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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1914
Page
4
Great Falls December 18 Mayor N T Lease battles saloons and gambling, pursuing a night closing ordinance. A compromise allowed open hours for conventions, but lawyers say the suspension clause is void. The mayor says police will enforce 1 am closing, regardless of council action.
Great Falls December 18 petitions to call a special election on dividing Teton county to form Pondera with Conrad as county seat were rejected by the county commissioners after a two day hearing. Western residents around Valier switched positions leading to withdrawal of petitions and a legal dispute, resulting in rejection of the Conrad petitions as inadequate.
Boseman reports holiday recesses as the agricultural college ends term today with many students returning home until January 5. Gallatin county high school also closes for a vacation, resuming January 4, while teachers attend a state meeting. Reports note residents and visitors including C. Kenyon and A. E. Willame among others.
Drummond Masonic lodge officers were elected for the coming year: Fred Hollang as W M A E Tyndall as J W Wil J Schurter as J W P Emery as secretary and H T Cumming as treasurer. Horace St Reynolds of Helmville received the second degree during the evening. Local news notes include visits by Mra HO Plickinger of Philipsburg and County Commissioner RB Huffman of Philipsburg.
Helena December 18 Supreme court dismissed Dr C W Smith of Broadwater contest against Senator elect C Muffy. Court struck section 49 of the corrupt practices act unconstitutional as jurisdictional oversteps. Case declared a nullity for lack of proper filing timing and validity of the petition. Dr Smith may carry contest to the senate.
Great Falls Montana December 18. Instructions were sent to the sheriff of Silver Bow county and the stock inspector at Butte to stop four carloads of cattle en route to Anaconda shipped by Huntley Cattle Company of Spokane. A loading error occurred at the stockyards leaving Hyersdorf and Nollar cattle aboard while 10 Huntley cattle remained. Great Falls stockholders request the return of the misdelivered animals.
A 21 friend gathering in Hamilton celebrated the engagement of Mrs Walsh last evening with games and refreshments. Napkin cards bore the initials of the young couple as part of a festive surprise. Local travel news noted a new train schedule and a daily malt delivery from the valley. Visitors, departures, and several local residents were mentioned in brief notices from Hamilton and nearby towns.
In Deer Lodge, Saspoo Kopalam, a colored man, pleaded guilty to petty larceny for stealing a knit jacket belonging to Mise Shea of Gold Creek school. He received 10 days in county jail, with three small children in his care. he is said to perform a daily dog show for inmates, while Sheriff Neville fails to care for the canines. The State Board of Education in Helena credited the Montana College academy with four years of work, ranking it among the state’s accredited high schools. The athletic letter committee awarded eight letters to football players including Lohmiller captain, Win Herrick, Chester Cassal, Don Spottswood, Stuart Rumney, Miden Kinning, and Albert Simpson.
Washington reports Governor Spry of Utah and copper producers pressed Secretary Hogan to push belligerent European powers to allow copper shipments to neutral European nations. Hogan said the department works toward a satisfactory adjustment but has not secured consent from leading powers. He fears a war end may not see a settlement.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports that under the post office appropriation bill, nearly all first and second-class postmasters will have salaries cut. It outlines a new schedule that lowers pay, including reductions for Montana offices such as Anaconda from 2700 to 2500 dollars and Butte from 3400 to 3000 dollars, with further changes noted.
Philipsburg items detail John Rodden ranching in Rock Creek and visits, Alfred Johnson and others in town, a broken wrist from a fall, local church services, water shortages delaying Granite County school, Thoreson family move, Commissioner Huffman health trip, minor fire at W G Alder home, Assessor Albright’s Missouri trip, Granite County Mill and Elevator begins milling, a Civil War veteran Senge obituary, and Livingston news on Park County high school debating team bound for Roseman. President nominates Eliphriam Hackett as postmaster at Victor Montana.
Herbert Carey pleaded guilty to false imprisonment in district court and received a 12 month term in Silver Row county jail. Judge B B Law noted the young defendant's involvement but offered hopeful advice about his future and urged rehabilitation.
The Montana Municipal league adjourned after a two day meeting in Great Falls and announced plans to meet next in Butte on dates to be set by the executive committee. A new bill would let municipal parks departments build and operate swimming pools or bathhouses and issue bonds to pay for them. The legislative committee to advance municipal measures in Helena was named with members from Helena Lewistown Missoula Great Falls Bozeman and an ex officio chair from Billings. Delegates toured the city by auto after adjournment.
More than 100 residents depart Dillon for home across Montana and beyond for holidays. Teachers and normal students also leave, with many headed to Butte Anaconda and Helena. In court, Charles Robinett faces murder charges claiming self defense after a shooting of a Romanian herder. Judge Poindexter sentences Hipoliti Marino to eight years for fraud larceny. Ovterton Stensell acquitted on grand larceny. Commellus Murphy guilty of assault in the first degree, sentenced to years in state prison.
Shawmut hotel valued at about 4000 dollars was destroyed by fire yesterday. Property owned by M. J. Oldbrick of Madison Wisconsin. Cause of fire not yet determined. Coal found in Dead Man's basin near Shawmut. seven foot vein of good coal reported. C F Floodberg visiting mother in Scandia Kansas, seriously ill.
Belgrade reports A T Rutledge sold the 820 acre Mary Spain ranch east of town to A J Walrath for about eight dollars per acre. Lulu Wright closed her Mount Zion school and returned to Missoula. Mrs A F Anderson recovers well after Johnston hospital operation and can sit up.
The note indicates Christmas Standard will be out tomorrow with copies available in United States Canada Mexico Hawaii and the Philippines. Wrapping and mailing will occur at Standard offices in Butte and Anaconda. Out-of-town orders should be sent to Anaconda with appropriate postage.
The Sans Souci exhibition by Professor Plastric features ten Monologur solos including Tango Dancer and Argentina acts. Cast includes Major Storm, Miss Irene Wright, Teddy Van Dyke, Mickey Leonard, and Rudolph Plastric with leading numbers from Berlin Tango to September Morn. The show blends elaborate dance sequences, comic dialogue, and a double marriage plot set across Sans Souci and The Gilded Pig with Act I afternoon, Act II evening, and Act III midnight.
The gymnasium should be ready by February first for use, so January games move away from home while February contests occur in the new facility. Anaconda schedules four games with Butte, two in Butte on Jan 15 and 2, and two in Anaconda on Feb 12 and 26, with talks ongoing with Missoula, Helena, and the College of Montana. Boys practice nightly for a strong team, interfare series sees sophomores vs seniors 21 to, juniors and seniors clash next, the freshmen meet the sophomores Monday, and a crucial juniors seniors game Thursday. The Christmas Big Stack lacked boosters, class officers are Harold McKenna, chair. Mae Duval and Leon Thompson. Debating week features recalls for judges, negative wins on Wednesday.
report of a school debate concluding with a win for team led by Mies Bennett the music program scheduled for Wednesday afternoon features Violin Soto Geraldine Labi and the Normandie chorus with selections like Holy Babe and Song of the Angel. a later junior vs freshman basketball game is noted at St Peters gym with lineups and players listed.
Bower and Capron tied 11 each in a Class A event at the curling rink with Capron taking the first two ends and Bower surging to lead by one to seven after three ends. Weis beat Bender in Class B as the start gave the quartet a strong edge.
Olympia December 18 The state supreme court set aside the conviction of the late Jacob Furth former chairman of Seattle National Bank in Whatcom county court on aiding and abetting a banker to receive deposits as his bank failed The court reversed the verdict saying Furths death voided the case and that he was not an owner officer or employee of Enconner bank The decision also quashes indictments against other Seattle National bank officials
The listing shows commodity bids and futures with references to Helen Wheat December 184, 194, and May prices. It includes assorted grain and flour grades such as No 1 northern and durum varieties, rye, barley, and flax fiber values with small percentage annotations and monthly dates, reflecting market activity.
A vast atlas of ancient Dutch maps is shown in the British Museum. Bound with clasps of old five, the volume stands nearly seven feet high. It weighs eight pounds and contains Kine Chartes and Holland related material.
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