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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1900
Page
14
The Western Montana office of the Standard is at 212 Higgins avenue opposite the post office in Missoula. Telephone numbers are listed. advertising rates furnished on application.
In Missoula on July 30 the district court granted six divorces with grounds of desertion cruelty and unchastity. Several cases involved desertion with varied ages of couples and custody matters noted for Georgia Dodge Lillie Therrault Mary Ep person Kate Longmire and Ellis Hornady among others. The session included other civil actions and administrative matters as parties anticipate further district activity.
Warm weather speeds up the wheat harvest in Missoula and surrounding valleys. Dealers report rising demand for reapers and harvesting supplies as the season advances earlier than expected. Flathead county already reports a large crop and favorable conditions promise strong returns for farmers.
Through diligent prospecting Northey and Carver reveal a strong copper ledge between granite foot wall and diabase dyke. The Liquidator claim shows 4 feet of copper ore with a random sample returning 21.5 percent copper, 3.4 ounces silver, and $3.40 per ton gold. Work to 100 feet planned with cross-cut. option extended to J W Penglase while owners develop the property.
Treasurer Ford Kennett reports remittances for famine aid to India with contributions from Robert Dougans and E Chaney. The message notes church and Sunday school donors, a balance of 112.00, and remittance sent to George Stevenson, state treasurer, with a brief aside praising Lolo Hot Springs.
John Minnehan brought George Jones from Lothrop to Missoula last night for hospital treatment for rheumatism. Jones is badly crippled and will likely be kept there for some time. Mike Leahey also came from Lothrop. he heads to the Lolo hot springs for a summer vacation. He jokes about enjoying the springs if no brunettes appear, a repeated concern of his.
An 11-year-old boy, son of Charles Jacobson, found a railway torpedo near the Missoula round house and carried it home. He struck it with a hammer, causing an explosion that mangled his thumb and pierced his forehead. Wounds were dressed at the railway hospital.
In Missoula Chief of Police Houston confronted two disorderly miners who resisted arrest prompting a bout. One fighter was knocked out, the other surrendered and was jailed after a chase toward the Bitter Root track ends. Tomorrow Judge Hayes will hear the case. Hydrant use is restricted during dry season to watering plants and trees. water shutoff may follow noncompliance.
Missoula reports Dr Oettinger and J J Wall returning from the Lolo hot springs after a horseback trip starting Saturday afternoon. They rode through dust from the last dance, rested briefly, then continued home, completing a round of pleasure. Both men are noted as expert horsemen.
In Hell Gate canyon about a mile west of Ponner Missoula residents noted a Sunday picnic by Bonner Scandinavians. Many travelers came from Missoula to join and returned home late in the evening.
News of the Copper CHM mine strike reaches Missoula with satisfaction as local developers, confident in the property, see their faith reinforced by recent discovery and progress over the previous year.
The Montana county commissioners meeting as a board of equalization adjourned after a day of assessments adjustments. Several properties saw reductions including mortgages and double assessments, and bids for grading were re-advertised for August 13. The board will reconvene on August 11 and 12.
Joe Menard went to Darby today. Jack Hayes has returned from White Sulphur Springs. C. W. Tillinghast of Los Angeles is visiting R. M. Cobban. Mr. and Mrs. James Tyack of Butte have returned home after visiting Mrs. Tyack's parents.
The original 320 acre Orchard Homes plat sold with Cobban and Dinsmore purchasing 240 adjoining acres. The new land is divided into five and ten acre tracts and is offered on the same terms. Interested buyers can request terms and a descriptive pamphlet from Cobban and Dinsmore, Missoula, Montana.
Missoula July 10 County Attorney Denny traveled to Bitter Root valley for legal matters. He plans a 1 mile wagon ride from the railway and expects to return by morning to attend the Myrtle Leach case, with Attorney Dixon ready to prosecute if needed at Newers Missoula nurseries.
Thomas Ryan, an elderly miner who caused a disturbance at the levee yesterday in Missoula, was discharged from custody today. Authorities decided not to prosecute. friends regret his condition as Stevens & Co. notes fresh preserving fruit in the vicinity.
Let to Charles Stabern of Helena for 19 750 the Ravalli county court house project. Building to be completed by December 31. Architects plans for the jail approved and bids ordered for two steel cells heating plant and jail bids.
Sewing machine supplies at Lister's. Hamilton hosts a stream of visitors including Mr and Mrs T T Mcleod and Mr and Mrs M R Rutherford with daughter from Missouri to enjoy Bitter Root and a stock farm tour. Other visitors include Mr and Mrs Ervin Reynolds from Butte, W W McDowell from Butte, Frank Nase of Anaconda Standard, and F S Galloway party from Milwaukee. County commissioners of Ravalli.
The county announces a re advertised bid call for the courthouse with expected bids under 20 600 and contract let this time. Brick on ground allows work to start after inauguration as conditions have shifted.
The Epworth league presented an entertainment at the Lucas opera house last night to a large audience. Highlights included 40 instrumental solos, the Drinkenberg Thrailkill Quarte?e, vocal solos by Blanche Watts and Hazel Nelson, German recitation by Frank Morris, and recitations by Miss Grow and Laurens Hechler, with many numbers encored and the program well received.
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