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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1900
Page
5
Advertises the Keeley Institute of Utah offering a painless, gradual end to liquor craving. Claims over 400000 men and women praise the treatment and provides contact details at Cor. First North and W Temple in Salt Lake City with a lock box for inquiries.
Purveyors from Boston failed to make the first payment on the Boss Tweed and Clipper mines at Pony, causing the option to lapse. The owners Messrs Henry Ailing W W Morris and Col McKuskie retain eight top properties, with the developers seen as the richest Western gold mines. The collapse spurs regret in Pony as 600 workers could have been employed and nearby claims benefited. An alternative sale of the mines may proceed if favorable terms arise.
District chatter claims Washoe company will hire hundreds as its big smelter nears operation and opening up copper properties in Butte. Heinze properties in Park canyon reportedly to add about 400 workers, with Clinton and Homestake concerns also eyed for thorough prospecting this fall. In Nome, returns show 5,000 miners and 300 passengers aboard Garonne, with tale of hardship and a death in a prospecting tent. Angil creek placer claims face heavy litigation now.
Boston September 21 Special to Inter Mountain reports the closing quotation of mining shares on the Boston Stock Exchange. Anaconda parrot Boston and Montana, Butte and Boston, Calumet and Hecla, Osceola and others show unchanged values amid a quiet session.
The Inter Mountain notes Governor Roosevelt’s Butter visit was hindered by bad weather and poor seating options for a large crowd. Despite planners’ best efforts to provide for many listeners, an open air meeting proved impossible and no hall in the city could accommodate the audience.
The report notes many attendees faced discomforts from a long ride to the Columbia garden pavilion and suggests the arrangement reduced turnout at what would have been a grand gathering of enthusiastic citizens.
A garbled court roundup recounts Judge Bliss sentencing a drunk man to 20 days for stealing a collar from M. A. Harmon and notes quirky marriages by Judge Puss of South Butte including a Burlington Iowa groom to a Jane Michigan bride. It also mentions a homely bride, a divorce request, and a fault case against Josie Palmer with a pending hearing next Thursday.
Butte won the second of five games against Great Falls with a 9 to 8 score. Perham graded a highlight robbing a hit as Anderson tied the game in the final inning before Thielman prevented a late run. Also: Barkeeper Sullivan foiled an attempted robbery at Arnhold's store with two suspects identified and arrests made.
Several prominent Butte Scandinavians condemned the so called Scandinavian Independent Political Club saying it does not reflect the sentiment of reputable Scandinavians. The club reportedly met Wednesday with attendance limited to the alleged president secretary and two members.
The article lists dates for meetings at Ivanhoe hall on Friday September 71st Sunday September 254 and Canon hall Monday September 24th all votaries urged to attend. A special train runs from B A P depot to Anaconda on September 26th at 5 20 p m signed A M Johnson secretary and James Boull royal vizier.
Sealed bids are invited for a sidewalk about 1125 feet long and 4 feet wide. Construction includes 2x8 rough boards, two 4-20 wall ties per board, and two stringers. Connects North Walkerville and Walkerville. Due by 5 pm Saturday September 28. A $100 bid bond accompanies bid. City Council reserves right to reject all bids. City Clerk RL RE Gentember 900.
A distressed report flags overcrowded classrooms in Lincoln and Washington area schools. Officials urge swift construction of new buildings and urgent hiring to relieve cramped facilities and restore learning conditions.
At an adjourned board meeting, trustees studied leasing land west of Missoula Gulch for a new four room school to ease Lincoln and Washington congestion. Attendance totaled 5 768 with Meadeville annex and district finances reviewed. The board also authorized leasing Meaderville space and authorized a carload purchase of school supplies while approving actions against book agents and solicitors.
A San Francisco mail list of names accompanies an ad for the State School of Mines in Butte Montana. It offers a four year course in mining and electrical engineering with two terms of 20 weeks each per year. The first term opens September 11, 1.2 and tuition is free to Montana residents. For further information address N. R. S onard, Butte, Mont.
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