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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1902
Page
7
The Principal Branch Office of the Standard is at 21 Fast Broadway in Butte with telephone 422. Advertising rates are furnished on application.
Our Optical Department is the most complete between Chicago and San Francisco. The optician in charge is well qualified to treat cases not requiring surgery. We stock uncut lenses and have machines for cutting grinding and drilling. Orders are filled without delay with special care in fitting frames. All examinations are free.
Rent pianos from Orton Bros. Fred Orton and J. G. Bates noted as tuners. Numerous visitors and residents register at Finlen Thornton and local hotels including Helena, Deer Lodge, Whitehall, Anaconda, and Omaha. Mentions of dental and medical professionals, rail service updates, and a marriage license in Virginia City. Ed Wright travels East for a month, first home visit in 12 years.
Charles M. Joyce, a longtime Butte barber, sold his shop to George Heller after years of prospering near Senator Clark. He plans to enjoy life at his Deer Lodge home, possibly touring Europe by automobile to spend his wealth.
Delegates from Montana depart Butte for Denver to attend the Federation of Miners and Western Labor Union meetings. They plan to push for Butte’s bid to host conventions next year and discuss initiative referendum, constitutional revisions, and broad organizational powers.
Henry Reinhart and Charles Whitely report on Charles W Pope launching a new saloon at No 12 Academy Street in the Clark building. The venue features antique oak fittings, a front cigar stand, ample cardrooms, and a stocked bar with Hennessy, Marquette rye, and a 22 year old Monogram. Local patrons invited to the 6 o'clock opening.
The Acquisition Balm Copper Mining Company with $2,000,000 capital is organized in Butte by James A. Murray F. Aug Heinze and Lucien Eaves. Trustees for three months are Heinze Murray and A E Spriggs. Preferred stock 1,000,000 shares and common 1,000 600 shares. Preferred dividends 6 percent before common dividends.
Edward Sachs, a cashier at the Hutte poolroom, sues Samuel DPD. Martin for $6500 over $400 allegedly withheld from winnings. The case details a sequence where Sachs sent $100 for a horse bet, $400 in winnings returned, a later $100 to be placed on another horse, and a $500 due, with Martin offering $100 to offset a prior shortage. The matter led to litigation via attorney Robert G. Smith.
Health and recreation options at Hunters Hot Springs promise relief from tiredness caused by overwork. The resort features therapeutic waters reputed to aid rheumatism nervousness stomach liver and kidney issues with physicians nurses and masseurs in attendance. Special excursion rates cover railroad fare board lodging and bath use from principal Montana points.
The Miners Union day committee selected M. J. Mooney as orator of the day for June 13. A 9 am parade will include all labor groups in Butte, followed by Maguire's opera house speeches and Mooney’s oration. Evening dances to be announced. Committee members: Frank Connors Joseph Calloway James Connell John Keegan.
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