Butte Celebrates Anaconda Day With Pageant And Rodeo
Butte kicks off its carnival with Anaconda Day activities at Clark park and a fireworks salute from the Rialto roof. A record crowd is expected for the Spirit of America pageant with 50 cent general admission and free for children under six. Anaconda visitors are welcomed with official honors as flying circuses and train salutes mark the day. A late plan includes a national publicity stunt as Harold Lynch departs Lincoln for Butte to spread news of the event. Local rodeo features and a crippled clown, Bill Steele, vows to perform after a bruising incident.
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Butte
Anaconda
Clark Park
Spirit of America
Nebraska
Harold Lynch
Lincoln
Neb
National Airport
Billings
Alexander
Jack Hesson
Montana
Missoula
Dillon
J. W. Evans
Arthur W. Drynan
Evans
Paul Severe
George
Martha Washington
Lafayette
Betsy Ross
Lewis and Clark
Pocahontas
Grant
Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Charles F. Jones
Jones
Harpers Ferry
Andrew Keslers
Joseph Horne
Big Celebration Contests Set for Thursday Night at Chamber HQ
A large program at the Chamber of Commerce lists riders with numbers and women riders entered for a city and state horseshoe tournament. Entries close at 1 pm. The event includes 50 plus pitchers from multiple cities, with prizes totaling 100 dollars and notable visitors from Helena Lewistown Missoula and Butte.
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Chamber of Commerce
Harry Rodgers
Jack Logan
Clareance Covey
Larry Forum
Cowboy Martin
Chick Martindale
Ivan Tindall
Alex Sidell
Harry Drackett
Frank Kupa
Bert Clayton
D Berryman
Bill Steele
Frank McCarter
FB. Holliday
BE. Brudage
Tom Hayden
Jack de- Lawriss
Horace Christian
W. Lampey
al Smith
L. Pente
H. Bryant
Frank McCautley
Buck Smith
Marie Hall
Fannie Sperry Steele
Alice Covey
Ater
Midnight
Rusty
Bad Lueck
Slim Swede
Fair Nuff
Diazy Lis
Montana
Skidoo
Skyrocket
Butte City
Sleepy
Jewett Six
Black Beauty
Bourbon
Robert Pratt
Wyoming
East
Granite Streets
Thornton Hotel
John C. Santa
Joséph Dubie
KR. R. Fraser
Helena
C. Buzzard
Cook
Lewistown
Lough Wade
Wrighit
McIntyre
Heitt
Missoula
Elmer Watkins
Butte
Emmett Cannon
Bob Roberts
Mike
Mickey the Bird
Sullivan
Joe Dubie
Entertainers Aid Two Orchestras In Downtown Concerts
DeVine and five lively vaudeville damsels join the Columbia and Winter Garden orchestras for street concerts in the business district today and tomorrow afternoons from 2 to 6. The Oklahoma Cotton Pickers will perform six times under burnt cork and wooly attire, delivering a spirited program of mirth and music to outdoor crowds. The Columbia Gardens orchestra also appears at other downtown spots during the same hours.
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Winter Garden
Butte
Columbia Gardens
First Diesel Driven Electric Sidewheel Ferry Planned
The first diesel powered electrically driven sidewheel ferry in America will operate on the Ohio River between Jeffersonville Indiana and Louisville Kentucky.
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America
Ohio River
Jeffersonville
Ind
Louisville
Torquay Mayor Decorates Brave Fox Terrier
The mayor of Torquay honors a fox terrier who dragged burning cotton from the bandaged leg of his injured owner, saving his life. The dog’s quick action drew praise from local residents and the press.
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Torquay
England
Hias
Plan for Future in Santa Barbara
Aor AP dispatch from Santa Barbara reports fire crews removing dangerous wall sections along State street after the Monday earthquake while city meetings plan reconstruction. Officials note the Marcos building engineer 8 Mestiero was recovered, boosting the death toll to 11 as bankers discuss rebuilding loans.
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Associated Press
Santa Barbara
Cal
Los Angeles
State Street
Board of Public Safety
Lobero Theater
Escaferea
Preas
Mestiero
Marcos
Chicago New York air mail started with overnight flight
The first eastbound overnight air mail flight left Maywood field at 6 45 p m July 1 in a Chicago to New York service. The route includes a stop at Cleveland to dedicate a municipal field before continuing eastward, with a second plane planned for 8 30 p m CST. The 774 mile course uses 82 beacon fields and 5 000 000 candlepower lights to guide pilots.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New York
Maywood Field
Cleveland
Milwaukee rail line hit by quake damages tunnel
Sixteen Mile canyon rocks toppled a tunnel section and dammed Sixteen Mile creek creating a 40 to 50 foot deep water obstruction. Crews blasted with 2 500 and 3 500 pound charges to remove debris and a temporary shoe fly will divert trains while work continues. Passenger trains rerouted Miles City to Bozeman to Butte. freight via Great Northern Miles City to Butte.
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Sixteen-Mile Canyon
Sixteen-Mile Creek
Milwaukee
Miles City
Northern Pacific
Bozeman
Butte
Great Northern
Milwaukee Railroad Faces Historic Engineering Challenge in Montana
Milwaukee officials tackled a major crisis after a landslide near Lombard collapsed a tunnel and flooded tracks, delaying freight and forcing passenger detours. By Butte, crews raced to clear a four track bypass as repairs and schedule restoration proceed with an army of workers to return operations to normal.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Butte
Milwaukee
Lombard
Milwaukee System
Northern Pacific
Bappington
Miles City
Great Falls
Butte Business Houses
Anaconda Plans Salute With Bombs And Baseball Game
Official salute will be fired on Anaconda day July 3 from the Rialto building and from an airplane. Edward Foy festival director announced the plans as bombs drop from the air and a shell from the Rialto. The Anaconda band will perform at Clark Park where the Anaconda baseball team faces a commission select team.
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Anaconda
Rialto
Edward Foy
Yesteday
Clark Park
Ansaconda
Baseball Commission
Gfpsc
Anacondada
Foy
Tragedy at Deer Lodge Slough Claims Two Boys
After two boys went missing while swimming at a slough used as an ice pond and city pool site, long searches continue as rain and currents hinder recovery. Wells of worry spread through Deer Lodge as workers drag the river and prepare to dynamite if needed. The tragedy casts a pall ahead of the three day rodeo aiding a municipal pool project.
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Slough
John Trask
Frank Trask
M. W. Trask
Deer Lodge
Trask Hardware Store
Walter McCoy
J. McCoy
McCoy
Old Prison Grounds
Kiwanis Club
Britain presses France to offer settlement on debts
July 1 Paris report states Austen Chamberlain delivered a new memorandum to Ambassador de Fleury urging France to propose a provisional settlement of its debt to Britain. Britain insists on equal treatment if France signs any deal with the United States, with Briand to discuss terms with Caillaux in the cabinet’s next session.
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Associated Press
Paris
Austen Chamberlain
M. de Fleurian
Great Britain
France
England
Mr. Chamberlain
United States
Winston Churchill
M. Clementel
Ministry of Finance
London
Foreign Office
M. Briand
M. Caillaux
Parade Firecrackers Banned As Carnival Parade Plans Unfold
The city warns no firecrackers during the parade hours 7 to 9 with arrest possible. Parade features hundreds of horses, Joe Davis the clown and Bert Mayer organizers assure safety. Prizes listed for Karnival Parade July 2 and Fourth of July events with prizes from 20 to 50 dollars for floats costumes and banners. Parking arranged at Alabama and Mercury 24 hours a day for a 25 cent fee to fund carnival costs.
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Connell Building
American Legion
Park
Washington
Arizona
Broadway
Gold
Committee On Automobiles
Howard Pierce
Alabama
Mercury
Washington and
Gold Streets
Joe Davis
Bert Mayer
Big Butte
Harold Lynch
Lincoln
Neb
Butte
Sullivan Funeral Delayed In Washout Disrupts Train
Sullivan former foreman of the original mine died Monday in Tucson Arizona and will not arrive in Butte until Friday evening or Saturday morning due to washouts halting a number of northbound trains. Funeral arrangements are set for Saturday.
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Sullivan
Tucson
Arizona
Butte
Walsh Funeral Establishment
Buttes Fourth of July Program Details
Complete schedule for Butte July Fourth celebration lists flying circus street entertainments and parades at Columbia Gardens and festival center. July 2 features aerial acts, dancing pavilions and a grand Mardi Gras, July 3 includes rodeo boxing and baseball, July 4 patriotic ceremonies at courthouse with speeches, July 5 parachute jumps and rodeo finale prizes.
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Butte
Flying Circus
Dare-Devi
Columbia Gardens
Mirthaly
Butte Country Club
Festival Center
Galena
Dakota Streets
Broadway Theater
Doc Snell
Tacoma
Tommy Ryan
Buffalo
N. Y
Frankie Monahan
Cowboy Martin
Freddy Olsen
Billings
Young Landy
Canada
Curtain Ryiser
Lew Mehrlich
Young Terry
Livingston
de Wee
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Salute
Bill” Steele
the Gardens
Eddie Foy
Mr. Evans
Oklahoma Cotton Pickers
James "W. Evans
Mace Grant Patriotic
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Ead
Theuly 4
American History
Col. Wilber F. Sandere
W. A. Clark
Teddy Roosevelt
President McKinley
W. H. Taft
Miss Liberty
Joan of Arc
Uncle Sam
West
Chicago-New York
AIR Mail
Poland
Amer
Britain
Bideres
Dee Flynn
P. M
10 & M
Charlies R. Leonard
Lee Mantle
Tval
Rodeoce
Priacs
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