Seeing the Hay and the Cattle Its Farms
A brief note on agricultural life highlights hay fields and cattle on local farms. The item emphasizes farming activity and rural labor without additional details.
17 Aug 1905
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
1
A brief note on agricultural life highlights hay fields and cattle on local farms. The item emphasizes farming activity and rural labor without additional details.
An automobile party of Judge Hunt and associates toured eighty miles of Deer Lodge valley farms and ranches to inspect soil, crops, and cattle ahead of the Washoe smelter injunction case. The visit included Bliss ranch and Warm Springs asylum farm, with officials and locals guiding the inspection and noting harvest activity and alfalfa fields along the route.
Denver delegates to the Fraternal Order of Eagles proceed on two sessions to reform by laws and articles, reviewing trustee reports noting cash balance and economy. They propose investing surplus funds and consider an Eagles home location with Oklahoma and Seattle among interests while inviting Milwaukee for 1906 and Chicago for 1996.
The field includes Oklahoma Territory as a contender for the National Refuge of the Eagles honor, with both sides vying for recognition in the event.
A violent wind and rain storm in St. Louis and East St. Louis left about a score of people injured. Roofs, chimneys, and signs were torn loose as a 48 mile per hour gale caused widespread damage and a panic at the Louisville and Nashville freight office.
D F Johnson of Chestnut was acquitted after a trial before Judge Smith on allowing a minor to frequent a saloon. The defense argued Johnson asked the boy his age and was told he was 21. A related case against James Brady was dismissed.
New Orleans reports 66 new cases today bringing total to 1146 with 176 deaths and 248 total foci. The inspection service under Prof. A L Metz plans house to house canvasses, cistern screening and sanitation enforcement as the outbreak moves into routine management. Dr Herrick remains in the infirmary recovering with confidence in his convalescence.
Premier Bjornson says forts on the Norwegian frontier will aid Sweden's security after any dissolution and that Norway may act alone if Sweden blocks a settlement. He criticizes the storthing move to a monarchy and warns of a republic if Sweden resists. Premier Michaelsen arrives to cheers and pledges to seek a settlement with Sweden without formalities.
In San Francisco on Aug 16 the Manufacturers and Producers Association of California approved a resolution urging Congress not to alter tariff laws. They warned that any change could harm state industries and curb national prosperity.
In Philipsburg Aug 16 a registered mail sack from the North Coast limited, taken during the Bearmouth holdup on Oct 24 1902, was found by prospector A J Howell near Drummond Montana. Bits of letters indicate the sack held several hundred dollars. Authorities plan extended local searches for more robbers and a possible crew tied to the case.
Pittsburg August 16 No prior period shows such activity in building steel mills furnaces and shops along the Monongahela valley. Plant costs exceed 2 million dollars and capacity will nearly double when plans are done. More than 23 000 new jobs will be created in these plants in addition to about 50 000 already employed.
In Los Angeles on August 16 nine people were injured in a collision between Pasadena and Monrovia electric cars near Oneonta park. Dr J W Trueworthy, a noted physician and library board president, suffered a brain concussion and serious injuries.
Madrid Aug 16 The governor orders Andalusian authorities to build public kitchens to supply food to famine stricken families in towns and villages. The agriculture minister asks railroads to start repair and construction work to employ as many people as possible.
At Leligh Portland Cement quarry in Ormond Pennsylvania a tonnage rock slide fatally trapped twelve Slavonian workers and injured six more as heavy rains softened the earth. Only nine escaped, four by reaching a rock shelf. The men lived in nearby shanties and were at work when the collapse occurred five minutes before quitting time.
Special dispatch from Great Falls reports E. Ensign, a white man newly married, charged with criminal assault on a 14 year old negra girl who is about to become a mother. The sheriff has a warrant for his arrest. Ensign is a former Montana Central fireman and left Hamilton for Missoula, then vanished.
Berkeley California August 16 One man was killed and a dozen seriously injured in an explosion that destroyed the nitroglycerin house of the Judson Dynamite and Powder company at Point Isabella Edward Edris foreman of the nitroglycerin department was killed He was blown into atoms with the building Chinese workers in the mixing room 200 feet away were stunned bruised and cut by glass A second explosion an hour later destroyed the mixing works 500 feet from the first Save for luck Twenty men narrowly escaped as Edward Smith warned them before the second blast causing no fatalities Property loss estimated at 15000.
Oregon Governor Chamberlain and Governor Mead urge strict enforcement of exclusion laws as California Washington and Oregon clash on Chinese immigration. Delegations from the coast anticipate a heated committee and floor fight as resolutions divide Western states.
Rosebud county officials in Helena discuss Forsyth bounty fraud arrests. W Bailey L R Terrett J W Selv idge and C Wright are charged with frauds from 1901 totaling about 9000 dollars. W Bailey, former Rosebud county clerk, denies guilt and cites political motivation. hearing set for Sept. 4 in Forsyth.
In San Bernardino California on August 16 a rear end collision between a Santa Fe work train and an extra southbound freight at Horseshoe Bend killed six workers instantly and left six or seven fatally injured with more expected. The Mexican laborers resided locally and had gathered in the caboose when the wreck occurred at 6 PM.
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