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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1925
Page
5
Ida Larson of Helena visits Butte on a shopping tour and registers at the Grand hotel. While touring, she is urged to inspect the Standard office’s large display of holiday greeting cards as part of the Butte shopping scene.
Over eighty percent of the owners or agents of real property within Special Improvement Lighting District No. 327 petition the Butte city council to discontinue construction and related activities in the district.
Local notes list guests and movers in Butte from Helena and surrounding areas. Dentists and officials relocate addresses while visitors from Dillon Livingston Basin and White Sulphur Springs stay at the Grand Arizona Acoma and Thornton hotels. The Standard advertises holiday greeting cards and premium newsstand offerings.
Martin O Neill spoke on the canned goods industry during a Butte Kiwanis luncheon at the New Hotel Finnen. Members heard a two reel film from Du Pont Powder about explosive manufacture and use. The talk cited rising consumer and retailer influence and noted Montana's high per person canned food use.
Postal bulletin outlines strict deadline dates for Christmas mail to ensure delivery before the holiday. For travel times of one day or less, mail by Dec 20. two days by Dec 18. three days by Dec 16. more than three days by Dec 14. Messages should be marked Do Not Open Until Christmas and mailed early to ease congestion.
Mrs. B. G. Butterfield and Mrs. Cecelia Bowman were charged with grand larceny in Justice of the Peace Ornsby’s court. The Park hotel proprietor, Edith Willard, alleges the pair moved from a West Park Street room about November 17 and took items valued at around $75, including a chandelier, sheets, pillow cases, a spread, a library table scarf, light globes, dishes, kitchen utensils and silverware.
J. M. Boyle of Ronan is registered at the Butte while in the Mining city.
Deputy Game Warden Fred Pilling arrested 15 year old BE Johnson for breaking game laws after a 600 pound bull elk was found killed near Little Freecer mountain. R C Everstein and another hunter reported bloodied Johnson claiming a rabbit kill, leading to the elk discovery and Johnson’s arrest. The elk is in cold storage awaiting auction.
At the Montana home products show in Butte, visitors received rose ruges from the Russell Miller company booth showcasing Occident flour. Attendance rose from the previous day as dinner, led by Mrs. J. B. Amos, drew patrons. Highlights included the Hanson Plumbing automatic furnace, Servol ice box, Gain A Day washing machine, fancy work displays, and an appealing apples display from Tripp and Dragstedt. The Storm King windshield and Montana roasted coffee plus Montana flour were praised by attendees.
The Butte Radio club notes President Coolidge will speak at a New York State Chamber of Commerce dinner. WEAF New York will broadcast the address around 7 30 Butte time, relayed by WOC Davenport Iowa. Listeners with 5 000 watt power can hear the talk clearly in Butte.
The Salvation Army Treasure State Congress meets this afternoon at the Army Citadel on East Broadway with Col. W J B Turner and Mrs Turner, Lieut Col and Mrs A W Crawford, and about 60 Montana officers. Major Baynton will lead the gathering which serves also as a farewell to the Turners, newly appointed commanders of the eastern territory of South America. The first meeting starts at 1 30 pm, an officers council follows, and an officers banquet is scheduled for 6 16 pm in the young people's hall, with an open air demonstration to conclude.
Field secretary Western division Salvation Army announces Col Turner and Mrs Turner as territorial commanders of the Eastern territory of South America. A 7 pm farewell visit followed by a public reception at the Citadel at 8 pm, with invocation by Capt Thompson and welcome by Senator Leonard. Congress opens Friday at 10 am, with sessions at 2 pm and pic ture-taking at 1:50 pm. Weekend events include a luncheon at Gamer's and a stag officers' meal at the Young People's Hall, culminating in a Friday evening council in the Citadel main auditorium and a Saturday officers council at 10 am followed by a music festival at 8 pm.
Tom J. Davis presents Lieut. Col. Crawford as chairman for the Army congress meeting. An old fashioned holiness meeting at 10 a m and red hot salvation at 2 p m at the Cudal. Ensign Kelmer to deliver the invocation. Several Montana division officers and delegates listed for attendance. Care arrangements for babies and children of delegates during the congress.
A jury in Judge George Bourquin's court found for the Butte Electric Railway in Gustafson v. Butte Electric Railway, dismissing $6,000 personal damages claim after a car allegedly struck an automobile at Park and Montana. Other suits were settled or set for Nov. 19. estate accounts showed cash flows and mining stock holdings. various property and divorce actions proceeded.
Bull Montana, a moving pleasure actor, was agreed on charges of violating the late prohibition law after deputy sheriffs found a quantity of wine at his Hollywood home. Montana was released on bond pending trial.
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