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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1918
Page
7
A vintage advertisement extols graduation gifts of jewelry including pendant sets rings and necklaces for girls and cuff links belts and scarf pins for boys. It highlights Leys as a store known for authoritative style and quality with best value pricing.
Butte reports show numerous visitors from Helena Great Falls Dillon Missoula and Kalispell stopping for short stays or meetings. Names include Olson Lenox Grannis Ward Fitzgerald Woodman Harris Evans Crutchfield Slayton Kendall Kerns and others amid social church and business activity in the city.
The second day of the Scottish Rite Masons of Butte reunion at the Masonic temple opened with Knights of the East, of the Sword ceremonies led by John Ho in charge and featured a lecture by Hon. A Rand at noon followed by luncheon served in the lodge temple.
A colored man confessed to assaulting another in the 539 South Arizona area. The injured man was taken to hospital with blood on him and semi conscious. authorities say no motive was found. The case, tied to a local jewelry business move at 87 North Main Mayer, involves bond or charges pending further proof.
The city plans a summer gardening project overseen by teachers with limited visors and instructors. School days run 8:30 to afternoon sessions, with teachers dedicating at least three afternoons weekly to supervise student gardens. Potter T Hozeman spoke on boys and girls aged 10 to 18 and the role of wardens in guiding garden work.
Government plans to mobilize districts to stimulate youth fortitude. Officials say 3,000 young citizens will join the Surden campaign in Hutte this summer to aid the war by boosting food production and to show barren towns can become garden cities.
Clifton Hodges and George Kerker were arrested last night on charges of reckless driving after their vehicles collided at the corner of Clark and Broadway. A fire hydrant and a lamppost were torn from their bases. no injuries were reported. Detectives Fraser and Wesson made the arrests.
The jury ruled that Mrs Demeester died by drowning in Lake Avoca after the body was found in the water. Friends had said she threatened to take her life, and the verdict cited drowning as the cause with uncertainty about events.
Janitors in city schools were granted a $7104 monthly wage increase by the board of education at last night’s meeting. The raise aligns with increases given to other school employees during the current pay period, with male and female staff benefiting. The decision was reported by William A. Springfield.
May 21 Montana and sisters lead the northern division in the Red Cross drive surpassing quotas. Washington raised its district quota to 3 625 400. Montana over its 300 01 limit by 10 000 and North and South Dakota and Minnesota show gains including oversubscriptions across Minneapolis St Paul and Duluth. The division as a whole has exceeded its 1 500 000 target with strong表现 from the four states.
Molulu May 20 Delayed The house of representatives passed a bill providing for the internment of enemy aliens in Hawaii a special session was called to consider the measure. Omaha Neb May 21 40 members of the IWW under arrest as a special United States grand jury investigates. Jackson Minn A C Townley and Joseph Gilbert indicted for conspiracy to violate Minnesota draft law based on a Lakefield speech.
Montana state game warden J J De Hart, touring Hutte, outlined ongoing work stocking streams and lakes with fish. He said shipments arrive regularly, with no special stock this year. Reports from spawning stations at Georgetow and nearby indicate progress. a separate note mentions a mountain sheep fined $500 for alleged illegal selling of beaver.
The assailant Daly died early today at the city emergency hospital after more than 24 hours with wounds in his intestines. Detective Wesson had shot him Monday in the Crown saloon during a free for all fight. Hasson, arrested on a warrant, was found on the saloon floor and claimed he was not in the fight.
A report lists instructors chosen for the playground improvement plan. Helen Xeete and Neeley are noted for their roles, with emphasis on expanding the program at the Clark Plain area. The item mentions a well known athlete living in Butte and the general goal to enlarge facilities this year.
Martin Bray, former husband of Mrs Bray, shot her and her escort K. B. Showers on Park Street Tuesday night. Bray is at St James hospital Little Hope in critical condition with a self-inflicted bullet wound. Coroner Lane has not set a date for Showers inquest, likely later this week.
We express heartfelt thanks to those who were kind during our husband and father’s sickness and burial. We Welch to thank the many for offerings and support given in this time of sorrow.
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