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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1913
Page
13
Brief notes from Butte record miscellaneous social visits, travel plans, and local errands. Mentions Fred Beadle in town, trips to Los Angeles and San Francisco, Helena visitors, marriages, new arrivals, and bank notices. Also lists weekly ads and public interest items amid scattered names and places.
A large crowd gathered after a burglar alarm rang in the Ye gen Bros. bank at Park and Dakota streets. Cashier George A. Griggs rushed from Dewey's Point to Walkerville to unlock the vault and halt the break in, while gongs sounded and clerks watched in the busy business district.
A fractured report describes a vault alarm system that uses sand and water to counterbalance weights. Gongs outside a fortress are hidden to avoid alerting burglars and ensure warnings are not overheard if the outer door is forced.
The Matte Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual banquet with plans for a menu and music. Invitations go to C F Kelley and Governor Stewart along with George M Bouliquin. Members urged to notify secretary by Friday morning and bring guests. The chamber enters its second year amid rapid growth and a board plans development work for the year.
The first half ends with Anaconda seven undefeated and Black Hock second at 687. Wanderers and Reliance finish schedule as Copper City rivals fight for second half crown with a packed season outlook. Also noted are legal proceedings involving Sarat A. Pevat and a complex property appraisement, plus forthcoming schedule dates for the second half.
An 18 year old youth, R A McCheyne, who ran away several months ago and lived rough in Butte, departed yesterday from Whitby after Judge Booker intervened. After telegraphs and a wired ticket for traveling expenses, the boy vanished briefly before being located near Melrose, seeking return to his family.
Eight years to the day after her husband died from injuries when struck by a train, Clara J. MacMaster of Butte was hit by a Burlington train while on a trestle during a blizzard. She leaves a New York brother, belonged to Eastern Star and Rebekah lodges, and had lived in Butte two years. Funeral from Masonic Temple tomorrow at 2 PM.
A Helena joint committee, including the road commission and State board of livestock, discussed livestock rates across Montana. No decision reached. stock growers must endorse railroad commission recommendations within 29 days. Proposals include abolishing car rates, establishing a one car rate, and raising joint rates by six percent when shipments use multiple lines. Great Northern criticized for slow rates to feeding grounds and excessive rates for outward stock movement.
Richard Thompson aged 3 year died from injuries received at High Ore tine Jan 10. Thompson fell in acute. suffered concussion of the brain. The coroner sworn in a jury today for the inquest. He was a native of England and had lived in Butte one year. A wife and four children with his father and mother survive in England. He made his home at 23 West Woolman street. The current program includes John Mason in Vitagraph picture What a Change of Clothes Did. The High Cost of Reduction tells how two stranded footlights opened a beauty parlor in a small town. Who To the Savage is a Lubin drama with a camping party. A Matrimonial Deluge is a Selig film. The bill closes tonight.
Charles E. Martin resigns from the Great Northern to succeed EB Underwood as travel ing freight agent at Helena. EB Underwood had been with Chicago & Northwestern, resisting to become manager of the Himira Corning & Waverly electric ron. Mrs Anna Phelan of 1102 Gallatin Street dies aged 92 after x Shore Witness. She was born in Ireland and lived in Butte 12 years. Survived by two sons William and Nicholas and brother Owen Tobin of Lewistown.
An advertisement touts $25 suits for $15 with an extra pair of trousers free. Other copy promotes a remaining stock of 25 suits from 85, with mentions of winter styles and bold pricing, alongside fragmented notes on vaudeville acts and local theater listings.
New York reported a grand jury indicted property owners and insurance adjustors as parts of an arson trust. An independent operator group was blamed for many fires, Isidor Stein known as Ixy the Painter may name principal independents. Abraham Schlichten pleaded guilty and offered to reveal 39 unnamed individuals who allegedly aided the trust by allowing fires and receiving part of the proceeds.
Special dispatch from the Standard notes Helena Montana January 21 county assessors and clerks met in an annual session with full attendance to discuss bridge and registration laws. Officers elected include Rd Cole Forsyth president FE Williams Yellow Stone vice president and J H Schutration as secretary. Clerks seek amendments to registration and weights and measures laws.
Brockton January 2 known recluse Horace Willan Howard left a 400000 estate to charity in a probate filing. The will omits his sole living relative Mrs Marie P Howard and earmarks 185000 for a home rent and hospital care. Howard, once living in Providence, dressed poorly and spent little.
Vatlelo, Cal Jan 21 Mare Island navy yard may build both fuelships authorized by congress Supplemental to Secretary Meyers decision yesterday that the fuelship Kanawha built here came from Washington today figures be submitted on the cost of building a state ship the Maumee Tentative estimates on the Kanawha are well within the 1,140,000 maximum allowed by congress and naval constructors here and today that if Mare Island should receive the contract for both ships the cost of building them would be proportionately less than for either one alone
Joseph Conk elected leader of the Liberal Party at a special conference in Melbourne to succeed Alfred Deakin who recently resigned. The platform calls to maintain the present Commonwealth tariff and prompts creation of a non political body to supervise production and consider a commercial exchange tariff with periodic tariff adjustments, aiming for a liberal and federal administration.
Chicago January 2L an option on Lake Geneva Wisconsin property held by a Negro organization passed by default yesterday. No effort followed to honor an advance payment for the privilege of first bid ownership. Washington January 21 Myrtle L. Hannon named postmistress at Sweet Grass Teton County vice timeh, removed.
Mrs. Gertrude San Souche a former organist who played at Buffalo St Louis and Chicago expositions died yesterday at her Weehawken home. She authored many well known songs.
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