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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1912
Page
5
A grocery list style note outlines varied baked goods and fresh meats. Items include cookies, deviled squares, cakes, cream filled pastries, and light angel food cake. Also listed are spring lamb quarters, prime rib roasts, rolled roasts, chops, and mutton, with per pound pricing hints.
New York July 19 One price of clothes is to be advanced next year. Merchants say by the prices named by leading producers of cloth who have set the figures for the spring of 1915 season from 7% to 20 cents a yard above the. One important cause of the increase is domestic wool up this year to about 30,000,000 pounds more than a year ago according to the manufacturers. The price of wool has risen abroad. Mill owners say the high scale of wages and shorter working hours also have had their effect.
W H Young, local manager of Helena Automatic Telephone, resigns and plans to pursue fruit-raising in Kallape country. HB Risley, company general manager, announces KR G Richardson as successor and plant superintendent in Helena.
Special dispatch reports Missoula Sanders and Nin soula counties sold state land this week. Deputy Register Joseph Oker of the state land office oversaw the sales which totaled 191 789 dollars. In Missoula Oh Aches averaged 16 47 dollars per acre selling for 82 623 dollars. He also sold 68 lots in a Missoula addition averaging 195 75 per lot for 18 832 dollars. Returns from this section reach 300 000 dollars to date.
Walter Be Layman, half starved after an escape from the penitentiary Tuesday, sought a meal at Oscar Anderson’s farm house two and a half miles west of the prison. He said he had eaten nothing since the escape and believed the island prison to be too distant to reach by land. He sat quietly as Anderson had him wait for Warden Halligan. Layman was serving a three year sentence from last October.
A group of 49 state insurance commissioners will tour Butte and meet with local leaders. The Butte Chamber of Commerce plans an informal dinner at the Silver Bow club to showcase city resources and investment, inviting real estate and insurance people to attend. Cost is $2 per cover and reservations by phone are requested.
No fines were collected from automonic owners charged with violating city speed laws. J Z Doran and M Ortan each fined $5 with fines suspended, while Thomas A Wateh, Charles BR Leonard, I O Angell, C Sultan and H H Cochran were dismissed. Witnesses testified Walsh caused a collision near the Butte Alla condo Pacific depot. Caraplis absent, witnesses said Walsh was driving slowly. A separate case against Br and Mrs Andrew erg involved a noisy dispute in Madison avenue block 120, with neighbors recounting a heated argument and coarse language.
Mayer guarantees Lafrit the best making for 3n% or gelernany watch at 71.50 with a money back promise if not satisfied. New theater built at 22 West Park Street.
In Sacramento, July 49, Arthur Jackson, a Black porter, swam above the city as dusk fell. Fishermen Fred Ford and William Gladstone watched. Gladstone fired at a supposed sea serpent, but Jackson was unharmed.
All city Fellows are summoned to meet at 1 oclock Sunday July 1 at the O F hall South Butte to attend the funeral of Brother John Bowden by order of RB EB Olson N G
Objection to the account of Dave Ney Colt as administrator of the estate of W OAL Waller is heard by Judge Yonlun. The case includes disputes over executor charges, unreconciled expenses, and a claim by Maplan Ay Waller, heir. Other actions include suits involving Emil Belcher, John Hopkins, and the estate of Erk. Manry, plus guardianship for Clara E B McClure.
This presidential year the Tark will be the live The Standard, Montana's live daily pro- imperial newspaper. Subscriptions are $1 per month for daily and Sunday Standard delivered by carrier or by mail to any post office in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
A leap year party at Columbia Gardens draws attention as women entice eligible men with marriage offers. A July 27 gathering promises entertainment and a contributed fund to support housekeeping costs, amid merchant support and a proposed wedding betrothal.
The Treasury Department announced that a paste sold as a mosquito repellent is dutiable at 20 percent ad valorem. The note, described as a smudge stick, is linked to oriental shrines and a claim by Asian and Japanese sellers, reflecting tariff action on such imports.
The article recounts a Seattle hearing with House Judiciary subcommittees and a high profile judge Lanford amid impeachment talk. Testimony touches on patent litigation with Burpee and canning machinery, including a bid dispute and potential factory closure.
Great Palla July 19 E W Thomm son a young mall carrier sentenced to 18 months in Leavenworth for theft of registered letters after confessing guilt was paroled May and is now returning to the city. Good behavior in prison and a prior clean record led the parole officer to recommend release.
A 19 month old girl drowned near Wort Shaw in a canal beside her parents home. The incident followed by the carnival committee’s release of 19 candidates for carnival queen including Inos Patterson, Fite Ferguson, Zada Sales, Anne Sacket, and Josephine Keuhtz.
Special Dispatch reports Nelena notes July 19 John D Mekatyt of Weer Tedee filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court. Debtor lists assets at 1003 and liabilities unclear. a Soweter of Hie lings and another party have also filed petitions in bankruptcy with assets and liabilities stated.
Livingston July 19 Etla Cubty daughter of County Commissioner Terano Coll remained in critical condition after a runaway accident this morning. Medical staff report she has not regained consciousness and her family awaits further updates from the hospital.
Spokane report says the 75 million dollar plan to unite upwater sawmills and lumber interests in Washington and Oregon, backed by New York and Chicago bankers, is temporarily abandoned after promoter Shary Pierce indicated opposition. The merger aimed to consolidate logging and sawmill operations and streamline transport to eliminate middlemen.
Washington July 13. A resolution for a Senate committee to probe expenditures in the Forest Service was asked by Senator Overman. The urgent expert committee would meet during congressional recess to study alleged duplications of payments and overstaffing.
In Walla Walla July 12 D R Kirk of Hutingside was killed when the wagon he rode was struck by a Walla Walla Milton interurban car. The wagon was moved from the track and left at the Interurban station. no arrangements for disposition were made. An advertisement urges hiring this company to draft a will, naming executors and vault storage as important planning.
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