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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1903
Page
12
Western Montana office of the Gantersie at 11 West Main Street Mrs Soule. Telephone No 118 Advertising Fates furnished on application.
A Missoula Ravalli and Pinthead alliance proposes a shared horticultural hall at Helena for the state fair. County commissioners discuss funding with Missoula offering half the cost if others match. Resolutions urge $1250 from Missoula and similar sums from Ravalli and Flathead for a united display of western Montana products.
Missoula July 29 Hamilton witnessed its first automobile yesterday with the arrival of Sellers Largey’s big machine and party. The trip from Hamilton to Missoula took about four hours with a half hour stop at Stevensville. The journey is described as a notable achievement given the high grades en route.
Missoula July 2. Manager Leiser of the Giants has arranged a stopover next Monday on their route to Seattle. The San Francisco league team will play an exhibition game in Missoula.
Justice Phillips ruled in Missoula that the Studebaker Wagon Co cannot claim action against Kelly and Edwards after Norwood sold a wagon with outstanding payment due. The court held the loss falls on the party who exercised least care, as Norwood had left the wagon Idaho bound. The decision cites negligence by the Studebakers for allowing property to leave Idaho.
Missoula July 28 Patrick Gallagher a lumbersman was instantly killed this afternoon at a camp of the St. Regis Lumber company on the Miersoula river. He was unloading logs at a landing. The camp is under foreman Kiley Edridge.
A list of names of men and women accompanies an auction inviting bids for 25 birds at Kelley & Edwards on August 1, with the bid price set at $3. The readable fragment includes numerous personal names and titles.
Clifton Walker sues Spaulding for 820,200 after being shot and paralyzed from a June 2 incident at a Cascade ranch. Spaulding, later deemed insane, was wounded during the exchange and held at Warm Springs asylum as guardianship and appraisals are arranged.
Mrs Martha J Greenough aged 74 died after a long illness. Born in Indiana she lived in Davis County Iowa before moving to Missoula and later Mullan Idaho. She leaves sons T L Greenough and J W Greenough and several other children. Funeral is Friday at 2 PM at the residence of T L Greenough in Missoula.
The State tried Herman Parsons in Judge Hayes court for shooting a steer owned by F M Gilbert. A Fourth of July marksmen dispute led to the steer's death. Parsons and companions testified otherwise. The jury found Parsons not guilty and he was released.
Missoula July. W ob Linderborn of Thompson, surviving partner of Goodchild & Co and executor of Edward A Goodchild, bid in Elisa Ellis Eureka and Black Jack quartz claims and the Black Jack mill site of Montana Antimony Mining and Smelting Co at Thompson. Price paid 5072 40.
Senator Thomas H. Carter and the Helena delegation visited Stevensville and Hamilton during the state fair. Citizens turned out in large numbers and pledged loyal support. One hundred calling cards and a plate for $1.50 offered by the Standard office in Missoula.
The Missoula Water Co announces irrigation hours effective after this date. North of Main Street water use is allowed 30 minutes a.m. to 1 p.m. Main Street and south 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Water must run on the street. violations will trigger water shutoff without notice. Dr. R. Gwinn listed for mail orders at Golden Rule.
In Missoula on July 29 Wolcott and Lewis placed a gate in the pavilion park fence to aid park access. No bloodshed occurred as the wire was cut and gate opened briefly. An injunction will be sought to force the pavilion owners to keep the gate closed until boundary lines are settled in court. The city and others failed to determine a boundary, signaling a likely court action.
W Q Ranft is at the reservation on business. Mrs William Houston is reported improving. Rev F J Saleman and family camped up the Phackfout for a month. Mr and Mrs Charles Enmisley and Minnie Spurgin visit Yellowstone. Dr Mills plans three more houses at Pine and Padloe. Samuel Bellew appointed administrator of Edwin Abbott estate. The estate inventories. John R Latimer filed timber and stone proof for land on Grant creek. Arthur B McGrew of Victor filed a final homestead.
Mixeoula July 28. Work on the new Carnegie library is delayed due to inability to obtain terra cotta. No start has occurred yet, but it is expected that once begun, construction will proceed rapidly and be enclosed before snowfall.
Louis Kennedy pleaded not guilty before Judge Hinyes on a deadly weapon charge in Missoula. The trial is set for Saturday morning. The notice mentions the Brunswick hotel run by C. Heckler in Missoula.
A vintage note recounts Queen Victoria's early hair care, noting a germ destroying preparation used on her scalp. It mentions Newbro's Herpicide as the dandruff remedy that claims to destroy the dandruff germ and promote hair growth, advertised by druggists and the Herpicide Co. Detroit Michigan.
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh by internal remedies. It touts a blood purifier and tonic mix prescribed by a top physician, with testimonials offered free. The blurb is signed F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and notes druggists carry the remedy.
Pearle W. Ginge and six other members of the Delaware Coal Dealers Association faced indictments for violating the Sherman Act under criminal clause. The appellate decision declares the anti trust law unconstitutional and the case moves toward the state supreme court on appeal.
Articles of incorporation filed in Billings for the Montana Construction Company with P. R. Moss H. W. Rowley and Dr. Donnell as incorporators. Capital stock set at 50000. offices at Billings. directors to run for first three months. In Bozeman dispatch Judge Joel F. Sweetland Belgrade died at 60 from illness. burial planned at West Gallatin cemetery.
In the Prenk Coombs ex rel. versus DT 1l. 8. Barker et al suit over mining claims in the Nethart district including the Benton group, the district court awarded the plaintiff a sum of Hour62 with stay provisions and the defendants may post a bond. The defendants turned over stock and property to the sheriff as ordered. A new trial motion has been filed. A separate dispatch notes a fatal injury from a Greet Northern yards accident in Havre and a Philipsburg railroad service change to weekly runs starting soon due to Granite-Bi-Metallic shutdown, with Agent Johnson resigning.
The city council approved a resolution to number stores and residences using the Philadelphia system, marking a change in address addressing within Miles City.
Henry Rowland files writ of habeas corpus in district court directing Jacob and Mary Kline to produce the 10 year old boy Henry Clay Rowland before Judge Henry on August 35 identifying the claim that the child is unlawfully restrained by his paternal father’s parents who have held custody since the mother’s death in 1895 and refused to surrender him.
Articles of incorporation were signed for the Independent publishing company of Custer county to publish a weekly paper at Miles City. The first issue will be August on a board of directors including J W A Jordan Charles Larsen M W Milligan George W Fall and James Raines with Ramsay as manager and capital stock of 5000 of which 4000 paid in.
An immense black wolf captured after a year roaming Big Dry foothills is exhibited in an elaborately glazed Billings State Bank cabinet. Paul McCormick of Custer Cattle Co offered a reward for the wolf dead or alive. Cook killed it and McCormick paid and had the beast stuffed. He values the wolf at around $1000 though he would not accept that sum.
Great Falls July 24 The board of equalization reduced the sheep head assessment from 2.50 to 2.25 for many county sheepmen who protested that 2.50 was too high, a rate in force for four years.
Livingston hosts a Sunday baseball game on August 2 between the local team and Whitehall, touted as one of the finest amateur clubs. The matchup highlights regional talent and community sports interest.
The Delaware circuit court ruled today in Ohio that the defendants under the Val cases faced a criminal clause deemed invalid. The decision concerns statutory provisions challenged as unconstitutional and impacts ongoing prosecutions. Officials stated the ruling clarifies interpretation of the relevant statutes and may prompt further legal actions.
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