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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1903
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard announces its subscription terms with rates for daily and Sunday editions. Options include one year for 10.00, six months for 5.00, three months for 8.00, one month for 1.00, and Sunday edition priced at 2.00 per year.
The notice lists contact lines for the Main Office in the Standard Block Anaconda and the Business Office telephone plus the Editorial Rooms telephone numbered 48. It records available direct lines for inquiries and editorial coordination in the newspaper’s downtown offices.
The document lists multiple branch offices and newsstand locations for The Standard Publishing Company. It includes addresses in Butte Great Falls New York Chicago San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Seattle Portland and Kansas City with managers and distribution points. General correspondence should be sent to The Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana.
County commissioners hear Auditor Levengood defend a sharp rise in Deer Lodge valuation from 7.58 million to 15.88 million. Critics note hikes on smelter properties and a disputed 35,000 tax on the Hearst free library, arguing the library is a public benevolence exempt from taxation.
A speaker urges county officials to explain a heavy assessment rise noting that if many properties jumped and the total valuation excludes the Washoe company and the bank only rose by 155,265, where is the property in Anaconda that must have fallen in value.
A sardonic Commonwealth paragraph surveys sensational topics from snakes and an unusual rat eagle tale to lynchings in Ohio Virginia and Helena. It also nods to Folk for governor and a humorous take on Calamity Jane Carrie Nation and Ireland’s tour with pop culture as a backdrop.
August fourth marks the eighty seven year old Sage birthday. Sage, longtime New York merchant and Wall Street magnate, will be at his office to continue routine business. He credits a clerkship start for his wealth and notes holidays should not interrupt work. He remains active buying standard securities when prices are low.
The Standard reports a North Carolina sheriff thwarting a lynch mob by keeping his prisoner out of reach. It recalls a Danville sheriff who shot a mob, and notes Cincinnati’s historic jail attack where officers repulsed assailants, leaving many dead or wounded in Ohio.
Chief of Police Burbidge announced at midnight he would arrest every fighter in Salt Lake City for vagrancy after the McCarthy and Daly bout. Officers were dispatched to locate fighters, signaling the indefinite postponement of several scheduled fights.
State Veterinarian Knowles received a petition from Valley county taxpayers seeking a meat and milk inspector. Chouteau county residents will petition soon. Bishop Louis M. Fink visits Helena. J H Miskeman builds a two story block with bakery on Merrill avenue. Walter Kester, once at Billings asylum, is adjudged insane and to be sent to Warm Springs. Kalispell mission conference draws notable ministers from Omaha and Philadelphia. German families buy land near Thirteen Mile creek. Mrs. S W Soule heads to Butte for grand lodge events. Laura Tefft funeral held in Boulder. Flathead free high school roof nearing completion by Oct 1.
Report by J. Cullins from Spokane says Montana railway plans to extend eastward after completing the Harlowton Lewistown segment by September. The 90 mile extension toward Forsyth will open the Musselshell region to eastern markets boosting cattle and sheep shipments and mining ore transport.
A premature blast on the California and Northwestern line injures four railroad men. F K Brock, J D Smalley, F O Houtz hurt. Zook taken home to San Rafael. President Foster and doctors respond. blast contained 400 pounds of powder and injured workers during inspection.
Washington Aug 3 Secretary Root released papers on the government gloves contract with EF Lyon. The matter heads to the Department of Justice to determine if law was violated and what action may follow.
Helena officers Hayes and O Brien arrested two Japanese laborers on the Northern Pacific railway tonight on a Logan warrant charging them with stealing a watch and chain from a fellow workman yesterday. They claim ignorance when questioned.
James H. Eckies reports a letter from former President Cleveland fixing the October date for the Commercial club dinner. Cleveland states no politics will be discussed in his after dinner talk, promising a brief speech of about thirty minutes.
Thomas A. Marlow, chairman of the state fair executive committee, confirms William Seallon, president of Anaconda Copper Mining, has subscribed 16000. The donation funds the fair’s complete success and enables scheduling and early framing of planned buildings. The committee intends to start contracts soon to complete these buildings before the fair opens.
Nearly 500 photographers have arrived for the annual convention in Indianapolis. San Francisco and St. Louis are bidding to host the next gathering as the event opens tomorrow.
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