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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
18
The Anaconda Standard lists publishing details, subscription rates, and multiple newsstand and office addresses. It notes daily and Sunday editions, office locations in Anaconda Butte Missoula Seattle Portland and Chicago, with contact routes for general business and correspondence.
A tribute overviewing William B. Allison of Town who entered the senate after eight years in the house. It notes his industry and financial focus, leadership on the Bland-Allison silver bill, roles on key committees, bids for treasury secretary, Brussels conference participation, and late life health and Iowa senate re election victory over Governor Cummins.
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a ruling affecting railroad dining rooms. It says railroads may run eating houses for travelers but must charge general customers full rates for food, provoking critique of the service and speculation about kitchen standards and quality. The discussion also covers political commentary from Buffalo papers on Taft, Roosevelt, and Hughes amid a wider look at public discourse.
Helena August 4 Attorney General Gaten issues opinion to J W Speer Cascade county holding banks may not deduct bond holdings from capital stock for tax purposes. Opinion cites Daly Bank and Trust Co vs county commissioners and U S Supreme Court precedents, affirming stock value excludes bond deductions.
Governor Norris appointed a commission to distribute extra pay for members of the First regiment Montana volunteers who served in the Spanish American War. The commission includes Julius Barney, department commander of the Spanish American Veterans, Lieut. Col. S. Hill of Helena, Company F, and Adolph Faessler of Troop 1, Third Cavalry. They will meet August 12 in Helena to arrange distribution. the amount allotted per member has been prepared.
Montana postmasters elected the old officers and adopted resolutions endorsing the postal savings bank bill introduced by Senator Carter. A second dispatch reports Judge Stewart sentencing W. F. Topsey to 18 months in Deer Lodge state prison for forging checks and attempting to pass them for cash, totaling $20 from one merchant.
Colonel E F Ferris of Bozeman, aged 181, is reported seriously ill at the Bozeman sanitarium after being brought there by his daughter Mrs Patten. A pioneer banker and merchant of Bozeman, he has recently been active in mining ventures in Idaho and Utah.
Special Dispatch to the standard Helena Montana reports T B Miller assayer in charge shows receipts of his office last month were $200 321 versus $115 396 a year ago. Madison county leads with $58 783 Fergus second with $58 828 and Chouteau third with $38 429.
T. B. Sackett, aged 74, longtime Montana resident formerly stationed at Fort Ellis, and later in partnership in the liquor business with James Ponsford, died on August 4 at his South Tracy Avenue home.
A wide overview of pure food laws shows progress in state and federal acts, key battles led by James R. Mann, and the push for strict labeling and enforcement. Kentucky’s plain label policy and North Dakota’s public analysis laws illustrate state innovations, while federal authority under Dr. Wiley aims to unify interstate and intrastate rules and expand enforcement through federal courts and cooperative state action.
The article notes merit at Northwestern University Dental School and citesCharges and countercharges amid disputes over enforcement of Pure Food laws. It mentions Dr Wiley facing opposition from conservatives and law enforcers, with state authorities variably supporting him, as the friction impedes unified enforcement.
Travel deal from Butte Montana through Oregon on a snort line service with a 15 day return limit. Tickets include Pullman berths and a city ticket fire No 2N on Main Street.
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