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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1900
Page
6
The Inter Mountain informs subscribers of an open contest titled Trip to Paris or Cape Nome. Participants from Butte and Anaconda are invited to enter, with details yet to be announced.
The Deer Lodge County Court opened in the new Main Street court house with Judge Welling Nantonomy presiding. Chas Grann was arraigned on an arson claim tied to a Silver Late incident, while other defendants including John Papar and Vhe (Vhe) Mander faced grand larceny and sodomy charges respectively. Probate matters featured the estate of woodhauler John W. Minphs with protests by Maggie Thompson and Tiwaed Mahoney. The county board, led by A Walker, planned courthouse improvements, land descriptions corrections, and yard rework as two days of sessions begin.
The corridors of the new courthouse were well filled with people as county officers conducted business. Main Street from Siath Street to the courthouse was graded and a new sidewalk will be laid from the Episcopal church to the county's new building in the near future. Local merchants advertise Kid Gloves and La Rome three clasp items priced around two dollars.
The 1900 graduating class of Anaconda High School, totaling about a hundred students, will receive diplomas at a Friday ceremony at Margaret Theater. Notable graduates include Nellie Burke, George Con den, Nina Graham, Jessie Grant, Laura Hafner, Walter Howard, J Edward Nolan, Nora Tudw Lester, Nora Tudw Lester, and more. The event features the Margaret Theater Orchestra and a full program of songs, readings, and presentations, with diplomas conferred by Professors Stapleton Kilroy and the school board amid a celebratory crowd.
Real estate of Kate R. Jeffries, deceased, to be sold at private sale for cash with court confirmation. Sale by administrator T. J. Jeffries on April 4, 1900 at 10 a.m. in Butte Montana at Sinclair & Dygert office. Property includes undivided one half interest in Lot Five in Jones & Talbot addition and Lot Seven in Park City Addition, Silver Bow County. Terms: cash or credit up to one year. 10 percent down to administrator.
Notice invites ladies and gentlemen invited to the Husk ing Bee entertainment for St Blarks church to meet for rehearsal at McKinnon and McKay's old store on East Commercial avenue this Monday evening at 8 o'clock sharp. Committees name not clear.
Summer excursion fares offered by Great Northern Railway include routes from Butte to Basin Big Timber to Alhambra and Boulder with return options on select weekends. Tickets available at 41 North Main Street with J and Dawson as General Agent. The Private Compartment sleeping car on the Pioneer Limited to Chicago and Milwaukee via The Milwaukee Line is advertised with no extra charge.
An administrator Thomas Grant notifies all creditors and claimants against Joseph Grant deceased to present vouchers within four months of publication. Claims should be mailed to McHatton & Cotter offices in Butte Montana at MS-522 Hennessy Building. Dated April 1 1900 Butte Montana.
The Anaconia Cadet hand will give its first ball at ALO H hall in the evening. A lively parade and overture are planned as donors and friends gather for a musical benefit. The full Ward quartet will perform, supporting the uniform fund amid a festive hall event.
Mise Annie Whitley withdraws from the Inter Mountain voting contest and thanks friends for support. The notice mentions a small sum received and a sale related to local investments, with unclear details due to damaged text.
Lodging house for sale on East Mark offers Turkish baths and medicated baths with popular prices. Mr. Devossey, Warm Springs rancher, ill with pneumonia. his son and others noted in local remarks. Independent Market at East Commercial Avenue advertised. Conley Clague Co. handles newly arrived goods. Politicians Toole and Twohy seen in the city. W. S. King of Oroha visit. Anaconda Cadet Band ball at ACO Hall to benefit uniform fund. Margaret Theater Orchestra performing. Durston, editor of the Anaconda Standard, returns from Washington. Parish meeting at Ft. Marks Church to elect wardens and vestrymen. Miss Rose Desourdle from Butte visiting. plans to return to Wellapee soon. Police arrests: Shea charged with maliciously breaking a nickel-in-the-lot machine. Holl charged with disturbance. Dr. Oliver Letxer summoned to Warm Springs for a nephew in danger. Father Coopman attended.
Short Line schedule shows two daily trains via Union Pacific Denver Rio Grande Oregon Railway Navigation Southern Pacific with connections east and west through Salt Lake and Denver. Dining car and sleeping car service available. Tickets and reservations from Butte office of H. G. Wilson General Agent and D. BE Burley G P T Agent Salt Lake City.
Advertisement fragment touts thr ee through trains daily via East Lake and Denver from Portland to Cape Nom region with lower fares and early May 20 reservations. Describes Pullman sleepers to Chicago, dining cars, reclining chair cars, and minimal changes for Montana to eastern cities. Mentions Rio Grande Western great Salt Lake route inauguration February 25 and Union Pacific speed claims. Includes agent contact in Butte at 47 East Broadway.
Notice to Do Owners Baneeae Richardson and Charles M Buck required to contribute shares for four years of labor on Xenophanes Placer Mining claim in Silver Bow County Montana. If totals of 50 dollars per co owner are not paid within ninety days, rights will transfer to the investing co owner Butte Land & Investment Co. This notice also records mining patent applications and locations in Silver Bow and Jefferson counties with multiple claim descriptions and dates.
Notice is given that under an order of the District Court the administrator of Charles W. Carlton's estate will sell at public auction on April 20, 1900 at 2 p.m. at the front door of the courthouse in Butte City to the highest bidder for cash, the estate's interest in Spruce Lode surface ground lot 140 T 8 N R 8 W and an undivided half interest in lots 8 and 4 in Barnard addition. Deed at purchaser's expense. 10 percent deposit day of sale. balance on court confirmation. Charles W. Carlton estate administrator Frank H. Cooney.
United States Land Office Helena notes W Williams of Butte Montana filed for 1600 linear feet of mining claim on Lilian Lode in Summit Valley Elyer Bow County Montana. Survey No. 6108 details start at corner No. 1 granite stone and proceed 1500 ft along 76 degrees 30 minutes west then 68 ft west 7 degrees 30 minutes north 1600 ft etc describing an 18.83 acre claim with location recorded in Silvey Bow County Recorder. First publication February 1900.
The State of Montana issues a summons in the Second Judicial District, Silver Bow County, for Peter Barrenstein vs Mattie Barrenstein. The defendant must answer within twenty days. failure leads to default judgment. The action seeks a divorce on grounds of desertion since October 1, 1898, with the plaintiff alleging continuous separation and abandonment. Witnessed by Clerk Clinton C. Clatue, March 1900. attorney for plaintiff John B. McClernan.
Notice is given that under an order of the District Court of Montana the administrator of the estate of Joseph W. Richards will sell at public auction in Butte on a Saturday in 1900 at 2 o'clock the real estate and personal property of the deceased. The sale includes an undivided one half interest in parcels of land in Butte and a bicycle and furniture. Terms require at least ten percent cash to the auctioneer, balance upon court confirmation. Deed at purchaser expense.
The contest by Elizabeth Yori of Silver Bow county against timber culture entry No. 241 by Arthur L. Newton alleges noncompliance with timber culture laws including lack of plowing planting and cultivation in the first year. A hearing is set for April 27, 1900 before United States Commissioner Yvenson in Wisdom Montana. service could not be personally effected and notice is to be published by due notice.
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