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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1911
Page
18
Standard Publishing Company entrants and proprietors listed as second class mail matter at Anaconda post office.
Daily and Sunday, per month. One year prepaid. Sunday Standard yearly rate. Main Office location and contact details for the Ana conda publication. Editorial and business office phones listed. Rutter Ranch address and telephone numbers noted. Independent phone lines and broadway office details included.
Morton, manager foreign advertising, directs offices in New York Chicago Philadelphia Detroit Chicago and other cities. The notice lists newsstands and agencies from Montana to San Francisco and Seattle with addresses and partners, urging general business correspondence to Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Montana.
On Tuesday August 2 1911 Senator Payne and allies defend the Payne Aldrich tariff plan while deriding calls to await a tariff board report. Payne, long linked with tariff bills, claimed enacting tariffs without board guidance is criminal, reflecting republican contempt for tariff expert boards.
The Illinois audience hears William Jennings Bryan accuse President Roosevelt of being intimidated by the steel trust in a Tennessee merger. The claim is dismissed as unfounded in public business, while Bryan taunts Roosevelt over dealings with Gary and Frick. An interesting sequel to Bryan's accusation may follow.
Weeks of commentary show the Standard Oil decision does not settle essential issues. The broader debate centers on what constitutes reasonable conduct under Sherman law and how it applies to ongoing conditions. Senator La Follette’s critique is cited by a major finance journal as not entirely off base.
The article argues the La Follette statement condemns the supreme court for wielding despotic influence over business. It notes he has submitted Sherman act amendments unlikely to pass and suggests court rulings threaten the law, calling for repeal or radical revision.
A sweeping, opinionated collection of statements targets Dr. Cook charging Admiral Peary with deception and financial motive. It blends polemics on polar exploration with political theater about Taft era figures, Roosevelt, Beattie, Harmon, and regional Montana events. The piece leans into sensational framing, naming Peary, Cook, Perkins, Roosevelt, Taft, and Beattie while weaving a gallery of political and journalistic jabs.
The Montana Staats Zeitung marks twenty fifth year with a jubilee magazine edition edited by Lambert Naegle. The Standard endorses the paper's claim of secure footing and wide German readership in the state.
The writer debunks High Finance Perkins for claiming the days of competition are ended. Citing Perkins' wealth and shift toward cooperative schemes, the piece argues the competition era cannot end without the republic collapsing, and cautions against optimistic reform theories during volatile times.
Kalispell Aug 28. The commission form is defeated by two votes after official count with union labor socialism and sportsmen opposed. Majorities in First and Second wards went against the plan while Third ward backed it by 32. Precincts show First 74 91, Second 79 87, Third 116 4.
Mount Vernon New York Aug 28 Frank Martin said to be a wealthy Spokane resident died today at his niece’s home. He complained of illness at luncheon and died of acute heart trouble aged 53. He leaves a widow and a daughter in Spokane.
Helena Aug 28 No protests were filed today before the state board of equalization by the railroads against their assessments this being the date to hear objections Two members of the board were absent and it is expected the final session will be held Wednesday with railroad assessments remaining as fixed two weeks ago
Helena August 28 The first depositor in the postal savings bank was Mrs Carrie M Cloutier The second and third were women as well The queue of deposits at opening was mainly women and children with amounts from a few dollars to the $100 limit two people reached the maximum deposit
In a midsummer night aboard a Japanese sleeping car from the Railway Age Gazette, readers learn of six seats per car running lengthwise with a center aisle, upper Pullman berths for two, and mosquito bars. The crowded car, continual stop-and-go movement, and incessant movement through the aisle made the night intolerable.
Testimony shows Henry Clay Beattie Jr. involved in a homicide. Paul Beattie describes gun purchase and coercion by Beattie toward Beulah Binford and Mrs. Fisher. Beattie admits discussing murder with cousin and threatens witnesses as coroner’s inquest looms.
At a city hall meeting the South Side Improvement association formed a two person committee Jackman and T J Nerny to work with the executive board on auditing bills and funding. City Engineer Gow estimated a road from Oregon avenue to Olympia street at about 9000 dollars with a rock surface from Anaconda and a curbing 8 inches high. Subscriptions total 5714 dollars with 4454 collected. Work may shift to day labor to cut costs and a public appeal to parties concerned may reduce expenses.
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