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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1901
Page
12
Western Montana office of the standard is at 110 West Main street Mis soula. Telephone No. 18. Advertising rates furnished on application.
Trains hurried out heavy shipments of grain and lumber from the hast of the harvest season. Rail officials report brisk movement as crews load cars with prime exports bound for regional markets.
Missoula officials report a flurry of freight handling with rapid repairs after a slide derailment. Engine 250 was repaired in time for night service, and new shops plus a 300 foot car shed are planned as crews work overtime to meet heavy Western shipments and upcoming dog and pony shows.
The first annual meeting of the Montagu Idaho Swedish Home Missionary society ended in Missoula on October 20 after a day of business. The session was well attended with all visiting clergymen present.
A church session featured sermons by visitors and concerts by the orchestra. Missoula invites sealed bids for a four mile ditch project with bid deadline November 1 and lists contact people for specifications. Mrs Nancy J Sanders, 75, died at Sisters hospital and was buried near Stevensville after leg amputation. Henry Noden, jailed for killing Ira Turner, sent hair chains to his wife to fund essentials and warmer clothing.
The university football players resolved last night to focus on solid work and practice. They hope a large student crowd will provide strong opposition in workouts so the team can develop into a good, practical unit with broad student interest backing the effort.
Missoula report recalls a Bonner incident where an angry parent sought the teacher and then the tale turns to the parent drawing second money in a field of two contenders. Also notes Bonner school activity continues with no change to the day’s schedule. New dynamos for Bonner electric light plant are due Monday doubling current power and overhauling the dynamo room with an engine held for emergencies.
A Missoula property owner warns that the Russian thistle spreading from one area must be destroyed before seeds dry to prevent a grave menace to farming, noting it is a problem already seen in other states.
Edward B. Warman presents An Art Gallery of the World’s Paintings at the Christian Church tonight. Also listed are bids for timber crib work and head gates for the South Missoula ditch and particulars concerning Samuel Dinsmore.
MisSOULA NOTES recounts numerous Sunday visits and travel from Stark, Copper Cliff, St Paul, and Hamilton. People like F F Proebster, W T Herring, George Deeks, C E Gillan, and J Cunningham are listed among workers, visitors, and locals enjoying church services and local events.
The man found by Minshall in the mountains near St. Regis several weeks ago, suffering with typhoid fever, has been brought to the city for treatment and is able to be out on the streets again, with plans to go East in a few days.
Missoula reports Matt Manley, a Drummond rancher, has squatted land unsurveyed for years. Strangers Resener and A J McDonald broke the fence to build a cabin, were tried and acquitted by Judge Commons' jury. Threats of further trouble loom if they return.
A. Weed formerly supervisor of bridges and buildings on the Northern Pacific Rocky Mountain division spent a weekend in Missoula from Pocatello. He noted heavy building activity in the region and discussed meets with J. W. Buford in Cheyenne and his new Short Line duties. Fresh oysters advertised at Union market.
In Missoula on Oct 2 D H Bandmann's opening week in New York for Richelieu drew excellent notices. Murray Hill Theatre seats sold three days ahead and 18 calls greeted Bandmann on opening night. A long time critic ceased railing this fall, signaling broad approval from audiences and critics alike. Grace Cochrane funeral held at Missoula home of Mr. and Mrs. Wood with large attendance and Missoula Cemetery interment. Floral tributes noted. Dr Gwinn, oculist and aurist.
The Globe in Missoula announces a grand opening sale beginning Monday and running all week. It promises dependable merchandise at lowest prices with no brass band or showy gimmicks. Spalding's goods are featured at Bishop & Kern's for the event.
The Northern Paole McHugh condemnation hearings have concluded testimony. Next Wednesday the commissioners will reconvene to determine the amount of damages McHugh should receive for the railway right of way.
Three baskets of Concord grapes priced at one dollar appear in a Missoula listing. Reilly’s Reception to Freshmen is scheduled at the university on Monday evening with upperclassmen hosting a social hour and a literary and musical program for attendees.
An explosion at Paitin Bros. & Jo machine shops in Raleigh destroys the building and kills principal owner Igving D. BP Battin after a match to locate a gas leak. The incident occurred Oct 20 in Marietta.
Minneapolis October 2 Commander in Chief El Torrence of the G A R today released the new staff appointments Judge Advocate General Gen Henry H Duffield Detroit chief of staff Maj Noel Blakeman Mount Vernon New York
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