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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1918
Page
11
Anaconda News Transportation announces discontinuation of the practice of extending credit for freight charges on a cash basis effective Thursday. The decision affects all freight shipments and requires customers to pay promptly upon receipt of service or cargo.
The government imposes cash prepayment for freight charges and new credit controls. Carriers must collect cash for advance service, with bonds required for credit on consignments and local collection bureaus to be created as needed. Checks may be treated as cash if signer is trusted. delivery for order shipments requires original bills of lading or a cash bond if lost.
Harry Lane, 57, native of Rockford and longtime Montana resident, died when his car overturned after hitting a rock while driving with Langtois on the Warm Springs to Deer Lodge road near Galen. Lane suffered a skull fracture and was dead on arrival at the Galen hospital. Langtois escaped with injuries and is reported shaken but not seriously hurt. Funeral plans await word from relatives. interment likely in Rockford beside his wife. Lane had worked at the Anaconda and Pacific railroad shops and owned land in the Deer Lodge valley. He leaves a son, Orville, a sister Mrs Monte Strickland, Mrs Mr Hickster, three brothers, Ted, Jesse, and George Lane, all of Rockford.
Local notes report K of P meeting tonight and various residents traveling to Salt Lake and Philipsburg. Advertisements list Ford touring car for sale, coal orders from Peckover Co and Washoe Coal, and furniture for sale plus rental offers. Public notices mention a Norwegian Sunday school picnic and Red Cross garment distribution at Mrs Swift D Hunter in Opportunity.
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