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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
10
June 1 Deer Lodge reports 16 young men led by Recruiting Officer John Carr bound for Missoula for army entry exams. Band and large crowd send them off at the Northern Civic Station as they depart by train. Also announced First National Bank charter for Winifred and Oswego National Bank applications, each with 25000 capital.
Bear Creek coal rises to eight fifty a ton in Helena with the new price taking effect today as dealers cite mine price increases. Draft exemptions procedures loosened. Governor Stewart advised by war department. Injunction blocks Livingston Water bonds hearing set for June first in Park County. Montana railroad commission urges shippers to maximize carload shipments to ease congestion and improve efficiency. Becker of Som e Lumber faces further restrictions after multiple drunken escapes from hospital enforcement urged.
The Department of the Interior invites sealed bids to lease Camas Hot Springs for hotel and bath house use. Bids must be submitted to the Flathead Indian School superintendent in Dixon Montana by 2 pm Monday June 18 1917 and opened publicly. Each bid requires a $500 certified check and must be endorsed for leasing Camas Hot Springs.
A series of twelve meetings across Montana will be led by Dr. E F Phillips apiculturist from Washington with Prof R A Cooley state entomologist in Bozeman. Morning yard demonstrations follow by afternoon lectures in halls. Stops include Billings Miles City Forsyth Hardin Columbus Big Timber Bozeman Helena Hamilton Missoula Plains Kalispell from June 11 to June 23.
Helena June 1 The state board of charities and correction submitted a formal report completely disproving charges against the superintendent and teachers of the Boulder school for detectives after a discharged teacher leveled the accusations.
Fergus outfits deliver a wool clip not less than 500000 pounds selling at 50 cents per pound. Jack Frazier of Billings bought the lot. The Knights Templars elected Cecil Copeland eminent commander and others for the coming year. Golden Reef and Maiden mills plan to process tailings dumps at Gilt Edge with a 125 ton capacity. Lewistown Builders' Exchange formed with H Fowlis as president and officers.
Billings June 1 Judge George M Bourquin postponed all cases set for the June term of the federal court to September to keep farmers in the fields. The calendar was read but every case was continued until the next session with federal juries expected to be drawn largely from local farmers.
Helena June 1 The American Smelting and Refining company implements a plan allowing employees to buy Liberty loan bonds and pay $1 per week at its East Helena plant. Early response is described as highly encouraging.
Bozeman proposes a June 5 patriotism registration day with sunrise cannon salutes from Company K, a Main Street parade to the college, flag raising by soldiers, and speeches and music in the drill hall. Badge distribution for registrants, parade leads by the chamber of commerce band, and broad city participation urged. Committee: Roecher, Judd, Wright, Connolly, Harader.
Deer Lodge residents share daily tasks and visits with extended travel to Anaconda Helena and Butte. Local figures including Pearl Cole Fay Henderson Dill Maners and Ben Johnson are noted in social entries. A death toll is reported for B C Tiernea Chinook prompting Aurea Tiernea to travel. business figures such as C L Benton and Kohrs Bleinders mine foreman Frank Slaughtner are mentioned in community notes.
Washington June 1 President Wilson issued a proclamation warning all persons seeking to avoid registration by leaving the country that they face prosecution under the federal act of May 18 1017. Any person who refuses to present for registration faces a misdemeanor and possible imprisonment.
New York June 1 approximately 6000 aliens appeared at the United States Marshal McCarthy office unaware that permit deadlines extended to June 9 An elderly visitor Siegfried Aal a former Bavarian cavalry officer offered help and directed the crowd in German style formation as clerks processed applications Aal remained on duty until closing time separating applicants into squads and guiding them to the proper desks A separate note reports in Wadena Wisconsin June 1 a man named Dr Hugo Miller accused of discouraging enlistments and an incident in Wabena where townspeople seized him and forced him to kneel kiss the flag and retract his words
The supreme court dismissed the plaintiff's appeal from a district court verdict favoring the defendant on motion by defense lawyers Messrs Scharnikow and Jordan of this city. Ed Johnson a rancher of Race Track was in Deer Lodge on business. County Assessor W T Beaumont left for Biliston to perform assessments. M E Fee a resident of the Emery district visited Deer Lodge Thursday. At the courthouse Thursday before United States land commissioner Robert Middying final homestead proofs were filed. Witnesses included Jens Peterson and Fred Goudge for Johnson and Fred G Stewart with Jens Peterson and James Hollywood for his filing.
Dillon reports road work on Montana Street using county caterpillar machinery and ongoing hotel basement water issues. Sheriff Wyman returns with a Idaho Falls fugitive. Game Warden Carney fines a Japanese man for concealed weapons. Silk from the Orient notes Seattle cargoes worth nine million dollars and silk prices rising with WWI.
Astrologers deem June 2 1917 highly unfavorable with cautions of business mistakes explosions and naval disasters. Foretold are threats to public buildings and potential European upheavals by autumn. Birth date persons should beware accidents and children born that day may face troubles. marital and birth legitimacy debates loom in the US.
Between April 15 and May 24 French forces captured 21 829 German prisoners with 28 045 unwounded as they gain the initiative on the front in France. French artillery and infantry raids push toward stronger positions while German losses mount in the offensives.
German crown prince gains ground near Molin de Laffaux while French counterattacks push them back. British see high prisoner counts, with 3,412 Germans captured in May and 19,000 in April. Kronstadt seethes as workers and soldiers’ delegates seize power, threatening factory shut downs across Petrograd.
New York reports a record May in expanding American maritime interests. Statistics released today show a surge in authorized capital stock of new shipping and shipbuilding corporations organized.
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