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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1918
Page
10
Around the state news reports Billings flood reaches Eleantic proportions with water works failures and rapid river overflows. A 17 year old Grace Schhofer saved a 7 year old from a seven foot pool while townspeople rescued others and improvised boats and rafts as livestock stayed away from the rising water.
The Idaho State Highway Commission invites sealed proposals for four road sections in Custer and Lemhi counties. Bids due at 2 pm July 194 F, with separate bids for grading surfacing bridges culverts and necessary pipes. Proposals must include performance bond and certified check, with bid accepted or rejected at the commission's discretion. Dated June 21, 1918.
Whitehall residents report visits from Harrison and Cardwell relatives. Mrs Kate McKeown of Cardwell stays briefly. A parade of townsfolk attends the Methodist Episcopal Endeavor convention from Livingston. Marine training camp selections and France service are noted for local soldiers, with letters from Scofield barracks and expected arrivals. Community events include a Knights of Columbus campaign meeting at Hubers hall, and local coverage of hospital updates, post office staffing, and a fishing trip by Butte visitors.
Lewistown June 22 The business district buzzes tonight as 270 sellers depart Monday for Lewis. A special union service for soldiers at the Presbyterian church with Dr W A Stevenson speaking precedes a county gathering July 19 to combat weed evil. State Senator Hutchinson Ward Mellan and Mayor Summarun attend.
Western Montana endures a dry spell with some regions showing welcome moisture and improving yields. Despite sparse rainfall in Toole Blaine Phillipe counties, June showers may lift expectations. Fergus and Wheatland enjoy ideal conditions while Shields river valley and Park county report good crops. Crow Creek and Missouri valleys in Broadwater note winter wheat in good shape. Chouteau expects substantial winter wheat and a favorable spring wheat crop with more showers anticipated. Overall Montana planted record small grains acreage, aiding potential gains.
Bozeman reports word from Congressman Evans that a new office foreman will head the Bozeman fish hatchery. Work on Glacier park’s hatchery proceeds, with occupancy expected mid August. One million eggs will be shipped from Yellowstone to Glacier hatchery with Interior Bureau support. Thompson notes transport and staffing challenges but plans large automobile transport to Glacier.
Missoula June 22 to July 18 features the war speakers course by the committee on public information. Notable figures include Governor Stewart Chancellor Elliott President Sisson Judge Day Alfred Atkinson and more. Training in short addresses and daily war topic study will accompany lectures.
W L Mull was brought to the asylum at Wart Springs from Norris after a sanity hearing. Twin girls were born June 12 to Millard Saunders in the Madison valley. Mr and Mrs C M Malburt and Mrs J W Saunders visited friends. Lewis T Kiser and Mrs Kiser stayed with Dr and Mrs DAF Cla in Manhattan. William McDonald of Butte was arrested for securing money by false pretenses and will be tried at Waterloo. Samuel Fletcher reported rains bringing good crop prospects. A J Reeder of the Eaton Gutch Mining Co returned from Minneapolis with his father for the summer. Vera Smith visited Miss Edith Potter and friends. Frank C Swartz and O M Best, Dillon sheepmen, attended to business here. Frank Wilent plans to move here, his father’s death affects his military eligibility. Three cloudbursts damaged irrigation ditches near AU Adobetown Watergulch and Garden Creek, washing away Richard Kingerys garden at Garden Creek. Bertha Elinghouse of Ashley was awarded a Dunie Way Prize at the University of Montana Missoula. Dr J R Ward of Butte visited Virginia City on return from Barton Gulch.
Missoula reports rainfall in the Coeur d'Alene and Pend dOreille forest areas improving the fire situation, yet Kaniksu near Kalispell shows little headway. New fires were reported near Pierce City Idaho Elmir a and Pack river area north of Sand Point. About 400 federal firefighters and a similar number from private associations are in the field cooperatively fighting the blazes.
Joseph Sleeper, longtime Yellowstone county auditor and prominent Eastern Montana pioneer, died suddenly this afternoon from heart failure in Billings. Authorities said no further details were available pending autopsy results as the community mourns a longtime public servant.
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