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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1915
Page
7
The principal branch of the Standard is at 28 East Broadway Butte. Telephone numbers list the business department as 422 and editorial department as 423. Advertising rates are available on request.
The Best of Gifts invites patrons to choose diamonds easily even at the last minute. It boasts extensive, high quality stock including diamond mounted platinum and solid gold pieces recently received from Leys, Chris tie & Co., New York factory.
Diamond solitaires in sizes up to five carats offered with special solitaire rings in 14 karat gold at $25. 14 karat diamonds in Tiffany or men’s mountings priced at $30 and up. Y carat diamonds in 14 karat gold rings from $53. Larger sizes at proportionate prices. The store has sold diamonds in Butte for 27 consecutive years.
Butte residents are listed in a brisk column of notices. Names include Stent pianos from Orton Bros, Stein-Bloch clothes, Tonkin's of Three Forks, and Mrs B S Price of Helena. Travel, photos, taxicab service, gifts, and a Miss Allen heading to Mobridge appear alongside local courtly mentions and a funeral in Salt Lake City.
Merchants in Butte report holiday buying will exceed any prior year with 3 to 50 percent higher December volumes. Banks note large withdrawals and heavy merchant deposits as jewelers sell top quality diamonds and luxury goods while evening shopping surges. Streetcar ridership around Christmas tops previous records and officials expect continued strong business into the new year.
A roundup of residents and visitors: Mrs B Gray arrives from Utica, Frank Madden of Polaris and many others in town for holidays. Includeances note guests from Helena, Great Falls, Dillon, Philipsburg and Billings. births, marriages, license issuances, travel to Memphis and Kansas City, and church festival events.
At Shaffer African Methodist Episcopal church Sunday school children enjoyed a program. A tiny manger scene stood in for a Christmas tree while the pastor spoke briefly on the nativity story.
The Anaconda Copper Mining Co announces Christmas day closures for the Butte mines and possible night shift suspensions. Ore production exceeds smelter capacity, so the day shift may also be stopped Sunday and perhaps the night shift as well after today’s ore check.
Marriage license issued indicates Andrew J. Davis age 24 and Cornelia Margaret Moase age 17. Davis is son of Andrew J. Davis, president of the First National Bank of Butte, Moase daughter of Charlies B. Moase, a real estate man. Date of wedding not announced.
Commissioner Stromme will arrange a statewide meeting of Montana county commissioners in Butte January 18 for three days. He will preside over sessions and prepare a program and entertainment for visiting officials.
At the annual election of officers of Walkerville camp No. 6422 Modern Woodmen of America the following candidates were elected James Thomas past consul William Dee consul Joe Biiney adviser William T Harris clerk Frank Dent banker Dan Harrington escort Ed Milgus watchman Cecil Harris sentry trustees for three years W H Sweet trustee for one year Richard Hadwick The new officers will be installed Jan 17.
Joseph Blanchard aged 56 died yesterday morning at a local hospital. His body will be moved to George A. Jackson home for a funeral at 1 39 PM Saturday at Sacred Heart church. Henry E. Fletcher aged 48 died yesterday at his ranch west of Silver Bow. Funeral arrangements are pending.
About fifty children at Avoca school, the county's newest, performed a Christmas program of songs readings and recitations yesterday. Principal and teachers Mrs Pettibone led drills with grades up to fourth, with many parents and friends in attendance.
County Attorney Matt Canning and Sheriff Henderson release several minor offenders for Christmas, with mothers appealing for mercy and charity groups supplying new clothes, money, and meals. At Butte jail and Deer Lodge state prison, special arrangements include pardons for drunks, a festive dinner, and extra entertainment for inmates.
Dr. T. C. Witherspoon reviewed fee splitting in Montana noting limited practice but urging stronger physician ethics. He described a visit to Great Falls establishing a Rotary branch and plans for Anaconda. L. Evans discussed city council ordinances on glass awnings and sign boards. The judiciary committee is empowered to act on city legislation. Oscar Rohn will speak on The Future of Copper and Zinc next meeting.
The Mount Pleecer Inn at Feely 16 miles south of Butte on the Divide road hosts a Christmas Eve and Day celebration with a free dinner of roast young turkey and cranberry sauce. A five piece Butte orchestra provides music and a short line train departs Butte at 5 95 p m for easy access by road or rail. Joseph W Boulett Merchants invites all to celebrate at the new inn.
The tomb sits on Riverside Drive at the intersection with One Hundred Twenty Second Street.
A string of real estate deeds shows transfers: Carrie Hull to Miners Savings Bank Lot 23 and West half Lot 24 Corona. Charlie Schmidt to John H and Mary A North. Daly Addition company to Tripp & Dragstedt. George W. Owen to A M Weursch. Thomas L Carson to Julia Sullivan. Edwin Cheadle to Clem Bailey. A Von Daschenhaume to Butte & NY Copper Co. Hugh Johnston to Maryland Casualty Co. Monida Trust Co to W E Collins. Flora McDonald to P H Kenney. plus a glove sale at Silver's on North Main. The Sahara desert area is about 3,500,000 square miles.
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