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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1919
Page
8
In Lewistown the county division hearing advances as commissioners gauge petitions for creation. Protestants challenge petition signers’ elector qualifications, with 2037 Fergus backers awaiting review. Concurrently, local social news reports marriages, military returns, and a horse theft arrest.
In Roundup July 27 a new valuation system boosted Musselshell County value from 17 million to near 30 million, but tax purposes show only about 10 thousand. The city of Roundup lists roughly 3 million in valuation, shrinking to about 1 million for tax rolls this year.
A Roundup Commercial Club meeting on July 27 decided the current plan for the county fair was unsuitable and approved a county homecoming event. Citizens will host a two day program featuring a large barbecue and street activities as a countywide welcome to soldiers.
July 27 Polson notice describes ongoing work on a new bath home with estimated completion around $1,000. Mentions growing demand for Montana and Flathead lumber, a double shift at the mill, and contracted logs and railcars shipped to West Virginia. References Evelyn, Mrs Angel, Will Keeler of the AEF, Nate Hart of Alliance Nebraska, and a visit with Gray.
July 27 notices circulate through the court asking Sept 2 bond approval for 75000 dollars to supply seed grain for fall and spring planting. County board and residents favor the measure as a key way to aid farmers who lack funds to buy seed. The Commercial club plans hay at cost to support stockmen and help farmers keep farming operations locally.
Livingston July 27 Senator Dan Healy of Park county urged the July 28 special legislative session to conduct a probe into the high cost of living in Montana. He said prices are exorbitant everywhere and urged action to address rising costs while noting Chinese demand and Japanese exports like stone crushers and electric dynamos.
Virginia City reports a serious accident when David Kee Realy was jolted from a wagon on a steep Hungry Hollow descent. He suffered a crushed toe and a bruised foot, treated by Dr. Molleur. The town also notes visits by Joseph Smith Sr. of Deer Lodge, and a parade of locals including Julian Knight, J. R. Jones, W. O. Brearley, and various residents traveling, fishing trips, land deals, court actions, and school officials as Madison County records show shifts in assessor routines and ongoing community events.
Bonney, en route to Virginia Falls, visited old friends in town. A forest fire near Pipestone Springs on Cherry Creek sent a heavy plume of smoke over the valley, with residents noting the blaze and smoke spreading across the area.
Missoula July 27. District No 1 fire situation unchanged though one new blaze reported at creek four miles north of Missoula. Fires burn fiercely across Montana and Idaho with limited progress by crews. Drygulch in Lolo forest burned today, fighters unharmed. Marshall creek fire in Clearwater Idaho raging, but officials have no reports from other forests in the district.
Helena July 21 word arrives of Miss Helen Bayward Dolliver of Helena marrying Es Durham of Laurel. Daughter of Mrs W A Dolliver of Helena, she is granddaughter of late Captain and Mrs Stafford Montana pioneers. A Helena High graduate, she taught at Canyon Ferry and studied at the University of Montana Delta Gamma. Durham works in the Northern Pacific Railway office at Laurel. couple will reside there in a newly purchased home.
Eamon De Valera, provisional president of the Irish republic, will visit Helena July 27 for a three address schedule. He will likely speak to both houses of the state legislature and headline a large Wednesday evening rally after a city reception, as plans for a special session and security measures are arranged by local officials Nolan and Stewart.
Gump, president of the American Mineral Mining Company of New York, told a reporter crews are exploring A. P. Johnson’s placer claim near Superior. He claimed there is enough to justify continuing operations and expressed the company’s interest in the project.
Sidney Smith a Yale sophomore and son of a New York mill owner sustained a broken ankle after being thrown from a ducking horse at Hill Meckland cattle ranch. He is visiting Walter Histon of Mill railway King and is accompanied by companions and Swiss attendants.
Lieutenant General Smuts of South Africa, returning home from the peace talks, urged freedom for Ireland and suggested Russia handle its issues independently. He praised Germany's moderate government as a step toward stability. In Livingston, Bozeman and Gallatin County, local events include a large delegation planned for the Hate convention, a band and corps in formation, and community singing with a new choral society planned under Florence de Correvont.
Washington July 27 President Wilson will receive ballots at his desk in the executive offices for the first time in days. All appointments are with Democratic members of the House or Senate, with no Republican senators among them. An announced Pacific coast trip is expected to be announced tomorrow or Tuesday. If set, the departure from Washington would likely occur in August with arrival in Los Angeles around August 12 after speeches in the Middle West.
Bucarest June 28. For the first time since ancient Dacia, Rumania adopts the short white skirt of Roman legionaries as its costume. The historic tunic and bag-trousers gave way to gray hospital robes after looting by German Bulgarian Turkish forces. Americans from the Red Cross provided replacements, pleasing peasants at distribution stations. Two hundred editors from 37 states toured the Northwest and Canada, planning a victory tour with sessions in Seattle, Portland, Victoria, and Vancouver, before a Winnipeg-bound train. Smallpox halts a returning troop ship. 5,000 officers and men quarantined at Camp Mills, 138 war brides isolated in Hoboken. Differences among maritime unions reportedly adjusted. air pilot strike ends with reinstatement of Hamilton Lee.
Lewistown July 27 Petitions to withdraw territory from the proposed Judith Basin county have been filed with the commissioners, threatening to carve out the entire southern end of the new county. Opponents argue petitions from Fergus Cascade and Chouteau lack 38 qualified signatures, while Odell McConnell of Helena is said to represent the divisionists. In Roundup a water-short city plans a deep well as Musselshell river supply remains inadequate.
Berlin July 21 Dr Georg Michaelis former imperial chancellor delivered a parliamentary address. Mathias Erzberger the vice premier attributed remarks to him. Keable stated that peace overtures by Great Britain via the Vatican were discussed and that the chancellor must clarify these overtures.
Lewis K E Gates of Shrewsbury reports his Scotch terrier Gypsy ate all ripe strawberries as they ripened leaving him no berries this year. The amusing incident highlights a pet’s appetite impacting a small garden harvest.
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