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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1906
Page
23
The Western Montana News reports on the fate of the 130 Hig h Telephone work in the Western Montana office. Officials note ongoing effects on local lines and service and potential delays in repairs. Community members seek clarity on outages and restoration timelines.
The Sanders Missoula county joint commission held a lengthy session to inspect county poor house and farm facilities and finalize property valuation retained by Missoula county. A resolution added a $100 liability to the gross indebtedness, bringing the total to 46 28201.
C C Willis and McGowan were questioned on courthouse square value. John Bonner moved to set the courthouse square at 20000, seconded by C H Rittenour, motion carried unanimously. Beamish and Rittenour placed the value of the county Sail hoon furniture at 5000, motion carried. Beamish moved to value the poorhouse and furniture at 11000, Bon ey moved to amend to multi-poorhouse farm and furniture. The amendment was seconded.
Miss Frankie Hathaway of Kalamazoo Michigan recounts severe anaemia at nineteen with pale skin extreme weakness and eventual recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People She credits the pills with restoring appetite color and strength and urges others to try them The ad claims the pills cure a range of ailments by building new blood and offers purchases by mail from the Dr Williams Medicine Company in Schenectady NY.
The motion was carried after a vote with C H Tittenour W R Beamish and W A Beebe voting aye while John Bonner A Hollen Heiner and Peter Scheffer voted no The commission adjourned to meet Friday March 198 at 10 30 o clock
A Missoula talk illustrated by visits to Stratford upon Avon Warwick and other Shakespeare linked sites. Professor Snoddy early life school days courtship Hathaway cottage and early plays were recounted with pleasing facts and legends. References to Walter Scott Lord Lytton and Washington Irving enriched the narrative.
Missoula city census work is progressing well under City Treasurer Small and P. B. Thornton. Early tallies suggest the total will exceed optimistic estimates as canvassers encounter many new residents moving into the Garden City. Many families arriving promise to be counted, boosting future growth prospects.
Missoula hosts the Clarkia Literary Society annual entertainment at the University of Montana on Friday evening. The program features invocations and musical numbers including Invitation to the Dance by May Murphy and May Hamilton, readings and recitations by Roberta Satterthwaite Nellie Bullard and Clarissa Brencer, and instrumental pieces such as Daybreak and Sonata.
Rathbun local clerk of the board of civil service examiners announced tests in Missoula for young students. One exam is for mechanical and topographical draftsmen in the engineering department with a salary of 125 per month, the other for laboratory helpers in agriculture. Likely vele of Montana University mechanical engineering students will participate.
Unclaimed letters remain at the soul post office for the week ending March 19. One cent due for advertising. list includes E. O. Brisette F. Sands Butler William Bed Crane Louie Commans Thomas Cooper Jack Dencer John V. V. Frazier Mise Lilly Ferison LE legro Fansceri F. E. Fitz Mrs. Green Alfred Gilson Charles Giancy Mrs. Harrington Charles Hall Maggie Hill Taylor He Ting N. W. Herzog Ray Madderon A. W. Miller George Milette W. A. Melton Joe Magon John McNeil Will Mackintyre J. K. Olinger Thomas O’Neil Henry Paitros A Philipson Eph Reynol Raith Rice Morrie Reotfer M. Tebbel Morr.
Du Bois of the United States forest service visited Missoula on Wednesday to conduct a preliminary survey of the Hell Gate forest reserve. He is described as highly experienced, having examined more ground in the Western states than any other government agent and as possessing strong knowledge of regional conditions.
Proebsting, a well known Wallace Idaho druggist, was in Missoula on Wednesday for business. He is noted across Western Montana after years in Philipsburg and is prospering in his new home. Ravalli hotel in Hamilton will stay open all winter and operate year round.
Fire Chief Al May urges two extra firefighters for Missoula to improve protection and alarm reliability. Current crew of three drivers plus chief strains resources during blazes and hose operations. Council to review recommendation at March 12 meeting.
W K Rawards of Butte passed through Missoula en route to Tron Mountain to arrange work on the old Iron Mountain mine. Mr Edwards will manage during the tunnel driving project expected to extend a mile or more.
M L Hewitt of Basin and Henry Neill of Helena visited Missoula Wednesday. A Sherman arrived from Hamilton to confer with C Du Bois of the forest service. The Bubble is Gone reports Montevideo peace as of March 8, noting the revolutionary situation.
An old text touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the cure for female irregularities and nervous disorders caused by modern living. A testimonial from Lydia Brinkham's Vegetable Co claims rapid improvement and full recovery, urging purchases at first sign of pain or mood changes to restore harmony at home.
Mrs Latimer died after several weeks of illness at her East Bronx residence. Her husband John Latimer Sr and many relatives mourn her loss. The body lay in state at the family home before a service at 2 PM at the Episcopal church, with burial in Valley Cemetery. Undertaker Marsh handled arrangements.
Twenty two modern rifles and 10000 rounds of ammunition were seized yesterday in the quarters of the Chinese crew on the Pacific Mail steamer Manenaria. The guns were said to have been purchased in the city by the engineer and smuggled aboard. Officials believe no more arms remain aboard.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Billings March 2 1911 Scott a Buffalo stockman arrived from Columbus suffering severe injuries after being unable to disembark at Columbus when the eastbound North Coast limited failed to stop. He says he stood on the vestibule steps and may have been punched or fell off at 30 miles an hour. He seeks damages against the railroad.
Thunder-Iron a crow Indian appeared before Commissioner Fraser after being brought to the day land on a charge of altering a horse brand owned by Nate Cooper and taking the animal. He waived preliminary examination, nearly confessed, and was held to the U.S. grand jury in $1000 bond. Bird-Hat and Philip Bird-Hat testified for the government.
A special stockholders meeting in Chicago voted to consolidate the Chicago and Alton Railroad and Railway into a single Chicago and Alton Railroad company. Reports from Lawton Oklahoma mention a shooting last night near the Chickasaw line, with two men killed and a third seriously wounded. News from Los Angeles notes the death of Dennis Leduc from a long illness, with his estate to Denver, and gun shipments to China reported from Peking.
Fragmentary report notes a conference on Moroccan issues and a mine disaster near Karls mine in Vienna district Tarvid. The event resulted in the death of 49 miners, with unclear details about bank capital control and police allotment.
The article reports Butte and Denver Garnets underperforming as Brunswick teams lead after two days in Salt Lake City. Bets favor Brunswick and Crescents to win, while Mrs. H. C. Scott shines as a standout woman bowler. Scores from Salt Lake Specials, Butte, Seattle Rangers, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Denver are listed with individual tallies and team totals.
A playful query asks if a morally questionable individual can enjoy tea, pondering taste and character in a light, informal tone.
The deposit yielded strong, well defined ore prompting a 10 stamp mill built in July of the following year. After litigation and sheriff sale the property passed to a syndicate of Butte and St Louis capitalists and reorganized as the Combination Mining and Milling company. The vein showed silver bearing ore with copper and lead in the tailings. Processing involved Prue vanners and a Brueckner furnace, then chloridized amalgamation. In 1889 a forest fire destroyed the hoist and 59 dwellings. milling resumed in 1901 with five more stamps. Through 1892 about 800,000 ounces of silver were produced but dividends were never paid, assessments levied, panics paused work, and court battles among stockholders in Butte and St Louis dragged through district, federal courts, and the state supreme court with a final decision awaited.
Alexander Racoullet, 17, shot and mortally wounded Earl E. Waterman after confronting him at his mother’s home. Waterman previously divorced from Racoullet’s mother on grounds of cruelty. Racoullet claims Waterman menaced him with a knife. three shots fired, one hitting Waterman’s abdomen. He is under arrest. Also reported, Mrs. Robert Shaw, sister of Mrs. Charles Dana Gideon, is engaged to Wallort Astor.
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