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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1920
Page
5
Lewis G. Rowand and Mrs Rowand arrived at the Thorn Hotel from Sea Gate Harbor. Rowand is in town as an operating official for a New Jersey firm, staying with family at the moment.
Hi Le Allen secretary of the Washington Montana Oil company at Roundup visited Butte yesterday. He met with Montana Drilling and Supply representatives and closed a drilling contract for the oil company holdings. Drilling rigs are planned to be moved into the Roundup field within about 30 days as warm weather approaches, with many rigs already in operation in the area.
The funeral of Allam v Sparks took place yesterday at 2:30 PM from Sherman and Reed chapel, then to the Masonic temple for service led by Rev. George D. Wolfe. Floral tributes and burial rites by the Masons followed, with pallbearers Fernly Bove, Within Grabenstein, K. Renfrew Taylor, and Le J. providing honors amid friends paying last respects.
A long electrification project in the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul system reaches Othello Washington and Seattle Tacoma with hydro electric power. The Pacific division becomes the third link and electric engines of 4200 horsepower and 275 tons pace trains over graded mountain routes as test runs precede a transcontinental Olympian's electric pull.
Peter Green, a Butte attorney, is described as having bought a fine Santa Monica home with boasts about lush gardens and a view of the Pacific. The piece mixingly praises the property and quips about whale taming and gas costs, ending with Breen asserting Santa Monica’s desirability and Green’s prized rose hedge.
Chief of Police Jere Murphy, confined at home with illness, showed progress and planned to return to his office within a day or two. Capt. Mike O'Donnell is directing the department in Murphy's absence. Mrs. James R. McGrath, 47, of 435 East Broadway, died yesterday, mother of Frances and Emmet O'Brien and Margaret McGrath, with services set pending.
Mrs Ed Picard died yesterday afternoon at age 69. Born in Belgium, she became a Butte resident 21 years ago. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs John O Neill and Miss Louis Picard two sons Victor and Felix and nine grandchildren. Funeral from home time to be announced. Card of Thanks extends gratitude to friends for sympathy and to Tropic mine employer. Frank J Toohill and family express thanks.
William Johns, a veteran miner and smelterman from Butte, died in Nome at his daughter’s residence. Survived by wife, three daughters, two sons, four grandchildren, and nine siblings in Wales. The funeral details note decades-long residence in Butte and connections to local families.
Guests at a Butte hotel heard an account from Captain Drukey who served two years with the American army in Siberia. He recalled time in the Interior with little combat and said he was strongly opposed to the red flag.
Mary McCarthy aged 13, daughter of Mrs Quinn McCarthy, died Saturday at her home 7 East Woolman Street after a three week illness. Survived by mother, four sisters Catherine Helen and others, four brothers James John Edward William, an aunt and an uncle, with many cousins. Funeral at 9 a m tomorrow from the home then mass at St Marys Church and interment Holy Cross cemetery.
Chicago march 7 members of the Chicago Teamsters and Chauffeurs union held a meeting to discuss joining a Missouri railroad expressmen alliance. They planned to press for a wage increase of 435 dollars a month but postponed action until later.
The cabinet approved the withdrawal of Japanese troop forces from Siberia in April after completing repatriation of Czecho-Slovak contingents. It is expected the Czechs will be home by March 30.
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