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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
6
An emerging lamp uses 94 percent air and 6 percent kerosene. It promises odorless, smoke free operation with no pumping, and claims tests by the U. S. Government and 85 universities showing superiority to ordinary lamps. Inventor J. P. Johnson offers a 10 day free trial or a free lamp to early adopters, plus a chance to earn money through agent opportunities.
City treasurer reports John Curtis estate paid encroachment taxes for 1816 1917 1918 and 1920 totaling 1998.82 after a prior 1919 payment of 475. The estate’s total encroachment tax payments over four years reach 3472.82. A $100 fine from Police Judge Grimes is on appeal in district court. The city will pursue removal of unpaid encroachments, with highway obstruction penalties of 100, and precludes future nonpayment through police court action.
The School of Mines basketball team and the Y will clash in a second game this season at the Y on Saturday at 9. The day features a full afternoon program starting at 2 with dumbbell drills, indoor baseball, youth races, maze run, and setting-up exercises. The high school and Y will perform on bars at 4 followed by a volleyball match and several demonstrations culminating in the Mines basketball game.
H C Anderson of North Butte Mines league dominated the night with 10 consecutive strikes for a high season score of 285 and a potential 300 had the last ball fallen true. He led in high single and high average with 218 and 259 as Empire gym faced First National Bank in a 2539 to 2296 Professional Men's league contest.
Patrolman Walsh swore complaints on Col. D. Gay Stivers and B. K. Wheeler after a near Main and Broadway clash. Wheeler asked to postpone police court hearing to Monday. Stivers declined comment, saying the incident was personal and linked to Wheeler’s attacks during the campaign. The encounter followed Wheeler’s gubernatorial defeat and lasted about a minute before Walsh separated them.
Salt Lake City December 29 A Hindu is white though black This is the finding by District Judge J D Call of Brigham City Utah The judge ruled that Puma Singh 46 a Hindu belongs to the white race and thus falls within the naturalization statute which limits citizenship to all free persons of the white race or persons of African birth or descent The decision grants Singh American citizenship under the rule nowadays applied to naturalization cases in Utah
A consignment of German aircraft arrived in London under the peace treaty terms. The shipment includes two Zeppelins, one with five and one with four gondolas, multiple engines, and an air metal monoplane. Parts of Gott’s equipment are also said to be included, with references to engines and other components.
The Vatican Library houses over 1,220,000 volumes and 30,000 manuscripts, with more than 2,500 fifteenth century printed works. A Youth's Companion note says the Grant equestrian statue near Washington Botanic Gardens will be the second largest of its kind and speaks for itself. The Boston jail control debate centers on county versus state authority and administration reform as noted by Republican Leader Weston and law officers.
A. G. Puller of 2071 62nd Ave Oakland describes severe stomach pain weakness and weight loss after flu. He credits Tanlac for a 35 pound gain in 30 days and recovery of appetite energy and overall health. Ad mentions availability at Waller Drug Co Anaconda and Newbro Drug Co Butte.
More than 200 attendees marked the first annual banquet of the alumni group. Speakers highlighted aims to strengthen civic work and support students, with acknowledgments to Gladys Walsh and Miss Owanina Barron. Other named participants included Gladys Miller, John Wright, Earl Gensberger, and Lesage. The event praised the alumni association’s promise to assume an active civic role.
A 45 horsepower Daimler features pale purple limousine bodywork with a Chesterfield interior, purple and gold brocade, thermos flasks and a canteen. The manager notes orders for three more and a twin touring model for the same rajah. Price about 25000 dollars.
Berlin reports Herr Gebhard a Schwerin surgeon.array of deaths tied to his nursing home operations. He continued surgery after a patient died, later found to have performed unusual operations including amputating a soldier's arm and removing a woman's ear during inflammation. He is now in a lunatic asylum. A grapevine in Carpinteria, said to be largest in world, shelters 300 people and links to Santa Barbara County’s first American rule election.
The United States bureau of mines rescue car, recently completed as part of an itinerary to Washington mines, arrived in Butte to remain for the winter. The car, equipped for hot air and other apparatus, will be used for instructional classes open to the public, a federal government effort to save lives.
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