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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
10
John McCune foreman at Parades ranch south of Great Falls was found dead in a granary with a rifle nearby and blood on the head. He had shot himself and his body lay frozen with the rifle under him. He leaves a local brother and several siblings in other states.
In a statewide proclamation Governor Stewart appeals to Montanans to support a Christmas week Red Cross membership drive aiming to reach 15 million members. He praises the organization’s wartime relief work and urges every citizen to enroll as a contribution to humane relief and national service.
Archbishop John Ireland of St. Paul endorses the Christmas membership drive for the American Red Cross. The letter urges reaching a grand total of 15,000,000 members and lauds the charity as a Christian, patriotic effort aiding relief during World War I.
Twin Bridges reports Arthur Pollinger returning from Bear gulch mine shipments in Butte. District officials and visitors from Butte include Hott office staff and several local residents. Alvin Jones leaves for Missoula to enlist. John Reing dies in Missoula. airship sightings near McCarthy mount noted. new draft boards forming in Butte after resignations accepted.
Helena December 12 Health board curtails holiday festivities due to scarlet fever outbreak. No Christmas tree entertainments or children’s parties are allowed and an order may be issued if not followed. Orpheum theater closed due to quarantine. new stricter rules for quarantined places considered.
Helena reports a frigid spell with heavy snowfall as a new cold wave from Alberta collides with approaching Pacific storms. Temperatures plunged to eight degrees below zero in Helena, four inches of snow added to December totals, marking the coldest December 13 in 36 years of records.
Announcement from Lewistown notes the death of 18 year old Ruth Hedges of Ralph and Mrs Hedges family at Walla Walla Washington from typhoid pneumonia. Her Army medical service father Captain Hedges had been with her shortly before passing.
Pythagoras lodge No 3 Knights of Pythias elected C. Ce Hare old Mores as W.¢ with EW Colner Mt of Wa Riesis Fransham Ml of F OX Henderson Me of E Walter Lenridind K of Rand 8 and 3.0Nelson a M of A Rex Benedict Frank Prices C. G. W. 8 Branden as trustees. Also reported navy enlistments via Captain Claxton and county appointments for 1918 health officials and county contracts.
L D Blodgett returned from Hamilton as a business meeting laid out final steps for the good roads project. Out of town attendees included J M Roberts state highway commissioner Fred Brow Gallatin county surveyor and L Kelley Poole Broadwater county surveyor. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Shaffer on the west side. Mrs Hungerford traveled to Butte for business and pleasure. Mr and Mrs Jorris will move to Wisconsin after visiting their daughter Mrs Harvey Shephard. About six inches of snow fell locally and Tuesday night the thermometer stood 12 below.
In Billings a man walked into the police station and confessed to borrowing a wife and two children to evade U S army service. He admitted misrepresenting his age and said his conscience compelled the action. He was jailed and federal authorities notified.
A joint proclamation from Mayor Vest and Park County Chamber secretary Holmes urges donations for Halifax relief. The county opens a $1000 war camp recreation fund campaign led by James Reynolds. Other items include local Austrian alien questions, elk and deer migrations, a wartime enlistment wave, a Dr Windsor Nan Reese wedding, business changes at Springdale, Fergus county’s broad army representation, and a legal move in a chiropractice case.
Helena December 13 Montana Wyoming and Southern railroad drew sharp criticism as State Fuel Administrator Swindlehurst received a complaint from Smokeless and Spotless Coal Company of Washoe that the railroad wastes time due to a coal car shortage. A state official predicted little relief until the road’s charter is revoked.
The Great Northern Railroad company faced a $50 000 damage suit by Mrs E M Wilson of Wolf Creek for injuries claimed from alleged negligence. The railroad declined to call witnesses in its defense after the plaintiff rested, and the case went to the jury this morning in Helena on December 13.
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