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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1916
Page
7
In Butte our shop emphasizes superior interior quality over flashy large stones. We sell the better kind only and avoid big flash stones, which we flag as poor quality. Our diamonds have a long history of honest representation with no complaints. A memorable jingle proclaims a Leys diamond is sure to please.
Butte notes list visitors and arrivals including J T Armitage of Wisdom visiting Butte, A L Stone of Dillon on business, J J Cutler with headquarters in Selie in town, and Mrs A Casterlin returning to Pocatello after a stay. Expats and residents plan short visits or extended stays in Butte with relatives and friends. Also mentions Rent pianos from Orton Bros and various ads for olive oil groceries and storage at Sherman Reed Garage.
Memorial services for Woodmen of the World members and families set for June 4 at 8 p.m. at Ruatie camp No. 153 led by Consul Commander J. De Lona is and M. J. Griger, Clerk W. C. W. Ruatie camp, No. 153, W. C. W.
A state license was issued to the People’s Cooperative Store of Tutte. Capital stock fixed at 100000 with 200 shares of 200 each. John Whitney Guy D. George and Ernest Paasch signed the license application. The store grows from post office clerks and others dissatisfied with wage gains.
City health department notes 114 total deaths in May 67 male 47 female and 118 births 68 male 50 female. Pneumonia leads with 20 deaths. nine deaths from whooping cough. two from diphtheria. six from pulmonary tuberculosis, all men. Violence deaths include mine and railroad accidents and a streetcar incident. Quarantine stats: 114 cases, 14 quarantined, 53 fumigated rooms, 2 cures under quarantine. Also brief note of John Brennan injured at Murray hospital after hole incident.
Sergeant Ea O Donnell, longtime Butte police officer and former night sergeant, will be one of three chauffeurs for a new seven passenger touring car dedicated to police business. The assignment marks a formal expansion of mobility within the police department.
Four saloon keepers on North Main Street paid fines in Justice McBride's court after being convicted of violating the closing law. Pat Gilmore was dismissed from a related charge.
Judge Donlan exonerated Richard Carlson, Murray Hospital driver, in a case over ambulance speed near Arizona street Porphyry. Jury verdict found him not guilty despite a police court $20 fine for fast driving as the ambulance attempted to reach a sick woman.
Judge Donlan ordered three boys to pay one third of a $16.25 repair bill for the broken window at Washington School. Clinton, Dalton and Hermle Gurtison admitted shooting at the windows while Charles Gleason was absent sick. The boys were warned to stay away from the site and one truant was ordered to return to school.
Judge Lynn and a jury heard William Shiners versus Aura Joslin over adjoining east side houses. Joslin allegedly encroaches with water runoff and property lines, with Deputy County Recorder Dave OConnell presenting title records from government patent to possession. Case drawn a crowded courtroom of neighbors and friends.
The Sunday Standard promises a fresh Conquest of America installment detailing grisly effects of a new New York battle fragment. It features Birsky and Zapp in an air scene along with adventurous military spies, a Quakeress pivotal to Washington’s army, and front line plus rear area graphics unraveling war phases.
Employers of unskilled labor in Butte pay higher wages than in any other city in the United States or Canada. The article lists hourly rates across many cities, with Butte topping the chart at 48 1/2 to 49 1/2 cents, compared to lower rates in Chicago Spokane and others, based on July 1, 1913 figures. It also notes a Saturday morning sale at Hennessy offering over 3,000 men’s shirts at 1 each.
A Bronx resident on One Hundred and Seventh Street wrote Chief Murphy seeking information about her son, Frank Kreuger. He left his mother 21 years ago. she hopes to arrange a will for an estate valued at several thousand dollars. The son is described as about 40, of German extraction, light complexion, with limited contact over the years.
William Page sues John Onelett to stop alterations to the interior of 2 East Morcury Street, a month-to-month tenancy. Court asked to restrain further changes and protect the premises.
Sheriff attached T M Hodgens stock interest to satisfy a claim against him as a stockholder in State Savings bank. The amount claimed against Hodgens reached 2781.10 and his interest in the Frewerville lode claim was also seized. Fraternal Brotherhood members are asked to sign in tonight at 8:20 at the lodge hall, E Westling presiding.
A series of divorce actions and alimony rulings appear in recent court notes. Catherine Boyer vs Dexter Boyer involved an order to show cause that was mishandled and later revised by Judge Donlan. An order mandated alimony of 30 and attorney fees of 50. Harry E. Hickey secured a divorce from Alice Hickey after a motion and demurrer. divorce granted. Susan Snavely seeks divorce from Claude E. on cruelty grounds, married December 18 1909 in Missoula. seeks 30 alimony and 100 for her son Fred.
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