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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1909
Page
15
The Principal Wranch Office of the Standard is at Broadway 28 ast. Butte Telephone 422. Independent telephone 1 422. Advertising rates furnished on application.
Short notes from Butte list local business offers and residents. Names include Orton Bros, Walker's, Simon, McLaughlin Coal, Finlen, Thornton, P. O. News Stand, and Regal shoes. Guests visiting from Livingston, Missoula, Great Falls, Deer Lodge, Whitehall, and Billings. A birth at 1385 Wells Street Centerville and a church event in Grace Methodist.
A Horace Turney traveling art exhibit featuring about 200 color and monotint pictures will run from Wednesday to Saturday at the Woman's Club to benefit the high school picture fund. The display includes works from old masters to modern artists with committee lists and arrangements led by Mrs. Grigg. Proceeds fund purchases of school pictures and support educational activities with high school and grammar schools participation planned.
Butte Eagles plan the annual state convention from June 21 for five days. Peter Gilligan chairs the prese and advertising committee. Peter Sanger leads illumination and electric arrangements. Delegates from across the state are expected, with meetings at Miners Union Hall Auditorium. Gov Edwin Norris may be invited to deliver the memorial address.
The Lulu presents Tie Man Outside a smart detective drama praised for its tight plotting and lack of melodrama. Cast includes Miss Lorton Miss Willard Miss Keller and Frank Lindon with Fred Hagan offering a pleasing romance thread. Audiences enjoyed light musical interludes between acts.
A mass meeting will be held in the council chambers of city hall Butte on Monday evening March 22 1909 at o oclock for nominating three school trustees for district No 1 Silver Bow county Montana for a term of two years each. Thomas Driscoll chairman school board.
In Butte yesterday Miss Pace failed to appear at the Orpheum matinee due to baggage delays. Miss Rice arrived with paraphernalia and, after a quick rehearsal, performed to a capacity audience with an excellent vaudeville act praised by manager C N Sutton and the theater team.
J. O. Hodgens, manager of the Madison Valley Land and Livestock company, is in Jeffers and recently sold 140 head of beef steers for $5 per hundredweight. The steers averaged about $64 per head, the highest price in recent years, reflecting cattle fattening efforts at the old VF ranch in the Madison valley near Manis.
The article explains Senate Bill 17 lowering disqualification counts for judges in Montana. It recalls the 1903 five-affidavit rule from the mining dispute era and notes the governor's signing and the special session history under Governor Toole.
Independent dairymen assert their pasteurized labeled milk has vanished and that cows are milked by hand with daily inspection of each cow and its milk by an experienced dairyman. Hospitals reportedly prefer milk from these independent producers due to direct oversight.
Mrs Ludema A Patrick a pioneer of Montana and Madison county died at her daughter Mrs J T Noble’s home on South Boulder March event. Born in West Virginia in 1824 she was 85 at death. Maiden name Ludema or Cincinnati. She moved to Kansas in 1850s and her father was buried there 25 years ago. She came to Montana in 1879 and lived here since. She leaves sons J ene L and F Patrick and a married daughter Mrs Noble. Funeral at the Noble residence Saturday afternoon. She was esteemed by neighbors and mourned.
The funerals for Beirne and Lannon are scheduled Monday morning two services. Beirne will depart at 10 o'clock from 462 East Broadway to Sacred Heart church for a solemn high mass. Lannon will depart at 9 o'clock from 240 Mast Broadway to Sacred Heart church for a solemn high mass.
Mayer's facility claims state leading capabilities for new and repair work with a large skilled staff and modern machinery. Watches receive a $1 mainspring and a $1.50 cleaning, both with a one year guarantee. The shop vows lowest price or money back and offers free estimates on old pieces.
John G Vetter Ernest Vetter and Erastus Paugh conducted a deal in Virginia City March 20 making Ernest Vetter owner of the 480 acre Paugh homestead on Jack creek bench for about 7000 dollars. The Vetter brothers plan to farm 300 acres this year and feed the grain as pork on the ranch rather than haul it to market.
Lewistown March 21 Special Dispatch says on April 7 a large number of Harlowton men will arrive to be initiated into Elkdoom and join a street parade before the initiation. Local lodge officers elected include R K Ayers exalted ruler Bert d Autreimment esteemed loyal knight Frank E Carleton esteemed Jeaturing Knight Hugh Wagner secretary A J Stephens treasurer J F Abel tiler Walter Knight FEFEF. Smith and Edward Brassey trustees. The lodge also elected J B Rauch as delegate to the grand lodge convention at Los Angeles next summer.
Howard Jones and Miss Lulu Myrtle Lacy wed yesterday at the bride’s father William L. Lacy residence near Melrose. Rev. J. B. Russell of Butte officiated as the couple, long popular among Valley youths, exchanged vows in a small gathering of near relatives. The bride wore white and carried white roses. her sister in white served as attendant. The groom’s brother attended him, and friends wish them lasting happiness.
Butte Master Plumbers Association of Montana held a three day session in Alhambra. They drafted a new constitution and by laws and decided to incorporate under Montana law. Officers elected include R D Stocking Billings president and D H Budd Bozeman vice president.
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