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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1905
Page
12
Western Montana office of the Standard listed at 134 Higgins avenue Missoula with telephone access and advertising rates available on application.
William Calder, 54, a Missoula porter, was found dead with his throat cut in a Shoemaker rooming house. He had drunk heavily for days, believed sane only by distress, and was last seen Saturday afternoon in night clothes claiming someone was in his bed. Coroner to hold inquest. relatives in Fredericton absent in city.
President Oscar J. Craig of the state university spoke to a young men's meeting in the YMCA hall at 4 o'clock this afternoon in Missoula on May 28.
The gathering drew a good crowd as President Craig delivered a scholarly history of the Sabbath day. Musical highlights included solos by Mrs. George A. Cook and Lynde Catlin with Miss Edith Lowney at the piano.
Missoula residents can expect multiple circus performances. Norris & Rowe will appear June 16 with a special train. Floto, among the Northwest’s largest, comes June 5. Barnum & Bailey may pass through in August, needing three special trains, but no definite itinerary is set.
Missoula wind and cold hindered records at the south side grounds as Gun club members shot today. Notable results include Richie winning the Woodworth-Ward medal and ties for first in several events. Duryea absent due to an early departure.
Miss Dora Moeller entertained Irving building teachers and her graduating class Saturday at her Toole avenue home. The afternoon featured games and music followed by luncheon at five. A pronoun puzzle yielded Mamie Mills and Mary Shull tied for first and Hilda Lewis won the consolation prize. Present were Lucy Goodman, Martha Terry, Minnie Johnson, Laura Johnson, Ida Williams and others. teachers included Miss Dwyer, Miss Abbendroth, Miss Simpson and Miss Busche. Dr. R Gwinn, oculist and aurist.
Owing to a short term this year the Hamilton high school graduates forego graduation exercises. The school has grown since 1901 with 25 alumni, 70 students now enrolled, 35 boys and 25 girls. Graduates may enter any course at the state university without entrance exams. A freshman won a gold medal in a Missoula declamatory contest and tennis players show rapid improvement.
Thompson Falls in Sanders county readies first Western Montana hollow ware plant as K E H Christian starts the kiln. Northern Pacific rep GC A Sharkey visits to sample clay, aiming to secure freight rates. Community plans July Fourth celebration with Methodist church site discussions and a $2000 building plan. $1000 already subscribed.
The event was likely the last entertainment by the young ladies this year and was enjoyed by all. The gathering stretched late, with guests departing after a very pleasant evening.
About 240 Nebraska lumbermen will ride by special train to Bonner and Missoula for tours of the Big Blackfoot Milling Company plant, a luncheon, and a dinner. John R. Toole and Kenneth Ross coordinate the visit with carriages for Missoula sightseeing and a reception at Bonner lodge hall.
At the Flathead Agency boarding school in Missoula on May 30 pupils will perform a Memorial day program. Initiated last year by Judge John L. Sloane the event draws strong student participation with songs recitations and dialogues honoring soldiers and civil war memories.
Mrs Maxey of Fort Missoula and Miss Eloise Knowles hosted a grab-bag shower for Miss Bessie Farrell whose engagement to Addison Sterling has been announced. Mail orders to the Golden Rule in Missoula.
Miss Beulah Morgan of Missoula announced engaged to Grant McGregor of Missoula who is working in Anaconda. Morgan, a former State University student and two year Missoula teacher, and McGregor, a University graduate and draughtsman at Washoeemeiter power plant in Anaconda, plan to marry June 15. A miscellaneous shower was held for Morgan in South Missoula.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Missoula will host a reception in Florence hotel parlors on Thursday afternoon June 1 from 3 to 4 o'clock in honor of Mrs. Stevens national president and successor of Frances Willard and Miss Lillian Gordon national secretary. A public meeting at the Methodist Episcopal church that evening will feature addresses by Stevens Gordon Mayor Smith and others with a musical program. The visit is part of their Western tour before continuing to Chicago.
The Rock Island bridge over the South Canadian at Union City Oklahoma suffered a collapse today and reports say the Fort Worth and Denver bridge at Tascosa Texas is also gone. Train service is severely crippled, the worst since 1888.
Missoula May 28. The Delta Sigma sorority at the university hosted a small informal dance at the home of Miss Thula Toole in South Missoula on Saturday evening.
Missoula barbers gathered at the South Missoula diamonds at 1 p m for a scheduled baseball game with cigarmakers who did not appear. The barbers announce readiness to meet all city amateur teams and may host a match with Tom Kemp’s county courthouse Colts in the coming weeks.
Riots broke out Saturday night in Stockholm as police clashed with rioters during the scavengers strike. A mob stoned officers who drew swords to clear the streets. Many injured, several arrests, and significant property damage reported.
Bonner defeats P. M. Reillys 9 to 5 in a Missoula baseball game. Ward hits a home run. Murphy of Missoula collects two three base hits and Williams adds a three base hit. Loehner and Donnelly pitched for Bonner while Tyler and Mott pitched for Reillys. Attendance reported as good.
In Missoula on May 28 regular memorial services by the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman's Relief Corps filled the Baptist church. Rev. Van Engelen preached a sermon honoring veterans, with about 30 G A R and 30 W R C members attending. A further service will occur at the cemetery on Memorial Day and a courthouse square program Tuesday afternoon. The Cosmopolitan hotel in Helena has been refurbished and opens May 23 with rates of 1.25 and 1.50 per day.
Hamilton May 23. City bonds totaling 10 000 will be sold in 1000 denominations at 5 percent interest. When funded bids will be called and construction started on a two story brick city hall with a public library fire department apparatus on the first floor offices and council chamber on the second floor and a jail in the basement.
The commission of viewers appointed to inspect a property for Amador Mining company’s right of way met before Judge Webster. The board of John C. Leshou H. T. Wilkinson and George F. Brooks qualified for their task. They will travel to Amador Wednesday to appraise the route and inspect the mines ten miles up Oregon gulch.
Bloomington Indiana May 2 Professor C O Lempland a former Indiana University astronomy student now with Lowell university Flagstaff Arizona has taken 20 photographs of the canals in Mars.
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