair, asking $12 or $19 with halter extra, via the Pioneer office.
Walter Nelson of Butte visits Livingston. several residents return home from Green Bay Wis and Billings. Kiwanis luncheon speakers discuss Yellowstone assets and railway car construction. Northern Pacific park-to-park rail plan eyed between Livingston and Great Falls. Library board appointment and local social Bridge party noted.
W. W. Cheeley and T. J. Hocking have bought the interests of O. F. Wadsworth Jr. and H. P. Raban, becoming sole owners of the Montana Newspaper association. Raban takes over the Cheeley Rahban syndicate and will collaborate on syndicate features. Hocking gains Wadsworth and Raban interests effective January 19, 1923.
A detailed social column reports aWomen Guild bazaar at People's church on Harrison avenue with varied entertainment led by Edith O Leary Lucille Van Orden Martha Bowden Leta Walker and others. It notes bridge luncheon at Mrs George Bowens 2525 Bayard street and lists attendees and hospitalities. It also lists upcoming canvass drive at the church with hot supper social hour promises.
The skating rink at the old ball park, supported by the Menderville McQueen addition of the Rocky Mountain Garden club, will open for winter sports with aid from the Y M C A. A dance at the Leonard mine gym is set for Wednesday December 13 under Meaderville Young Men's club patronage with the Twentieth Century orchestra. George Steffani, a Meaderville merchant, is ill but not seriously. Mrs Rebecca Downing of Main street is recovering from a severe cold. The Ladies Sewing Society held a meeting at Mrs J K Pearce’s home to plan a bazaar. Sarah Michelotti, now at Pipestone Springs, visits Meaderville.
The Lewiston refinery completed a high yielding test on two tank cars of burst crude oil with a 30 percent crude yield and 15 percent high grade kerosene. Officials say the gasoline surpasses national peers in quality. Sheriff raids occurred in Lewistown and Moore with arrests in Lewistown and no liquor evidence in Moore. Local officials filled vacancies in police court and alderman posts amid resignations and a murder case motion in district court.
Charles Richardson, pioneer resident of Beaverhead County and longtime Polaris storekeeper, is critically ill after a paralytic stroke. He came to the county in 1880 and has lived in Dillon and other sections for decades, with many friends across Southern Montana notified of his condition.
The Winter Sports Club at Bozeman Montana State College aims to further student interest in winter sports. Membership is open to faculty as well as college students.
The First National Bank of Poplar resumes operations under a reorganization led by Sam M. Strand of Minneapolis and E H. Helgeson of Plentywood after a year of closure. Marcel wave inventor Marcel is 70, living retired at the chateau Theil in the L'Kure department in France.
Louis P. De Prata was found guilty by a district court jury in Great Falls after a sensational divorce trial. The defendant acted as his own attorney and denied the cruelty charges while his wife Lulu Eva De Prata testified to threats and assaults, including a bloody nose and forced displacement from housing. Previously known in Butte for fraternal work with the Modern Brotherhood.
The Montana Association of Commercial Organizations secretaries will meet in Butte on December 11 12 and 18. L E Jones secretary of the Great Falls Commercial Club will attend along with delegates from other cities to discuss vital club matters.
A Boulder bulletin covers a 24 hour bilgravad storm threatening stock losses as horses seek feed in town. It notes 10 below zero, local marriages including Robert James Hay and Clelia Clementine Carmpana, and visits by Helen Dairy of Miles City. Local updates include radio concerts at Boulder Hot Springs and a sale of handiwork by the state school for the deaf blind and feeble minded. Belated obituaries report the death of Mrs. A Belcher in Long Beach Cal.
John Farris publisher of the Conrad Observer and W F E Lepper, formerly with Shelby Promoter's mechanical department, announce Shelby will launch a new weekly publication within a fortnight.
Reports from Missoula say a vast timber belt in the Clearwater basin and 200,000 acres controlled by the Weyerhauser interests will drive a Missoula Lewiston railroad over Lolo Pass. A jaw dropping saw mill plant to process 250 million feet annually and a $10 million rail and mill complex are planned with construction likely to start within 60 days.
Special Dispatch reports Craig Corneil a leading Beaverhead resident was found unconscious in the garage of his country home after starting his car in a closed space. He suffered a head wound and blood loss but was reported in favorable condition with hopes for a quick recovery.
Dillon reports a festive downtown with gaily decorated windows and well displayed stocks. Business men note brisk demand for holiday articles and predict one of the strongest Christmas seasons in years as residents buy earlier than in the recent past.
Dillon records a double obituary with Mrs Sylvia Stone dying at 45 from heart trouble after living in Dillon two years and William Wallace known as Dad Wallace dying from a paralysis stroke near McHessor Creek aged about 72. News notes include local movements of Sam Ditty and attorney Calloway, a two year old death, record cold reaching 17 below, two inches of snow, and forecasts of continued cold weather.
Special dispatch from Algeria notes the temple of the Mystic Shrine begins a sizable initiation with its usual festivities. A parade was canceled due to cold, and a week of Scottish Rite ceremonies closed early today in Helena.
The claim notes that artisans in the King of Babylon era produced colored beads using a borax-based composition.
President Harding addressed Congress detailing postwar crises including transportation costs, railway efficiency, and labor disputes. He urged pooling freight cars, a labor division within the Interstate Commerce Commission, expanded farm credit, and stronger enforcement of prohibition while calling for alien registration and child labor reform to lift the nation into a new economic order.
At Bozeman annual meeting the local Women’s Relief corps chose officers including President Mrs James W Beatty and treasurer Mrs Paul J Davies. Delegates to the state convention in Great Falls were named with alternates. a joint G A R and Relief corps session followed with musical numbers and readings.
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