Butte Fire Department Grows Since 1895 Disaster
Twenty five years after the Kenyon Connell warehouse explosion and Butte Hardware blaze, the fire department has expanded from 9 to 52 men and added modern equipment. New power ladders, five steamless machines, service trucks, and multiple stations have transformed response, with Quartz Street as the central hub and substations on Arizona Street Harrison Avenue and Excelsior Caledonia.
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Butte
Utah Avenue
Iron Streets
Kenyon- Connell
Butte Hardware Company
Quartz Street
Martin
Arizona Street
Harrison Avenue
Excelsior
Caledonia
Thomas Succeeds Kinsman as Episcopal Bishop
In Dover Delaware on January 14 Bishop Nathaniel 8. Thomas of Wyoming formerly of Philadelphia was elected successor to Bishop Kinsman at a clergy and laity convention. Four ballots were taken.
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Dover
Del
Nathaniel 8. Thomas
Wyoming
Philadelphia
Kinsman
Episcopal Church
Butte to Get All TS Entitled to Benefit From Trail
Butte aims to secure full benefits from the Yellowstone trail as a joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Rotary Ad club and Good Roads association locals kicks off the 1920 campaign. A membership drive is set, with Ww. McC. White and Frank Bigelow forming the starter committee. Membership costs 38 dollars yearly, touted as beneficial for drivers and county highways. Butte will cover last year’s short trail assessment today to complete this year’s payment. Delegates will attend a Deer Lodge convention January 27 with 50 from Butte, to discuss the road building drive. Enthusiasts will also attend a Good Roads meeting in Seattle next week to study highway improvements. Action hinges on Silver Bow county association uniting road advocates.
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Butte
Yellowstone Trail
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Ad Club
Silver Bow County Good Roads Association
Silver Bow Club
Good Roads Association
Ww. McC. White
Frank Bigelow
Montana
Deer Lodge
Seattle
Silver Bow County Association
Disturbance Report In City Market Involving Ex-Deputy
Hugh Godfrey, former deputy sheriff, filed a complaint charging stall keeper C. Nicole with disturbance after a dog bothered him while he carried Hamburger steak. Godfrey showed a battered nose at the station, saying Nicole struck him following the dog incident.
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Hugh Godfrey
C. Nicole
Godfrey
Nicole
Death of former Butte resident Mrs Dickinson
Mrs. Fred B. Dickinson, a former Butte resident, died in Los Angeles yesterday after a long illness. A telegram to her brother John McCarthy, proprietor of the Bank hotel, notified of the death. Her mother Mrs. Mary McCarthy and sister Miss Vern McCarthy were with her, having gone to Los Angeles last month as her condition worsened. Burial will be in Los Angeles.
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Fred B. Dickinson
Butte
Los Angeles
Cal
John McCarthy
Bank Hotel
Mary McCarthy
Vern McCarthy
Mrs Thorne Dies at Canadian Home in Alberta
Margarette Thorne native of Butte died New Year’s Day in Langdon Alberta from apoplexy at age 88. Wife of Walter M Thorne former conductor on the Butte Anaconda Pacific railway. Survived by son Spencer 14. Buried Calgary January 6.
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Butte
Margarette Thorne
Langdon
Alberta
Thorne
Walter M. Thorne
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railroad
Canada
Butte Holds Bookkeepers Examination February 14
The Butte civil service commission announces exams for bookkeepers to be held February 14 in Butte. Eligible candidates may fill vacancies in Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton and other government offices across Washington Oregon Idaho Montana and Wyoming. Salaries range from 900 to 1400 dollars annually. Local secretary of the board of civil service examiners at the post office provides details.
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Butte
Butte Civil Service Commission
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Wash
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Three Divorces Granted by Judge Lamb Yesterday
Decrees of divorce were granted to L. A. Harrer from Julia Harrer Homer G. White from Mary White and Alice Ornsby from Charles Ornsby Judge Lamb ordered Alice Ornsby to have her maiden name Alice M Taylor restored In the Mary Les versus Ralph Lee case the court set a show cause hearing for January 17 and enjoined the defendant from disposing of property in his possession
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Lamb
L. A. Harrer
Julia Harrer
Homer G. White
Mary White
Alice Ornsby
Charles Ornsby
Huasteca Petroleum Formally Agrees to Law Provisions
Mexico City report says Joaquin Santa Pila, head of the petroleum bureau, announced in an interview that Huasteca Petroleum, led by Edward L. Doheny, informed the department it was ready to accept all provisions of the proposed petroleum law. The measure heads to Congress when the session opens September 1, 192¢.
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Mexico City
Joaquin Santa Pila
Petroleum Bureau
Department of Industry
Huasteca Petroleum Company
Edward L. Doheny
Congress
Republican Women Prepare County Organization Meet
The Organization of the Republican women in Silver Bow County will be completed at a council chamber meeting in city hall tonight at 8. Mrs. T A Grigg heads the effort and invites all women to attend. A separate Republican Central Committee meeting will pick nine delegates for the January 20 convention to organize the First District, with several women among the delegates.
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Women's Republican Party
Silver Bow County
Council Chamber
T. A. Grigg
Chamber of Commerce
Dunkle Divorce Filed Over Desertion With Custody Claim
Edna Q Dunkle filed for divorce from Clarence Dunkle in a complaint dated yesterday, seeking custody of two minor children with her while a third child remains with the father in Kellogg Idaho. The couple wed in West Virginia in 1905 and she claims desertion over more than a year ago.
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Edna Q. Dunkle
Clarence Dunkle
Kellogg
Idaho
Dunkles
West Virginia
Dunkle
Immediate action urged on proposed alley plan
Property owners affected by a proposed alley between Montana and Dakota streets south of Park street pressed for a speedy opening yesterday. They met with Commissioner of Public Works J J Strasburger, with eleven owners listed, eight signing a petition to push the project forward as the improvement district process continued.
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Montana
Dakota Streets
Park Street
Alley project delayed by owner objections in district
Several months ago a planned alley clearance stalled due to complaints from three property owners. The alley is blocked by sheds and part of a brick building projects into it. A delegation urged the commissioner of public works to settle with objecting owners rather than pursue lengthy legal action.
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Commissioner of Public Works
Quieted to Lot in Butte Rice Addition
Judgment for the plaintiff Frances Arbinda was found yesterday by Judge Jackson in the suit against G M Roe as administrator of the estate of Alfred KE Driggs to quiet title to lot 4 block 8 Rice addition. The case was tried Dec 10. The adm Lugonja case against Obre Milkovich was postponed to Jan 22 and the Stouat case against Hansen to Jan 19.
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Frances Arbinda
Jackson
G. M. Roe
Alfred KE. Driggs
Adm
Legion Seeks Help To Find Tuberculosis Hospitals
New York January 14 The American Legion was asked by Surgeon General Blue to assist the public health service in locating hospitals that will provide proper care to tubercular men formerly in the service. Public health service hospitals are inadequate so contracts are being made with private hospitals to care for some patients.
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New York
The
American Legion
Blue
Public Health Service
Portland Theft Charge From Two Years Ago
Bart Lynch, released from Deer Lodge two months ago after a prior sentence for shoplifting, was arrested yesterday by Chief Murphy and Captain ODonnell on a Portland warrant. He is charged with stealing 11 gowns and a woman's coat, tied to a two year old grand larceny case.
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Portland
Bart Lynch
Deer Lodge
Murphy
O'Donnell
Lynch
Butte
Washington State Reformatory
Postage Hearing Date Set on Second-Class Rates Bill
Washington Jan 14 The house post office committee set Feb 10 for a hearing on Representative Fess Ohio Republican backed plan to cut second class postage rates and to appoint a congressional committee to determine rate principles for postal authorities.
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Washington
House Post Office Committee
Fess
Ohio
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