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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1905
Page
7
Butte readers are informed advertising rates for the Principal Branch Office of the Standard located at 28 East Broadway. The notice provides contact details and states rates are furnished on application.
A local ad offers a Waltham or Elgin watch movement in a dust proof case priced at five dollars with a guarantee. The text emphasizes value and a basic warranty on the timepiece.
A letter questions the shrinking purchasing power of wages citing that twenty years ago a man could buy cheap water after four days of work, while today a similar amount equals about a day and a half of labor. It asks if any other common goods have seen similar declines.
Butte Current Notes lists visitors and staying guests at local hotels. It mentions Moyer buggies at Grady's, Orton Bros rent pianos, Las Palmas cigars, camping privilege at Pipestone, and various locals visiting Butte from nearby towns. Also notes dining at The Grill and local business ads for Tonkin's and Itkin's diamond parlor.
Stock Inspector Collins transfers prisoner Harry Bertrand from Anaconda to Butte after Anaconda officials refuse to file charges. Acting County Attorney Lamb plans to prosecute in Judge Donlan's court. Bertrand bonds set at 1000 dollars. The case centers on the reported theft of a horse linked to Frank Henault and Steve Pratt, with claims of Geary’s brand and multiple transfers.
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly members elected a largely new slate. John McMullen, Stationary Engineers Union No. 83, became president, defeating J. F. Opie of the Miners Union who kept his vice presidency by appointment. Edward Shields won secretary over F. W. Cronin, S. R. Cook became treasurer, Fred Wilson was named guard, and A. J. Hills the statistician. No further business was transacted. For sale a selection of horses, traps, carriages, and harnesses via Symons Dry Goods Co. or Thomas Morrow.
The Grand Opera House opened with Miss Sutton in The Princess of Patches. The Montana actress impressed butte crowds with a clever princess portrayal and strong supporting cast led by Frank Lindon. The weeklong engagement includes intermissionless segments and a miner Tim Lowney obituary note accompanies the show.
Manager Armstrong of the telephone company and M G Sullivan of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers held a close but unresolved meeting over linemen’s jurisdiction and a new scale. Linemen return today under old terms with no toll work in the Butte district until settlement. Also, United Irish societies of Silver Bow and Deer Lodge plan a Gregson Springs picnic on Sunday July 16, 1995 to benefit the Meagher memorial fund.
Nearly ten thousand people visited Columbia gardens yesterday and last night with crowds at the pavilion concerts and shaded groves for lunches. Children’s day is set for Wednesday with free rail transport for the youngsters from morning until 1 PM and no free return before 1 PM.
Special dispatch from Rochester notes White and Mc Quaid, longtime Montana miners, extracting good ore at the Elgin mine in Elgin Oregon. The mine, long worked and abandoned, shows promising returns in recent days and the pair appear confident and cheerful about their find.
Jerry Murphy 13 says Dennis Murphy his father struck him with a club as he slept after returning from a delivery shift. The blow cut the right side of his head and sent him running hatless to Missoula gulch area where neighbors aided him. He sought his grandmother in Centerville before reporting the incident. Local group Butnerie No 11 FP E calls a meeting tonight.
The Billings correspondent for the Milwaukee Sentinel argues Yellowstone valley irrigation could make Billings Montana’s eastern capital. He traces irrigation history from the 1880s ditch to today’s two canals, notes home capital funding growth, and predicts eastern Montana settlement and state division with Billings at the core.
A bold pitch seeks to spark action with promises of land and a home for a token investment. It lists multiple Montana city offices and agents including Missoula Helena Butte Anaconda Great Falls Kalispell and Flathead Reservation information office. The copy urges quick action to act wisely and hints at Schilling's Best Tea booklet inside packages.
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