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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1924
Page
6
Local market notices feature Fresh Missouri Strawberries priced by the quart and Cantoloupe and Apricots in baskets. Fancy Large Black Ring Cherries and Peaches offered with per pound rates. Also listed are Nine-Mile Spinach Green and Wax Beans Green Peas and other garden vegetables with unit prices.
Anglers prepare as statewide fishing season begins at sunrise. Wardens pledge strict license checks while sporting goods report heavy tackle sales. Higgins and Butte draw crowds with fly tying demonstrations by Florence Maloney and May Axford at Hogan Bohem Fly display.
Butte Kiwanis members aired grievances at the noon luncheon led by the grievance committee. Joe Halloran presided as members offered constructive critiques to improve the club’s interests with no speeches or musical numbers.
Police say the offender stole a two dollar bill dropped by a little girl on Mast Broadway. A foreign youth reportedly refused to return it when the girl asked, prompting an officer to intervene. The suspect’s name was not learned.
A man was taken to the station where he returned the money and was released after a severe lecture from Chief Murphy.
Charlie Malloy stage manager for Broadway and Butte local delegate returned from Cincinnati after attending the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes and Moving Picture Operators annual meeting. He witnessed the Kentucky Derby and met Biddy Bishop during the visit.
The Senate approved the Alaska fisheries bill while the Taft Panama accord was tied to June 1. House backs navy expansion to a 5-5-3 ratio. Charles S. Dewey named assistant secretary of the treasury. Two prohibition probes set for summer by Senate and House panels. Mayfield committee hears more alien property and anti trust testimony. La Follette signals independent presidential run if parties fail reforms. Farm aid compromise moves ahead before adjournment. Clarke testifies on 1922 Texas senate race. Interior Secretary Fall's 1922 oil contracts questioned after royalty oil purchases.
A large number of Butte residents remain delinquent on the second installment of 1923 taxes. City Treasurer Joe Riley announced the closing date for payments is Saturday and urged taxpayers to respond to avoid being placed on the delinquent lists.
Members of the Butte Rotary club will hear a vocational talk by Rotarian F. B. Price on Coffee Production and Consumption at the Silver Bow club luncheon. Kenneth B. Salisbury will preside. The tenth anniversary observance will be reported and held at Gregson Hot Springs on June 12.
Barometers are high along the North Pacific coast while pressure systems bring unsettled conditions to the Northern Rockies. Temperatures run above normal on the northern plains but stay well below average in the western Rockies with widespread cloudiness. Rain extends from Washington and Alberta southeast to the lower ocean valley, affecting Eastern Montana and nearby areas on Wednesday.
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