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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1920
Page
7
S Spencer Coulam liberal agent operates from 229 Rialto Building Butte with contact numbers for Salt Lake City provided as 78 and 79 indicating office lines or listings.
Figures compiled by Sidney Mille and C A Whipple show most Montana oil leases executed in the last 15 months. Leases span counties east of the Rockies with concentration in eastern districts, indicating rising activity in oil speculation across the region.
The Montana governor commuted the life sentence of George Washington, imprisoned since November 1912 in Musselshell Fergus and Rosebud counties, from life to a term of 16 to 32 years. Washington, who is Black, will become eligible for parole immediately if the board of pardons approves, with the change announced in Helena on December 15.
The police court docket shows only one drunkenness case over two days, mirroring a shift since prohibition era. Residents discuss how prosperity, not poverty, fuels drinking, with anecdotes about bond forfeitures, jumped bonds, and changing social norms in Butte's 60,000 population.
A fragmented quotation discusses the unpredictability of tree branches and clouds and predicts that drunkards in police court will indicate the city’s industrial mood. The speaker claims abundance of money will raise drunken arrests, and scarcity will lower them.
Officials report Jack Frazier was jailed after a raid on his rooms uncovered whiskey for sale. It is noted as his second bootlegging offense, with PRAZIER VINED BILL se fined 300 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail yesterday.
Subscriptions for a ten thousand dollar Salvation Army drive neared nine thousand yesterday. Adjutant Harris stated hopes to reach the full quota within days as 38 198 in receipts and about 8500 favorable responses were reported. The organization plans a day nursery on California Street as its first post campaign activity, with opening targeted on or before January 1 and three child experts to supervise, enabling many mothers to work while children are cared for.
W C McCutchen builder of the Gilmore and Pittsburg Railroad from Armstead to Salmon Idaho passed through Butte yesterday en route East after a visit in Idaho The branch line is now owned by the Northern Pacific railway He said he was visiting friends and not planning further construction In Butte he met James Kemp Northern Pacific general agent Be husband to Jall Billings Dec 15 Mrs A M Arbuckle sent her husband to jail 39 days on a nuisance complaint he had not worked since October and troubled the household
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