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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1920
Page
5
Weather dampened plans in Butte as showers and lightning disrupted picnics and a ball game. Residents stayed indoors or fled to camping spots while many travelers headed toward Pocatello for the O Dowd McKay fight and a special train carried fans back home by Tuesday morning. Old timers note Butte’s Fourth festivities were never like this.
Police activity on July 3 and 4 resulted in 50 arrests before midnight last night. A majority were charged with liquor law violations. Fourteen drunks and four bootleggers, eight disturbances, 14 vagrancy cases, four gambling vagrancy, two held for other cities, two on minor charges, six held as complainants.
A column of community notes lists a July 6 Yeomen card party at the K P hall hosted by the Brotherhood of American Yeomen No 254. Also mentions births at two addresses, book arrivals at P O News Stand, savings deposits earning interest after July 15, and a Idaho auto trip by Dr and Mrs C S Whitford and daughter Charlotte.
Forty three members of the Butte Eagles Aerie depart Tuesday for Kalispell to attend the Montana Eagles state convention. The delegation includes 12 past presidents and 33 delegates from Buttenerie. Special fare rates on Great Northern and Northern Pacific will apply under the certificate plan with full fare paid by Butte members for outward travel and reduced return. The group aims to advocate choosing Butte as the next convention site.
The B A P Railway offers a $1.00 round trip between Anaconda and Butte. Tickets go on sale July 4 and 5 and are valid return until July 6. Special trains depart Butte at 8:00 pm and 12:45 am, and from Anaconda at 8:00 pm on July 4 and 11:30 pm July 5, plus 8:30 pm and 11:30 pm July 5. Last Butte departure at Gregson is midnight.
The B A P railway runs special trains from Butte at 8 30 a m to Silver Lake and returns leaving Silver Lake at 7 30 p m arriving Butte at 9 30 p m The round trip costs $1 62 with children’s fare 81 cents.
A rain decision halted a 2:30 start as Helena and Montana Power prepared for a doubleheader. Umpire Ed Rouleau awaited lineups while Jupe delayed with a heavier shower. Eighteen innings were anticipated, with Currie Bentizen Byers Percell Sorenson for Helena and McGeehan Cullen Tremblay for Montana Powers.
At a meeting of the Thomas Ashe branch of Friends of Irish Freedom members reaffirmed their allegiance to the United States. They urged honoring the Continental Congress and its declaration of independence while noting the role of Irish in America's founding and asking Congress to substitute American for English in its language policy.
Over 60 Butte boxing fans traveled to Pocatello for the 15 round title clash between Mike O'Dowd and Gordon McKay. Many expected limited Pullman car berths and potential lodging shortages in Pocatello. The semi windup features Beadle Kelley of Butte versus Abe Mishkind of Salt Lake in eight rounds.
Several touring parties including former Butte residents from Santa Monica and Anaheim arrive at McC. White park during Friday and Saturday. They plan to stay through August visiting relatives, then continue to Seattle and California, traveling by Ford cars with sleeping bunks. Others from Superior Wisconsin and Brighton Colorado stop for the Fourth, seeking better camping grounds as they journey along the Pacific trail to Los Angeles.
London report says Zionist federation of White Russia Minsk issued a Hebrew leaflet urging Jews in Russia to emigrate to Palestine and support funds to build a Jewish national home.
London notice reports the Eton rural district council votes to allow smoking by women members to speed business and counter poorly ventilated rooms. The decision aims to improve efficiency and working conditions within council chambers.
The Boy Scouts met at Thompson Park to raise the American flag despite missing supplies. Forty scouts waited two hours for a truck with a flag while sharing ice cream, playing games, and telling stories. Once the flag was hoisted, they recited the pledge.
Early in the day Mars shines beneficently while the sun and Venus later turn mildly adverse. The outlook favors iron and steel traders with profit and large gains expected. Construction accelerates after midsummer, and builders engineers and architects face rising demands.
Intermittent rain showers spoiled all amusement programs planned in Butte and vicinity yesterday. Many picnickers at Columbia Gardens and Luna Park were sent home early as the weather turned, and the Helena versus Montana Power game was postponed. By late evening the barometer rose, signaling improving weather today.
Butte displays a sea of patriotism as almost every business house decorates with flags shields and bunting. Hennessy’s department store features a huge flag archway and Lincoln and Washington portraits guarded by eagles. Other firms like Connell Montana Power Grand Union and Symons showcase creative tributes in their windows while banks, the city hall, Masonic temple and fire stations join the nationwide celebration.
County attorney officers Melia and Duggan intercepted Nic Bosivich and Matt Stenick while entering Butte with a moonshine load. A keg and five liquor jars were seized from their wagon. The still search paused due to darkness and will resume in the morning. Earlier, basement fixtures at 16% Fast Park street were torn out. the proprietor there was recently convicted of selling liquor.
Picnickers and baseball fans heading to Columbia gardens were held up for about an hour as a torrent washed down the mountain side and across the tracks just south of the Pittsmont mine. Rain and hail flooded the line for half a mile, a dozen cars blocked by earth and rocks. Crews redirected the water and cleared the right of way with no major damage reported.
Western Canadian farmers sowed wheat by lantern light and moonlight into May to catch up after April delays. Warm, moist soil boosted rapid germination. eight inch wheat by month’s end. Acreage slightly smaller than last year but total area similar or larger with more oats barley and flax. Optimism runs high for a bumper crop if summer stays moist.
Sir H P Maybury, head of Britain's roads department, estimates one car per 120 Britons versus one per 16 Americans. He cites 750 000 motor vehicles in Great Britain and 6 146 117 in the United States from last year’s census. If motorcycles are included, British car counts may be lower due to many motorcycles there.
The bishop of Southwell stated that many cler gymen in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire have incomes lower than pitboys who attend their Bible classes, highlighting economic disparity between workers and church leaders.
Six little Pea-Boys burst from their pod cradle eager to see the world. Two are eaten by red hens, the others lie in dirt until sun dries them, and Mother Plant exhorts the survivors to grow to please the housewife and live to make others happy.
President Wilson has become an ardent movie fan while ill and has watched one or two reels daily since recovery. He enjoys detective and comedy films and stories, with drama also among his favorites. Invitations to viewings come informally, in the East Room, where a screen is set up. He uses either a wheelchair or a settee during showings, and the White House staff supplies the operator for the projector.
Official statements report 64 accidents on Mexico national railways last year. The incidents include bandit assaults, wrecks, and derailments, mainly in the north. Attacks declined after protective blockhouses were built, with total losses of pesetas not fully shown due to damaged figures.
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