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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1911
Page
22
Markets showed renewed dullness as prices firmed then liquidated, with reports that Wickersham may sue the steel trust. Notable activity included lower office moves and continued selling pressure, while some brokers eyed copper and mining issues for quick turns.
A wagon tongue failure near the Stoker ranch toppled a team carrying Argile Duncan and his wife Mrs Duncan to the Grub Lake mine. Argile suffered bruises and temporary unconsciousness while Mrs Duncan dislocated her right hip, later transported home on a train mattress. Dr Smith treated them, with Mrs Duncan improving by afternoon.
Reported plan says Ohio Copper financing nearly complete with a 600000 bond issue and 80 100 shares per 10000 bond, yielding 6 percent. Heinze to retire from Ohio board but retain Mascot tunnel control. Col. Wall to run management. Heinze to visit Stewart mine, then Salt Lake. Davis Daly shipments from Colorado mine begin, smelter returns awaited.
Miles City dispatch notes a major change in homestead final proofs effective December 1, 1911. Previously entrants could credit constructive residence for six months after filing, counting five years from the filing date even if actual residence began later. Now proof must show five years of actual residence from the day the homesteader first began living on the land.
O W Roberts in Miles City on two week leave from Bismarck to study crop conditions across Montana North Dakota and adjacent regions. He will gather data by observation and newspaper reports to inform preparations for the Bismarck agricultural exposition set for Sept 26 to Oct 16 with attendance expected from Chicago board of trade and grain exchange officials.
Directors of Butte Alex Scott Mining Co meet in Butte to review future policy as the mine ships 40 to 60 tons daily to East Butte smelter. Party includes N F Hugo and W Heimbach of Duluth, F L Laird of St Paul, T Furniss of Duluth, W Chapman of Pittsburgh, Edson of Washington, and M Resendah of Duluth. The Little Annie silver mine nearby shows a 200 foot depth with a 130 to 280 ounce ore strike. Alex Scott ore bodies at 1400 to 1600 levels ship copper ore 15 percent copper with copper glance at 1800 feet. The mixture includes first class and concentrating ore about half each.
Washington reports the War Department will not inflate Army estimates for the next fiscal year. Officials say the department will request no more than this year’s appropriations, presenting a bottom figure aimed at efficiency and economy and to avoid fooling Congress.
Paris reports mass processions of women across northern towns protesting high food prices. In Lille and Douai districts large crowds threaten dealers, while mobs move village to village destroying dairies and gardens. clashes with farmers armed with pitchforks are noted as the unrest spreads.
C M Hollard sues the Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound Railway for $1999 alleging a fall from a boarding car step at Groveland in Meagher county in September 1908 while entering the car.
Amos J. Smith, sought in Missoula on a grand larceny charge, was arrested in Helena by Deputy Sheriff Rolla Duncan and will be returned to Missoula tomorrow. Smith is described as a school teacher who had worked as a solicitor for Union Life Insurance in Missoula.
In Austin during an all night Texas senate session Senator Claude Hudspeth slept near a window as a thief climbed to the window and took his purse containing 74 dollars. The special session ends today with 40 bills passed by the lower house and the quorum said to be broken by absenteeing members to block redistricting.
New York dispatch reports a Montreal newspaper touting the "American dollars" campaign cry and offering $25,000 for evidence of the source of alleged campaign funds from the United States to Canada as the conservatives push their line.
Mitchell Valentine of Westchester County who died two years ago left 2.56 million dollars to charity according to the appraiser's report released today.
The family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of their wife and sister. They acknowledge many beautiful floral tributes from CON TIERNEY ALICE SHEA.
At Anaconda. One dollar rate for a round trip from Butte. Train leaves Butte at 1 p.m. Returning leaves Anaconda passenger station at 6:35 a.m.
Doan's Kidney Pills promise relief for backache and sick kidneys by waking sluggish kidneys, expelling uric acid, and regulating urine. The ad claims long standing success, urges readers to avoid imitations and to obtain Doan's for persistent kidney related pain and fatigue.
Mrs. John Markuson of 10 Birch Street Anaconda Mont says seven to eight years of kidney trouble and back pain vanished after using Dean's Kidney Pills from Smith Drug Company. One box cured her and she has enjoyed good health for three years.
Spokane sends a strong delegation to the Scandinavian Brotherhood of America convention in Portland. E. E. Engdahl and Frank Burman lead Spokane representatives. plans include a grand lodge session in Tacoma led by Judge J. M. Arnison, Odin degree for 30 Portland candidates, and talks on consolidation with the eastern branch. The Pacific jurisdiction spans 34 lodges and eight sisterhood chapters with growth and finances strong.
Lincoln Neb Aug 29 Chief Justice Knapp of the commerce court and Judge Sanborn faced censure from George Rice chair of the South Dakota railway board during a meeting of state railway commissioners. Rice warned that leeway in rate adjustments could end rate making as Kansas South Dakota Iowa Wisconsin Oklahoma and Nebraska attended. The council will discuss railway physical valuations and continue Wednesday.
E L Fletcher, brother-in-law of C A Nyhart of Twin Bridges, was severely injured near Mount Pleasant Iowa after falling from a moving train while riding on the rear caboose platform. He suffered multiple broken ribs internal injuries and is being treated at a Burlington hospital. His wife, staying with relatives here, is prostrated by the news.
Twin Bridges voters approved a $10,000 school building bonds by 39 votes. The bonds will be floated as soon as practicable and a new school building may be erected this season.
Frederick Overpeck, a Terra Haute lineman, hung for ten minutes from a high tension pole with 2200 volts coursing through him while repairing wires. He fell but his safety belt kept him suspended as the live wire touched him, and he survived the electric ordeal.
A man grasped a live wire and could not release it until power was cut off. One finger burned away before responders lowered him to safety.
Washington Aug 29 The mobilization of a military force to guard the Panama canal began today. The Tenth Infantry under Col Henry A Greene was ordered from San Antonio to the canal zone near the Pacific entrance as permanent station and will sail within a week from Galveston for Colon. The plan is to establish a brigade on the canal zone using existing buildings instead of new barracks.
Cleveland reports the death of W A Rawson an expert horseshoer famed for shoding Star Pointer Lou Dillon and other record holders. He helped Star Pointer pace a mile in 1 59 1 2 securing a world record after being called by James A Murphy of Chicago in 1896. Orton Bros advertise goods at 216 218 Main Street.
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