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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
10
The Principal Branch Office of the Standard Ig at 28 East Broadway, Butte, lists telephone numbers 422 and Independent 1 422. Advertising gates listed on application.
In Butte today terse notes record Regal Shoes and other merchants promoting sales including Bel e on canvas shoes and Douglas Oxfords at prices around 32.98. The community sees visitors from Helena, Livingston, Chicago, Deer Lodge, and Missoula while local figures and events are noted, such as audits, poultry meetings, marriages, and trains to Anaconda.
After a three month absence John D. Ryan managing director of the Amalgamated Quyper company returns to Batle and says conditions are best in Great Falls and Anaconda, copper mining in Montana is satisfactory though flood damage at Great Falls delays smelters. He notes metal prices low but demand steady, with no stockpiles and future growth tied to general business revival. He also confirms buying most issued stock of the Great Falls Water Power and Townsite company, predicting strong future for Great Falls with its vast water power and real estate prospects.
Mrs. A B Gorrell died yesterday in Winston-Salem North Carolina after months of rheumatic heart disease. She was 54 and survived by two sons and two daughters Mrs. Tig gins of Winslow-Salem and Mrs. J H Faciss of Buile. Her husband died years ago.
E D Sewall president of the Chicago Milwaukee and Paul Railway says the line south of Butte will reach Butte by July 23 with the Blank Tail creek bridge completed. Only five miles of rock remain and two miles of switchback will cross the range until a long tunnel is finished in the fall. Freight trains into Butte are planned by mid August.
Louis Gossman appeared in justice court before Justice Grice on a charge of failing to support his family. He promised Judge Grice to pay ten dollars weekly for the family's support, and the case did not go to trial. In other matters, the Long sons of Helmerdinger face a two week continuance for throwing sticks and stones, while Frank Sullivan and Frank Armstrong face charges of seduction and petty larceny respectively and were tied to ongoing preliminary hearings and local disputes.
The Montana Fowtrana Transmiser reports 1,000,000 capital stock 870,000 in assets and 643,765 in mobility. Madison River Power shows 551,000 paid capital assets valued at 2,000,000 with liabilities of 1,052,000. Butte Electric and Power lists capitalization at 4,000,000 assets 3,250,000 liabilities 2,788,000. The three companies recently united in a joint issue of 3,000,000.
A. Noyes of Beaverhead county has been appointed Assistant in the state land office. He is visiting Butte and will depart for Deer Lodge to oversee state lands in that district. His duty includes the appraisal of lands statewide. He has lived in Montana most of his life.
Miss Amy Edmunds, once a teacher in public schools in Butte and later in New York, completed her course at Columbia College and earned a degree of Bachelor of Arts. She plans to buy a piano or organ from Orton Bros at 219 North Main Street.
A lengthy circulated petition in Butte asks Northern Pacific Great Northern and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railways to form a union station. Signers include city officials, banks, hotels, and numerous local businesses urging shared depot use to improve traffic, baggage handling, and rail operations.
Helena will host an evening program featuring the Principe address. Former Governor R. B. Smith is invited but unconfirmed. Additional speakers include Jeeee B. Roeate and J. R. Boarman, with attendance not yet certain.
Special Dispatch reports bids opened for public building sites in Livingston and Billings with multiple donors and amounts. Notable offers include $15,000 at Second and Calender, $14,000 at Main and Cows Trots, and $25,000 at Third Avenue and Twenty-ninth Street, among others.
A Bryan and Kern rally for Democrats was held at the Auditorium with a large attendance. Judge Alton B. Parker was absent while touring the park. Phil C. Goodwin invited Parker to join a civic event, and Parker sent best wishes for the campaign. Governor Edwin Norris is mentioned.
An ad-style claim touts Mayer offers flawless diamonds cheaper than any rival with a buyback guarantee at 10 percent and a money-back refund policy. It promotes Amgor's as the place to buy, citing written assurances and superior prices.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions misinosyte and a promised refund to a Montana client or opponent, with a partial address 22 West Park and a Mayer’s store. The readable text implies a disputed guarantee and possible restitution.
Special dispatch from Miles City notes wool transactions under sealed bids at Northern Pacific Wool House and other mills. Bids include 192 sacks at 14 cents and 18 sacks at 63 cents, with totals described. buyers and sellers listed, major action near Mil waukee St Paul house sale.
We thank kind neighbors and friends who showed sympathy during the to mine and burial of Mrs. Emily Tantly. We also wish to express gratitude for the generous gift from the Mane 41CR Morningte ring fund.
A drunken man named Ramsey shot by his wife after a violent spree. He claimed she fired to defend herself to the county attorney, exonerating her while losing an eye and an optic nerve. Ramsey recalls teaching his wife to shoot and plans to keep a rifle at home.
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