Rent pianos and Dodge cars featured in small ads
Local notices list rental pianos from Orton Bros and a Dodge Brothers car inventory. Easter greeting cards are advertised at the P O News Stand. Community updates report Mrs Hiram Binney of Walkerville’s nervous breakdown and hospitalization, plus Mrs R W Holland’s recovery after surgery at St James hospital. Rollin Smith’s divorce from Earl R Smith by default is noted. Kate Roach seeks separation from Mike Roach. they wed in Butte May 13 1916. Leonard mine foreman Jack Walsh at Deaconess hospital with acute pneumonia. he is a prominent city figure and Bachlors club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. O
Hiram Binney
Walkerville
R. W. Holland
Harlowton
St. James’ Hospital
Rollin Smith
Earl R. Smith
Lamb
Kate Roach
Mike Roach
Butte
Jack Walsh
Leonard Mine
Deaconess Hospital
Walsh
Bachelors’ Club
Budget Committee Reports Reduction in City Appropriations
Alderman John Wilson of the Butte budget committee announces reductions in several department appropriations with substantial savings. He cites eliminated expenses and an annual city saving of about $100,000 when combined with existing economies. The committee report will be submitted at the next city council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wilson
Butte
Butte Puts Real Film Making On City Streets
Crowds thronged Butte as filming for A Romance of Butte began with scenes at 121 Anaconda road and the courthouse. Local cast members and many residents attended, while director Steiner guided actors through wedding and street scenes at St Patrick's church, Rialto, and Park and Main with plans for more shoots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Dad
Anaconda Road
John K. O'Rourke
Charles Stone
Marybelle Winchester
Stiener
Mr. Steiner
St. Patrick's Church
Rialto
Park and
Main Streets
Democratic city central committee meeting set for March 30
A meeting of the Democratic city central committee and candidates is scheduled for 8 p m Tuesday March 30 1920 in Judge Jacksons courthouse courtroom Democratic ladies invited P J Gilligan Chairman Phil Mdonnell Secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic City Central Committee
City to seek telephone rate cut after war era Burleson ruling
A meeting among Bell Telephone officials, Mayor Stodden, City Attorney Clinton and M. S. Gunn of the state council of defense will discuss a rate reduction and potential refunds for charges after the Burleson order. The city aims to recover the difference between the original 1 dollar rate and the 3 dollar postwar increase, citing Washington state rulings as precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Company
Stodden
Clinton
M. S. Gunn
State Council of Defense
Burleson
Butte
Supreme Court
Washington
Montana
County Commissioner Sued Over Missing Scavenger Funds
S Farriss files suit against County Commissioner J M Fabian in district court claiming $2 804 55 withheld from payments owed for work between March and July 1918. The complaint states an agreement May 1 1918 with Fabian to influence for work and to share proceeds with a third party. Farriss says money was turned over to Fabian as treasurer and after third party deductions Fabian should return the balance but has refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Fabian
S. Farriss
District Court
Fabian
Farriss
Court appoints Blythe guardian in Blythe estate suit
Judge Jackson yesterday appointed Thomas Blythe as guardian for two Blythe children after a suit over a deed. A court order requires transfer of the involved property deed. The case notes a prior deed to Mrs Blythe by her husband and his request to have it returned. Soliri v. Fasso set for April 5 hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Blythe
Elizabeth Blythe
Jackson
Blythe
First Religious Census to Be Conducted in Montana
The state will undertake its first religious census April 5 to 11, a house to house survey listing residents by religious belief and occupation. Led by the interchurch world movement, the effort spans all counties with local survey captains and volunteers, aiming to measure church membership and demographics statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Charles T. Greenway
Interchurch World Movement
Greenway
Butte
George Mecklenbure
Helena
Falling rocks kill two Butte mine workers
Sunday and Monday accidents at the Badger State and Pittsmont mines killed Jan Frankos 37 and Matt Ditmar 40. Frankos died on the 2200 foot level after a rock fall at 10 p.m. and was recovered about 4 hours later. Ditmar died on the 10th floor at 3 p.m. and his body was recovered four hours later. Coroner’s inquest is set for Wednesday. The article notes London coal demand at about 8,000,000 tons annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Jan Frankos
Badger State
Frankos
South Dakota Street
Holland
Pittsmont
Matt Ditmar
Page Street
President pardons first moonshiners in Oregon
In Portland on March 29 President Wilson granted pardons to John M. Davis of Beaverton and R E Long for operating whiskey stills. Davis received six months in jail and a $500 fine, Long 39 days and a $100 fine. Both offenses were first offenses per internal revenue offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
John M. Davis
R. E. Long
Wilson
Davis
Beaverton
Long
Internal Revenue Offices
Case Dismissed Against Andrew Mularky for Bootlegging
Insufficient evidence leads to dismissal in Justice Wilkinson's court of charges against Andrew Mularky who faced bootlegging allegations. Mularky had previously been fined $100 in police court on March 18 for liquor behind the bar of his soft drink house before facing the information in justice court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Mularky
Justice Wilkinson
Mularky
Government seeks intervention in Red River oil land dispute
The government filed motions on March 29 asking to intervene in the Oklahoma versus Texas fight over Red River district oil lands. It seeks a court order to enjoin Texas from granting title or permits to land north of the river’s south bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklahoma
Texas
Red River District
Lumber Mill Burns Near Chehalis
Fire engulfed the Coal Creek Lumber company main mill and dry kilns near Chehalis Washington. Loss pegged at 175000 dollars with timber valued at 20000 dollars also destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Coal Creek Lumber Company
Chehalis
Eleven Men Arrested in Roundup Raid Seize Liquor Mash and Stills
Deputy U S Marshal L Groff led raids near Roundup last week arresting eleven men. The operation netted 25 gallons of liquor about 750 barrels of mash and five complete stills. One prisoner Harry Patrick remained in custody after arraignment in Roundup before Commissioner K McVey. Bonds ranged from 100 to 1000 with Patrick ineligible for bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
L. $8. Groff
Harry Patrick
Silver Bow
Joe Pachovick
Mike Finyak
Teesdale Wilkinson
Louis Plouvier
Kluber Plouvier
Marceau Pilouvier
Nick Bargish
Joe Rodick
Francois Plouvier
Ignace Erchel
K. McVey
Patrick
D. J. Desmond
T. Ht. Hazelrigg
Great Falls
Butte Educators to Attend Inland Empire Meeting in Spokane
Three representatives from Butte schools will attend the Inland Empire Teachers association meeting in Spokane on March 41, April 1 and 2. Bruce E. Millikin, W. E. Maddock and Miss Belle Schofield will report on accrediting standards and vocational education. The twenty second annual event features general and sectional sessions with top Northwest educators, drawing many reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Inland Empire Teachers’ Association
Spokane
W. FE. Maddock
Bruce E. Millikin
Belle Schofield
Committee On
W. E. Maddock
Northwest
Witnesed
Endevor 10 Show Cause Butte Strike Trial
In Tombstone Arizona Judge Pattee excludes evidence on the 1917 Butte strike linking it to the Bisbee deportations. Harry E. Wootton faces kidnapping charges in the Bisbee case as an unsigned letter from a deported worker is introduced claiming Bisbee was called more in sympathy with Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombstone
Ariz
Butte
Mont
Harry E. Wootton
Samuel L. Pattee
Bisbee
Williamd. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
Columbus
N. M
W. W. W. break jail escape from Chelan county jail
Walla Walla prison escape report states E J Mara Lee Ostrom Tom Mc Coy and Ed Calgin sentenced to two to ten years broke from Chelan county jail last night using a key then digging through the outer wall. Three accomplices remained in cage. A county reward is promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Wash
E. J. Mara
Lee Ostrom
Tom McCoy
Ed Calgin
Grounded Pacific Mail Liner May Be Released Today
The Pacific Mail liner Colombia, which ran aground on a sand spit near Fort No. 2 Yokohama, was expected to be released the next day. The ship, leaving Honolulu March 13, arrived from San Francisco March 6 and the cause of the mishap was not reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Colombia
Fort No. 2
Yokohama
Marine Department of the Chamber of Commerce
Honolulu
Foresters Elect Officers at Women's Catholic Order Meeting
The Women s Catholic Order of Foresters chose Mayme Doherty as chief ranger and Mary Hersted as vice chief ranger for the coming year. Mamie Barrett was named recording secretary, Nellie Small financial secretary, Kathrine Byrne treasurer, and Sarah Heister with Sarah McManus as trustees. Deborah Gibbons Joanne Farrell and New York named auditing committee. Future meetings set for the second and fourth Tuesdays each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Catholic Order of Foresters
Mayme Doherty
Mary Hersted
Mamie Barrett
Nellie Small
Kathrine Byrne
Sarah Heister
Sarah McManus
Deborah Gibbons
Joanne Farrell
New York
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Leys Optometrist
Leys Jeweler and Optometrist
N. Main St
Hallmark Store
Biue News
Orton Bros
Dodge Brothers
Silver Bow Motor Car Co
Mike Sheehan
Katherine Vugo
Dorothy Farrell
Lois Staffey
Jane Harsted
Montana Moore
Marie Tessal
Helen Dengler
Helen Adell
Vivian Johns
Louis Josephine
Lorene Dillon
Edith Shaw
Lethia Sylvester
Dreda Finlay
Maxine Finlay
Lloyd Finlay
Ellen Douglas
Nadine Fisher
Norma Booth
Alice Moran
Elizabeth Mueller
Frances Dillon
Alice McGinty
Clarice Emerson
Amelia Rose
Ruth Weidenbach
Alvina
Louis Maillett
Ernest Lander
Rudolph Fortune
James Wagstaff
Paul Waldorf
T. J. Brandon
H. K. Mathews
John O'Leary
Ed. Tessal
Pauline Payne
North Main
Hills Bros Coffee
Schilling
D. C
Dan M’carthy, Prop
Paint Specialists
W. Park St
West Park
Old Reliable Jewelers
Park St
Rask
E. Park
DR. Davis
Owsley Bilock Park
Montana Public Utilities Commission
Montana Public Service Commission
COURT
London
M’carthy
Bryant & CO
K. Park
Lyon
John J. M’carthy
Calkins Company
B. E. Calkins CO
Grede
N. Chulos
East Park Street
Cuticura
Cuticurs Laboratories
Dept.x
Maldon
Mass
Amos
L. S. Groff
Butte Educators
Maddock
Millikin
Endeavor
W.w’s
Foresters Elect
Armstrong Prints
Armstrong
McCarthy’s Sanitary Grocery & Meat Store
East Broadway
White House
Russell-Miller Company
North Dakota
Americas
Idaho
Swift
Armour
Yellowstone
McCarthy's Sanitary Store
Butte Cab and Transfer CO
rHerlick
Stry
ED Rose
Jeweler
Butte, Mont
West Park Street
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