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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1900
Page
16
Holiday trading opens as clear, mild conditions help shoppers. Stores report steady crowds and brisk purchases through the weekend. Local merchants emphasize early deals and convenient hours to attract customers.
Missoula reports a brisk Christmas rush as weather turns mild and stores add extra clerks. Out-of-town shoppers arrive from Ble Blackfoot Bitter Root Coeur d Alene line and west end, with mail order trade rising. Local merchants urge buying at home and note the Glendan Club for good smoke.
Manager Pierce presents a week of top acts at the Gem Theater including Travelle the shadowraphist and king of cards, the Samoyas with renowned feats, Mr Samoya, the Mexican knife act, Mrs Samoya with the serpentine dance, and soprano Lilian Anders singing The Holy City.
In Missoula a room in the Hammond block is quarantined for measles. B E Palmer, ill with the disease, is linked to a Shriners meeting in Helena. Palmer recently helped a friend across the Sahara and fell ill. Zem Zem was the only medicine at the oasis. Holiday flowers offered by Missoula Nursery Co. Telephone 4.
Superintendent Palmer of the bridge and building department outlines plans for a Wallace coal dock to be built next spring. The dock will hold 500 to 600 tons of coal and follow the Missoula coal dock design, but in a larger scale and painted red.
Fresh barre cider at Pulliam's noted. Revival services in Missoula continue at the Methodist church as of December 17.
Rev. Allen Rodger, who helped Rev. J. W. Bennett for two to three weeks, leaves Tuesday for Belt. Bennett will conduct services alone through New Year and expects to recruit many new probationers. On Sunday morning seven Sunday school children were admitted on probation at the Methodist church.
Dr J K Fox returning from New York reports rapid progress at Wallace district mines. New machinery from boiler to hoist arrives and will be installed as a large crew takes over. A 240 foot shaft will be sunk at once with a team of eighteen horses hauling the boiler to the site.
Documents filed with the county clerk cover deeds transferring parcels in Missoula and Knowles addition No 2, plus affidavits of annual representation and official bonds. Mining expenditures include $5 009 on Gold Belt Gravel Placer claims, $38 908 98 on Copper Queen et al in Wallace, and $300 on Monterey Tiger Mountain quartz lode claims in the Vermilion district.
Timber estimators for the Northern Pacific moving from the Thompson lakes region about 100 miles west of Missoula pass through the city en route to the East. One or two stay behind, others return by New Year after spending Christmas at home.
Nearly completed Bonner power plant in Missoula county with machinery in place and being set. expected to run in a couple of weeks and will supply steady power to the company when river power is low due to ice, ensuring continued factory operation.
A brief Missoula item notes Harry Weinstein of Philipsburg arriving to visit Attorney M. M. Joyce before continuing to Seattle where he plans to enter banking. Western Montana friends regret his departure and wish him success in his new venture.
Halted His Poet Missoula December 17. M Caniff a lumberman suffered a badly bruised foot when a leg fell on his foot and ankle at Mc Keen Erickson's saw mill in Lolo. Local surgeon dressed the wounds.
Dec 17 Missoula reports a dangerous crosswalk where Cedar Street meets Higgins Avenue on the west side. Deep mud hampers pedestrians especially women trying to keep skirts dry while crossing. Local residents urge prompt repair to end the nuisance and improve safety.
Brakeman F P Austin of the Northern Pacific was sprained at work in Missoula during a morning shift. The popular railroad man, part of the extra crew that brought over the Christmas standard, sustained a severe sprain of his left elbow and is reported by friends to be in good spirits.
Plains visitor C. Willis, Spokane visitor R. J. Clark, and others drop by Missoula. Governors Richards and Wyman Ellis from Butte, Deputy Marshal Wall from Helena, and local residents noted. Typhoid illness among Mrs. Morrie. hospital shifts and medical visits referenced. Hare spur traffic cut by Northern Pacific. Six Central Horse Department cars pass through for Hamilton. Prize toilet case to be won by ticket holder.
Missoula reports James A. Weed once Northern Pacific supervisor known as Red Paint Jim is visiting from his Oregon Short Line home after a Helena trip. He impresses friends with old cleverness in paint distribution and cooled his blistered feet after the Helena march.
Washington reports France may seek U S support to recover land in Para Brazil after Swiss arbitration favored Brazil. State Department cautioned such action would violate the Monroe doctrine and provoke a protest. The piece also notes a humorous Washington Star cartoon caption about ghosts and race.
A virile citizen argues Shakespeare lacked genius for a million dollars while a wealthy admirer defends the bard. The millionaire praises Shakespeare’s ability to be content without chasing vast capital for enterprise.
Recovering Missoula reports architect A J Gibson is improving after a serious typhoid fever attack last week. Physicians see marked progress and believe he is on the road to full recovery.
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