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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1920
Page
2
In Red Lodge Carbon county Democrats formed a Cox Roosevelt club with John Romersa as president and officers including Mrs. S. M. Soyders, Allen C. Prescott, and Harry Cassidy. The group will open headquarters there and form county clubs to block leaguers.
Lewistown July 21 A man on a bicycle smashed the plate glass show window of Sutter jewelry store on Main street at an early hour and stole watches and jewelry worth about $1,000. Dr MacDougal, formerly of Butte, saw the thief but police could not catch him.
In Powell Deer Lodge July 21 Judge George B. Winston presided briefly and entered judgments on several cases. William and Mattie Anderson v Brock et al were found groundless against the plaintiffs waived a jury trial. Whitworth v Holt favored the plaintiff. Williams v Smelser favored the plaintiff. Bray v Keeley and the sheriff allowed to traverse lands with gates to be closed when road is established. Dorothy et al v McLean favored the plaintiffs as defendants did not appear. Writ of habeas corpus in Surle v state taken under advisement. Mary A Day appointed administratrix of Ralph Day’s estate, valued at $60,000.
Local Big Timber notes report Hans Boe and Elia Peterson wed at a Livingston Lutheran church with Rev. J. H. Groth officiating. Witnesses included Mrs. Henry Holten and Harold Boe. The couple will honeymoon in Yellowstone and Seattle before settling in Big Timber.
Fifty two Carbon county residents drafted a resolution urging federal aid for the Red Lodge Roscoe road, the missing link between the White and Yellow trails connecting Cody Cheyenne. The plan, backed by J D F Siegfriedt, is to submit to the state highway commission and Bureau of Public Roads after county approval. The road, once deemed unnecessary, is seen as the sole east of Beartooth forests linking two major trails. County commissioners plan prompt action to push the project through both state bodies.
Mother Perpetua, Montana prioress, will leave Great Falls July 21 for New York and sail to Rome as one of three northern province representatives for the Ursuline order. She will sail July 38 aboard the Lafayette to Naples, visit Pope Benedict and Lourdes, returning to Great Falls in late September. The general council meets every six years and current mother general is Mother Marie Angela de Notre Dame of Paris.
Lloyd X. Green and Ralph Griffon drew three year terms while Ralph L. Brant received 18 months at McNeil's Island. Sam Miller stays in county jail for six months after pleading guilty to auto theft before Federal Judge R. S. Bean. The defendants admitted stealing cars from Los Angeles to Seattle.
Doris dreams under an oak tree and finds herself floating on a real magic balloon with a shadow elfin guiding her to the cloud castles. They explore the land of toy balloons and shadow folk who help children not feel lonely, then Doris wakes to find the red balloon tied to a bush.
At the three annual meeting of the Three Forks Chamber of Commerce officers for the fiscal year were elected led by President W N Porter and Vice President David Whittit. Directors include R L Robertson C B McCulloch William Veach Dr John Dimon and Frank Fohard. The meeting approved continued Farm Exchange Bulletin publication and set monthly open meetings. A membership drive and road and tourism projects were discussed with activity on Geyser Glacier road and Three Forks campground usage.
Federal prohibition commissioner John F. Kramer ruled that drug stores may not sell tinctures and compounds that could intoxicate, requiring regulation permits and physicians' prescriptions for access. The decision targets dozens of previously popular concoctions and ends a era of easy, storewide availability.
A car load of 65 Russian radicals joined a mixed group at Seattle and another from San Francisco to form a farewell transcontinental journey in Portland. They are headed to New York to sail for their native lands. Armed guards monitor the trains and federal officials decline to release further details.
In Deer Lodge on July 21, a group of Democrats convened in the district clerk’s office to discuss political matters. The Powell County Democratic central committee lists members from Avon to Race Track with six nonpartisan ticket members also noted. A countywide meeting is set for next Monday at 8 p m in the same clerk’s office to organize efforts amid several contests among Democrats for various offices.
Airplane No. 3 of the Alaskan flying expedition commanded by Lieut. Co. C. Crumrine, flying from Erie Pennsylvania to Grand Rapids, arrived safely here at 5 43 this afternoon.
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