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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1918
Page
3
The state council of defense orders city and county officials to register the unemployed, those not employed five days weekly, and to round them up under a new directive. Rich or poor receive no distinction. Police will issue registration cards to those who begin work, akin to draft board cards.
A wartime verse urges wide public digging for food and thrift. It promotes growing produce at home, buying war bonds and stamps, and contributing to Red Cross and hospital drives. The piece ends by directing readers to write the National War Garden Commission in Washington DC for a free gardening manual.
James Purdy, a well known Grasshopper Valley resident, died instantly when a four horse wagon carrying lumber and cement overturned on Grasshopper side of Taylor Creek hill. The broken tongue and loss of control caused the fatal crush amid earlier journey from Dillon to Taylor Creek. Purdy’s wife and infant daughter are traveling to meet his body near the John Judge ranch.
In Missoula on April 26 attorneys for Alarik Johnson of the Industrial Worker of the World argued the new anti sabotage law is class legislation and unconstitutional, claiming the act lacks a clear title and defines crimes too broadly. The filing argues the law violates both federal and Montana constitutions and is ambiguous.
Dillon news details through the Beaverhead canyon with reports of heavy snowfall and three foot drifts delaying travel on Friday. James Todds Be Caswell Metzel left for Centennial valley to attend to livestock interests as local timber mill installation progresses.
April 28 Livingston reports Adam Look arrested by officers after a night patrol. A man failed to show a registration card and was bound over to the county. Physicians in the county plan a meeting at Dr Pampel’s office to discuss government service and emergency action. J W Nelson leaves Livingston Enterprise to join Butte Post staff. Local boilermakers Wynn Spurgeon E J King and C Miller join service and depart for St Paul. Livingston Boy Scouts begin sales for 10 subscriptions to earn medals, with non-relatives required. An accident in Bozeman involved Henry Woods Jr driving a high-power car that struck a parked car and a street light, with damages expected to be settled.
Dillon reports on Beaverhead County mining camps long abandoned after gold rush days. The piece tours Whitechapel a western town ruined but standing, its empty cabins and rusted stamps echoing fortunes lost to the silver lode. The story links memory, romance, and the lingering spirit of early mining.
Hamilton held a Liberty Day event praised for thoroughness in organizing and the soldiers' readiness. Fear of public interference noted amid efforts to ensure smooth proceedings and a patriotic observance.
The Standard reports from Washington on April 28 that the price fixing board proposes wool prices to apply on wool delivered at Seattle. The list details the prices set for various wool grades and shipments.
Lewistown April 28 district officers attend a Patriots luncheon hosted by the Lewistown Fealty board. The funeral of John Lyons, pioneer of Forest Grove, will be held tomorrow. Rev. George of the Episcopal church will conduct. The Salvation Army War Fund drive is progressing well under J B Owen and volunteers. Cumings of Camp Creek died after diphtheria and pneumonia, age 29, survived by family including a brother in France and another at Camp Lewis. Also, 750 pounds of black powder found cached in 30 kegs 10 miles west of Three Forks, believed left by grading contractors for a railroad project years ago. Butte
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