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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1902
Page
14
A Montana office on Weert Wain Street in Mis a Pelephone lists advertising for a furnished property application. The notice references a local civic office and a formal request, with details partially obscured.
Practical mting suits coats and trousers designed for summer wear. Styles feature harnessed turned-up bottoms belts quarter lined to retain shape unlike earlier outfits. Assortments include hundreds of styles with good fit for regular long or stout figures and prices advertised as very low.
Missoula city council voted unanimously to accept two park lands donated by T. B. Greenough, Missoula Real Estate Association, and Missoula Water Company. A 2.4 acre tract along Rat tlesnake Creek is designated as a park with conditions to preserve it as natural, with possible water power rights reserved for the water company. The measure follows a formal offer and includes fencing and upkeep obligations for city use.
Dr W A Glasgow reports William Parsons field secretary of the Y M C A for the Northwest will visit Missoula Wednesday to discuss forming a Y M C A chapter. Parsons will lecture that evening, outlining steps to organize, following a recent Florence hotel conference.
Missoula June 2 report says the Big Blackfoot Milling company drive is nearly done with about 23 men employed this year. An estimated 20,000,000 feet of lumber placed in the river. the Bonner dam and other structures attract spectators as workers depart.
The old Spooner building on the island, among the first structures there, will be raised a couple of feet and placed on a new foundation. It has been sold to a city newcomer and will be remodeled into a lodging house with updated rooms.
Missoula June 2 The State university field day features many events with prizes for first to third place. The programme lists running, jumping and throwing contests from quarter mile to pole vault with prizes including shoes, silver items, hats, jewelry and sporting goods.
Missoula June 2. County Assessor J H Massey reports a notable rise in the North Pacific Railway assessment this year with lands up $111000 and remaining chattels up to $150000 more than last year. The county’s total assessment is expected near $8500000, potentially moving Missoula from the fifth to the fourth class after the board of equalization, with possible fall action by county commissioners.
In the summer months residents await relief as county officials consider erecting a second or even third tent for exposed and suspected cases. The current county commissioners may seek estimates to build a frame structure on county land near the pesthouse.
Missoula June 2. The county commissioners met in regular quarterly session with all members present. County Assessor Massey was allowed a deputy to collect personal taxes from the reservation and relieved from liability for non collection. The day included audit of hundreds of dollars in accounts, road petition for Orchard Homes, and action on closing small streets in Park addition. Davida O Keefe threatened resignation unless an appropriation was made this year for his district. The session continues through Friday.
Lizzie Gannon sues Daniel Gannon in Missoula district court claiming cruelty and desertion after a 1991 marriage. She alleges Feb injuries, improper conduct, loss of home goods, and seeks dissolution of bonds, restitution of her maiden name, injunctions on property, and alimony. Woody & Woody represent the plaintiff.
Missoula reports June 2 that T. L. Letterman, general manager of Clark's Fork Mining Co near Plains, says high water hampers transport and flooding. The five to ten stamp mill is moved and due to operate by July 1, while lowlands flood and a wagon bridge washed away.
Missoula reports no St Paul trains reached the city today due to a major washout near Glendive. A single train arrived mid afternoon to make up service, with no others due until tomorrow. Burlington trains from east and west run on time while Northern Pacific westbound service resumes on schedule. Bridge repairs on Coeur-Alene branch completed and earlier slides cleared.
MISSOULA NOTES lists Tuesday departures to the East by Crysler, visits by Henry Buck of Stevensville, and residents on or visiting in town. It notes illnesses, relocations, family visits, and employment moves including Floyd E. Hyde in Spokane with Nicholson Drug store and Maud Rose visiting from California. Also mentions postmaster J. Stevens illness and university commencement attendance by Mrs. Watson. Edwards' bakery seeks a good baker.
Judge Webster of the Fourth Judicial District names Perry Baker Ravalli county attorney as referee for the Burnt Fork water rights suit. Nearly 200 defendants, with testimony starting June 16 in Stevensville, the case expected to be among the state’s largest water rights trials.
Percy Dirking, expert machinist, is testing a railroad bicycle patent in Missoula on June 2. The device uses a large frame with two ordinary bicycles and four small wheels to grip rails while attachments connect to the frame. Dirking plans to continue trials hoping for success. Bicycles $18 at McBride's with five cent wine at Thibodeau & Lee.
M J Good, Clark's Fork bridge supervisor, said high water at his point will not affect the bridge. Lightning creek, feeding Clark's Fork, is running high but doing no damage yet. Good visited his new home with his children over the weekend.
In Missoula on June 2 the Garden City brewery bottling plant nears completion and will soon begin operations. Built this spring at a large cost, the facility uses latest machinery and will produce nearly 400 cases daily, becoming a major Western bottling plant. Crescent wheels Missoula Hdw. Co.
May report shows George C. Higgins as county treasurer with a May 1 balance of 59 119.98, receipts totaling 3 951.14, disbursements 5 553.68, leaving a May 31 balance of 57 537.33. Higgins notes the month’s activity and the closing balance.
Missoula on June 2 reports Shoemaker Bros. and Andrews have closed their bowling alleys for three months. They will repair alleys and tables and reopen in the fall. Visit Missoula Nursery's greenhouses or call city store Higgins avenue for details.
At the annual meeting in Jersey City New Jersey on June 2 the retiring board of directors of Amalgamated Copper was re-elected. The directors will continue to oversee the company’s operations and governance.
The United States land office May report lists six cash entries totaling 573 acres plus 1 mining entry of 187 acres, nine final desert land entries of 1 960 acres, eleven homestead entries totaling 1 587 acres, thirteen final homestead entries 1 887 acres, one state selection 5 609 acres, four mining applications, and 14 00 acres disposed of with cash receipts of 4 617 dollars.
Missoula June 2 The ten day retreat of Catholic fathers at St Ignatius mission on the Flathead reservation will end tomorrow night. The retreat this year was the largest in Montana church history and services were largely attended by the Indians.
Missoula county inaugurates a detention hospital described as a tent near a pesthouse. The setup is presented as a novel and relatively comfortable form of living, reflecting unusual quarantine measures in the county.
Reverend Alfred Brown of Anaconda is set to deliver the convocation sermon at the general meeting in Missoula on June 15. Bishop Brewer will consecrate the church to the Lord during the event.
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