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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1913
Page
17
Helena Jan 2 county assessors approved live stock and road tax schedules with discretionary values for stallions, range horses, cattle, and other animals. a separate action set telegraph and power line rates and highway commission appointments with state funding planned.
Bozeman opens a period of intense activity with talks of regional railroad expansion, historic apple industry notes, irrigation progress, and the development of roads and agriculture in Montana. The piece highlights the state’s early infrastructure push, orchard growth, and the role of local patrons in farming advancement.
Special dispatch from Jan 22 details continued delay in appraising unpatented lands in Flathead County due to variances in weather and administrative hurdles. The report notes settlers await final valuations while Curtis B. As ef, formerly of Billings, assumes charge of the Great Northern business here.
New York January 22 The Bowery and Fifth Avenue social worlds watched a quiet ceremony as Helen Gould and Finney Shepard tied the knot in New York with close relatives present. Presents were sent to Gould’s residence. plans for a honeymoon ranged from Lyndhurst to a possible overseas tour. Shepard, educated in rail leadership, shares in philanthropy likely to continue after marriage while Miss Gould’s vast wealth remains dedicated to charitable works.
A local notice states a meeting will be held tonight in Butte. The document references TM natallatin se umeers or and mentions Butte as the location with a Thursday evening time.
President Sutherlin presided as lectures covered revolutions and domestic science. Miss Lille Aitnine demonstrated jelly made from dried apples and showed waste in ordinary jelly making. Miss Harkins presented the jelly and discussed bread making, dairy cows, breaking sod, horse feeding, and soil economizing.
The event featured a luncheon after the ceremony with greenery and roses. Gifts from relatives, military members, and organizations poured in from around the world. Notable presents included jewelry, a statue titled Honor, a pearl and emerald chain, and a gold loving cup from the Atlantic Fleet sailors. The couple stayed at Land fore? and planned no announced honeymoon location.
A Montana House session report outlines multiple bills. Measures raise the drinking age to 18, regulate labor and unions, fix hours for female workers, establish a minimum wage, and authorize state educational institutions to receive aid. Several bills cover farm laborers liens, marriage licenses fees, and school system expansion. Multiple committee hearings and amendments were noted, with various bills referred or advanced.
A series of proposed Montana measures relate to sale of irrigation district bonds and insurer licensing, with amendments to investment rules for state funds of education and agricultural systems. The package includes provisions to encourage dairying and support compa tities in dairy cattle farming amid disease concerns and tuberculosis controls.
Des Moines Iowa January 32 in a speech before the Twas legislature Kenyon said the new senator would work on human rights moral laws and decency and pledged to aid the Wilson administration from a nonpartisan stance He asserted laboring men should share more of the wealth created and emphasized support for measures that benefit the nation without party demarcations.
A brawl at East Park produced serious injuries as a man with history at Imperial Home sustained broken ribs and facial injuries. He was taken to St Jamon aerial and Smith hospital for treatment. The altercation involved several individuals, including a teen from Teenitewan, with details still unclear.
The funeral of Richard Thompson will be held Thursday at 2 in the afternoon from Mrs Burns residence 23 West with Rev G D Wolfe officiating. Remaining details to be announced by Reed's undertaking parlors.
Former president Roosevelt, Corey, and Willem Bille testified in a federal suit seeking to dissolve the United States Steel Corporation under Sherman antitrust law. Hearings touched on foreign production, steel pools, and the absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron. Roosevelt defended sanctioning actions to save the country amid the panic, while officials described market controls and intercompany discussions.
The Senate moved routine business along with favorable reports on multiple railroad and mortgage measures. Bills also introduced by unanimous consent covered juror trials and a bounty plan drawing from Lake out of parts near Weenend Missoula and Sanders.
In a Butte report, several named individuals including James OrPurrell, Bartholomew Casey, William McLoughlin, and Lottie Grant travel with a general agent for a Boston Tand Packing Company. The party aims to pursue a three year assignment in Hong Kong, focused on tech development in China, with no immediate plans to return to the United States.
An elderly miner, a native of Finland, died at his residence on Sou mines last night after a long illness. He leaves a widow who passed away years ago. Survivors are listed as Sherman and Newcastle-on-Tyne, with the death noted in Butte obituaries.
Reports from Lincoln and St Paul on January 22 show United States senators chosen in joint sessions. George W Norris and Knute Nelson were declared elected amid scattered opposition as legislatures canvassed votes. In Concord no choice was made for senator that day.
The article reports lawmakers in Washington weighing a population based plan for legislative districts, with indications of defeat for the redistricting bill as the House committees favor indefinite postponement. It also notes Senate consideration and related state highway funding debates.
In Lewistown on January meeting members elected officers for the ensuing year. Eo Brown was named president, Julian A. president, Frank B Wrage as treasurer, Rene and Dr. A W Dea are listed in the officer slate.
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