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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1906
Page
27
The Western Montana office of the Standard is located at 120 Higgins Avenue Missoula. Telephone number 118. Advertising rates available on application.
At a regular meeting the Missoula city council let contracts for 2000 feet of hose for the fire department to Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co of Chicago and Cleveland Rubber Works of Cleveland Ohio, each awarded 19 feet. Resolutions creating Improvement Districts Nos. 1 and 2 along South Fourth and Fifth streets were introduced and adopted, with a hearing set for October 22 for objecting property owners. Three bids for street crossings were referred to the contracts and estimates committee for a report at a special meeting scheduled for tomorrow night.
Helena Oct 8 In the supreme court today W H Imnend of Missoula through Attorney B Nolan asked disbarment of 3 G Murray and R H Parsons of Missoula The charges include malpractice conspiracy subornation of perjury and attempt to commit subornation of perjury The suit stems from a real estate deal and alleges Murray and Parsons induced W A Dunn to leave the state so he could not testify in a suit by Smead Co against Kennedy Dunn is listed as now in Ohio and Mrs Vandevort witnesses affidavit supports the allegations while noting she lacks knowledge of Murray and Parsons motives
Missoula Oct 8 The Sanders county records prepared by Blaisdell and Ibbs will be completed tomorrow and turned over to the officers of the new county. A boundary error near Carter split the town in two, now corrected, delaying completion by part of the work.
County Clerk Smith announced today that the records from Ders County and Mis sola County will be turned over to Saunders County officials within a day or two. The records are praised as the finest in the state, largely typewritten, after days of verification by a force of staff.
Joseph Deschamps Jr plans a stag party at his West Main street home on Wednesday October 10 signaling his farewell to bachelor days before his marriage to Miss Rust. The wedding is set for Anaconda on Sunday October 14, as announced in the Standard.
Charles N Pray Representative Dixon and Judge Henry C Smith opened the republican campaign in Sanders county. The crowded opera house heard speakers declare the only issue is Roosevelt. Most local republican candidates attended as the band played selections.
Visitors included L. E. Smith and wife from Plains and W. E. Hales of Wallace. John A. Farmer filed a 120 acre homestead near Evaro. Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamma buried after death Sunday. Wilden Pinkham named deputy sheriff for Orchard Homes district starting Oct. 12. Dr. Peter Mussighrod from Garnet heads to Coeur d’Alenes. Harvey Mohr Clara White and John Meltosh made timber and stone entries west of Missoula. Mining engineer A. F. Munroe and Mayo of Mayo and Sachs with W. C. Dierks journeyed toward Wallace to close a mining deal. Phil C. Goodwin of Butte in Missoula on mining business en route to the Coeur d’Alenes.
Real estate transfers filed with the county clerk and recorder include An M Cobban Realty Co transferring lots 11 through 16 in Riverside Addition to William M Hanson for 40 dollars. Mary E Myers and Henry Myers transfer lots 7 and 9 in C P Higgins Addition to Annie E Gibbons. James Sutherland and John A Reinhart of Spokane hold a one twentieth interest in Pacific No 1 and Pacific No 2 claims in St Regis district, five miles north of Borax. A lease from Missoula Mercantile Co to Frank J Pierce for a From Street building at 125 dollars monthly runs to May 1 1908. A lease from Madeline Hastings to Frank J Pierce for Lot 8, Block 8 original townsite at 30 dollars monthly.
Special Dispatch from Helena reports Wong See Yim has not been seen since Saturday prompting friends to fear murder and body concealment. A search begun Sunday continued through tonight but found no trace of the missing man.
Missoula opens the Western Montana fair in perfect weather as exhibits prepare for judging. Poultry livestock and horses fill the grounds while racing events and a four day program begin with a Missoula band contracted to play daily at town and grounds.
The Democratic central committee plans a campaign opening in Missoula with T. J. Walsh, Democratic nominee for Congress, speaking Saturday evening at the Union Opera House. The Missoula band will provide music as part of a staged demonstration expected to draw a large crowd.
Missoula Gun club announced a Thursday forenoon shoot to honor visiting members from Anaconda, Butte and other clubs attending the fair. Several contests planned, no entrance fee. Telegrams say many shooters from Anaconda and Butte may attend, with some from Helena.
William Martin, a mill worker for Nelson Grandchamp near Heron, died in a Missoula hospital after being struck by a rapidly moving freight train. He stumbled while crossing the tracks on his way home, fell, and lay undiscovered until section men found him. He had no relatives or home.
Missoula reports Thomas M Parks, a Granite County rancher, arrived with his wife to attend the Western Montana fair. He and Mrs. Parks toured the grounds and he remains convinced that the Alexander and Ben Davis apples on display are pumpkins dyed to look like fruit.
Missoula residents note P H Gohn of Pony traveling with his family spending a few days in the city. His father, a respected pioneer of Madison county, has been in Missoula.
After months of treatment for his health the elderly gentleman shows improvement and plans to stay a few more days as his son Gohn Jr. remains nearby in Virginia City and across the state.
Bishop Charles D. Williams told YMCA members in Detroit that the Bible is not the word of God and urged reading the scriptures with discernment. He contrasted Old and New Testament precepts and warned against forcing modern science to fit sacred texts.
Attorney A Chalkley Collins informs the court of the wife in St Louis having remarried H V Hanson and inquires to loan $25 from Willie the husband. The judge receives a certificate proving the marriage to Hanson.
William Whitenack’s marriage to Mstella A. Whitenack was annulled by Judge Crosby at a divorce sitting of the superior court. He is son of John Whitenack of New York, a wealthy contractor, who has a villa in New Marlboro. In 1903 they wed in Canaan, New York and moved to New Marlboro where she disappeared after a few months and was found to be previously married to Arthur W. Van Schoyck of Island Uharts New Jersey.
The letter promotes Pyramid Pile Cure for piles with a free trial offer and urges readers to request a trial package before buying a 50 cent box. It includes a testimonial from J. J. McElwee of Honey Grove Texas praising the remedy and stating he saw swift improvement after two boxes. The ad emphasizes proof and immediate results.
At MacLaren's sawmills in Buckingham Quebec Oct 8 two men were killed and about a dozen wounded as striking mill hands clashed with provincial police. President Belanger of the workers union and Zavier Therieut a mill hand were among the dead and wounded. Troops were called from Ottawa and camped near the lumber yards as hostilities were paused.
Pittsburg chamber of commerce reports residents spend 8.24 million annually in New York for life basics and 12 million on luxuries. Big spenders favor New York caterers, laundries, and groceries, with items often billed as from New York, despite local production.
An officer in Holden has built an electrical timing device to trap speed violators. A wire network along the road rings a bell in his library whenever a car speeds, then he records the offender’s license number. The invention could transform auto catching nationwide.
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