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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1900
Page
3
Northern Montana The Northern Montana Office of the Standard is located in the Bach Cory Block Great Falls opposite the Park Hotel Advertising rates furnished on application.
Sheriff-elect Benner announced the new Cascade County sheriff team to take office January 7. Appointments include Under Sheriff John P. Fitzgerald, First Deputy J. C. Emerson, Second Deputy Frank Jocelyn, Bailiff Thomas H. Green, Jailers Sol Yates and Joseph Thompson, with Sand Coulee and Stockett deputies and Neihart deputies David Leadbetter. Belt deputy to be named. This marks the first Democrat control of the office in Cascade County.
Great Falls report on the Silver Belt mine as 50 feet of shaft depth is added and a 200 foot crosscut tunnel nears completion under owner David Barker. Plans include a bucket tramway, more drifts and a new shaft, with $50,000 already spent and prospects of becoming the district’s finest paying property.
Great Falls December 24 The jury in Chateau last week acquitted John Kennedy in the case charging him with shooting Justus Leimbach at Cut Bank. The verdict surprised observers since testimony indicated Kennedy bought the gun to kill Leimbach, but the jury credited the accidental discharge during a struggle over possession of the weapon.
The New addition to the Diamond KR concentrator at Neihart is nearly finished and will be ready for machinery in a few days. A large carpentry crew is erecting a tramway to the Broadwater mine and the frame timbers are in place. If weather stays favorable the improvements will complete soon. The concentrator’s completion supports Neihart’s prosperity with current payroll over $9 per month.
Monarch trader John Elliott plans a spring return from Alaska while J J Bentson and Mrs Hugh Evans prepare for trips and homecomings in Belt. Ed Lowrie is elected Republic sheriff amid prosperous outpost reports. Rathbone sisters host a dance with Walgematt's Great Falls orchestra and a late supper. James Grimes battles typhoid. Mike Schumach suffers a broken leg from a coal fall. Constable Rush arrests Steve Anderson for barbed wire theft amid disputes over private marks and debts.
Financial cablegram from New York reports a muted London session with only small dealing, yet the American market led the tone. Dealers described a one way flow and buoyant sentiment despite the holiday atmosphere.
Cattle receipts near 9900 with steers and butcher stock rising. good to prime steers 5.40 to 6.25, cows and heifers around 2.00 to 4.50. Hogs receipts 25,000 with top at 5.05, heavy and mixed grades 4.75 to 5.50. Sheep receipts 7000 with good to choice wethers 3.75 to 4.60 and western lambs 4.75 to 5.40.
Market strong to higher with cattle receipts totaling 5 200 at Hoge. Native beef steers bring 47.03 to 47.40, western steers about 46.50, Texas steers 43.75, cows and heifers 84.15, stockers 44. Calves at 46, bulls and stags 22 to 23.75. Sheep receipts steady with fair to choice westerns 3.66 to 3.9, cannons and stock sheep 1.5, lambs Ans.
Cattle receipts around 300 head in Kansas City with Texas steers near 510.10 and native stockers and feeders around 301.75. Packers show strong demand while hogs and sheep receipts vary. prices listed for multiple classes and regions. Local notes reference San Francisco and western states markets in a broad commodity snapshot.
Washington figures for November 2000 total receipts of 1,000,000 show gains in spirits and miscellaneous taxes while oleomargarine and other items declined. Over five months the cumulative receipts reached 8,279,187, rising by about 3.7 million from the previous year.
Washington reports the general fund balance excluding the 150 million gold in the division of redemption. Available cash stands at 141,054,769 dollars and gold at 97,520,007 dollars as of today.
On the Ravalli hotel register last Friday night appeared P A McCue and John J Charleson Jr of New York. Patsy McCue, famed Montana jockey, visits Hamilton for a month, with cousin John J Charleson accompanying him. Tommy Pierce from Daly stock farm travels with them, while Professor McKay's family plans a winter stay in Missoula. Local social chatter notes arrivals, Christmas plans, and the upcoming opening of the new Page hotel after last summer’s disaster.
Notice of sale bids for the White Face Farm near Helena with 2508 acres in Jefferson and Lewis and Clarke counties invites written bids by June 8. Purchases subject to district court approval with 100 dollar certified check. inspection via Sanders or Branton. cash terms.
A dense fragment of classified ads from Butte Montana includes real estate offers such as corner lots, rental income properties, furnished rooms, and bargains on houses in Butte. It also lists stock and livestock sales, furniture, pianos, and business notices, with multiple merchants and brokers named and locations on Broadway and Quartz Street.
Classified item notes a furnished new room for rent in a modern building at 909 Utah, Butte. Short ad lists rental details in terse reformatted form.
In Western Montana Missoula visitors travel to the region for Christmas. Mrs. Cleveland joins kin near Kantedale from Butte. Aaron Conner prepares for the election contest with counsel R A O’Hara. Justice Frank J. Morris and family depart for an extended eastern trip. George Jones and Miss Anna Tripp wed after noon with Rev. J A Martin officiating. Blanche Chadwick arrives from Missoula to spend the holidays with friends. Mrs. Carman of Anaconda is a Ravalli guest. Harry Spaulding returns from Hamilton to the St. Regis mills. Ike Boyer visits to tend trades.
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