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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1923
Page
2
A flood of bills targets budget reform and cost cuts in state administration. Measures propose strict budgets for counties towns and schools, salary reductions, and limiting officials and deputies. Also sought are bonds caps and sinking fund reforms to ease taxpayer burden.
The Day in Washington reports Montoya of Mexico’s death at home after illness. It notes Senate passage of the agriculture appropriations bill at 75,586,000 and post office funding at 589,000, with discussions on prohibition enforcement probes, proposed liquor curbs, and adjournment to Monday as Congress debates committee investigations and state administration scrutiny.
Survivors describe a flying boat crash where Mr Atking clung to wreckage with Miss McDonald swept away. Pilot praised crew heroism as lifeboat launched 150 yards from the plane and rescued others amid waves washing the wreckage. The text notes family ties to Cuban sugar interests connected to the Atkin family.
Turw lights out at Finlen Hotel as dispute surrounds contractor Broadland a Missoula born carpenter now prominent in Butte Missoula contracts. Broadland said to have built Idaho and Kenmond apartments Kremer Hellbronner addition and the Magonie temple annex before taking the Finlen bid.
Reported talks show German coal operators pressing for cash for deliveries to France and Belgium, with officials arguing past delist payments must be settled. French authorities flag parallel actions as Ruhr tension escalates, schools commandeered, and flag incidents reported as Berlin and Paris weigh reparations and future steps.
The figure behind Missoula projects built the high school and its gym and laid foundations for three state university buildings. He left Butte to Missoula after clashing with union labor, vowing to work only with nonunion crews. He plans a Finien Hotel project to meet architects’ specs and elevate Butte’s hotel standing.
The St. Jean Baptiste Society to entertain the French community with a dance at the Pythian Castle on South Main Street Tuesday January 16. The notice notes a social event celebrating French residents in town at the named venue and date.
A collage of promotions fills pages highlight theatre features like Tom Mix and Lon Chaney while furniture dealers advertise pre inventory sales and deep discounts. Numerous brands Hoffmann Furs Orton Bros and Imperial tease bargains with dresses pianos cars and china as readers are directed to pages 3 5 6 10 11 19 for details.
James M. Orton ends his 25 year involvement with Orton Brothers music firm selling his half interest to brother Will and planning a California visit. He remains a Butte resident with daughter Virginia pursuing music and drama, while political and business ties in Butte note his long civic presence.
Testimony in Morehouse Parish inquiry centers on Captain Skipwith and Klan leader dialogue. Campbell and Stuckey recount claims of two men Jim Tisdale and A D Campbell linked to a hooded band that abducted Watt Daniel and Thomas Richard. Witnesses discuss McKain enmity, martial law, and Klan influence in Mer Rouge.
Clip blends a film set mishap with stray testimony about Dr. McKain and the Mer Rouge affair. It references Mrs Mabel Ballin on stage, a diving gag gone awry, and a flood of questions about motives and gunfire in a Louisiana parish.
George Griffith of Minneapolis, partisan Teague campaign head in Nebraska, was killed when a Burlington passenger train struck his closed car at Havelock. His private secretary Miss Viola Graffe of Minneapolis, 25, was seriously wounded in the crash. The incident occurred late this evening.
Senator Smoot proposes government paid express charges on new silver dollars shipped from mint to Western banks to boost circulation. He argues the measure saves about 25 000 yearly by replacing paper money with silver coins in the West and urges rapid committee action as an emergency before adjournment.
Dillon January 12 by a two to one decision the judges awarded Butte high school the victory in the first debate of the season Beaverohead high represented by Eleanor Craven Ed Cooper and Lamar Doall with Miss Gertrude Ryan as coach The competitors traveled for the event in Beav erhead high school tonight
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