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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1920
Page
2
Montana farmers attend a three day National Board of Farm Organizations session in Columbus Ohio where formation of a gigantic wheat pool is a major topic. The pool would allow farmers to control marketing and selling grain in the United States.
Missoula Mont Sept 1 Mr and Mrs John Perquite of Des Moines Iowa continued their cross country car tour to Seattle with their 48 hours old daughter born at the local tourists camp Monday The third member of the party was born at the camp.
The Rev George D Wolfe, transferred by the state conference from Mountain View church Butte, is expected to occupy the pulpit next Sunday at Billings Methodist church. The Rev J O Randall, pastor for two years, moves to Mountain View. Wolfe is highly recommended.
Billings news reports Mrs. May Agge was granted a district court decree in a non-support case. A counter suit accusing her of desertion was pending. her suit had been filed a few days before her husband's suit.
Billings area hosts the Midland Empire Tennis tournament from September 19 to 21 with entries closing September 18. Events include men's singles and doubles, women's singles, and mixed doubles. Players come from eastern Montana and northern Wyoming.
The Order of Owls with 75 members was instituted here last night by Organizer L. V. Stockner. The opening meeting was held in Plummer hall, with officers elected including President C. A. Griffin and past president William E. Doak, among others.
The Johnson Hotel presents sixty two modern rooms from 1.50 to 3.00 dollars daily with private baths in outside rooms, plus two dollar options for cozy lavatories and executive suites. Proximity to shops and theaters, and staff including Bob Taylor and John Campbell promise Western hospitality. The hotel positions itself as a home and headquarters for travelers and businessmen.
The lodge, with officers including dent H. F E. Robinson as secretary and J. B. Farris as treasurer, has leased Plummer hall as its permanent home. Carpenters are at work remodeling the place to suit the order’s needs, with invocator John Johanson, ward en Dr. C. B. Hamilton, sentinel John Gil roy, executive board A. H. Baker, and others such as Leo 8. Welch and Dr. J. H. Morrison overseeing the project.
The Lewistown land office district approves oil and gas leases for Great American Oil and Gas Co 80 acres in T11N R22E Jester Candler 200 acres T7N R22E Ernest W Dean 240 acres T8N R21E.
Beaverhead county expects one of the largest harvests in a decade with irrigation ranches yielding bountifully. Wheat and flax will be fair, hay crops more than double 1919 in many areas, and wild hay districts like Big Hole Basin and Horse Prairie report their best quality in years.
Miss Blanche O Bar of Charleston Ark leaves Big Timber for Twin Bridges then Virginia City to join the faculty. Nellie Weston of Livingston visits at Horace Davis home on route home from the East. John Solberg plans to return to Montana mid September after Norway trip. visits France to honor son Oscar’s grave. Mr Solberg notes his mother aged 87 remains robust. Mrs T G Shipton and son Clarence plan to settle in Avon. Mr Shipton to join them. Mrs F R Brown of Great Falls and her two daughters depart after visiting Perry in Big Timber en route from Imperial Neb. Beulah Manis travels to Billings with Bess Snyder. Snyder heads to Jordan Mont to teach this term. Mrs Percy Robertson and son George spend weekend in Livingston with relatives.
In Dillon several justice court cases were decided with Andrew Bezek posting $200 bond over alleged threats with a gun and Oscar Johnson fined $50 for assault. Beaverhead County road crews will cut work tomorrow due to tight funds, though long neglected stretches have been improved with culverts and drains. Melrose resident David Jones visited Dillon for business as Caswell family left for Portland after summer at Lakeview. Primary school construction advances with expected occupancy by December, hampered by labor disputes and material delays affecting Kroffgranz and Frank of Butte.
In Chicago a coroner's inquest heard Gerald A. Stack a Wyoming and Missouri oil operator shot and killed Paul Brown after Brown slapped a woman in a roadhouse lobby Stack testified Brown chased and Brown was struck and then Stack fired witnesses said Stack and his party had been drinking Mrs Stack attended the inquest waiter Philip Doyle corroborated the sequence of events and said Brown had harassed other women before the ejecting incident
Libby Sept 2. Sheriff Frank Bainey of Lincoln county was fatally shot near Eureka by two halfbreed Indians who fled after his wound. The men, sought in Canada for a track walker shooting, were captured today at Whitefish and jailed in Mathead county. Barney, a popular county official recently renominated on both tickets, may die from the wound as public anger rises.
Kalispell Mont Sept 1 Two men said to be halfbreed Indians sought for murder in Canada were captured on a Great Northern freight train near Whitefish after fleeing Tureka. They shot Lincoln county Sheriff Frank Bainey last night in Tureka. Bainey was wounded in both lungs. One suspect was shot in the thigh and taken to Whitefish hospital.
The report outlines ongoing talks between Secretary Colby and Japanese Ambassador Shidehara on immigration policies. Officials note silence in negotiations, no details settled, and no guarantee of full agreement on principles. Japan may argue the gentlemen's agreement is followed, while California seeks stricter limits benefiting its residents. The State Department may urge Californians not to overstep, and limits on Americans owning land in Japan could be discussed.
San Francisco September 1 plans for an intensive campaign in favor of a proposed initiative to deny Asians or their progeny the right to buy or lease California lands will be drawn up at a meeting here tomorrow by several state organizations supporting changes in anti alien land and immigration laws.
Helpna Sept L lists candidates who filed expense accounts with the secretary of state. J. H. Bohling Jr. $312.37, J. M. Jovans $181.25, A. J. Galen $173.69, R. N. Hawkins $72.75, W. W. McDowell $505, A. E. McFatridge $148.42, Carl Riddick none, J. W. Walker $14.55.
Washington Sept 1 Army orders relieve Capt Harry K Adams infantry from duty at Mount St Charles College Helena Montana and order him to headquarters central department at Chicago.
Berlin dispatch reports a 10 percent wage tax deduction plan triggered by factory closures. The general strike in Württemberg swelled, crippling Stuttgart water and power, Friedrichshafen and Ravensburg factories. Communists push for workers councils, Russia ties, and control of production with rationing and housing priorities for workers.
Mr. Alton details a trek into the Bitter Root range where following a deer trail led him deeper into the mountains. He survived on trout caught with a hook and line and eventually found a trail and a road with a ride back to Missoula. The ordeal reduced his fondness for the mountains as recreation.
Dr. Paul B. Altendorf who claimed US secret agent status in Mexico during World War I escaped from two Mexican army officers guarding him at night in Juarez after being arrested in Mexico City and ordered deported as a pernicious foreigner.
At Washington headquarters leaders say they are eighty percent sure Tennessee will sustain ratification of the suffrage amendment. They do not plan an active campaign for a 37th state and will not push Connecticut or Alabama legislatures in special sessions on Sept. 14.
Gompers argues that the open shop movement stems from the heart of America's financial power and embodies a dangerous assault on collective bargaining. He condemns the idea of individual contract rights as outdated and harmful to living standards and industrial safety.
Gunfire erupted in Belfast as a train carrying passengers was fired upon after the crew failed to halt on command. Authorities report multiple fatalities and injuries with an ongoing security response.
Fighting resumed in Belfast as nationalist and unionist shipyard workers clashed with troops in North street and Mill Field. One man was killed in North street. another docker died from misdirected fire. A steel-helmeted confrontation at the docks followed, with police and soldiers ending the engagement after a machine gun intervention. The city totals 214 serious fires since Wednesday.
Dr. John Patrick near Calgary reports Alberta Persian lamb pelts selling for up to 50 dollars each this year. His Karakule crossbreeds yield larger grades, with wool sold in New York for higher rug-quality pricing. Breeding programs aim to expand a Western Canada Karakule industry alongside U.S. ranch interest in Kamloops.
Five bandits stabbed the night manager Fred Lesher at a local garage and drained the till. They then loaded the safe into a waiting car and sped away with the loot.
Mrs Lucy Doucette of Manchester New Hampshire says she is so happy with how Taniac restored her health she cannot stop telling people.
Mrs. Lucy Doucette of 76 Stark Street Manchester New Hampshire praises Tanlac for curing chronic indigestion, restoring appetite, energy and sleep after taking four bottles. She reports lasting relief and urges others to try the medicine sold by Fuller Drug Co Anaconda and Newbro Drug Co Butte.
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