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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1910
Page
8
The Connell store announces the greatest silk petticoat sale in months with prices half and less than half of usual. Sale starts at 8:16, featuring every day petticoats from 69c to 98c, plus coats and leftovers priced to move, in spring 1910 styles.
The Montana State Poultry Association opened its annual show in Bozeman with 600 roosters and equal numbers of hens on display. Exhibits fill Orpheum hall with double pen rows and wide aisles as breeders arrive from Ogden Utah to Miles City. Prizes, cups, and cash bounties promise a record event, with judges lining up for best poultry and a banquet planned for Saturday night.
Special Dispatch reports Janedack Whitaker, a Cut Bank sauna keeper, pleaded guilty to a charge involving whiskey and an Indian. After a hearing, the judge imposed a sentence of 107 days with no chance of parole. The assistant district attorney discussed the case, while the judge commented that a saloon keeper near the edge of preservation likely had no intent to harm the Indians.
A freight wreck on a Northern Pacific line near the city delayed westbound and eastbound service. Crews from Livingston cleared the track after a broken flange caused the derailment. coal cars were involved and passengers faced delays at Belgrade and Lewiston while trains were halted or rerouted.
Judge Hunt presides in the Coleval court as exceptions in the government suit against Phillips and Wilson are presented by Gunt and Taneh, attorneys for the defendants. The hearing concerns the rate of the government and related claims, with January payments noted.
New York report states Katharine Gould must pay 3185 plus interest for furs and a military item bought, despite claiming the purchases were before separation. A supreme court jury found against her, awarding the full amount claimed. Gould previously received annual alimony of 20 dollars from Edgar Gould.
The Missoula county commissioners granted contractor William Oliver a 90 day extension to finish the new courthouse from December. Bids for interior furniture were called and decoration plans were discussed with Odin J. Oyen proposing murals and a $6,000 portrait from La Crosse. The bridge reconstruction over the Ble Blackfoot necessitated a temporary crossing using the Northern Pacific trestle purchased by W A Clark for the electric railway.
Washington reports that American beef consumption is increasing while tariff tensions with Germany prompt local chambers of commerce and boards of trade to urge the national Board of Trade to press the State Department to reverse its stance and admit American beef cattle to Germany.
James Wickersham, Alaska delegate to Congress, accuses Major Richardson of using influence to shape policy and threaten him in the Capitol. Wickersham asks Secretary of War Breckinridge to remove Richardson from military duties while denying Alaska representation a pathway to a military legislature. He cites Richardson’s lobbying for Guggenheim interests and conflicts over road commission control, urging protection of Alaska’s delegation and accusing Richardson of attempting to entrench power.
Fragmentary report notes Mr. Wickersham and opponents argue over lobbying for legislation. The text suggests conflict over a bill, with references to Alaska and broader political maneuvering influencing public opinion and legislative outcomes.
Lieutenant Adolph Langhorst of the coast artillery faced a court martial at Fort Mekinory on charges of neglect of duty and disobedience. His defense claimed he suffered a sudden brain-storm insanity at the time of the acts, arguing he was not responsible because he was then insane.
Special dispatch from Dear Lodge recounts a Helmville group attending the county courtroom hearing on land contest cases against homesteads of Will Jam Hl and Fred T. Mannix, with United States Attorney W. K. Bannett and local counsel present. Details mention attendees, travel, hospital updates, and local movements of merchants and residents.
Judge reserved ruling on admissibility of letters alleged to show misconduct by Binger Hermann regarding land and forest reserves. Prosecutor Heney argued letters between Hermann and Senator Mitchell, and other correspondences, prove fraud and cover up. defense contends evidence is collateral. The issue remained undecided as of the day’s session.
Special Dispatch to the Standant Helena January. Martin secretary of the state fair addressed felter today urging chairmen of the various county boards of commissioners to begin preparations for their exhibits. The letter cites a law authorizing exhibits and the necessary appropriation, suggesting March as the meeting for the appropriation and urging immediate space applications. It also calls for a capable man to be appointed to oversee the exhibit.
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