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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1926
Page
15
The Associated Press reports the hottest day of the year and the hottest July 21 on record across many regions as a heat wave moves east from the plains. Rain and showers were forecast to break the heat, with New York City enduring a new yearly high and nearly a dozen heat-related prostrations noted.
State treasurer reports paid off registered warrants totaling 1.4 million during the quarter. Details show allocations to estates, soldiers and sailors homes, education, federal trust funds, and federal land grants. Net cash balance and investments in state funds also noted.
In Missoula district cool weather aided crews fighting fires across St. Joe, Cabinet and Kootenai forests. Control lines slowed flames on large fires. progress hoped to complete Hay Creek area by Friday. Yaak Hill and Arto fires reported significant acreage. Pete Tree and Ramsey Creek also under effort. Assistant District Forester Stockdale cited ongoing burning across the Kaniksu forest with about 33 lanes involved.
The Associated Press reports in New York that speak-easies outnumbered licensed saloons in the state before prohibition. Chester P Mills cites about 15,000 speak-easies for 1918, while Excise Commissioner Herbert W. Show notes only 13,085 saloon licenses issued statewide.
Glasgow residents will vote on a proposal to switch from a municipal light and power plant to private power. Montana Power offers to build a transmission line worth 125000 dollars, supply power at eight cents per kilowatt hour, and use Glasgow’s existing distribution system, with city retaining its plant. The plan promises a saving of 20000 to 30000 dollars annually and a reduced lighting bill, but requires the city to approve the change. The decision is set for August with details continued on page 10.
In Lindsay Ontario the capsizing of a canoe on Bagsam Lake led to the drowning of 11 youths aged 16 to 22 after a five hour struggle. Nine missing are reported. Survivors describe a stiff breeze and treacherous water as the party searched for food and aid near Toryn and Be mi by the Hawthccood of James Cathedral.
Montana Kiwanis clubs finalize a three day program in Anaconda on August 8 9 and 10 with Governor J E Erickson set to speak The event includes opening sessions at Margaret theater a keynote by Governor Erickson a governor’s ball at Washoe park and tours to nearby attractions, with International President Ralph A Amerman expected to attend.
A Siberian hurricane struck Belgrade and nearby areas, with a cloudburst flooding the town of Rugevs and destroying span works at Krusever. About a hundred people are reported killed, with forty bodies recovered and many sheep drowned as rivers rose and houses collapsed.
Butte city council last night passed plans for paving South Excelsior avenue with a district for aranting and bids to be advertised. A anti lightning district along East Broadway from Arizona to Thornton was proposed with ornamental lights. Estimated costs run around 2218 for the lighting district and 210,508.07 for concrete paving with rock base. Protests from under five percent of property owners were logged.
Lincoln July 21 Associated Press reports liquor raiders struck the state capitol. Sergeant Paul Griffin, regular army instructor, attacked the head of the adjutant general’s staff and was arrested on charges of conspiring to violate prohibition. The sheriff said Griffin acted as a go-between for a bootlegger group.
North Butte and Tuolumne combine to mine promising East Side ore bodies. Three hundred teasers will work Granite Mountain mine by September 1 as leasing progresses. M Atwater, president, aims to close matters with Paul Gow and advance the North Butte-Tuolumne merger begun in 1935 to secure a large East Side tract and primary sulphide ores.
A cross-complaint filed today in Chicago names Harold Grange as a party in a divorce action brought by Clarice Taylor. The oil supply man Charles A Tastor of Beverly Hills alleges that Clarice called him a wonderful boy and rode with him, while Grange denies any grounds implicating him and says he knows both Taylor and his wife only slightly.
Jek Pens July 21. Iowa Republicans at their state convention buried hatchets and voiced approval of June primary candidates. The resolutions committee reported no discord as they accepted the nominees and praised the party’s unity.
State Senator Paul of Powell County is honored by the Am Den Vet association in a brief ceremonial moment. The event highlights his leadership and long service as a state senator.
Paris reports growing apprehension as Herriot’s government faces opposition in the chamber. A crowd of thousands gathered around the Palais Bourbon, hooting the premier amid the daylong debate and a failing vote, signaling possible formation of a national union cabinet with former premiers.
Jail cell mates testify in the Ferdinand Schlaps murder trial, detailing his behavior and mental state. Witnesses describe Schlaps as subnormal or insane, noting prior threats of hanging and a fellow prisoner’s efforts to warn him. The case concerns the May 1 killing of Mr and Mrs Jon Geisler to obtain their car and ash, with prosecutors aiming to establish motive and mental condition.
A Red Cross life saving talk by Alfred Cantwell at a Y M C A banquet in Butte spurs local action. Mel Clevett, a Red Cross director, praises local training efforts and helps organize two life saving corps, a senior unit of 19 members and a junior group.
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