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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1910
Page
13
The principal Branch Office of the Standard is at 28 East Broadway Butte Telephone 422 Independent telephone 1 422 Advertising rates furnished on application.
The Hight and Fairfield company extends New Year greetings and gratitude for continued patronage. It pledges to maintain quality and good taste in merchandise, offering value and bargains at just prices. The message notes the store as a long established Butte business committed to character and quality.
Local notes from Butte cover rentals, dining, shopping and travel. Notices include Orton Bros. rent pianos, Klafski oysters, Tonkin’s clothes, McLaughlin Coal Co. fuel, and weekly Walker’s pork and beans. Several residents travel to New York San Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Tacoma. Community leaders and lawmakers including Be av erhead and Beaverhead county figures visit Butte.
All members are requested to attend a special meeting at 2 30 p m Sunday January 2 1910. Special business of importance to be considered. DAN HOLLAND President AL M CLELLAN Recording Secretary
Mayor Nevin announces further economy measures starting today. The city engineer office will lose 10 workers and the street department 23 men across 6 teams, reducing the engineer staff by half and trimming street crews to 7 teams and 20 men. The police force had earlier been cut to save about $1,800 monthly.
Officers of the Independent Dairymen's Protective association state the price raise is necessary due to higher winter costs for hay oats and labor. They add the city health department requires milk at 3.8 percent butter fat and the higher price protects consumers by ensuring pure milk despite dairies operating at a loss for several years.
In Butte the Loughran divorce case faced delays due to naturalization hearings. Friends report ongoing talks to grant the wife a decree of separation and a maintenance fee. John B. Loughran, a noted local blacksmith, signals willingness to settle, with Monday expected to bring announcement of settlement and dismissal.
Furniture for the emergency hospital and detention rooms in the city hall annex was moved in yesterday. The project waits on a city council ordinance to appoint a matron, a trained nurse, named by county commissioners after Mayor Nevin’s consultation. The council will act Wednesday.
The First National bank of Butte sues H A Sager for 2513.62 on a 3000 note dated Sept 16 1907 with 19 percent interest from Aug 17 1908 and asks 300 attorney fees. In Catherine Sullivan et al v Ellis Paint Co the plaintiffs seek possession of storerooms in the Silver Bow block. defendant demands security for costs since plaintiffs are non residents.
The Butte post office prepares its quarterly report for the last three months of 1909 to send to Washington D C. The office outpaces its expenses and compares well with similar offices. Renovations include a cashier’s office, iron cage vault, and re staining of woodwork plus floor repairs.
Local lodge of Good Templars marks its 34th anniversary at 4 West Broadway this evening with a musical program. Rev. W. M. Jordan of the Presbyterian church will give an address and Grand Chief Templar J. R. Vaulus of Stevensville is expected to attend and speak. The order reports prosperity and steady growth in Butte.
Street car service struggled to run on time as heavy snow blocked tracks overnight. A large snowplow cleared lines after 2 PM, freeing several East Broadway and South Butte routes that had stalled for 10 to 15 minutes. Rich confections and frozen desserts offered by Gamer's in holiday boxes with rapid city delivery.
On and after Jan 1 1910 all calks for which 1 cent has been charged will be reduced to 1 cent per calk Master Horseshoers association Local No 96 Charles W Lane secretary.
Edward H Neeley 42 engineer at Modoc mine dies after brief illness in Butte. Patrick O Neill Ireland native miner dies at 414 Anaconda road. James Leavit 36 dies of pneumonia in Cecil block. Catherine Mary Richards 1 dies of pneumonia at Walkerville. Funeral plans noted for each and survivors listed.
Mayor Nevin announced no more notices will be issued to homeowners for sidewalk cleaning. Police chief Quinn will enforce the law as streets stay slippery. Merchants with trap doors in sidewalks must cover them with rubber or matting during such weather.
Mayer thanks patrons and the public for a prosperous holiday season. He pledges year round goods of quality with a lowest price or money back guarantee and a continuing square deal policy. The note closes with wishes for peace and prosperity to all in Butte and Montana.
The piece lists Easter Sunday on March 27 1919 and then provides a long roster of church holidays for 1910 with dates for Epiphany Palm Sunday Good Friday Ascension Whit Trinity Corpus Christi Advent Christmas and Ember days across February May September and December. It preserves old calendar detail and religious observances.
Hy Barker sustained severe injuries after a dispute at the Q T saloon on Galena and Main streets last night around nine. He and rivals Jerry and Dennis Buckley fought. Dennis Buckley left with two black eyes while Barker was battered with bruises and kicked. Barker was taken to the police station where a physician treated him. Buckleys were jailed on third degree assault charges.
The Red Boot Shoe company manager says stores are overcrowded with top shoe makes and $20,000 of surplus stock must be turned into money. A major sale begins as early spring stocks arrive with clear deck reductions and announced price cuts across all styles.
Rabbitt Mayor Charles P. Nevin and John J. O'Meara start a wholesale and retail hay grain and provisions business. Leavit James Leavit, 28, died after eight days of illness. funeral plans await his brother from Great Falls. Remains at Duggan's undertaking parlors.
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