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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1917
Page
10
Governor Sam V Stewart outlines Montana’s fiscal strain from over-appropriation and rising costs. He urges a non-partisan taxation commission, consolidation of safety and regulatory offices, and a centralized purchasing function to curb deficits while urging cooperation with the legislature for revenue measures and efficient government.
Governor urges economy in appropriations and consolidation of safety inspections. Recommends expert tax study, state purchasing agent, simpler primary law, and funding for new roads. Highlights thriving state institutions but needs for higher education, prison and insane asylum expansions, chancellorship efficiency, and farm credit reforms. Calls for nonpartisan, results-driven legislation and stronger support for national guard and public printing reforms.
Charles B. Towns of New York calls for a presidentially appointed committee to study the entire federal narcotics regime, aiming for uniform state solutions and a stronger global stance. He urges restricting opiates to plain preparations, tight physician accountability, and limited hypodermic use to curb abuse and align with postwar international action.
Jan 2 report from El Paso describes a refugee recounting a deadly massacre near Bachimba canyon south of Chihuahua City. He claims a foreign observer saw Villa troops and Francisco Villa himself among the bodies, with one spy allegedly tied to a telegraph pole and a fire nearby.
Four shots were fired through the chamber window of 8 M. Halstead, a former San Jose forestry commissioner, early today. Two rounds lodged in his bed. The room had recently been occupied by Reginald Stewart, on sick leave from the British army in France, who is returning to the front after enlisting from Vancouver in the Scottish Lancers. Police say the shooting may have been an attempt on Stewart's life.
A vintage ad copy promises rapid relief from head cold and catarrh. It touts a small bottle of Halys Cream Balm to clear nasal passages, soothe inflamed mucous membranes, and end headaches and congestion. The firm urges informing your druggist to obtain the product.
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