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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1900
Page
12
The Western Montana office of the Standard is located at 110 West Main Street, Missoula. Telephone number and advertising rates are available upon request.
Missoula city officials push for paid firefighters, reduced volunteers, and a modern Gamewell alarm system. Aldermen debate better quarters and a larger hook and ladder truck while addressing street light timing, railroad crossing nuisances, and cemetery management.
Missoula reporters note mineral land commissioners leave for the Lolo district to start seasonal duties. Commissioner C. DPD. Curtis travels from Helena to join colleagues while Woodward will join later. Camp site undecided may move toward the Lea or stay near Bitter Root rover. House plants for sale. Mrs. Young, South First Street.
Health Officer closes lodging house near Ex change saloon. Coroner to bring Max Whitelaw remains from Idaho. he and Herman Whitelaw to be held at Hayes Marsh undertaking rooms. J W Moore and wife depart for California for winter. Morris Schlosshberg family to move into new Missoula house. Deputy Sheriff arrests Jerry Keating for choking a 17 year old. pleads guilty, fined five dollars plus costs. Steel ceilings in Golden Rule store to be completed soon. Idaho penitentiary transfer with insane man and woman en route to asylum. Italian man obsessed with death, woman deemed insane from dissipation. William R Harkins appointed instructor in chemistry and physics at University of Montana. to arrive on the 15th.
Missoula reports Jacob Rheden, a Four Mile farmer, displays a giant cabbage weighing 31 pounds. He claims the head was grown without irrigation and proves vegetables can be raised without artificial watering, with other vegetables shown from his ranch to support the claim.
Missoula golf holds a game on the new links named by Lemsley with several club members playing. The course spans about two miles and is praised as splendidly located and well prepared. Members expect smashing records as they test the new facilities.
P. M. Reilly & Co. reports street work in Missoula on East and West Front streets is advancing rapidly. If weather stays favorable, grading on West Front Street will begin soon and the street should be in good condition for winter.
Missoula Sept 11 Hoyt's A Texas Steer opens at the Union opera house Wednesday evening. The cleverest comedy by Mr Hoyt centers on political tricks, adding timely interest as national politics absorb attention across the United States. Also advertised is a paper building set 85 cents a roll tar felt 1.55 at McBride's.
Missoula city schools opened yesterday and attendance far exceeded previous years. Superintendent Hamilton notes about 90 more scholars on the first day than ever before, with overflow in south and north side primary rooms and packed seventh grade in the Central building. A banquet restaurant and local merchants advertise supplies and services amid county deed filings and real estate transfers in Missoula.
Word from Patrick Hickey formerly a Missoula blacksmith now at Matanzas Cuba says he is ordered to move to Fort Sheridan. His sister-in-law Lucy reports the Hickey couple are glad to leave Cuba and prefer United States life as Owen's orchestra plays ball music.
Missoula report outlines current game laws with open seasons for deer elk moose mountain sheep and other game. It bans killing buffalo elk moose and mountain sheep and restricts bird hunting with specific dates and daily limits. Fishing rules limit gear and prohibit trout and grayling sales with penalties for violators.
Tomorrow is enrollment day at the university in Missoula with 40 applications received in the last two days. Only 14 applications come from Missoula residents, a notably small share.
The Ravalli county court house at Hamilton has started and will be pushed to completion with occupancy anticipated this winter. The jail will not be ready for prisoners before February. Page’s new huts are under way and due in a few weeks. Also notes Missoula Nursery ad for flowers. Washington report from General Greely states telegraph lines to Alaska by end of September to Fort Egbert and Dawson City with U S line to Fort Egbert, plus Yukon river line under construction to connect with Fort Egbert.
The Ravalli County Democratic Party is split over the central committee chairmanship. McCulloch, elected by the committee before the spring convention, claims office and calls a convention with primaries. Ward supporters plan another convention, risking two tickets and delegates. Judge Welling of Deer Lodge has granted Mrs. O'Brien a divorce with custody.
A derailment on the Nevada California and Oregon extension near Reno yesterday damaged 14 beef cattle cars and killed one head of fat steers. The derailed cars were removed and the line cleared later the same day.
An alarm sounded for a minor fire at the McGinty residence caused by a smoking electric box. firemen were on scene but no damage occurred. The article lists numerous local travelers, visits, and official movements including Missoula residents heading to Tennessee, Missouri, Minnesota, and Chicago, plus notes on education enrollment and a prison case update involving Is Peterson.
Special dispatch reports about 1,400 attendees at Yellowstone county fair opening. Exhibits highlight top farm produce and a standout fruit display by Olney Taylor of Park City. Crow Indians camp nearby with planned nightly war dances and races on track. Notable results include George's Troublesome winning the special trot car pace and Aungie's Plaintiff taking the three-eighths dash.
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