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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1903
Page
6
Payable in advance for Billy and Sunday at one year ten dollars and ninety cents. Six months priced at five dollars. Three months at two dollars. One month at seventy five cents. Main office contact details listed for The Anaconda Standard in Edenstrens district with office numbers for editorial and business inquiries.
The notice lists branch offices in Butte Missoula Great Falls and other cities with addresses and phone numbers. It directs general correspondence to the Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana and notes newsstand locations in major cities for the Standard.
The piece argues the Russian ambassador should not intervene in US treatment of African Americans and critiques Roosevelt's petition to Russia on behalf of persecuted Jews. It questions motives behind diplomacy, notes potential political gain, and urges action to protect Jewish rights and stop brutality.
American members of the Alaskan boundary commission prepare to travel to London within a month for the presentation of their side. Secretary Root and Senators Lodge and Turner have reviewed the papers with the president. English counsel appear surprised by the strength of the American case. The merits favor the United States, and news suggests a possible national division is not certain.
The commission may decide the Alaska Canada boundary hinges on the England Russia understandings. Records, surveys, and maps place the line where the United States claims. The issue rose after Alaskan gold field discovery. Law and precedent seem to favor the American position and an amicable settlement is hoped.
The piece argues Andrew Jackson deserves prominent representation at the Louisiana Purchase exposition alongside Jefferson. It credits Jackson with repelling Packenham at the Mississippi and securing U.S. control of Louisiana, while noting Jefferson had initiated the purchase. The article also touches on broader topics including the Young America educational ship project and various political commentaries.
A critic warns that the modern historical novel, made from paper and cellulose derived from timber, threatens forests. Nine bestsellers could consume two million pounds of paper, equaling four thousand trees, risking hillsides and timber supply unless limits are imposed.
In youth readers recall Oliver Optic’s Young America series about a floating college aboard a frigate. The schoolship educated adventuresome boys who sailed from country to country, gaining experience and enjoyment as they read of the voyage.
Special dispatch reports A A Anderson and government engineers surveying the Absa rekee forest reserve boundary. The new line differs from the old, forcing changes for local flockmasters as it cuts across southern townships. Several bands found within the new limits have been ordered moved.
The Odd Fellows of Tacoma formed a temple association with capital stock of 323 000 and bought the three story block on Pacific avenue near the city hall. Prairie lodge No 11 Breuben lodge No 1 Odin lodge No 23 Tacoma encampment No 8 total nearly 60 members. A suite will house the grand secretary of the grand lodge.
Two Melrose men, blacksmith Joseph W Shepherd and constables Joseph Longley and John Mos, were jailed on grand larceny charges after repeated attachments over a team of gray mares. Pedretti claims ownership, while Moe's attachments stem from a debt of 165.15. Preliminary hearing set. bonds fixed at 2100 each. The case arises from a misunderstanding over the horses. Meanwhile a young Lincoln school pupil dies after illness. her mother Mrs. Jackman is active in local clubs.
The article reports employers in Butte considering a permanent wage and benefit framework. Proposals include scaling wages to a union level, workers paying for meals, laundering uniforms, and penalties for leaving without notice. Conferences failed to produce agreement as idle conditions persist with supervisors eyeing stricter rules.
Mrs Kittie Moss Paxson wife of RB H Paxson the well known druggist died at 12 40 this morning at the family home on West Granite street after three or four days illness of appendicitis complicated by kidney trouble Born December 12 1865 at Birmingham Iowa she had lived in Butte since girlhood She leaves a husband a 12 year old daughter and siblings in Missoula and the East Funeral will be private.
Doris Jackman, ten days after a brief illness, died at her West Copper street residence. The death was attributed to spinal meningitis, ending a short period of poor health for the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Jackman.
Special Correspondence reports Dan Nichols faces three horse stealing charges in Dillon. He pleads not guilty to all, bail set at 1000, hearings slated for the 25th and 27th before Justices Rich and Vermillion. Deputy Staudaher’s shop sale to Charles Deputy announced.
Four Billings Chinatown merchants seek to visit relatives in China. Justice Mann drafts the required papers. merchants may visit and return with proper documents. A laborer must prove $1,000 in property or debt. Papers go to coast inspector for merit review.
Havre council last evening passed first reading of an ordinance to sell bonds for water and sewerage systems. A tower for the fire hall was planned with bids to be advertised. An underground crossing under Great Northern tracks at Bull Hook creek was ordered, with most labor supplied by the railroad. Cost to the city set at 49.95 dollars. Street crossings were ordered and water testing accelerated to have the plant installed before winter.
Under Sheriff Baylea lost prisoner F C Arleigh during jail security check. Arleigh, charged with horse theft, had escaped two weeks earlier by crawling through a roof hole and using a bed quilt rope. He fled again while officers were nearby and was found hours later at a south side residence after a colored informant identified him.
Trustees of the state school for the deaf and blind met the state architect to open bids for a new power house to serve the school and the feeble minded. The bids were rejected and the board will seek new bids with revised specifications for construction next year.
Philipsburg reports W O Clymo and Conn Finn of Butte conducting expert examination of the Antelope mines about miles south of town. It is said California men have offered $230.00 for the Antelope property.
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