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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1928
Page
5
Two auto thieves who took John Cleveland’s car at 1204 Silver Street fled after a crash at Wyoming and Second streets. They escaped injury and drove away after picking themselves up from the wreck, police reported.
Manuel Masa was arrested by Assistant Chief of Police James Larkin and Officer Rodda at 408 Fast Mercury street Saturday and booked at the city jail on a charge of passing a worthless check. He attempted to pass a $60 check for $5 to a storekeeper and was taken into custody when he returned for the balance.
City officials will discuss awarding a bid for 146 traffic signs at the next meeting on Wednesday. Signs will be bought and installed immediately around the city, with some marking parking zones, others school zones, and the remainder stop streets.
Malicious individuals yesterday ruined a garden in the yard of Mrs. G. L. Gaustad at 62 West Platinum. Plants were trampled and a rose bush torn from the ground.
Three Butte students Vera Phelps Fred Tvonside and Henry McLennan will graduate with high honors at the University of Montana along with fifteen other students after meeting the required B average and a major field senior exam. The list shows majors including Education English French History Latin Mathematics Psychology Journalism Law Forestry and other fields with students from Butte Missoula and other Montana towns.
More than 450 men are employed at 23 camps by the U S forestry service in Butte to combat a beetle menace in Big Hole country. The campaign began May 1 with favorable weather expected to boost progress. The east fork Bitter Root timber has already been destroyed and the drive aims to prevent spread to the west range, mainly affecting lodgepole pine. Urgency rests on the narrow window before beetles fly.
Police sought a 12 year old newsboy accused of robbing John J. Murphy of 222 South Main street and taking items from his pockets before fleeing. The same morning officers investigated two plate glass windows broken at 313 East Park street amid unclear cause.
James McGowan of Glen visited Butte for the weekend and stayed in a Silver block room with two men. He awoke to find one of his shoes missing and $50 he had placed in the shoe also gone.
Butte notes list numerous visitors and registrants staying at local hotels including Orton Bros and Thornton Leggat Finlen Acoma and other properties. Names include Mrs Walter White Olive Berg Robert Miller Katherine Partner James Hill Gladys Sickmiller George H Daniel Mildred Hein W W Payne Gilbert Holmberg E Harriman Ray Moore O S Warden G V Lester G Ayers Lonnie McIntosh Paul Halterman. Federal narcotics officers from Seattle attend federal court.
The start of annual street repairs in Butte. Workmen under Public Works Commissioner Mike Walsh begin at Montana Street lower end. About 1 600 holes and fractures to be patched with city mixing plant, aiming for completion in a few weeks.
Judge George M. Bourquin will preside as federal court opens in Butte tomorrow for one of the largest liquor case calendars since prohibition. The docket includes 105 prohibition cases, 60 jurors, plus narcotics, counterfeiting, white slavery, and mail theft actions. Trial rate set at 20 per day with civil matters to follow.
The Holy Savior school will hold graduation for 25 graduates, with diplomas presented by Rev. Father Pirnat in Holy Savior hall on June 11. A former students' three act comedy He's My Pal directed by Earl Blodgett will be performed, followed by a colonial minuet, a first grade baby show, and the class song Our Yesterdays.
Butte resident Jack Hattrick led his entire family on an airplane spin over the city with Lieutenant Grant from the Butte Aircraft Corporation. The group included Baby Jean eight weeks Jimmy seven and both parents. The company is led by Jack Lynch and Bert Mooney.
A collision at Talbot and Shields streets involved a 16 year old Francis Peterson and a man named Reynolds. Citizens John McCarthy Mrs Marrow and Ben Wheldon reported stolen cars with Wheldon’s car later recovered behind Big Butte. Additional thefts included plate thefts from Mrs Richie and John Aho.
The annual election for officers of the union and delegates to the international convention will be held Wednesday June 6. A referendum on assessment for the benefit of striking coal miners is also on the ballot. Polls open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. John Gilbert president Abe Winwood secretary. The death of Florence Ambrossetti, daughter of J C Ambrossetti, closes the office at 675 South Montana today and Tuesday.
Three boys under 16 pushed a stolen J M Murphy sedan down a mountain behind Big Butte yesterday afternoon. Two were caught by a passing motorist who witnessed the act. the car rolled several hundred yards but stopped safely. Police recovered the vehicle at the hill’s base. the gas tank was empty.
Florence Ambrosetti 11 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Ambrosetti died after brief illness. She attended McKinley school sixth grade and was popular among classmates. Survived by parents grandmother Mrs Florence Grunert two uncles August and Dan Grunert and aunt Mrs E J McCool all of Butte. Funeral time to be announced.
Electrician Charlie Malloy fought off a strong-arm robber near West Galena Street as the assailant seized him from a dark place. Malloy alerted Officer Hannigan on Main Street and Duggan was arrested nearby for investigation.
Michael Orlich 52 a native of Austria and longtime Butte resident died yesterday in a local hospital. A miner by trade he was well known in the city. Survived by wife and five sons Daniel Nicholas Samuel Donald and Michael all of Butte. Body at the Duggan funeral home.
Election of officers for Damon lodge No. 1 Knights of Pythias will be held tonight at the Pythian castle with the first rank conferred on a class. A banquet will close the evening and all Butte knights are invited.
All Montana products will be used at the All Montana dinner of the Butte Rotana club in the Masonic temple on June 11. Mrs Frand Lockwood, chair of the menu committee, reports strong support from local firms including Hansen Packing, Bozeman Canning, Henningson, Heath Baking, Stone Ordean Wells, and F B Price. Women’s organizations also offered preserves and jellies.
James R. Douglas aged 63 a clothing salesman collapsed and died on a street in Deer Lodge from a heart attack. His brothers W S Douglas of Yakima Washington and Dr F G Douglas of Chicago were notified of the death.
Harry Aleshire, 68, longtime Butte resident and former saloon operator, later worked in the smelter general office in Great Falls. He died yesterday after a period of ill health, leaving friends in Butte mourning his passing.
In a tender scene, Claude agrees to marry Cora after she asks him to prove his devotion. He recalls his vow to do any act for her and, with worn resolve, accepts the proposal as they sit together.
Recently elected officers of co aerie No. 11 of the Eagles will be installed tonight at the hall in the Lewisohn block. A social union will follow the lodge ceremony and refreshments will be served.
The Rialto screens The Smart Set from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as William Haines stars amid a polo craze among actresses Marceline Day Alice Day Fay Webb Louise Lorraine and Agnes Christine Johnston. The bill also features two Vitaphone vaudeville acts and Fox Movietone coverage of the Kentucky Derby with a lively Rialto band program.
A two night Broadway vaudeville bill ends tonight featuring Jerry Flanagan and company with the skit The Golf Chump. Also performing are Villa and Strige, Jimmy Flood and Venus McNew in Harmony and Pep, Jack and Jessie Gibson in A Cycle of Smiles and Thrills, and Don Austin animating The Gumps.
Metropolis, a UFA production directed by Fritz Lang, arrives at the American theater and promises a futuristic tale of 2927 with flying autos, skyward towers, numbered workers, and a climactic flood scene. Channing Pollock adapted the script for Paramount. the film drew enthusiastic audience applause last night.
Patrons face a last chance to see Hook and Ladder No. 9, the F B O production based on city fire department life. After two days of capacity audiences, the play closes its run this evening weaving romance and heroism with duty to save others’ property.
Ray Coyne of 2020 Princeton Avenue and John Griffith of 2024 Nevada Avenue were booked on reckless driving charges by Chief Murphy after a collision at Grand and Carolina. One car sustained notable damage.
Eight dollar and seventy cent round trip to Salt Lake City return by June 18 with June 15 departure from Butte via Oregon Short Line Railroad. Eight dollar option to Ogden and return. Tickets usable in coaches or chair cars. Inquire local agent for details.
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