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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1902
Page
16
The Western Montana office of the Standard is at 110 West Main Street Mis soula. Telephone numbers not provided. Advertising rates furnished on application.
City considers installing an additional electric fire alarm system to support a growing fleet and protect neighborhoods as new engines arrive. Officials debate cost and effectiveness of extra alerting coverage for rapid-response units.
A local property owner urges immediate adoption of an electric fire alarm system, estimating 2500 to 3500 dollars cost and claiming higher city safety with increased water pressure and rapid alarm capability. He argues steamers are unnecessary given upgraded pumps and chemical engines.
Missoula September notes renewed talk about a Wallace mountain bridge halt and a possible tunnel to link Missoula and Spokane. Officials have made line changes over three years, fueling belief the NKP may convert the line into a main route, cutting about 150 miles with major engine work pending.
Sympathy runs high in Missoula as Butte holds the lead in the Northwest league standings. Helena fans commend Helena’s uphill fight while Missoula's Standard bulletin board tracks daily results and expresses approval when Butte seizes a temporary margin.
P M Reilly Co announces large turnout of Outing club members at the Rock Creek Clubhouse in Missoula. Eastern guests arrive for elegant quarters with expected good fishing and shooting. Reports say game law permits hunting and sport is satisfactory as visitors enjoy recreation. Visit Missoula Nursery's greenhouses or call Higgins Avenue city store.
Jerry Johnson, a veteran trapper, coming from the Clearwater area notes increasing activity in the Littl St. Joe mining region. He highlights expanding access, ongoing prospecting, and some mining success around Duncan McDonald, with a reward offered for a lost pearl-handled revolver left at Mentrum and Briers in Missoula.
Missoula hosts Labor Day guests including Mr and Mrs Fayette Harrigton of Butte Charles Mattison his wife and child also from Butte L G Smith of Anaconda and Captain Dulan of Parad s. Order Garden City Standard bottle beer described as the best on earth.
Missoula dispatch says horses were stolen from a Grass Valley ranch and, after trail-following setup, the animals were found returning down the trail with the sheriff’s office notified earlier.
Oker's canyon report notes horses were ridden hard and taken from a ranch to the reservation where they were released. The event suggests a raid and displacement of livestock with theft likely the motive and the horses left at the reservation.
Missoula delegates from nearly all labor groups met to decide whether to field a labor party ticket this fall or fuse with another party. Frank Ives led the pro ticket side, winning 17 to 14. A county convention will choose a central committee with broad powers to decide fusion or a straight ticket.
Missoula saw the largest crowd in its history for Labor Day and a circus with an estimated nine thousand in the tent. One circus horse died during unloading and Sheriff Prescott detained several Indians for disorderly conduct. A political labor meeting and large dances at nearby halls capped the day.
James B. Bonner of Carnegie Steel sent John Bonner an account of the Maine unofficial trial trip. Bonner was a guest of honor and believes the new battleship Maine is the finest afloat with superb performance in every respect.
Missoula report says Mer. Guidi named by the Vatican as the new apostolic delegate to the Philippines. He is a brother of Father Guidi long served as parish priest in Missouri and spent time in Montana visiting Helena and Missoula. Local Catholics know him well and believe he is well suited for the assignment.
In Missoula on September 1 Charles F. Morman visits from Butte and writes home that he could not enjoy today’s baseball game, noting Seattle won. The note also mentions half price fishing rods at McBride's as a local highlight.
H W McLauglin of Missoula county and Miles Romney of Ravalli county, both on the Democratic state central committee, left Missoula tonight for Helena to attend the meeting scheduled for tomorrow.
Missoula reports a rumor that Charles Allard was killed Saturday while riding in the Wild West show he belongs to, but no confirmation is available at this time.
A Missoula observer notes President Hill contradicted himself on the Spokane and Great Falls routes, predicting the Jocko cutoff will wait for the Rock-O cut work. The Great Falls & Northern gauge widening runs short of 1,400 workers, with only 500 to 600 available, delaying construction until that project finishes.
MisSoUla notes report Admiral Boyer visiting from Helena and Senator Worden returning from Lolo Springs. Many residents travel to Butte for visits, hospital recoveries and business, including Mrs. Will'am Weaver after appendicitis surgery and Prof. Cooley with Brandegee returning from Bitter Root valley. The county discusses alley sanitation, hotels full, bridges repaired after a burn, and local executives like J. H. Inch visiting Missouri Mercantile and J. Keeffer, Snowstorm Mining key figure, among others.
Missoula September 1. The Northern Pacific shifts divisions with the east end moving to the Montana division. Dispatchers relocate from Missoula to Helena and a bulletin announces temporary closures of night offices at Stuart Deer Lodge Gold Creek Mosita and Bonner.
Gone to Vermont Missoula September 1 Captain Hovey in command at Fort Missoula will depart tonight for Fairhaven Vermont where he will serve as military instructor Captain Plack newly arrived officer will leave tomorrow night for the east on vacation Lieutenant Calvert of the 24th expects to start a leave in a few days
Special correspondence notes Judge Judene Webster attended a Hamilton session from Missoula. Docket clerks adjusted for the adjourned term to Sept 29. In the $70,990 Hay vs Cowan suit the court overruled a motion to strike. Deposition of witness J L Humble was taken. YD Hunsaker withdrew his bond on cattle rustling charges with Rory McLeod and Dave Nicholson standing as sureties.
Helena observed Labor Day with a parade a baseball game and speeches by Joseph W. Gilbert and State Superintendent W W Welch. Emil Biebber and Dan McGinnis won the drilling contest with 29 ½ inches, earning 75 dollars, while a match between Biebber and Lewis for 250 dollars was announced. John Derks Swanson won the title of homeliest man.
East Northfield Mass September 1 The president says he does not plan to appoint Attorney Knox to the supreme court nor has Justice Shiras resigned. He also denies transferring the isthmian canal construction to the army with Gen Leonard Wood as canal chair and clarifies no Civil Commission changes.
Winchester Ky September 1 Today Miss Alice Gilkey a popular young lady lands a three pound bass with only her finger and a diamond ring while boating on the lake at Natural Bridge she playfully dropped her ring into the water and reeled in the fish without any tackle.
A swimmer dipped fingers in water when a fish bit the fingertip around the ring fin ger. The startled party watched as the fish seized the finger in a bold grab, suffering only minor marks. The three pound fish provided a fry for the group afterward.
Baroness De Branca of Munich Bavaria, once heir to large estates, took final vows today at the Convent of Perpetual Adoration in New Orleans with Bishop Rouxel officiating. Mother Mary Augustine, who had influenced her in 1886, witnessed the ceremony.
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