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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1920
Page
9
Dillon, Oct. 25. Wheat growers here express disappointment in last summer’s crop though the wheat is of high quality. Average thrashing is 12 bushels per acre due to dry soil. Flax and barley are abundant and will yield fair profit. Some farmers plan to try a new dry land wheat next spring with promising results.
Concrete paving firms interview Dillon residents over district extensions while city officials delay action. Miss Geneva Baker earns stenography promotion and is asked to report to Washington. Democratic rallies set for Lakeview Monida and Bell, plus a sheep shipment to Imperial Valley. Hunters report poor Red Rock season. Delphian society gathers at the library for an Egypt buildings discussion led by Mrs. Waldorf.
Great Falls jobbers report heavy losses after stockpiled foodstuffs fell in price. Beans, once 12.50 per hundred pounds in California, dropped to 5.50. Rice fell from 14.50 to 8.50. Cane sugar, after a minor rebound, now costs 14.85 per hundred.
Great Falls October 25. To be closer to connected banks and Northern Pacific line elevators the Montana Grain Growers association moved its offices from Great Falls to Helena. J G Crites, formerly eastern office manager at St Paul, will oversee the new Helena office. The Great Falls office has operated since spring 1918.
Twenty five cars carried sheep today on the Butte and Havre divisions for shipment to Denver and Omaha, deviating from the usual Chicago markets. Loads were made at Cascade, Spionkop, Choteau, and Bole.
In Deer Lodge Montana on Sunday night, robbers entered the White cafe and seized a large stash of tobacco and cigars, then broke into a nearby building under construction and stole tools valued at about $500. No suspects or traces have been found.
Carrol Huffman and Walter Gannon drove to Anaconda yesterday. Nels Robbins of Hall is in Philipsburg today. Mr and Mrs James McGowan of Hall visited. Mrs Charles Carpp of Missoula left after weeklong visit. Charles Mellon of Hall injured hand on baling machine. Edward Duffy heads to Portland after pneumonia recovery. Rep Faust of Drummond campaigning locally. Joseph H Dixon spoke for governor bid at 1 pm causing county high school to dismiss.
Miss Bessie Larsen and Joseph Healey of Spokane married Saturday at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Deer Lodge. They plan a honeymoon to Minneapolis and St Paul and will reside in Spokane. Also noted are visits by local residents and a temporary postmaster appointment in Deer Lodge with exams set for November 27.
In Lawrence Massachusetts police raided a home in the sweetheart’s cellar and seized 97 gallons of wine moonshine whiskey and Scotch valued near 44000. The sweetheart initially denied ownership but then confessed plans to sample the liquor with Omar’s help before authorities intervened.
Helena Oct 25 A weekly report by Dr John J Sippy epidemiologist for the state board of health shows a slight rise in scarlet fever across Montana with Lincoln county recording 28 new cases. The statewide total for the week is 36. Infantile paralysis appears in Ravalli county with two cases.
The Montana Sportsmen's association met in Helena to elect trustees Glenn Smith Missoula John H Burke Helena H E Wilson Livingston Thomas Nelson Marlowe Missoula and John G Brown Helena with M B Carpenter Belgrade as permanent secretary. A legislative committee was named and the group backed wild game sanctuaries tighter spawning stream protections reduced fish catch limits and higher license funds for game and fish protection plus bigger deputy wardens salaries. Represented by red and gun clubs and commercial groups from about half Montana counties.
Robert S. Ball longtime Montana resident and pioneer sheep man was killed when a runaway wagon threw him and broke his neck near Great Falls on the way to his ranch four miles south. The accident occurred at mid day as the team swerved on a turn. Ball had lived in Montana for 40 years.
Great Falls police arrested William Haddow, Mrs. Rose Haddow, John True, and Mrs. Bessie Rea on Friday night as they prepared to flee Great Falls by car. A quantity of stolen Browning store merchandise was found in their vehicle, identified by Glacier county officers as missing goods. The quartet said they traveled from Wyoming to Montana.
Helena Oct 25 Corporations of Montana will pay a tax of 221 049.04 equal to 1 per cent of net income for 1919. This year 1 148 corporations paid taxes while Anaconda Copper Mining Co avoided 1919 tax due to expenses exceeding income. Gross 1919 Montana corporate business reached 986 796 000 19 with 74 691 056 19 in costs.
A Republican rally and dance were held in Gibson Saturday night featuring speakers Honorable H. J. Miller of Livingston and Harry Austin and H. Davis, both of this area, as part of the Big Timber news brief from October 25.
In Big Timber attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Coit Ed Ellingson Mr. and Mrs. C B Davis Mr. and Mrs Ben Lang and others who returned Friday from an extended Maine visit. The Sweet Grass county lyceum opened with a Wautau Girls musical feature. Mrs C N Skillman visited Gibson guests and a motor trip to Raselye with Mr and Mrs Wickland and Sylvester Lavold followed. Mrs Skillman returned Monday.
Drummond residents host visitors from Wallace Idaho and Deer Lodge. Ralph Carrier returns to Butte after weeks with C C Corlett. B B Tuttwiller travels to Missoula to meet his sister Nina Tuttwiller of Virginia and plans a winter in Drummond. Tom Dooly of Hall attends to business while Joseph M. Dixon campaigns for governor at Maccabees hall. Oscar Lindquest of Deer Lodge visits Lindsay home.
About 200 delegates from Iowa South Dakota Nebraska Wyoming and Montana attended the first annual Custer Battlefield Highway convention in Lewiston as George J Weideman opened the meeting Wallace of Sheridan welcomed the gathering J E Jellick Wyoming highway official spoke on the states efforts and W W Blain of Mitchell S D cited tourist camps as valuable assets to communities The program included reports discussions and a large evening smoker and booster meeting at the Judith club
In Billings on October 25 members of the Montana Library association gathered with Miss Lucia Paley, president, urging immediate efforts to elect a librarian to the state legislature. Practically every public library in Montana is represented as the convention continues through Wednesday evening.
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