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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1924
Page
5
Butte notes list guests at the Thornton Arizona New Finlen and other hotels. Travelers from Dillon Missoula Twin Bridges Helena Townsend Conrad and Red Lodge stay for business or weekend visits while dining with local friends.
If the carrier fails to deliver the Standard by 7 30, call the 422 Butte office or the 47 Anaconda office. A special messenger will deliver the paper immediately.
Butte prepares a large Fourth of July celebration featuring smoke bombs over Columbia Gardens, parachute drops from planes, and stunts by pilots Matt Alexander J W Hesser Turner Lynch and A W Stephenson. Baby parade, boxing, fireworks, dances and street carnivals promise a major Northwest event.
The Rebekahs of district No. 8 selecting four lodges in Butte Anaconda Dillon Sheridan Wisdom Philipsburg Melrose and Deer Lodge closed a one day convention at Fidelity hall. Mrs May Woolman Deer Lodge named district president Florence Spann Philipsburg vice president Jessie Brink Butte secretary and Clara Harrity Anaconda treasurer. Installations were by retiring president Sarah B Wills Butte. Miriam lodge hosted the event with banquet social events and program. The district conference will return to Butte next year under Silver Leaf lodge South Butte.
Elks of all kinds travel to Columbia Gardens tonight for a roundup dance by the drum and bugle corps. The hosts will include the full corps in purple and white checkerboard suits as they prepare for the Havre state convention the first week in July.
Rh Eb Collins Jr registered at the Thornton from San Francisco. Dr. Florence Spann of Philipsburg visits Butte on business and registers at the Arizona. Mrs F M McKenna from Pocatello spends a few days with friends and registers at the Butte. DD Walker and wife from Elk Horn plan a Butte weekend for business and visits, registered at the Butte. Victor Edmunds registers at the Acoma from Bozeman to transact business in Butte. Timothy and Melvin Ostenich visit Butte from Livingston, staying at the Acoma for the weekend. Mrs Joseph Lebessoniere, patient at St James hospital, moves home to daughter Mrs T J Rickley at 131 East Aluminum Street.
Valuable jewelry including rings a watch and necklace was stolen from Mrs. Carlson of 407 South Dakota street. Harry Acker reported the loss of a watch. A 12 year old boy was arrested for stealing a suitcase from a traveling salesman’s car.
A cold snap cooled mid June sunshine in Butte as frosts touched some areas overnight. The high rose to 67 briefly around 3 pm before falling with a strengthening wind. Tonight cools further with 34 degrees the low. Fair weather and higher temperatures expected today. Government bureau forecasts a marked change within 36 hours.
A. W. Stephenson will pilot the lead plane for the Skalkaho expedition dedicating the Butte to Hamilton highway. The auto caravan will reach the Y M C A area for a downtown parade led by the Missoula band and Kiwanis drum corps, followed by a chamber of commerce dinner and hotel dance. The return trip departs at 10 oclock tomorrow morning. Butte residents praise the road as one of the nation s most amazing scenic routes.
Brigadier Albert Widgery territorial auditor of the Salvation Army western headquarters arrives in Butte from San Francisco to audit local accounts. He will publicly install Ensign Engel as the new social service department officer succeeding Envoy Carroll, and will lead a service attended by the public.
Five district court cases arising from alleged violations of the prohibition law were dismissed at the state’s request for insufficiency of evidence. Defendants cleared include Harry Graves Oscar Ahlstrand Ellis Drakes Clarence Leary and Frank Bennett. Deputy AG L V Ketterer and Chief Deputy County Attorney H A Tyrand filed four and one motions respectively.
R W Hinea of Ford Seattle branch, M W Rush of Lincoln Motors Seattle, and Hallie Lidgate Ford traveler toured towns between Livingston and Missoula. They praised Western Montana's condition and planned to return to Seattle after visiting Butte.
City Treasurer Joe Riley questions the dog licensing in Butte as only 262 canines hold tags this year versus 450 last year. Possible causes include fatalities or dogs evading the pound during catcher rounds, leaving missing figures unaccounted.
Funeral notices announce the deaths of Katherine Etzensperger Julia Shea and H. Brundage. Services for Mrs Shea are at 9:00 AM at the family home 7 Bennett Avenue Walkerville with Mass at 9:30 AM at St Lawrence Church and interment at St Patrick's Cemetery. Brundage funeral at 3:00 PM from 304 South Atlantic Dillon with Knights Templar escort to Dillon Cemetery.
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