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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1917
Page
8
A historical notice outlines organizing athletic clubs with house rules, schedules, and fees. It details gym, swimming, and classes for men and women, visitor permissions, member conduct, and facility use including plunge, showers, towels, and locker rental. It notes hours, who may use facilities, and that the club name will be set after charter members are chosen.
A compilation of gym lore and training maxims praising discipline and service to a cause. It contrasts rugged athletic prep with national sport systems and notes current pro ball and college practices, while lampooning inflated paychecks and strikes.
Helena Jan 28 The special tax committees plan an income tax for all corporations firms partnerships and individuals doing business in Montana. A tax commission is urged to study property values for two years while an income tax capped at 2 percent is proposed for those earning over 1000 dollars annually. The bill is being drafted by top Montana lawyers and aims for prompt revenue.
Fargo, Jan 28 A dog race progress report from Harwood eight miles north shows three leaders driving three abreast after 6 miles more, totaling 243 miles in the 22 mile event. Hyurtur Hanson Mike Kelly and Gunnar Tommasson led the pack into Harwood main street at 1 45 pm amid cheering crowds.
New York January 2 a report by the executive committee of Mayor Mitchells national defense panel says mobilization costs to the federal government exceed 2 million dollars. It cites 114000 officers and men in the draft with a 25 percent rejection rate in some states and notes losses when men were rejected or discharged.
Canadian Pacific vice president William Bury, long in charge of Western lines from Winnipeg and later Montreal, will leave Montreal to take control of the Russian railways. He helped organize the Canadian railway construction corps and built a line to a northern fee free Russian Atlantic port. Since 1901, Australian public debt has risen 120 percent.
Seattle January report shows Prohibitionists backing Mayor Hiram C. Gill and Police Chief Charles Beckingham with organized financial aid for the defense after a federal grand jury indictment accusing Gill, several officers, and former King County Sheriff Robert Hodge of conspiring to violate interstate liquor laws by bringing liquor into the state. Gill and Beckingham vow speedy trials, calling the indictment a fake as they face vigorous prosecution by hootleggers.
Canadians were given a hearty sendoff by crowds at Armagh, but Belfast greeted them with far greater display. The streets from the station to the barracks were lined with cheering people as the regiment passed, marking an extraordinary demonstration.
A joint three‑group committee from the Helena Trades and Labor Assembly, citizens’ mass meeting, and Helena Commercial Club investigates podstuff prices in Helena towns. The inquiry runs through next month, aiming to test claims of higher city costs versus state averages and distributor profits affecting wage earners.
The piece muses on why snow crystals are six sided, noting water’s crystallization in sixes and the beauty of mystery. It compares snow’s whiteness to prism colors and remarks snow as a poor heat conductor that warms the earth under a soft white blanket. It invites wonder at nature’s immutable yet unexplained laws.
The text explores how unshaped flakes respond to tempest and wind, revealing signs of endless variety crafted by nature. It promises to offer a deeper, newer meaning through careful observation of form and process in natural planing.
Washington voices defense and railroad policy as chief topics for the fifth annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Cabinet members and leading business figures will speak, with President Wilson and former President Taft among the speakers at the Friday banquet.
In Mobile Alabama on January 2 the third baseman of the Philadelphia Nationals, wintering there, announced his support for the Players Fraternity and refusal to sign until all disputes between players and magnates are resolved. A contract sent to him was returned.
Albany Oregon January 28 Captain Clif ford M Butler Seventeenth Infantry died today at Douglas Arizona according to advices received by relatives He graduated from West Point in 1891
William Lenning, engineer who ran the famed engine nicknamed The Piot heer in Tennessee during the Civil War, died at his home in Woomington Illinois on January 28. The engine is reportedly preserved at the site.
The Guatemalan press relied on American paper for four daily papers and several weeklies. In 1915 imports reached 6,000 reams worth $16,000 US gold, plus nearly £121,000 of other paper. The US supplied $102,000 of this other paper, Spain $24,000. Before World War I the bulk of Guatemala's paper came from Germany with a small amount from England.
London reports the British auxiliary cruiser Laurentic of 14,892 tons gross was sunk by a submarine or mine off the Irish coast last Thursday. Twelve officers and 109 men were saved. Previously in Canadian service, the Laurentic was owned by Ocean Steam Navigation and built by Belfast in 1908, a 655 foot liner with extensive passenger and cargo capacity.
Helena Jan 28 a bill will be introduced within five days to merge the board of stock commissioners and the board of sheep commissioners into a new livestock commission The governor wants inclusion of the livestock board Six members will be appointed by the governor with senate consent Residents must own cattle sheep or horses Two members serve two four and six year terms from March 1 The commission pays only actual meeting expenses A president and a vice president will lead The board will appoint a secretary who will record marks and brands and may hire staff as needed through a secretary of the commission
Passengers aboard a military train traveling 110 miles south of Juarez reported being forced to turn back to Guzman before resuming toward Casas Grandes. Fires lit Co Dublan and Pershing HQ as the train passed. Most of the passengers were Mexicans, with under a hundred Americans aboard.
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