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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1913
Page
7
A Worcester mother with orthodox beliefs discovers two of her sons bare in a room reenacting Adam and Eve using palms and ferns on the veranda. A toddler enters wearing a silk hat and cane and declares himself the Lord Dod Almighty in the Garden of Eden scenario.
At a poet's luncheon in Philadelphia Alfred Noyes English writer said his success came from perseverance and modesty. He recalled tearing up each poem ten times before submitting it and then submitting it ten times before finally feeling satisfied.
In Blaine county and the Little Rockies, investors push mining this summer with L A McCandless buying 200 ton cyanide mill equipment for the August mine and Beaver Creek preparing a 200 ton mill. Ruby Gulch employs 70 to 80 workers milling 300 tons daily as Charles Whitcomb develops Beaver Creek and plans July 1 completion. Springhill Mining weighs reopening and drift extension with a $1,000,000 price tag from Conrad. A Star drill will probe Alder gulch depth near Virginia City as Montana's gold legacy exceeds $50 million in value to date.
Western Montana lumber mills began the new season as workers struck over a ten hour day and an 11 percent wage increase. Many loggers from the Big Blackfoot and Coeur d Alene camps joined the Missoula walkout seeking better terms.
George Montgomery aged 16 was shot and probably fatally wounded by Andrew Boland aged 17 after Montgomery refused to leave a raft. The dying statement from Montgomery names Boland as the shooter. The incident occurred in Butte as details emerge from the scene.
Libby State Senator Charles Muffy of Townsend will organize a company to work the Howard placer claims on Libby creek headwaters. A large hydraulic plant will be built. The ground lies about twenty miles south of Libby near Libby Placer Mining Company holdings, encompassing 900 acres with ample water.
Missoula leader I B Craighead heads the state’s graduation scene with 14 invitations to deliver commencements. University faculty members fill many slots including Professors Kemp Reynolds Underwood and Dr Williams across dates in Montana and Idaho.
Lincoln county officials allocate 600 dollars to represent Montana at the San Francisco Panama Exposition in 1915. A governor appointed commission will raise funds, with counties contributing as the plan proceeds. Also, Murray Gilbert pleads guilty to embezzling 1500 dollars from Clyde Park’s Russel Elevator, blaming gambling for his downfall after fleeing to Portland.
Kalispell Mrs B B Gildland wife of a contractor was instantly killed and Rev Mr Stephenson Baptist minister of Helena seriously injured when an automobile driven by Gildland rolled over a fifty foot embankment near Columbia Falls. Five other occupants escaped injury. The car went down a fifty foot embankment on an unfamiliar road.
Gallatin high school teams return from Missoula with first in essay contest and debate championship for four straight years. They also captured track meet and third in declamatory contest, the only open first not claimed this year.
Hundreds of letters arrive monthly to John B. Kunkle known as Gunk a national figure who helps troubled youths He seeks wrongdoers in the neighborhood and offers badges to reformers One letter asks for a badge to cut out bad habits while praying nightly recognizes his role as a youth advocate
Miss Kate M. Dobson of Salt Lake City reports severe itch and measles like rash three years ago improved after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She notes complete recovery and promotes the products with a world distribution claim and offer of free samples in a 32 page Skin Book.
Daily Thought emphasizes that courage is essential to any achievement, placing it second only to honor in the mind's greatest qualities. It asserts universal applicability to both men and women across all actions.
To strengthen glassware a piece is boiled in a weak salt and water solution and then allowed to cool gradually. This process reduces brittleness by internal stress relief as the glass cools.
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