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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1916
Page
12
Bridger Times reports on a proposed oil line from Elk Basin to Bridger. The piece notes a possible Bridger road project and Bridger Oil Co would supply materials locally if a road is built, with purchases made at Bridger stores.
El k Basin Oil Company plans to tap a pipeline crossing its property and ship oil to market if successful. Arrangements exist with Midwest for reciprocal use, and Reynolds of Reynolds & McDowell visits Cottonwood district as Elk Basin prepares to operate. Senator Whiteside leads Elk Basin, with a rig ready and road work underway. 1,600 acres hold prime ground. If oil is found within 1,200 feet, shipments could begin this summer as stock offerings attract informed buyers.
The Greybull and Montana company reports ten days of extreme cold hindering work with temperatures 40 below zero at times. President Brunton says the weather is breaking and expects well No. 1 to be running soon while preparations for well No. 2 at Mead addition continue. The Butte office has moved to 69 East Broadway and stockholders are urged to visit to hear plans, warned against scalpers and false stories.
The Anaconda Copper Mining company reports no further trouble. Mines operated by night shift last night and expect to run today and tonight. They will be down Sunday as usual, with no anticipated breaks in the coming week. Mild weather has helped smelters catch up, and barring another prolonged cold spell, a continuous run with Sunday layouts is expected.
John D. Pope, named consulting engineer for the Butte & Zenith City and other firms, departed for Los Angeles to return in about ten days. His family remains in Butte, and plans for unwatering and sinking at the Butte & Zenith City mine near Nissler proceed with electricians completing connections and machinery in place.
Floods sweep the middle west and parts of Arizona and Kansas with washed out tracks and weakened bridges. A derailed St Louis to San Francisco passenger train caused no serious injuries. Kickapoo Valley flood damages Peoria area with $300000 losses and five Bartonville children rescued after ice swept away a bridge. Eastern Kansas faces rising rivers and flood warnings. Deep cultivation with dynamite reported on tea plantations in India.
Theophile Thievierge died yesterday at his home 42 South Washington street after a short illness of pneumonia. He crossed the plains with an ox team to Montana in 1818 and was 82. He was in the shoe business for seven years and retired about 13 years ago. Funeral services will be Monday at 9 AM at the residence. The note about Japan’s first life insurance company, established in 1881, references a doubling of the island’s life insurance business every 20 years.
A government official predicted the enthronement would take place within six months to quiet southern disturbances. In Los Angeles eighteen raids targeted downtown offices barber shops saloons and cigar stands arresting 65 men as district attorney Woolwine filed complaints for keeping handbooks on races or operating with such materials. Copper miners on strike in Clifton Arie San telegraphed to three Paso operators offering to resume work if non union refuges at Duncan are barred from returning with them.
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