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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1902
Page
7
The Principal Branch Office of the Standard in Butte at 21 East Broadway lists advertising rates available on request. Contact 422 for details.
The Butte Current Notes list residents and visitors including R. G. Cooper from Missoula and Miss Sadie Bryson from Helena. It notes professionals like Dr. Hanson and G. A. Chevigny and mentions the Argosy magazine’s upcoming arrival at P. W. News Stand. Marriage licenses issued include Frank Horatt with Mary Moser and others in Butte and Walkerville.
George Sears of 517 Dakota street reports being held up by one or more masked men at River and Dakota as he walked home from work. He fled toward Silver Street when guns were pointed and shots were fired. no description of the assailants was obtained.
John Ferry, longtime Walkerville hunter, captured two emaciated cub bears on a Montana mountainside after they wandered toward the city limits. He restrained them rather than kill, plans to train them in his town yard as a notable haul of the season.
Thirteen year old Ada Hetherell was injured at Columbia Gardens when she fell from a teeter board. She was unconscious after the fall, later revived and said to have concussion with no skull fracture. Her parents and bystanders assisted. a Meaderville line car helped move her home. doctors treated her and she regained consciousness.
Silver Bow County reports total property value at 31,245,660 a drop of 7,282,645 from 1900 due to mining proceeds decline from 15,749,735 to 5,544,640. Assessments detail real estate improvements banks stock personal property and livestock with precise counts and values across acres lots miles lines and wagonage. Indebted residents of Mrs M T Somerville, milliner, are urged to settle accounts by the 15th or face collection.
Georgie Taite is charged with robbing P. C. Sullivan of a $55 gold watch and chain. She was arrested yesterday at No. 8 Missoula house and held in the city jail. She will face arraignment before Judge Boyle as the case proceeds. The victim says the watch was taken near Eight-Mile house, a resort outside Butte.
A list shows round trip fares from Butte to adjacent towns with prices ranging from 1.06 to 4.00 dollars. Notes indicate tickets sold Saturday and Sunday may be good to return the following Monday and a separate Sunday morning return option to Deer Lodge.
Building Inspector Lane granted permits for two new houses. One on lot 24 block 4 Neptune addition facing Silver Street, a two story brick veneer home 32 by 47 feet costing 4000 dollars. The second on East Second and South Gaylord streets, a one story brick veneer residence costing 1200 dollars.
Carpenters are asked to attend the next regular meeting on Thursday evening July 17 1902. Secretary C A McGovern says business of special importance will be transacted.
The Northern Pacific announces a July 25 special rate from Butte to Yellowstone Park and return at 39 dollars. The five and a half day excursion includes rail fare butte to Cincinnati and back, lodging and breakfast at Livingston, and park stage and hotel expenses. Only limited spots remain. leave your name early to secure a place.
The Butte Anaconda Pacific Railroad sets a cheaper round trip fare from Butte to Gregson Springs at 80 cents. Tickets are valid for travel from Saturday noon to Monday noon with return optional.
The city eyes an evening meeting with talk of repealing last council poolroom rules and a new ban uptown while race track interests seek relief. Officials await Judge Harney on an injunction ruling as committees report minimal routine business and a $7,496.30 bills payment is approved.
Park excursion deal lists a round trip from Livingston to Yellowstone with travel at a low price of 29 dollars. Includes stage and hotel expenses within the park, and a cheap weekly option.
Travel special offers announce August 4 to 9 between Butte and San Francisco and return for 50 dollars and to Los Angeles for 40 dollars. Tickets valid 60 days from sale with stopovers allowed. For berth reservations and details contact W. H. Merriman, General Agent, Northern Pacific Railway, Butte, Montana.
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