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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1903
Page
7
The Principal Branch Office of the Standard is at 2 East Broadway Butte Telephone 422 Advertising rates furnished on application.
Local items report residents traveling to Salt Lake Denver and Bisbee as well as new marriages. Northern Pacific officials, scheduling changes and a lighted sleeper added to the North Coast Limited are noted along with a move of The Standard office. Community updates end with leadership changes on the Idaho division and coal properties.
Wilbur A. Morris of Fremont and Big Horn counties Montana petitions the U S court for an order restraining J N Bean and listed ranchmen from using Sage creek waters claimed by Morris by prior appropriation He says 15 years ownership of 250 inches of Sage creek water is essential for irrigation and that denial would force him to move his family and livestock He seeks damages of 2500 and the listed defendants include J N Bean John Sadring L O Dilts Allen P Graham William Jy Curtis Beeler Charles Ingram W R Bainbridge Dunyan William Sholtz C K E Steele Bert Bent Wallace Bent John Rhodes J Banderos O Ss Frickson Tillman C Graham James Pauley C M Brown John Bowler J H King A Holm Corbett Bennett and Michael Wait
S W McClure of Helena becomes assistant meat inspector for the bureau of animal industry. Miss Lizzie Hartman of Topeka is appointed assistant matron at the Fort Shaw Indian school.
Constantinople reports another Russian torpedo boat destroyer passed through the Dardanelles on Monday en route to Sebastopol.
A woman appeals to the court regarding custody or guardianship of her child Wes Hroughton Hesse, seeking legal relief from the Oort authority or court system.
Emma Hesse petitions in Helena court claiming her former husband and attorney conspired to defeat a custody order for her two year old daughter Ruth Broughton. She alleges false filings, fraud, and contempt to deprive her of custody and seeks court action and production of the child at the Saturday hearing.
Special Examiner Henry O N Blake has been hearing the United States case against Senator William A Clark over timber land titles on the west side. About 75 witnesses testified. 8,400 pages of transcript and large exhibit boxes were presented. The court estimates 40 days to complete reading and argument. Maynard leads government counsel. defense is Bigkford and Walsh of Helena. The timber tracts are valued around $800,000.
Monitor lodge No 35 A F and A M to attend funeral of Richard James in Butte June 22 at 1 PM. Visiting and traveling brothers invited per W M John Marsland. Also notes GN tickets on sale at 4 North Main for Anaconda and intermediate stops.
In Livingston court the witness connected a stolen leaf from the New Albemarle registry to Judge Harney and his clerk. Prosecutors pressed for evidence while defense questioned authorship of telegrams and the extent of Harney’s involvement as cross examination reveals long ties between Harney, O'Farrell, and Heinze's Reveille in a web of mining politics and press influence.
Washington January 21 The House debated the Philippine coinage bill with a minority substitute proposing American currency for the islands. Support came from Rep Hill with Treasury backing. several members including Maddox Patterson Shafroth and Crumpacker participated and opposed plans by Shafroth.
London reports G W Sheldon & Co of Chicago London and Paris have formed a syndicate with French investors and acquired the Chantiers Marines of Bordeaux to profit from France s new shipping bounty act. The syndicate linked to the United States Ship Building Co plans modernization of the yard in all details.
Kingston reports from Hayti that President Nord issued a decree granting amnesty to over a hundred Haytians exiled there. Letters from Santo Domingo indicate the political situation in the republic remains unsettled.
A large tract of arid land between Havre and Fort Assiniboine will be irrigated next spring. An eastern made ditching machine and a 15 foot wide irrigation ditch will be installed, with a six mile long canal from Beaver creek to store water in Squaw Coulee reservoir. Ray L. Sands will supervise the work under Washington approval.
Berlin reports American agents are requesting terms for the sale and shipment of 100000 tons of coal to the United States. The inquiry underscores ongoing energy trade negotiations between the two nations as officials review supply arrangements.
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