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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1903
Page
2
Montana Merchants advertises discounts on men's clothing and accessories with quotations from eastern factories. The notice emphasizes stock clearance by August 22 and urges dealers to purchase in job lots before closing the sale.
Billings Montana July 28 Chief officers of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company remain in the city as talks continue over buying the Moffett exchanges at Cody Meeteetse and Basin. A price near 46000 for the properties is viewed as excessive by Bell officials and negotiations may close within hours. The Billings exchange has about 20 telephones and the purchase would block a rival in Billings and open access to Red Lodge.
The conference of populists ended in Denver after two days with resolutions adopting a public address claiming all party differences settled. Leaders expect ratification by two national committees meeting tomorrow and set up a provisional committee from each state to finalize the larger organizational body.
Miles City July 23 county commissioners learned that certain persons brought wattle into Custer county for grazing and ordered the county attorney to sue Thomas J White Hay White Thomas J Driscoll and Jessie Driscoll for grazing violations The Whites face 1250 dollars in fines per 250 cattle head while the Driscolls face fines for 150 head The grazing tax is four cents per head if paid or collected regardless of payment and applies March to December under the state law.
Esseltyn, living in Carbon county, was arrested by Chief Morse on a charge of drawing checks with no cash in the bank. He allegedly drew checks totaling $0 cashed by Tony Minder of the Top theater and another for a missing amount cashed by John D. Losekamp. He has prior trouble and relatives once aided him. A justice of the peace will hear the case.
Willie of the Deer Lodge livery stable died suddenly at the livery barn after helping un hitch a horse. Dr. Owing arrived to declare death from heart disease. A Mason and respected Deer Lodge citizen, he was seized with a fainting spell while at work and died in a chair.
A 62 year old man with a sizeable estate died leaving no known relatives in the US or in Deer Lodge. He had lived in Montana about four years and partnered with Lee Montgomery in placer mining initially and then a livery business for sixteen years. The Masonic fraternity will conduct the funeral.
The Butte school trustees met briefly and approved audited bills totaling 9,730.18 and the teachers payroll of 168. They asked for a 5 mill county levy plus 2 mills general and ½ mill sinking fund, totaling 7 1/2 mills, and discussed commercial desks for the high school with no decision yet. The west side petition to shorten the school day was postponed until Superintendent Young's return.
Eipecial Dispatch to the Standard reports Thorpe, a noted eastern artist, arriving in Helena with his portrait of Grover Cleveland. He presents the painting to the Montana State Historical Society. The work is praised as the best likeness and will be shown in a downtown art store window before permanent display.
Charles Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners arrived in Leadville to file suit against the sheriff for alleged fake imprisonment of Joe Schulbe. He was arrested for carrying concealed weapons and fined 2.10 with his revolver confiscated. J H Murphy of Denver accompanied him.
A weekly crop bulletin issued by Section Director Montrose W Hayes outlines current field conditions, advisories for farmers, and observations on crop progress across the region. It details weather impacts, soil moisture, pest notes, and recommended actions for upcoming planting and harvesting cycles.
Weather was hot with frequent thunderstorms in Gallatin Madison Beaverhead and Kavalli counties. Grain progress improved with winter wheat maturing and haying advancing. oat yields average to below. corn late but progressing. potatoes generally good. alfalfa yields promising. range fair to good except southeastern counties.
The Navy outlines a August combined North Atlantic fleet exercise from Aug 3 to 29 off Eastport Cape Ann and Portland with a Roosevelt review at Oyster Bay. Over 30 ships participate as crews simulate entering harbors and conduct target practice near Gayhead Martha's Vineyard before winter repairs.
Honolulu July 28 delegates push for Hawaiian independence. Ex Delegate Wilcox urged Congress be memorialized to grant independence and favored a Cuba style government. Petition likely to be prepared by Delegate Kalanianaole for presentation to Congress with many signatures expected.
Belt July 3 a blaze destroyed the home of J M McGuire with origin unknown. Mrs McGuire, returning in minutes from an absence, rushed into the flames and saved her child from death despite singed hair. No insurance. The lot value is about 1 100.
Explosion of natural gas wrecks a building at 117 North High Street Columbus killing two women Mrs Wilhimina Lewis and Mrs F A Grehi and seriously injuring about six men.
William Rondolf a railroad laborer near Muir appeared before Judge Henry on a charge of insanity. He is mentally unsettled after a head injury and believes he is a Chinaman. The hearing was continued for a day or two.
Judge Henry Smith schedules a hearing on a motion for a new trial in the case State v James Keer. The hearing is set for September at 9:00 a.m. in Helena.
Helena July 28 The boarding house of the Boston and Seattle Mining company at the Ontario mine burned Sunday night. Fire fighting facilities and water supply were inadequate so only part of the furniture was saved. No injuries occurred. The two story frame building cost about 1500 dollars, not insured, and stood near the Ontario mill.
Great Falls July 28 Charles Spalding has recovered enough from wounds to be deemed fit for transfer to the Warm Springs insane asylum. A commission found him insane after a shooting affray with Clinton Walker near Sand Coulee last month. He will likely be taken to Warm Springs tomorrow or Thursday for continued treatment.
Alexander Peterson of Havre, reported dead yesterday, survived with severe injuries after a switch engine crushed his head between couplers. He was taken to Columbus hospital in Great Falls where skull fractures and possible surgery determine his fate. He remains in critical condition with a slim chance of recovery.
Helena July 2. Sheriff James Barnden of Powell county returned home with James Miller in custody. Miller was arrested here Saturday night on a charge of assaulting a little girl in Deer Lodge several months ago. The crime led to his disappearance from Powell county and suspected flight to Idaho. The warrant was sworn by the girl's uncle.
It is stated that the Koontz coal properties on Trail creek near Storrs have been purchased by J. D. Kennedy and other Chicago capitalists, with development work to begin at once.
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