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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1925
Page
4
The article states that only a third of homes can use electricity, with 80 percent of potential water power undeveloped. It notes about 1,000 municipally owned power plants in the United States, representing 20 percent of central stations but under 4 percent of total capacity. Engineers estimate 1930 investment at 12 billion dollars to expand electric power nationwide.
The piece compares the 1925 political battle lines in Wisconsin and New York City. It notes Mayor Hylan versus Jimmy Walker for the Democratic nomination, Governor Smith versus William R Hearst, and the Republican bid led by Frank D Waterman. It highlights party sharpness, potential shifts on Sept. 15, and Wall Street betting on Hylan.
The Wall Street News cites explosive growth in electricity usage over the last decade and rising stock prices for power companies. It notes a flood of electric appliances from ice machines to irons and stoves, with vast potential remaining untapped across the population.
A piece contrasts two distant educational plans. Dayton Tennessee may host a fundamentalist college with $200000 subscribed, while a world university envisioned by the World Federation of Educational Associations would serve all nations with multilingual courses and an international lectureship and library network.
A Washington report from Consul Klieroth in Berlin notes Germany’s dye monopoly collapsed postwar. The United States and others expanded their own dye industries, aided by seized German patents and wartime expedients, ending Germany’s global lead.
The piece notes Aug 26 as the five year anniversary of woman suffrage nationwide while commenting that headlines do not always produce real leaders and that government in Washington persists, with a nod to delayed recognition in Los Angeles.
The item notes no shooting in Herrin Illinois amid coal controversy. It adds a quip that a man’s heart and stomach may be sound yet a broken car undermines happiness. It jokes about Dame Partington failing to sweep the Atlantic and General Andrews continuing border leak stoppage efforts.
The New York police department has enlarged its equipment by adding fast new automobiles. They are now poised to pursue crime more efficiently and respond rapidly to incidents across the city.
Severe rain and a cloudburst hit Butte causing widespread flooding and debris. City crews cleared 50 truckloads of trash from North Wyoming and repaired a four foot sewer on Front Street as Silver Bow Creek carried floodwaters and dredging aided flow. The storm disrupted power briefly and boosted relief for farmers and timber fire crews across the region.
Briscoe defeats Roundup’s Roberts to advance as the youngest semi finalist. Gaines beat Missoula’s Mulroney in a tight match. Anaconda’s Hasley defeats Beveredge in women’s flight. Field totals 99 contestants with major teams from Helena Butte Missoula and Bozeman among leaders.
Bozeman reports describe a joint Pioneers group observing Pioneer Day with a push for statewide school observance and education on early Montana history. Visitors toured a relics exhibit at the University gym as quake shocks and showers added a historic backdrop to the event timetable.
The page presents Henry A Margolis third puzzle of the week with clues such as long thin sword and symbol for calcium. It lists flight matchups and rounds for a tournament including First Flight Semi finals and Women’s Championship, plus a note on yesterday's solution and scattered word clues like Parmesan and radium symbol references.
Ex service men plan a big 1926 convention at Glacier Park station near the national park with a race program, barbecue at 6 pm, fireworks and a dance. At the Montana 40 and 8 meeting Colonel Harry Willard of Lewistown was elected grand chef de gare and Larry Doyle of Glendive is backed for the national chef de chemin.
The convention held an indoor session with four rehabilitation officers reporting on aid for disabled men widows and war orphans. Post commanders adju tants met privately to plan next year s activities. Letters from United Spanish War Veterans praised the Legion and suggested a joint convention in the future.
A man known as D H Clements and later as Phillips, age 65, posed as a prominent Boston businessman and forged a draft to obtain $300 in Bozeman. He served time in Deer Lodge, opened an office in Great Falls as Dr. Jackson, and allegedly ran banco schemes before being arrested in Butte and sentenced to a Deer Lodge term. He claimed ties to England's Jackson family but was exposed by Warden Conley. Swiss government slows railway electrification as coal prices fall.
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