Anaconda Triumph Highlights Silver Skater at Fourth Day
Anaconda skater shines as silver scoiler earns notable fourth day honors. The event marks a proud display of local talent and athletic achievement on the fourth day.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1908
Page
31
Anaconda skater shines as silver scoiler earns notable fourth day honors. The event marks a proud display of local talent and athletic achievement on the fourth day.
Clinton H Moore and William T M Thornton praise Anaconda's upbuilding and parade excellence. Thousands enjoyed a flawless day at Washoe park with perfect weather, a grand parade, and illuminating evening fireworks. Executive committee leaders E P Mathewson and F W Harrison receive credit for a successful celebration.
A noon Margaret theater gathering marked Anaconda’s 25th birthday and Montana’s 132nd anniversary with memories of early days. Judge Trippet read the Declaration of Independence while Judge G B Winston and Clinton H Moore recalled town’s first postmaster and 1883 industrial foundations.
A commemorative tribute honors Marcus Daly and partners Haggin Hearst and Tevis for founding and guiding the Anaconda works in Montana. It recalls their leadership, finances, and lasting impact on Butte and the region, and notes the 1899 shift to Amalgamated ownership while preserving their goodwill and community ties. The piece also mentions local figures connected to early town and smelter development and reflects on legacy and memory.
Immense crowds applauded a grand parade with Grand Army and Elks floats and fireworks lighting the night. The two-day celebration stretched from Friday into Sunday, famed for its order, energy, and large turnout, featuring the Montana State band, Chief Wynne, Coroner Stevens, and a state-flanked float with 46 little girls symbolizing the union states.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports in Missoula on July 4 that Holmes Hayes, foreman at the St Paul tunnel near Taft, was killed by five Montenegrins led by the brother of a man Hayes had killed last fall. A deputy sheriff and large posse pursued the fugitives who fled toward Idaho. Hayes, from Preston Missouri, had earlier killed a crowd leader in self defense and faced renewed threats after returning to the Taft project. He was unmarried.
Special Dispatch reports a negro hobo was brought to Dillon on the afternoon passenger train from Spencer Idaho after falling from the rods while riding a freight. One foot was badly crushed requiring amputation. He was taken to the county farm.
Oakland dispatch reports a head on collision between an Alameda local and Santa Cruz No. 57 at First and Webster streets. Eight dead and over 30 injured, with the Santa Cruz smoker wrecked and both locomotives derailed. Identified dead include Sol Loeb, Leslie Alber, and Frank Lauzon.
Plains July 4. Alice Simpson aged 11 years was seriously injured when a bolting race horse knocked her down and stepped on her face and legs. The accident occurred during Fourth of July events as several hundred Flathead braves are engaged in a war dance tonight.
Oyster Bay July 4 President Roosevelt celebrated the Fourth of July with his family and guests at Sagamore Hill. In the evening a beautiful fireworks display was set off in front of the house as the president sat on the veranda with relatives house party guests children and many friends and neighbors.
Fairview Neb July 4 W J Bryan opened with a front porch speech to an enthusiastic delegation including Tom L Johnson and Pennsylvania Bryan Democrats. The anti Guffey faction and others, totaling about 108, attacked Guffey for betraying the will of the people while Bryan framed the major issue as whether the people run government or predatory corporations exploit them. He urged the motto Let the people rule as Democrats head toward Denver.
Denver observed a vivid Fourth of July, with the American eagle and democratic rooster figures dominating the scene. Judge Alton B. Parker, the 1904 Democratic standard bearer, attracted focus as a relatively new figure at conventions, known to many delegates mainly through four year old campaign portraits.
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