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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1905
Page
3
The notice advertises Express To-Day delivery for the Fourth One Hundred Dozen Men's Novelty Early Fall Soft Hats in latest shades and colors, highlighting rapid availability and fashion variety for men this season.
An editorial promotes all-wool clothing over mercerized cotton, accusing merchants of pushing inferior fabric. It urges consumers to seek Hart Schaffner & Marx labeled goods and highlights the label as proof of honest quality. The piece frames the campaign as a public good for buyers and the trade.
Washington June 8 Secretary Taft announced John F Stevens of Chicago will be chief engineer of the Isthmian canal with residence on the Isthmus and salary of 80000 a year. He becomes Panama railroad general manager and will not serve on the Isthmian commission, succeeding John B Wallace and leaving the Philippines service.
Justice Fraser orders Patrick Cook to serve 30 days in jail following sentencing. The case references June 38 and a barn, with Herman and blackemitn noted in the fragmentary report.
John D Rockefeller has given ten million dollars to the General Education Board to support higher education in the United States. F Z Gates, Rockefeller's representative, states the gift of 10.61 million dollars to be paid Oct 1 in cash or in income-producing securities, with principal held in perpetuity to fund a foundation for education and distribute income to colleges and universities as the board sees fit.
Representatives of the Rocky Ford cantaloupe interests have been in Billings for days and today signed a lease with the Billings and Irrigation company for a large tract to plant Rocky Ford seed melons next year. The firms plan ten growing stations across the South and Northwest to expand production.
Special dispatch reports the first arrest for violating the anti spitting on sidewalk ordinance. John Smith was arrested by Policeman Terrill and discharged by Judge Carwile after a severe lecture, who warned the ordinance would be enforced to the letter. Two more arrests followed that afternoon.
A simple Sheridan wedding united George Armitage of Cameron and Miss Margaret Kiser of Virginia City in a morning ceremony at former Sheriff Charley Hills home. Rev J A Badcon officiated under a floral canopy. Bridesmaid Lena Hill and groomsman R Armitage attended. The couple left for a Madison valley ranch after a wedding breakfast. Attendance included Rev Badcon and wife, Mr and Mrs Hill, Mrs W D Ray, Miss Edna Jackson, Miss Alice Jackson, Miss Alice Wiles, and brothers R Armitage and Lewis Kiser.
Avon Montana dispatch reports deputy game warden F E Hirsh and Henry Avare arresting John Doyle of Jefferson Gulch for killing deer out of season. Two quarters of venison were found in his possession. Doyle pleaded guilty before Justice Glover and was bound over to district court.
In Cascade county, 35000 acres of state land were leased at the county courthouse by John P. Schmit. Rentals rose on renewals with few bidders. one sale near Albright went to Clara Albright at ten dollars per acre. About 44000 acres offered, 135000 leased for five years, sum realized six dollars annually to state schools.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Billings June 3 reports two men alarmed police after waking to find watches missing after visits to saloons. One watch was cut from a chain and traced to a depot near Nerintra, with suspects identified as a one-armed sheep herder nearby. The other watch also disappeared, but details are unclear.
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