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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1906
Page
25
Western Montana office of the Standard is located at 130 Migs kins avenue Missoula. Telephone No. 118. Advertising rates on application.
The Municipal Ownership league convention at the courthouse nominated Maj. N. M. Davis for police magistrate and George W. Likes, RR Wilbur, and Charles Henderson for aldermen in the coming Missoula city election. The platform criticizes the city administration for debt and graft, endorses full public transactions disclosure, and supports non partisan city government. The convention declined any action on the Van Buren street bridge.
After debates over police judge and city treasurer, the convention focused on alderman candidates. Delegates chose individuals by ward with a central committee to fill vacancies, names listed for each ward and the executive group.
Missoula March 20 The Northern Pacific Railway company and De Hamilton are defendants in a $20 060 suit filed by Willis A Belknap through attorneys Thom Marshall and Thomas Nelson. Belknap alleges he was loading coal when the engine jerked, threw him from his position, causing permanent injuries and reduced lifetime earnings.
Fort Missoula officers presented a petition calling for closing several talcone near the post just outside the military reserve. C Farnsworth and others urged action as proof of disturbances. The board took note and will decide in a few days. A separate petition for opening a road in section 2% township 13 north range 2 west was granted. viewers named and a report due April 4, 198? prompt progress on the project.
Missoula on March 20 reports John McCormick a San tana pioneer and longtime county resident marked his seventieth birthday. He remains hale and plans a summer trip to the Coeur d’Alenes. Also noted is a Missoula Chamber of Commerce project to install a large clock at its office for public visibility.
The Republican city central committee met at City Hall and decided to hold the convention at the courthouse on Tuesday evening in March. The primary date is fixed for Monday evening March 28 from 6 to 8 o clock.
The play Way Down Fast, a popular New England life drama, returns to the Union theater for a Wednesday evening show on March 21 under state direction of Joseph R. Grismer. The production promises the same quality stagecraft that attracted audiences for eight years.
A letter argues coffee harms one third of users and urges readers to test Postum Food Coffee for 10 days. It cites health complaints from coffee and promotes Postum as a caffeine free alternative. The piece labels coffee importers and roasters as spreading misleading claims and calls for plain facts before the public.
A schooner named Lady Antrim wrecked in a March snowstorm off Marblehead. Two female bodies recovered on the beach, with several hours elapsed before identification. Built 1867 in Baenton Nova Scotia, she measured 81 tons and was owned by J H McClintock of Boothbay Maine, who may be among the lost.
The report details numerous defendants released after extended delays since 1906, including the Victor North and Walter J. Brooks murder cases. Other cases mention Harry Battel and Harry Kingsland for grand larceny, Thresher for forgery, Murray for burglary, Murety for the frat degree, Staley for bribery, and related matters while judges reassess under new informations.
Missoula reports include visits by A Zebisch and May of Parma business men to Missouri, bids planned to study Sanders county records, and railway interest by W A Bransty and W Le Hathaway. C M Owens returns from California, Knute Johnson visits Idaho mines, Max Hebgen in town as Clark Dam consultant, and homestead filings near Trout Creek. البشر
Revival meetings press on at the Methodist church with Rev W Bennett aided by Rev Mr Meeke as conversions rise. Congregational church of South Missoula plans a drive to reopen a larger building with Rev C C Clark possibly returning and Rev W S Bell assisting from the State Home Missionary Society.
The mine congress rejected a 10 percent wage increase proposed by Proffar. It urged calm and warned miners against revolutionary agitators while calling for orderly action. Strikers remained excited as tumultuous demonstrations occurred with no intervention reported.
March 20. A.W. Sinclair told the district attorney of new developments in the Boott case and a man known as Borothy Smith promised to make a statement. Smith denies he was with the party at the time of the Warner Stott incident but will explain Scott's actions. Sinclair's statement was not made public. No request yet to arrest Walter Scott by Oregon authorities.
A first person recounting a street shooting describes two assailants demanding surrender near Max Fried’s grocery. Campbell is shot after a confrontation that ends with police involvement and witnesses identified at the scene.
Brown of Beattle was suspended today by the United States court of appeals for two years for neglecting a client's interests. The action was announced in San Francisco on March 23.
A promotional piece extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal remedy for digestive troubles. It claims the tablets cure stomach, liver, kidney, and bowel issues, and even hypothetically changed historic outcomes. The narrative urges immediate use as a public-health breakthrough endorsed by science.
Emperor Nicholas directs the War Ministry to draft a law cutting volunteer service to three years in artillery and four years in infantry. In Des Moines a rail committee kills the Bankey Scent railroad fare bill after prominent men urged a test against the measure.
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