Local court fines and minor traffic actions reported
Isaac Peters paid a 50 dollar fine in police court after admitting minors were allowed in his candy and cigar store after curfew. A.C. Smith’s arraignment for a minor collision was dismissed as accidental. Mrs. Lyman Roxcow fined 10 dollars for carrying a 1918 license. Three drunken arrests yielded two bond forfeitures and one dismissal.
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Isaac Peters
Peters
East Mercury Street
A.C. Smith
Main
Broadway
Lyman Roxcow
Porphyry Gold Mill Ready to Begin operation
James Breen, president and part owner of the Porphyry Gold Mining company, was in Butte yesterday. He plans to start the 100 ton gold mill built for the property and will return in a few days. The mill has been ready, awaiting the transmission and installation work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Breen
Porphyry
Dy Gold Mining Company
Butte
Yin
Connections installed start for mill run, power near
Power will be ready for switch by week’s end and the mill will be opened in a long run soon after. The property is described as the largest gold mine in the West, with Porphyry Dyke ore to be handled by steam shovels and milled at about 25 cents per ton. The gold is free, grade low, but processing around 200 tons per day should yield profit. millions of tons are proved and ready for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiren
Senator Spooner Suffering Illness at Home
New York May reports say former Wisconsin senator Spooner age 76 is ill at his home with a nervous breakdown two weeks earlier his condition remains anxious for family observers as he recovers while awaiting further updates from John C.
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New York
May Spooner
United States
Wisconsin
Mr. Spooner
John C
Britain Would Retain Figurehead Sultan
Paris May 21 Great Britain's desire to preserve a semblance of the Turkish empire to avoid Mussulman religious complications keeps discussion active at peace conference circles. It is understood plans envision the sultan remaining in Constantinople as head of the Moslem faith with only nominal temporal authority.
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Paris
Great Britain
Mussulman
Cireles
Constantinople
US Lieutenant Killed by Mine Explosion in North Sea
Telegram from San Diego reports Lieut Frank Bruce commander of the US sweeper Bobolink was killed when a mine exploded in the North Sea on May 16. The telegram does not specify if the Roby was damaged or if others were harmed.
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San Diego
Cal
Frank Bruce
United States
North Sea
Montana senators file public building bills
Special Dispatch from Washington May 20 Senator Meyer introduced a bill to spend 200000 to buy a site and erect a public building at Anaconda He also sought 10000 for Anaconda and introduced a bill raising the Missoula public building limit to 200000 Other bills include timber cutting amendments to homestead law and reductions in Indian land appraisements Senator Walsh promoted many measures including public buildings at Billings Glasgow 125000 and 150000 extensions and a federal judge appointment plus funds for tribal and irrigation project related matters
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The
Standard
Washington
Meyer
Anaconda
Myers
Dast
Missoula
Ator Myers
Montana
Flathead
BUI
Benjamin Kerlec
F. A. Carnal
Ada Lewis
George A Robertson
G.“W. Kates
de Cent
Walsh
Billings
Glasgow
Ileena
Monpay
Bening
Crown Indian Reservation
Secretary of the Interior
Ine Mans
Fragmented Montana land and public works notices
Public notices describe land transfers and claims from 180 acres of pub land to fair grounds in Custer County to be conveyed to Miles. Crow Indian claims to the court of claims for adjudication and extended payment terms for homestead lands in the former Fort Peck reservation. Reimbursements for Helena national forest highway costs and personnel changes in Montana offices are listed.
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Custers County
Ublic Hinds
Miles
Court of Claims
Fort Peckingian
Lewis and Clark County
Helena National Forest
Otto F. Blank
Meredith
M. Ii. Neil
Kenneth Romney
Stout
Montana
House of Representatives
Donkey Hero of War Warns of Gas Attack
Major Adone Tomasella of Bagdad Florida commanded the First Battalion 328th infantry arriving aboard the Scranton with a 16 year old donkey named Nas. He credits Nas with alerting troops to an enemy gas attack by braying loudly just as German forces opened a heavy barrage. The animal reportedly smelled gas 19 minutes before it arrived prompting alert action.
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New York
Adone
Tomasella
Bagdad
Fla
Injtry
Scranton
Nans
Somme
Nasis
Toma
Bids for Battleships Sealed For Navy Construction
Washington reports only two definite bids received by the Navy Department today for the construction of the remaining two battleships authorized by Congress in 1816. Shipbuilding and Drydock Company offers 1 in 43 months and Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation offers 1 in 40 months for a total of about $25.6 million.
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Washington
Navy Department
Shipbuilding and Drydock Com
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Mass Canned Goods Destroyed South of Butte
Hundreds of cans of apples and beans valued in the hundreds of dollars were destroyed yesterday afternoon by the city health department south of Butte. The fruit, deemed unfit by Mrs Margaret Rozsa, was slashed and buried to deter theft. Cans showed spoilage and evaporation, with some almost empty, and were traced to a Utah cannery via Cooney Brokerage Company.
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Butte
City Health Department
Margaret Rozsa
Cooney Brokerage Company
East Platinum Street
L. Hampton
Tasper Hamilton
Cooney Company
Utah Cannery
Prohibited Liquids Captured by Officers
Officers captured prohibited liquids at a lodging house 306 Must a street Kept by James Mes Finn They found three jugs of white whiskey The white whiskey is believed to be manufactured The liquor was associated with Reese Williams 350 South Main street a saloon They seized several tons of whiskey a quart and other drinks along with wax proof from local manufacture
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James
Mes Finn
Reese Williams
South Main Street
Business block planned for East Park area
Excavation for a new business block on East Park will start soon at Parling streets corner near the D Charles and Meington building. The single story structure, 30 by 129 feet with full basement, includes a main store 30 by 84 feet and three smaller shops, with a concrete front and wooden joints.
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D. Charles
One of the Finest Ansonia Showings of Moore Role
Moore, a West Coast actor, stars in One Of the Finest at the Ansonia theater. He plays Larry Hayes, mounted police, in a tale of dash and danger with Frances Hudson. Plot follows mistaken duties, romance, and peril as Larry protects the sister and rekindles a former flame amid lively park-set scenes.
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Moore
Ansonia Theater
Marin
Larry” Hayes
H Bea
Hinousin
Frances Hudvonseena
Owen
Larry Huser
Hein
Frances
Hudson
Ely
Larry
Irlue
Ping
Tine
Jailer Lavell Reports Successful Lip Operation in Baltimore
Barney Lavell returned from Baltimore where he visited Frank Riley deputy county attorney and secretary lodge of Ellis. Riley underwent lip operation which was a success and he left Johns Hopkins Hospital in good condition.
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Barney Lavell
Baltimore
Frank Riley
Lodge
Ellis
Lavell
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Riley
Fland-Butte Files Articles of Incorporation
Articles filed with Clerk Recorder Anderson show the Fland-Butte incorporation with capital stock of 100 509 dollars. Incorporators listed include May Hitchcock of the Associated Industries of Montana M L Goodkind and O W McConnell both Helena residents. Members of Carpenters Union No 112 urged to attend May 22 meeting and J B M'Nally records as Recording Secretary for the State Federation of Labor.
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Fland-Butte
Anderson
May Hitchcock
Associated Industries of Montana
M. L. Goodkind
O. W. McConnell
Helena
Ers
Carpenters Union
State Federation of Lavor
J.B. M'Nally
Secretar
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Healy
Spooner
Britain
Mmontana
Jackass
Searce
Lucky Strike
Lucky Strike & Cigarette
Ucky One
East Park
Ansonia
Photoplay House
Wil
Fred Stone
Mack Sennett
Ben Turpin
Charles Lynn
Chester Conklin
Charles Murray
Mark Prevost
Rialto
Harry Miller
WNI
Ralph Osborne
the Union Dentists
Aialto
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