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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
9
Kansas City officials report a two day road building campaign drawing Governor Major and Governor Hodge to Missouri. About 150000 volunteers from Western Missouri join in to upgrade public highways with support from the Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs and farming families.
Java Jim, a well known town figure, objects to being labeled a dope fiend. He says he drinks whiskey and tells friends about good things on the race track, insisting he is not a dope fiend.
Fire at the Quartette mine near Eoacet, Nevada, destroyed the 10-stamp mill, engine room, and electric plant early today causing substantial loss. No exact figures given.
John C Adams assistant general superintendent of Anaconda Copper Mining Company mines returns to Butte after nearly a year away seeking recovery from bronchial trouble and pneumonia. He reports feeling splendid and plans to visit his office soon. He is welcomed home by wife Mrs Adams and daughters Nina and Jackie at 909 West Quartz Street.
Green Majors, who came to Butte 33 years ago for a print shop job, visits in style with first class travel and funds to invest in Butte real estate. He earlier worked at the Miner and Inter Mountain, later partnering with John C. Curtis to amass wealth. He praises Butte but says his wife’s health keeps them in California.
Seattle reports from Juneau Alaska say no bodies surfaced at Gambier bay after the steamship State of California sank last Sunday morning with about 30 on board. Ten dead are en route to Seattle aboard the steamship Northwestern. The wreck lies at 27 fathoms and divers cannot reach it. total deaths remain uncertain with 32 listed by the company and estimates up to 40. All published missing passengers are presumed dead.
A Carnegie Endowment fund committee, formed with representatives from the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Germany, and Austria, will conduct an impartial inquiry into recent Balkan genocide allegations and their wartime economic effects. The panel uses government reports, official agencies, and traveler testimonies to verify claims, with findings to be published in a multilingual report.
Fashionably dressed women crowded Bellevue hospital today offering to adopt Elizabeth Heath an 18 year old San Francisco girl who attempted suicide by poison after two weeks of homelessness. She slept on park benches as illness and loss of savings forced her from a factory job.
Official figures show total taxes payable to Silver Bow county treasury for state, county and school purposes amount to 1 076 471.14 dollars, exclusive of city of Butte. The city levy will be set later, likely 15.2 mills, with railroads paying their share of a 143 134 increase in valuation. Valuations include detailed railroads through Silver Bow county and an appeal hearing set for Thursday to hear protests and adjust spur mileage after engineers finalize a supplemental report.
All members are urged to attend tonight's lodge meeting at 7 30. A special order of business at nine o'clock will be the report from the delegate to the national convention. Secretary J B Mulcahy signs the notice for Ady.
London August 20. A novel sight as the British army dirigible Eta towed a disabled naval ship to a factory for repairs after its machinery failed. The two air and sea craft were maneuvering when the incident occurred.
Congressman John M. Evans from Montana writes from Washington to Bert Riley of the Butte Miners Union promising to back a congressional inquiry into conditions in Calumet Michigan and other copper districts. He expects quick action and asks miners for information and suggestions. Telegram from Calumet notes operators can’t find workers, scabs quitting, and shop mechanics laid off. Despite reports, the men are said to be more enthusiastic and determined to win.
In the poem Aspen in Summer by Fred Searles, a former Aspen schoolboy now working in Butte depicts his hometown as a peaceful mountain village. He describes Mount Aspen breezes, the Roaring Fork River, Red Mountain, Mount Sopris, and a tranquil lake, portraying Aspen as a beloved home facing the surrounding grand scenery.
New York Aug 20 Seth Low former mayor and National Civic federation head was selected as the fifth arbitrator under the Newlands act in the wage dispute between eastern railroads and trainmen. A sixth arbitrator is chosen and awaiting acceptance. if declined the mediation board named by President Wilson will appoint.
A fragment notes a Cavalier style hat in black straw, described with a full sky blue band and a single detailing element. The text is incomplete but suggests a fashion item or accessory description from a periodical page.
The Wanderer recalls the first Commercial day on August 21 1907 at Columbia gardens. Merchants and clerks set wage scales and hours, aiming peaceful employer employee relations. D J Hennessy led efforts, later honored with Commercial day now a major city event.
Laymen describe the sessions as engaging and accessible to non specialists. A resident member notes some papers are technical but valuable, while another attendant appraises Tuesday night’s copper ore processing visuals as a highly instructive public lesson.
Several men forgot to go to the bar ber s Tuesday and, waking downtown yesterday, kicked themselves for forgetting. They found shops open and rushed in fearing noon closures. Barbers, however, remain open on Commercial day as a steady branch of the industry.
After thousands left town yesterday for railroads and other points, many visited gardens, the lake, and springs, yet a large crowd stayed. Butte now far larger than when Bogk's gardens and Poplar Grove were the sole nearby amusements.
A newspaper item notes Boucher’s twenty sixth cleanup sale offering substantial discounts and a limited reserve. It mentions the address 87 39 West Park Street and highlights a large savings event aimed at clearing stock with significant price cuts.
In Cleveland Ohio on June 2 1913 a woman describes eight years of red itchy hands with blisters and pus treated unsuccessfully by various methods. She found relief after using Resinol Soap and Ointment and reports a three year cure with no relapse. The advertisement urges readers to try Resinol and notes available free trials from Dept. 7-By Resinol Baltimore MD.
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