Deadlock on Board as Motions Stall Over Seconds
A board meeting ended in a deadlock when motions could not be moved due to a lack of seconds. Members reported ties on several procedural items as no one offered second motions.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1900
Page
4
A board meeting ended in a deadlock when motions could not be moved due to a lack of seconds. Members reported ties on several procedural items as no one offered second motions.
At a late meeting the board could not vote on several issues due to a three member quorum. They approved a three months term for the west end school and hired Miss Maggie Malony at 88 per month. The superintendent reported on school enrollment, building conditions, and ongoing leaks across Central, Prescott, Bryan, Lincoln, and Carroll schools.
Local items report shopping deals at X L store mens blue California flannel shirts and kid shoes. Mention of Wells as sheriff candidate in Granite county visiting Anaconda. Dancing at Austrian hall with Scandinavian Brotherhood event and through sleeping car service via Great Northern. Funeral service for John Jones, and sales at Marian Bros. Also notices of deliveries at Smith Drug and J G Bates piano tuner.
Trustees clash over Miss Livingstone's pay as assistant principal. The board debates raising from 85 to 100 dollars a month with arguments on substitute value and worth, but no second secures a vote. The meeting adjourns with a call to reconvene. For Rent Large hall in Standard building one night weekly. Inquire at Standard office.
About 15 to 20 high school boys meet every afternoon on vacant ground south of the Hearst free library to drill in military movements and the manual of arms. Bazel Elford leads. no lieutenants. They drill with imitation rifles while the captain carries a real Springfield and a tin sword.
Deer Lodge county reports Mrs Charles Joyce of Deer Lodge committed to the Warm Springs asylum after a county commission found her to be acutely melancholic. She had been acting unusually for a week and was brought to Deer Lodge for examination yesterday. The commission included Chairman Walker and Dr Jean with Dr McKenzie.
Clark county attempts to file under Democratic label fail while labor party supporters press for recognition. County Clerk Martin later accepts the labor ticket after a substitute wording. A statewide party split and a local rally plan unfold as independents organize in Butte and Deer Lodge area.
George West and a man named Me Elroy, both described as colored, had a fight yesterday at Mrs.iar. Vey's lodging house on Front street. Elroy sustained worse injuries and filed a complaint against West. The sheriff’s office was notified and a search for West began, but he had not been found at last report.
A letter from Miss K. E. Senouris of Mt. Oliver Pittsburg praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing painful menstruation. She states the medicine saved her sanity and urges others with female troubles to seek care and follow advice.
Warm Springs Livery Feed and Bale Stables advertise prompt attention and reasonable rates with J H French the proprietor. Dr N B Snyd is a surgeon at St Ann's Hospital West Third Street near Main. Telegraph and messenger service advertised with World Messenger Co office in Anaconda Montana.
Strain Bros of Anaconda and Great Falls will purchase J. K. Loepe dry goods boots and shoes for 25000 dollars. Part of the stock moves to Great Falls and part to Anaconda. Mr. Losee leaves the city to relocate for his daughter Grace whose doctors say a change of climate will help her health. she has been in Salt Lake City.
An urchronic note states cod liver oil emulsion serves as both food and medicine. It claims the product stimulates the stomach to work by creating strength and turning the oil into body and life that is food. Scott & Browne of 49 Pearl Street, New York offers a sample.
Mike Durfy appeared yesterday in Justice Frank Kennedy's court on charges of stealing eight pounds of butter from a ranch wagon last Saturday afternoon. He was arrested soon after attempting to sell eight pounds of butter to a Chinese man on Commercial Avenue and later at a cheap restaurant near Front Street. The evidence showed he knew nothing about the butter and he was discharged.
Mary H King administratrix invites creditors and claimants of John H King deceased to present their claims with vouchers within four months after first publication. Claims to be filed at room No. bank building Anaconda Montana in Deer Lodge County. Dated October 5 1900. High Whitehill attorney for administratrix.
Multiple registry agents in Deer Lodge county Montana announce registration periods for the 1900 election. I Thomas Boland opens in Anaconda October 11 to 24, Henry Redmond registers October 4 to 29, and Richard P O Brien opens October 16 to 27 with exceptions for the 7th precinct.
Registration of qualified electors in Election District No. 5 covering the Fifth ward of Anaconda in Deer Lodge county Montana will begin on October 16.
Anaconda registry agent Roger Edwards states that Precinct No 6 in the Fifth ward north of Fourth street and Precinct No 7 south of Fourth street will open registration books from October 11 to October 29, daily 9 AM to 5 PM, at specified addresses.
Chris Steuernagel registry agent for Election District No 6 Deer Lodge County Montana opens the voter registration books at 721 East Park avenue Anaconda on October 7 1900 for the next election to be held November 6 1900. He will be at 900 Fast Sixth Street October 15 to 20 and at 721 Fort Park Avenue October 22 to 27 inclusive.
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