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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1910
Page
19
The principal Branch Office of the Standard is at 23 East Broadway, Butte. Telephone 422, Independent telephone 1,422, Advertising rates furnished on application.
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Butte residents undergo a active set of travel and social updates with mentions of Orton Bros piano rentals and Klafski’s oysters. Notables include B B Mann in Milwaukee, Theodore Sheehan to Chicago, Proctor Barclay returning from the East, A N Yoder in town from Helena, and G A Lobbenberg preparing for an East purchasing trip with Mrs Lobbenberg.
Stockholders of the Butte and Yerington Copper Company met last night and elected directors W Siderfin, B E Calkins, J C Adams, John N Kirk, T B Moore, and W E Wright. W Siderfin was chosen president, B E Calkins vice president, and W E Wright secretary and treasurer. The firm holds four claims in the Yerington district about 60 miles south of Reno Nevada, with railroad access completed. The company plans to patent additional unpatented claims. The two claim groups include nine claims adjacent to Madison Valley Company property.
A landmark near Hebden Bridge, Stoodley Pike, 90 yards high, was built in 1814 to honor the Ghent peace. It fell the day the Russian ambassador left England before the Crimean War, then was rebuilt by public subscription and endured storms for decades until a lightning strike damaged it on the day Britain issued its ultimatum to the Boers.
Letters to the county auditor reveal a tangle of alleged heirs and suspects in the estate of Sarah Holmes who died in the county hospital. A Massachusetts convict claims kinship and seeks to prove a claim to her body and effects, asking that her belongings be held until verification. He cites family ties, a Gloucester burial plot, and a lead coffin as part of the plan to reunite with the Holmes line.
The city basketball league secures the Auditorium for tonight’s season opener with two games. School of Mines faces Centerville Athletic Club while High School and Five W's meet. Games start at 8 pm with limited seating, promising fast play and improved team skill. Officials Mosher and Woods to oversee. Teams list includes School of Mines Cohen Grunert Clinch Jensen Reid McWivaney Cullity Sulzer and High School McPherson Oaas House Gagan Ladum Freebourne Brinton. Five W's Matson Saner Landon Fehr F. Matson Brooks Harvey.
The Boulevard fire department hosted a packed smoker at its new hall on South Montana Street. Ex-Alderman James Doull presided as speakers praised the department and proposed improvements, while music by local groups and bagpipe performances delighted attendees from Butte and the neighborhood.
Chicago reports that a federal grand jury inquiry into the beef industry is expanding nationwide. Subpoenas target Armour & Co., Morris & Co., and Swift & Co. as C. H. Snow and Henry F. Meyer testify. The scope includes multiple Hammond and related packing firms across several states. The district attorney plans at least six weeks of investigation.
United States District Judge Cornelius H. Sanford ruled the title to 1.04 acres of Lewis County coal lands claimed by P. C. Richardson and members of the R A Wilson family must revert to the government. The decision ties to testimony before the Balinger Pinchot committee and follows 11 years of litigation and negotiations.
Yort Benton Jan. 26 Stocking in custody pending inquiry into the death of his stepfather W Stocking brought before Justice Kinder for a hearing. Physicians found him sane and he was bound over to the district court for manslaughter trial. Stocking had claimed his stepfather shot himself. His mother attended the hearing.
Montana Optical Co advertises money back guarantee on eyeglasses with low prices for plain lenses and frames. Eyes examined and glasses fitted free, lenses replaced in one hour at Mayer’s Store 22 West Park.
Testimony from Bennett and Cooper of Northern Express on stand explains rate disparities from state to state with Minnesota fixed by state railroad commission. Montana rates attributed to higher operating costs and a 20 percent markup. Capitalization cited at 5,000,000 with 8 8 percent paid last year and contract value around 4,500 9 percent based on net earnings.
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