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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1919
Page
2
A state executive urges using force account to fund road projects and put workers to work while noting the $6 a day cap for man and team is inadequate given current feed costs. The piece discusses constitutional limits on appropriations, recent court rulings, and a proposed one week special session with minimal staff and a $25,000 cost.
Paul Johnson, an inmate at the Warm Springs state insane asylum, escaped yesterday afternoon and headed toward Butte. He was committed to the state penitentiary years ago and later sent to the asylum. two years remained on his sentence when committed. Butte officers conduct a systematic search.
July 17. Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, urged a permanent federal employment service before joint sessions of the house and senate labor committees. He said 36 to 40 percent of coal miners are out of work due to stockpiles and there is unemployment in the building trades.
A state report accuses six Butte commission merchants of profiteering during the war, using a Harvard style scheme to inflate profits on perishables. Coal talks hint at possible $5 to $6/ton rises, while local dealers note only two brands increased, urging stockpiling to avert late shortages.
Americus Ga July 17 Sergeant Barton Gates of Flushing Long Island was killed during an aerial circus at Southerfield He flew upside down when his life belt failed and fell 2000 feet to the ground as his aircraft crashed nearly a mile away.
General John J. Pershing, visiting London with American troops, was hosted by King George and Mary at a luncheon today at Buckingham Palace, marking a notable royal greeting during the visit.
Paris July 17 The interallied council refused Italy's demand to transfer Austrian concessions at Tlentein in China to Italy, signaling a setback for Rome in the talks.
Mrs Elizabeth W Smith has returned from California to Butte to assume charge of the millinery department succeeding Miss Hammer who left for Tacoma. Smith previously headed Symons store millinery workrooms for six years before starting her own business. She will handle buying and sales in addition to workrooms and plans a six week buying trip to New York and eastern centers to bring back fall designs.
Silver Bow county totals rise from 53,000,000 in 1918 to 121,590,160 in 1919 as new law shifts to actual valuation. City property lists at 91,954,750 with overall personal property 62,081,910 and real property 58,947,250. Enormous mining net proceeds drop 11,400,000 from 1918 due to postwar curtailment, while city lots lead the valuation at 29,679,895.
SEATTLE July 11 Indorsement of Senator Poindexter’s candidacy was voiced by Senator Jones who spoke before the Young Republican Club praising Poindexter for pres ent on the Republican ticket. Jones discussed ratification of the treaty of peace with reservations in the league covenant and said he could vote for it on return to Washington. The remarks about Shantung drew cheers from a delegation of Chinese led by local consul Goon Dip.
Herman McCain of Great Falls arrived in Butte with 1500 head of ewes and lambs loaded at Havre for Southern Idaho. He said this marks a large wave of shipments from northern counties as wool growers seek pasture points outside the state. He warned there will be little feed this fall and urged moving stock.
From Boise to Great Falls, firefighters race to combat wind driven blazes across Southern Idaho and neighboring forests. Officials report 50,000 acres burned and thousands more at risk as crews flood in from Spokane and other cities to battle fires near Priest River Kellogg and Clarkia while the Mullan Trail shuts to tourist travel.
A vast forest fire belt roared across western Montana fanned by southerly winds. Lolo Mountain near Missoula burned fiercely as trains along the Milwaukee route faced smoke and heat, while flames near Alberton destroyed a band of 1700 sheep. Reports from Philipsburg and Drummond noted smaller fires, with fears of heavy damage and endangered small towns along the fire front.
Evening air cleared after three small fires near Wisdom were sighted on Johnson creek Twin lake and Fish Trap. Blazes were minor with no impact on the large Lolo district fires. Winds eased late afternoon as Drummond conditions returned to normal and Maree cabins along Brown's gulch near Butte were reported destroyed. Origin unknown and the fire under control last night.
Remains of Sam aged 2 to be moved Sunday from Shermai Regulation to Ewedin Fish Pemperance Hall at 37 East Gates Street, where the funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
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