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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1920
Page
11
Local items report taxi services, optical shops, theater dances at A. O. H. hall, new Victrola records, jewelry and clothing sales, and upcoming events. Notable mentions include visits by officials, university study departures, road celebrations, and Salvation Army events with community figures and addresses in Anaconda.
St Paul Minn Oct 1 The new department of immigration and industry of the Northern Pacific Railway to aid federal state local and private agencies in reclaiming territory it operates becomes effective today FE Benson Washington agriculture commissioner and known railroad reclamation authority is named manager of the new department He is due here Saturday Agricultural immigration and industrial agents will be appointed.
Yesterday marked Montana's first concrete highway opening and the start of Anaconda's annual fall cleanup led by Dr. Shovlin, the city's sanitary officer. He vows to keep streets spotless, citing cooperation last spring and summer that produced the lowest fire losses and helped earn the Thomas Ince fire trophy, as he pushes for a healthier, more beautiful city.
The North Pacific and Western Canada union conference of the Seventh Day Adventists is in session in Seattle with representatives from Washington Oregon Idaho Montana and four western Canadian provinces. Mrs L Flora Plumming of Washington DC general conference and Sabbath school secretary presides as many Sabbath school secretaries and workers attend.
Yesterday the Anaconda Boy Scouts supported a concrete road celebration with five troops aiding as messengers at information booths ushers and trade policemen. They rode in a big truck cheering along the parade route as Provosts Band performed. After marching through the downtown they sheltered at the Montana hotel and then joined a program at the Margaret theater.
Oct 1 Spokane report: Great Northern fast mail No. 27 derailed between Troy Montana and Bonners Ferry Idaho. Fireman Roy Moore of Hillyard Washington drowned after the train plunged into the Kootenai River. Engineer Robert S. Larter, also of Hillyard, suffered a broken arm as three of five cars were demolished at Katka Montana, near Troy.
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