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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1901
Page
5
The Anaconda company builds a hilltop power house and pump house to operate machine shops by compressed air. Six air motors will haul cars between buildings and provide tramway power. City sprinkling and summer improvements are planned, with Fourth Street and Lower Maine receiving notable upgrades.
City streets in Anaconda will see extensive work this summer. Fourth Street will be upgraded to standard and extended to the tracks in the east end. Lower Main street has depot related fixes and Front Street will be graded with the B A P railroad. No paving yet due to hard soil. cement walks are limited to the city hall.
County commissioners meeting yesterday passed bills including a 2064 quarterly sheriff settlement with 731 for mileage. Today they consider appointing road trustees and redistricting the county with proposals for a single district or a three district split along the old Montana Union track. Large hall rental offered at Standard building for weekly events. French worsteds advertised, suits 35 dollars, coat and vest 25, Thueson 504 East Park.
Judge Hayes and city administration celebrate the police court's earnings. May fines totaled 190 dollars with 107.50 from row fines and 13 from pound fees, totaling 120.50. Combined with police court receipts, city revenue reached 310.50 dollars for May, a monthly record.
Andrew McDonell, a carpenter at new works, sues Washoe Copper Mining from Butte in district court for damages after a 35 foot fall caused by an insecure timber bent. He claims a broken nose, facial injuries, wrist injury, extended idleness to July 1, and seeks 700 dollars damages plus 175 dollars for medical fees.
At the Mt Powell lodge No 43 K of P the officers for the new term were elected including C C A Walkup Vo c A C Fanning P J A George M of W W E Gailey K of R S A Ke Rowe M of F James Quane M of E R M Davidson M of A FE J Pelkey I G C E Newcomb O G John Logan After the election the third rank work followed and a social session is planned for June 17 with many visitors from Butte expected.
The Cooks and Waiters union, after weeks of protest against a lower Main Street licentious eating house, reached an agreement with the proprietor. Bills posted by the union were torn down, leading to the proprietor’s arrest and fine, but the dispute is now settled and the boycott is off.
Epworth league members prepare a dramatic cantata Queen Esther with first rehearsal set for next Thursday evening in the M E church lecture room. Parts not yet assigned. Robinson of Billings to manage the operetta. Dr. Sanford's Liver Invigorator advertised as a liver medicine and bile remedy.
Management and the machinists union reach a complete understanding over work hours and pay scale. All nine machinists involved have returned to work in this city.
Laurel Encampment No 13 L O O F and visiting members are asked to attend this evening at Mattie Block Hall for the Royal Purple degree work. A spread will be served later. H Tracy Scribe.
Citizens gathered to plan a large Fourth of July in Anaconda. Mayor Stephens chairs the meeting with F. W. Harrison as secretary and an executive committee named including Webb, Kelley, Quane, Madden, English, Greenan, and Williams.
Tim Carey was bound over to the district court after a JP’s hearing on a complaint by Fred Ridel that Carey abstracted $50 from Ridel in a Main street saloon last Sunday morning. Six witnesses faced bonds of $300 each and were jailed for inability to post. Prosecutor Duffy arranged to record their testimony to enable release.
All members of Sincerity tent No. 3 K T M are urged to gather at Silverhall at 1 p m on Wednesday June 5 for the funeral of Sir Knight Jacob Weiss. By order of the commander FP J Trunk.
Omaha and Kansas City report steady to strong cattle prices with Texas and native steers fetching up to 5.40 and 6.50 respectively plus hogs trading around 5.70 to 5.95 and lambs near 4.60. San Francisco lists varied wool prices across Nevada Oregon and California as spring wool values hold.
London markets show fractional changes with Atchison up 89 percent and Canadian Pacific at 109 percent. Union Pacific preferred rises at 3s, Northern Pacific preferred 11, Grand Trunk 12, Anaconda 10 percent. Bar silver steady at 27 shillings per ounce. Money market at 24.244 percent.
In Brooklyn a builder named Clarence Lineburgh told his fiancé Miss Louise Fox that he wished to marry her After dinner he rushed to her home and invited her to marry him Then he called his friend William Heiser to stand as groomsman and summoned Rev Dr Cornelius L Twing to perform the ceremony
BS50 buys a cozy three room house on Fast Seventh street lot 25 by 140. SGA will buy a very nice home on East Seventh street lot 260 by 100 8250 down and 33 payments of 22.90 dollars will buy a three room house on West Sixth street.
At the Heiser residence a marriage ceremony was held with later rites as the couple visited the Lineburgh household. The groom presented his bride as daughter-in-law to Mr Lineburgh Sr who blessed them. The newlyweds then left for a wedding trip.
The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania will award medical degrees to its entire senior class next month, including Dora Chatterjee of India and Olga Povitsky of Russia. Chatterjee, the third Hindu woman graduate, plans mission work in India, while Povitsky overcame language barriers after arriving in Philadelphia to visit a brother.
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