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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1902
Page
10
The Western Montana office of the Standard is at 119 West Main Street, Missoula. Telephone number provided for advertising rates and inquiries.
Rev. Wr. McGrady of Bellville Kentucky and ex mayor John Chase of Haverhill Massachusetts head to Missoula for a pair of lectures. McGrady promotes co operative ideas and will tour Kalispell Great Falls Helena Anaconda Butte Bozeman Billings Livingston. Chase, a shoemaker and unionist, speaks on Organized Labor Against Organized Capital and advocates minimum wages city land for unemployed and public ownership of utilities.
Eyewitness recounts a wagon accident in which the judge sustains rib injuries and both feet hurt as a horse dragged the vehicle. Mrs Meany is thrown, kicked, and only lightly injured while a line wraps around a wheel hub stopping the team about 100 feet away.
The annual Missoula recital by the university school of music directed by Mrs. Whitaker will be held Tuesday evening in University hall. The program features Kracoviak Moskovski, Trumpeters Serenade, Il Trovatore, The Nightingale, Nachstucke, La Chasse Infernale and Libes Garten among others performed by students including Della Harding Blanche Ingalls Linda Featherman Nel lie Lewis Grace Corbin Mildred Corbin and George Greenw ood under the overall direction of Mrs. Whitaker.
L H Mott prominent Missoula citizen and Troy laundry proprietor was found this morning near Plains after a lapse of memory took him onto a westbound train. He had been missing since early morning from his North Second street home and will return this morning.
The Plainsman reports that a 10 mile road from Quinns Paradise Hot Springs to St Regis is feasible with minimal blasting and an estimated cost of 1500 dollars. Ferries are volunteered by local citizens and the route would open a rich mining belt and virgin timber, boosting settlement.
Visit Missoula Nursery greenhouses or call the city store on Higgins Avenue to learn about available plants and seasonal selections.
Two accidents in Plains troubled Missoula residents last week. Louis Thomas was hit by falling timber near a water tank, dislocating a hip and injuring his face. Dr. Lebber treated him and advised hospital care. Judge Meany, using a cane, was knocked down when a spring wagon and plow tipped him into the path of a runaway team.
The Flathead reservation round-up shows several thousand horses remain, in good condition, with efforts to sell to an Eastern market. Cattle round-up starts tomorrow with about 35,000 head on the reserve, beginning at the lake foot as multiple outfits converge.
Reports from Washington claim the old 25th infantry may return to Missoula’s fort, with unverified word that the 21st white unit will be stationed there by the 12th. Local interest runs high as veterans hope the 25th comes back.
Signs of a failing mind appeared in W. E. Bancroft on June 1 in Missoula. A special nurse is caring for him as his health declines after almost a year of feebleness. Bancroft, a well known Missoula county figure, has received support from the Odd Fellows lodge of which he is a member.
In Missoula on a June report employees of the Rocky Mountain division receive a ten cent daily wage increase. About seven workers in the division gain the raise and the payroll rises by nearly $300 per month. The entire mechanical department along the line is raised.
Peirce, the Plains weather recorder, reports May rainfall totaling 3.08 inches up to the morning of June 2. The yearly total, snow and rain included, reaches 18 inches. The record single rainfall event remains May 12, 1900, with 2.30 inches.
George F. Mac Bacheron of Granite has accepted a position with the Big Blackfoot Milling Company and will begin duties at once. He is joined here by two brothers, John and Mooley, who arrived from New Brunswick.
A meeting of the Plains Horticultural Society is set for June 7 at Gowan's hall Plains to elect officers and conduct other business. The session is scheduled for Saturday afternoon.
Rev. J. J. Groeneveld delivered a baccalaureate address at University Hall Missoula on June 1 from the text Buy the Truth and Sell It Not. He urged a truth loving spirit and a life of honesty walking the thoroughfares of truth, with emphasis on societal reform and personal virtue.
The intoxicated soldiers on Woody street resisted the officer guarding a jailed man. They hid behind a woodpile and vowed to shoot the officer. McGregor and Sheriff Prescott then captured the men and placed them in jail.
Professor Fired of the state university reports May rainfall at four inches in the Missoula region, about one fourth of annual totals. Early June shows a good start with continued rain possible. reports from county areas describe general rains and some continuous downpours.
Hamilton trustees selected Miss Addie KX White to the superintendency after McKay moved to Missoula. White, a longtime Hamilton high school teacher, fills the vacancy created by McKay’s appointment. Bicycles priced at 16 dollars advertised in McBride’s.
The Coe & Co. brokerage firm of Minneapolis will open an office in Missoula tomorrow morning. General Manager Hewett is in the city handling opening details. Continuous reports will be received by the firm on all stock quotations.
P. M. Reilly and Co. announces the return of James F. E. Hives, formerly Cobban Realty bookkeeper, from Spokane to Missoula. He arrives to take the role of chief accountant for W. H. Yerrick starting June 1.
A girl was born Saturday to Mrs Ek A Crane of Missoula wife of Dr. A Crane.
MISSOULA NOTES. John Bapst of Chicago visits his daughter. T. J. McHugh of Bonita on legal business. Miss Ruth Kellogg visits her mother in Whitehall. E Hershey, register in Helena, in town. W. T. Hales, mining man, to hospital. Durfee and others return home. Dr H H Hansen’s daughter in city visiting. President Craig went to Helena by Burlington train. C O Read returns from Hamilton after fruit Brewers’ meeting. Agent Mason and family join Missoula station. Nettie Owens returns from California. Lincoln J Carter play booked for June 11 at Union opera house. Daniel Rice back from ranch for treatment. Deputy U S Marshal Gage on reservation for whiskey case. N J Bostwick calls family to Spokane. County commissioners meet in quarterly session tomorrow. Road matters occupy board. R F E Fowler to move to Rossland B C. Morton the tramp discharged from railroad hospital.
A Missoula report of an epidemic in Stevensville is disputed. The notice states no Scarlet fever epidemic occurred this spring. only two deaths are recorded and patients are improving.
Special message reports Mrs. Owen aged 78 of Missoula died this morning from complications of diseases. She leaves a family. The funeral will be held there tomorrow.
Missoula report from June 1 describes Officer McGregor dealing with a disturbance created by a white man and two colored soldiers. The incident occurred at night, with police responding to the disruption and restoring order.
The article extols sealskin and human hair softness while blaming dandruff on a parasite. It claims Newbro's Herpicide kills the dandruff germ and stops hair loss, promising glossy, healthy hair growth and criticizing scalp scouring as ineffective.
John Brennan foreman of an extra gang at Bonita was brought to the railroad hospital with an injured head after an accident. He is not believed to be seriously hurt.
Stevensville May 22 special notes report William Edward Wray died from scarlet fever aged seven. several children of local families ill with scarlet fever and one very low. residents A J Chaffin E L Mills Missoula visit Parkville Mo Miser Avery and others noted. local health and land office transactions also mentioned.
Senator Hoar spoke to an Irish league meeting in Washington on human liberty. The observed difference is that a league member would vote as he talked, while Hoar urged consistent principles in public life.
Helena dispatch reports Manager McCloskey of Butte facing a pitching gap despite a strong batting lineup. Pitching ace Gay and steady Hawley anchor the staff, with Carter and Burns less used. President Lucas warned the club to stay within payroll limits as Helena eyes a top division rise by July 4.
Billings June 1 A late night district court filing shows Yegen Bros. sue WwW R Clark for 300 dollars alleged due on promissory notes.
Pat Loftus the Billings contractor traveled to Glendive to start a large wool storage house for the Northern Pacific Railroad company. The project is slated for completion in six weeks.
The Friday evening show at the opera house grossed 180 dollars, exactly 100 dollars more than last year’s similar event.
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