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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1906
Page
20
The Western Montana office of the Standard is located at 130 Higgins Avenue Missoula. Advertising rates are available on application.
Extensive Hughes creek placer ground in Missoula area eyed by Supreme Gold company of Kansas City. Officers will inspect the property, plan dredger work producing 2 000 cubic yards daily, and invest in three more dredgers to expand mining.
Gibsland Louisiana June 3 Allen Turner a Young negro was arrested at Arcadia charged with attempting to assault Mrs James Barron at her Bienville parish home After the attempt Turner fled to his mothers home where posses pursued him He refused to come out and the posse fired killing the negros mother Turner was captured and turned over to an officer who landed him in jail Mob violence is threatened.
A sensational warning about bucket shop schemes that drain $100 million annually from small wage earners. The article accuses brokers and newspapers of aiding the scam, noting one third goes to the sharks and the rest to partners in standing telegraph and telephone firms. Teague's fact stories in Everybody's fortune are urged.
A Montana Agricultural College notice from Bozeman outlines extensive pest studies for sugar beets. The Montana Agricultural Experiment Station asks growers to send insect samples and notes that many pests may appear, with guidance on packaging and postage for mailed specimens.
The University of Montana selects a junior board to compile the Sentinel yearbook. Charles P. Cotter serves as editor in chief with Cora Averill Clarissa Spencer Frances Nueckells Carrie Hardenburgh as editors and others for local, literary, athletic duties.
In Missoula on June 3 the Woodmen of the World held memorial services at the graveyard after a weather delay. The program featured the unveiling of a monument for R. M Van Orsdall, with music, readings, and a dedication address by S. G. Murray. Members laid flowers on five additional graves.
Omaha reports a small fire at Hayden Bros department store Sixteenth and Dodge causing extensive stock loss about $325000 after sprinkler flooding. Fifteen firemen and a police surgeon suffocated by gases but survived. Separate item notes Don Beachey escaped with minor injuries when airship car frame collapsed during trial flight in California.
Missoula June 3 An event of great interest to university men and friends follows the granting of a charter of the Sigma Chi fraternity to the local Eta Phi Mu chapter. The chapter has progressed rapidly since January 1908 under Prof. Sibley and President Craig, with plans to build a new fraternity house and join Sigma Chi as Beta Delta. The article notes Sigma Chi’s long heritage and battlefield ties, listing prominent Montana members and eligible Eta Phi Mu leaders for the new chapter.
Undergraduates Blue River confronts internal division as campus factions debate demonstrations and protest tactics amid student government debates and faculty calls for orderly conduct on campus.
At Montana field on June 6 1906 undergraduates issue a challenge to the faculty and 1906 graduates to a baseball game to settle bragging rights as frosty debate over abolition of the U S Senate swirls in Wisconsin politics from a state convention.
Men interviewed after the posting of the move said they would accent the challenge and demonstrate their science at the game. The student body expects an interesting contest at the school.
J A Cassatt returns to Hav erford Pa after Europe to witness board inquiry into alleged bribes paid by coal operators. He asserts no favoritism in rates and promises exhaustive investigation, while noting officers might own coal stocks but urging practical rules to prevent conflicts. He defends management as honest and praises past actions against rebates and political influence.
The two parties battle over large vested interests as they seek popular support. They warn that pursuing this course longer could erode confidence, suspend improvements, and bog down business, harming the country's overall mood and economy.
New Haven, June 3. Advance guard of Knights delegates arrives to choose next year’s convention site Denver Detroit Chicago or Jamestown Va and elect four national directors. Four life members of the national council to lose voting rights on insurance matters. California envoy Joseph Scott will seek aid for stricken San Francisco Knights.
Mrs Clara Macaules drove 22 miles to reach a physician with her two burned boys after an explosion at a ranch barn. The brothers, 21 and younger, suffered severe facial and hand burns but eye sight may be saved. They were treated at 889 Mast Broadway by Dr H I Wells.
Last night a large crowd gathered at Columbia Gardens for dancing but the electric lights were off after a storm damaged a power line. Candles provided the dim illumination as revelers enjoyed the evening.
Sanguinary encounters between workmen of the Polish national and socialist parties occur daily in Lodz. One man was shot and killed and five mortally wounded yesterday. A waiter strike leads to coffee houses, restaurants, and markets remaining closed.
On a threat of British warships to bombard them the Moors have desisted in their attack on the British steamer Craighall from Cardiff for Savona which is ashore off Point Ceres.
Ventura California reports apricot pits priced at 15 dollars per ton this season. The note records a market level for growers and traders in the local area.
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