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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1899
Page
8
The Home Market promotes a 30x100 foot Empire Addition lot for 100 dollars, touting it as the newest best located site in Butte. The ad stresses quick cash sales and city growth with copper mines boosting value, urging home ownership in the prosperous city while denying farm property trades.
Four room brick flat and four room house offerings with furnished cabin option. Rates noted: 28 50 for lodgings, 4 room unit in South Buttes listed, others show 00 figures indicating pricing gaps or incomplete OCR. Local rental options summarized as terse post with unit counts and locations.
United States grand jury completed its term and returned indictments against Aaron Hershfield president and Leo Harmon cashier of the Miles City National Bank. Bonds set at $5,000 each. Hershfield charged with misapplying funds and false entries tied to a $16,200 loss and fictitious notes, plus multiple counts of false bank reports. Harmon charged with false currency reports and misstatements to the comptroller of the currency. Eight witnesses testified.
A lengthy update in the Lake divorce suit reveals Esther Lake seeking a clearance from John Lake on alleged incompetence. Testimony describes a Utah marriage arranged by Esther’s mother amid Mormon customs, with questions raised about the legality of their union and common law marriage. Judge Clancy declined the decree and adjourned, while John Howe gained final Canadian naturalization. Emmett Callahan seeks recovery of promissory notes for guardianship minors, with Mrs. Callahan ordered to appear in court. Rock Springs Coal Company case was dismissed by Judge Clancy.
A Northern Pacific office announced that from March 21 second class tickets west of Little Falls Minnesota will be sold at half the lowest first class rate. The cut targets westbound travel to Butte at 17.50, following a dispute with Great Northern over a recent $25 second class rate. Western railroads and the Western Passenger Association may respond, risking broad rate reductions within 48 hours.
Authorities expect lakes will not open before May 15 due to the Sault Ste. Marie river being frozen to the bottom. No rates arrangements have been made yet, though efforts may move toward a basis this week or next.
Archibald Gray of Great Northern returned from Great Falls with Vice President Whitney. G W Craig of Oregon Short Line traveled auditor arrived in the city. George W Miner Helena city ticket agent for Northern Pacific came from the capital. President Cornish of the Short Line is in Salt Lake and may visit. Provo road construction bids opened but no award yet. Union Pacific coal lands in Wyoming sold at auction with Cornish bidding $1 285 000.
A Portland native who previously worked in St. Paul has opened a barber shop in Butte and is shaving customers while becoming the city's first female barber. She recently joined the local Barbers' union after arriving in Butte, the paper notes.
An old advertisement notes the Thompson Paint and Wall Paper company stock at 325 South Main Street and a Tassell's shoe sale at 25 West Park offering a four dollar saving when spending one dollar. It mentions a sale and contact telephone 82 with three rings.
The Oregon Short Line schedules north and south from Salt Lake will change next Sunday the 19th. The Milford train will depart Salt Lake in the evening and return mornings, reversing the present pattern. The new time-card is not yet approved but will be published within a few days.
Northern Pacific Railway plans a twenty five mile extension of its Cooperstown branch north or northwest into wheat country west of the Ted river valley. Surveys will begin promptly so construction can start next summer and the line will be ready to move next year’s wheat crop.
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