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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1903
Page
14
The Western Montana office of the Standard in Missoula lists contact details at 110 West Main Street and telephone number 118. Advertising rates are furnished on application.
Missoula faces a council meeting to decide the electric light franchise extension amid mixed views. Farmers fear harm from the Bitter Root company plan, while some business leaders favor a smelter. A university debate on abandoning the Monroe Doctrine was postponed to a Tuesday, and a running wagon incident ended with a rescuer halting the horses.
In Missoula this week the social set rested after a quiet period. The Missoula Social Dancing Club hosted a well attended fortnightly party with instrumental music by Tevin Owen and J Allen McPhail. Mrs John Wisterman gave a dinner for Prof F C Scheuch Elizabeth Scheuch Charles Ho Hall J Wisterman HA Stewart Thomas C Marshall Emily Marshall Reeves T J Jenkins Charles S Marshall Miss Hall and Joseph Wisterman. Northern Pacific club hosted a dancing party with music by Mrs T A Price and Miss Tremblay.Royal Neighbors and Modern Woodmen groups held gatherings with refreshments. Mr and Mrs W W McCrackin left for California after a short visit. Miss Fay Murray returned from Butte. Miss Sloane hosts guest Deet Week. Miss Mille of Deer Lodge and Miss Anneburg resumed work at the state university.
The Montana Society of Engineers closed its two day meeting in Missoula with three papers including a retiring president J H Harper review of state engineering progress. He highlighted canal work, water supply projects, power plant upgrades and Marconi electrical system notes, plus an arid land grant report. The session adjourned after Harper spoke and officers were elected at the morning session.
Johnsons of Hamilton wed Thursday evening at the bride’s home. Rev J W Foarty officiated in the presence of close friends and relatives. The groom, a Ravalli County clerk and recorder candidate, is expected to appoint his wife as deputy. Neighbors from Grantedale and nearby joined a surprise gathering ending with a late supper. The January district court term opens Tuesday with a light docket and two crime cases anticipated to remain untried. Superintendent P J Shannon of Bitter Root stock farm suffered a buggy accident leaving him bruised and with a leg injury.
MOTT ASKS ABOUT FAMILY INDESCRIPT About his father and brothers as police seek links to the dia murder. Sheriff Thompson declines to elaborate, noting an absence of further details from Lawrence Mott of Des Moines while a telegram to his father is mentioned.
Missoula students at Garden City Commercial College hold caucuses and a convention for party nominations. The slate includes W. J. Jameson as chairman, George Hllinghouse for district judge, J. Wallace for prosecuting attorney, Sim Bone for county recorder, Hogan for county superintendent, and others for clerk, treasurer, coroner, commissioners, justices, and constables. A merchants' luncheon was served at Worth's from 1:30 to 2.
Missoula Jan 10 Mrs A Finlay of Plains died at 7 20 tonight after an operation at Parsons and Brown hospital for an tumor She was 43 and leaves a husband They were longtime Plains residents The remains were taken to Plains for burial where the funeral will occur She had no children
Speculation from Hamilton notes a possible Fallroad extension to Dare by summer, with a new telephone line from Hamilton to Dare and a 30 mile southward shift of track toward Darby. timber lands and Anaconda holdings drive logging growth. passenger trains may not extend beyond Hamilton while freight and logging crews expand operations, boosting local merchants and farmers.
Special Correspondence reports the marriage of Mrs. Grace Fitzgerald to Charles M. in Hamilton on January 10. The brief notice notes the union and the local observance, with no further personal details provided.
Missoula notes list visitors hotel registrations and local business trans actions. Names include Henry Walsh of Butte Abe Trevis of Wallace and F J Duffy of Helena. Harmony Whist club to meet next Thursday. local skating scene thriving and health authorities tightening reporting on contagious diseases.
Horine of Missoula sustained serious groin injuries Thursday while clearing wreckage at the Schudler spur wreck. He was taken to the Sisters hospital for treatment.
Chicago January 18 prompt action by State's Attorney Charles Dineen led to a special grand jury convening to probe coal price increases in Chicago. Deputies served 75 veniremen and subpoenas for prominent dealers. Judge Willard McEwen ordered the venire with 23 jurors seated. Attorney General Hamlin will participate in the prosecution as inquiries target coal operators and dealers amid alleged price fixing.
Plains residents fear foul play after James Scott vanished following a supposed trip to Helena and Missoula. He left with $90, drank heavily, and showed signs of mental strain at the Kennedy house and Plains depot. Landlord Osborn noted nervous behavior and Scott claimed Canada was not his plan before departing for Helena. His whereabouts remain unknown as reports place him stopping in Missoula and later disengaging from his business.
Missoula Jan 10 J waeiler of Towa City Iowa died at Stevensville night from blood poisoning following a gun discharge accident while rabbit hunting on New Year’s Day. About half his foot was blown away when the shell exploded as he slipped on a hillside. He was visiting his sister Mrs Calvins of Stevensville and was accompanied by his wife and daughter.
Jonn Sing Hang Bart Missoula known as Jonn Singseaud, a Chinese man killed on the road two days ago, was buried this afternoon. The funeral services were held at the undertaking parlors of J. M. Lucy.
A quarantine has been established at the East Front street home of Oita J B Marion as two young children John and Teabel suffer serious illness from scarlet fever. Local health authorities enforce isolation to prevent spread of the disease.
Missoula residents report Charles Misnop has been ill at his South avenue home for a week and now suffers a well developed case of pneumonia and is very sick.
Eddie Billups filed a Bitter Root pre emption entry this afternoon on 89 acres near Plains. Hosea Way filed a Bitter Root pre emption entry on 1 acre of land near Hamilton.
Daniel Arms and E A Winstanley report a rich gold strike at the Billy David Maddock claim in Granite county near Royal, Montana. David Conklin is connected. a work force develops the property in extension of the Sunday property and telephoned the news today.
W F Ward died at his Bonner residence early today and his body was taken to Missoula this afternoon. He had long worked for the Big Blackfoot Shilling company in Bonner, came from Leadville Colorado, and had been ill for some time. He leaves a wife and four children. The funeral will be held in Missoula tomorrow afternoon, conducted by Rev H Im Marsh Bros chapel.
In police court Judge Hayes ruled for Therribault in the case Therribault v Gaushie. The action sought the recovery of a horse and the judge ordered Gaushie to return the horse or provide its value.
H. Jesup, city editor of the Missoulaian for three years, has resigned his post and says he may embark on a new venture. The notice hints at a forthcoming departure and possible future plans without detailing specifics.
In Bald Valley near Williamsport Dr Walter Kurtz, while walking to treat a mountain resident, faced a big bear. He used ether from bottles attached to a branch to sedate the animal, then shot the bear at close range after hours of standoff. The operation on the patient below was completed. The tale comes from the New York American.
The Emerald, chartered by George J. Gould for the yachting season, arrived from Glasgow. Launched Oct 2, she measures 236 feet overall with a 28 foot beam and 16 knot speed. It has three turbine engine sets, three shafts and five manganese bronze propellers and is being fitted in a complete manner.
An old Mexico City cathedral stands as the prominent church, popular with fashionably dressed worshippers and kneeling pilgrims crossing the nave to the altar. Built on a former temple site, cornerstone laid in 1573, towers completed two centuries later, costing over 2 million dollars. The structure measures 367 feet by 177 feet with towers 204 feet high.
A fruit stand proprietor notes that many belated husbands stop by downtown, loading outer pockets with peanuts. He observes the peanut trade has cut into fried oysters, as regulars report wives prefer peanuts to crackers with oysters for late suppers.
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