Butte Notes on Visitors and Guests
M. S. Weiss of Helena is a business visitor in Butte and a guest at Thornton W. Williams of Billings is a news visitor in Butte and a guest there.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1923
Page
5
M. S. Weiss of Helena is a business visitor in Butte and a guest at Thornton W. Williams of Billings is a news visitor in Butte and a guest there.
Various brief notes record individuals visiting Butte from Deer Lodge Kalispell Missoula Billings and Christina Mont with hotels registered at Arizona Thornton Acoma Lege and Butte postings. Weather section lists Helena Kalispell Miles City Calgary and other cities with a regional barometer area and light rainfall noted in Montana and surrounding states.
With three days left before Butte Dig Week, decorations go up citywide. A decoration committee meets the executive committee to outline nets banners pennants and other adornments to make Butte resemble a fairgrounds. Businesses have agreed to extend dressing up to depots and passes travelers will see festive displays as crowds prepare for a statewide celebration.
Roy Leighton fired two perfect scores in rapid fire at the Rocky Mountain Rite club range, delivering one of the year’s top performances. Tony Schell followed with 47 points in slow fire, while shooters from Fort Mie foula and nearby units gathered to qualify for army marksmanship.
A reported cockfight near Yale Avenue turned into a scramble as officers arrived to find 26 fighting cocks in a shed. Detectives Powell and White, hoping to witness the bout, encountered a fleeing crowd and scattered birds, leaving the scene without arrests or action.
Preparatory first aid instruction will run five days starting this evening for Butte Boy Scouts ahead of the May 29 30 field meet and fist aid contest. James Gavin from the Butte Bureau of Mines rescue car No 9 will lead at the Sliver Bow location. Scouts and Scoutmasters may enroll and those completing the course to the instructors satisfaction will earn a Bureau of Mines certificate. Classes run 7 39 to crelock. All troops and teams are urged to participate. standards will govern the May 30 championship contest.
Funeral services for D F Riggs a prominent Whitehall resident were largely attended in Butte with Masons from Mystic Tie lodge No 17 and Bagdad temple among those officiating. Interment was at Fish Creek cemetery near Whitehall after services at the Masonic temple. Riggs a farmer banker real estate man and politician died while traveling in California. He leaves a widow Mrs Jane Aggs and eight children.
Butte Scouts urge continued donations after turning over more than 15 tons of discarded clothing for Fuute children. Many unable to deliver last Saturday, campaigns extended through next Wednesday with calls flooding Scout headquarters. Donors can leave bundles at Near East relief 121 West Broadway or Woman's Club West Park Street or call 1208 for pickup.
E B Howell spoke at a YMCA open forum outlining history of municipal manager form and answered questions. John Green presided. John J Capite likely to speak next Sunday on the same topic. Musician Robert M Noe from Bozeman was in Butte on business and staying at the Thornton.
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