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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
13
A humorous call taunts readers about a sale of patent calt patent vid calf velour calf and Oxford shoes priced at $6.00 with some $5.00 Oxfords. The ad promises fresh spring and summer styles in light or heavy weight options for select customers.
This ad promotes unbeatable values on shoes in Butte promising no urging to buy as the footwear will prove itself. It emphasizes being the best value on American soil at the store’s price and urges customers to shop locally before elsewhere.
College baseball fans await aColumbia Gardens showdown between the University of Missoula and School of Mines. The two squads arrive in force with strong lineups led by Pratt and Marshall as the outcome will crown the state champion in a high stakes diamond clash.
Helena boy jockey Bullman sustains injuries after a riding incident reported on eastern race courses. Details of the accident, condition, and location are described in the brief note.
Jockey Bullman sustained chest and shoulder bites after entering Ravena’s stall at Sheepshead Bay. A stable hand used an iron bar to drive off the vicious horse Ravena. He will miss about a week and cannot race Saturday in the Harlem National handicap at Chicago.
Special Dispatch from Helena details John Bullman known locally as Bull Dog, a former Helena boy who rose from street days to top Pacific coast rider. He won two American derbys, rode in England, and earned an estimated 15,000 to 25,000 dollars annually. Bullman, about 25, remained influential in racing circles and had been retained to ride McChesney in the American derby.
Special Dispatch to the Blanchard, Kalispell reports hot weather has melted snow from the mountains causing rivers to rise four feet in a day. Flooding fills lowlands as Flathead Lake overflows and begins backing into rivers.
Water heights reach historic levels near 1894 with the Flathead wing dam protecting the steel bridge still standing and possibly turning the river channel to save the bridge. Meanwhile the wooden Flathead bridge at Columbia Falls faces driftwood risk while crews remove debris. The Kootenai River rises quickly and the Great Northern tracks risk submersion if floods worsen.
Helena June 4 Work on Helena s new union passenger station nearly halted as 244 bricklayers and laborers strike. Foreman William Sadler says work will resume Friday after settling differences. Union members claim nonpayment of standard union wages triggered the walkout.
Peoria hotel owner testifies grippe left him weak with night sweats and chills. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring health after six boxes and urges others to use the remedy to prevent pneumonia or bronchitis. Pills sold by dealers or mailed from Schenectady at 50 cents a box or 2.50 for six.
A Tennessee firm, Nashville College of Law, allegedly sells honorary doctor of laws degrees in Montana for ten dollars. Frank Miracle, receiver of the U.S. land office, is among recipients. Letters claim the degree is honorary with the small fee for diploma issuance. Montana officials plan to take the matter to the state and Montana Bar associations.
A major fire in Ottumwa Iowa destroyed the sash and door factory and planing mills of Davidson and Thackeray the printing and lithographic works of Morton and Co and about ten dwellings on Queen street. The total loss is estimated around 400 000 dollars.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Kalispell dated June 4 notes the Great Northern Detective T O Connell reports the arrest of T C Thompson W E Darlow and George Healy on the charge of a crime.
In a May 12 complaint, the group allegedly entered a freight car bound for Seattle from St. Paul, breaking into cargo and stealing 25 boxes of cigars, 11 pairs of shoes, 7 pairs of gloves, handkerchiefs, and a sack of rice. Searches of all homes found items believed to be stolen. They are held on $500 bonds and face a preliminary hearing next Tuesday.
In Havre on June 4 the preliminary hearing for Henry Winter and Andrew Beller on grand larceny charges related to cattle killed for the O H outfit concluded. Winter, one of Chouteau county’s wealthiest sheepmen, was bound over to district court with a $1,000 bond. Witnesses testified that a hide bearing the O H brand was found at Winter’s Chinook-area ranch and that an Winter employee killed the animal under his direction.
Helena June 4 In a police action John Zimmerman a Maryville miner was arrested in the city jail on a charge of robbing J B Peters of 49 dollars at the Atlantic saloon about 1 am. Gardner arrested Zimmerman as he prepared to depart on the Northern Pacific depot after Peters said he had lost about 40 dollars. Peters and Zimmerman had been drinking together last night and Zimmerman allegedly pocketed Peters money then helped him upstairs and left him. Peters notified police upon waking to find no money. a complaint for surgery was sworn before Justice Tibbetts.
Miles City June 4 The stench from dead cattle left to rot on the reservation is felt. The board of health remonstrated with the cattle company. Cattlemen allegedly agreed with skinning parties that they would bury the carcasses, which has not been done. Government action unlikely to compel burial. county health board may bury remains at county expense. Government may deny the cattle owners a right of way across the reservation.
M A Van Cleave, held on a first degree assault charge arising from the Evans shooting that wounded Henry Holmes, posted a 1500 cash bond with Justice Safford and was released from the county jail to await a Monday preliminary hearing. Holmes, wounded but able to sit up, may attend if well enough.
United States Inspector of Customs Michael J. Healy returns from Assiniboia with 192 head of steers in bond. Loaded in Chihuahua Mexico and entered at El Paso for Maple Creek Assiniboia. Unloaded at Chinook May 21 during a storm, 421 head died of exposure. On the route to Canada 31 head drowned in Milk River. Healy handed 1,472 head to Canada customs from 1,920 unloaded at Chinook. Ninety-eight head died in transit El Paso to Chinook.
Miles City June 4. Director Hawkins with board consent has paroled about 32 boys since taking office. He argues keeping them until they can work and learn trades prevents them from becoming habitual criminals, noting the risk of turning them loose early.
John Clark, indicted by the federal grand jury for selling whiskey to Indians on the Blackfeet reservation, pleaded not guilty in U S court in Helena. His trial is scheduled for June 1.
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