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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1905
Page
2
Great Falls sees a state land sale on June 29 offering about 45 000 acres of prime grazing land. Leases target competition from large Northern Montana sheep outfits and small farmers, with minimum rents from 6 to 21 cents per acre and possible rises to 50 cents.
Spokane witnesses a visit by J. P. O'Brien general manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company W. E. Coman general freight and passenger manager of the Southern Pacific in Oregon P C Stohr assistant traffic director of the Harriman lines and other leaders. They aim to arrange joint terminals with the Spokane and International road linking to the Canadian Pacific A site near the old O N depot is reported secured and the earlier Great Northern union depot plan is said to be abandoned.
The government dry dock built by Maryland Steel at Sparrow's Point was floated today and will be towed to Manila. Miss Endicott christened the vessel Dewey, the largest floating dock in the world with a 24 500 ton lifting capacity and a cost of 1 125 000 dollars. It required 500 men to build and includes quarters telephones and ventilation. It will be located at Cavite.
The loggers' combine issues a new price list effective July 1 raising prices by 50 cents to 1 dollar per thousand feet over June 1 rates. The boost reflects reduced surplus from 155 million to under 20 million feet as output is curtailed. The 59 cent rise covers ordinary grades while the full dollar applies to longer lengths becoming scarcer.
British minister to Morocco Gerald A. Lowther held a private hour long audience with the sultan in Fez on Wednesday. The exchange was cordial though the sherifian ruler’s mood differed from the official reception, with hopes for direct Franco German talks to avert a prolonged diplomatic clash.
A blaze at the New York and Brooklyn Casket Company in Williamsburg swept through adjacent structures including the six story tin factory of Voegel and Bro. The fire damaged nearly every building in the block bounded by Withe Kent and South Ninth and South Tenth streets. Ninety families were left homeless. Total losses estimated at 300000 dollars.
The board rejected two bids totaling $11,000 and stipulating within two years the removal of the old building and construction of a modern business structure on the site.
A special term of the district court in Dillon reviewed water use disputes in Blacktail and Horse Prairie creeks. Judge Callaway found Poindexter & Orr Livestock not guilty of overuse, while Jules Guya's suit against Nels Nelson concerned Meaine Lodge creek. Water levels are unusually low, signaling more litigation ahead.
F M Shaw promoter returns from an eastern trip with aims to secure favorable shipment rates for factory materials and future output. Burlington and Northern Pacific executives express cautious optimism while J B Kilbey and Charles Boettcher prepare to finalize start details and site selection.
Associate Justice George R Milburn grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias arrived in Dillon for his first official visit to Occident lodge No 8. Secretary of State A N Yoder and Hon Jacob Loeb of Helena are expected tonight for the reception and banquet. Loeb grand keeper of the records and seal will also visit.
The Buffalo Montana company filed a trust deed with the county clerk conveying the War Eagle New World and Huston mining claims and the Greely and Great Re public mill sites in the New World mining district plus several lots in Yoke City. The deed provides for a loan of 800000 and issue of bond certificates for 10 20 750 and 100 bearing interest at 6 per cent payable in two years.
In Billings an elderly resident Thomas Shevlin at 3 AM sought jail protection, claiming a killer pursues him. He had barricaded himself in his home for days with a rifle, prompting plans to remove him this afternoon. An inquiry into his sanity will follow.
The Sec ond Regiment band of Red Lodge and the Finnish Singing Society will travel to Butte to perform two or three concerts and join the Western Federation of Miners parade. They depart tomorrow for the engagement.
A vintage health claim touts natural beauty and vitality with plain language on improving appearance and vigor. It presents a device free approach and promises a universally successful medicine to purify blood and regulate stomach function.
Washington release shows winter wheat at 85.5 conditions. Spring wheat acreage up 2.8 percent to 17,613,000 compared with last year. Oats condition 92.9 versus 98.2 last year. Barley 93.7, rye 93.6, with other grain figures referenced.
Chauncey Dewey, previously acquitted of murder in the Berry family range feud, has been acquitted by the Masonic lodge in Smith Center Kansas. Charges of un-Masonic conduct were brought against him due to the Berry case.
Billinge June 10 two bids were on file for the old courthouse property after the county moved to a new building. Yeen brothers bid 8805 dollars and the First National Bank submitted a bid.
Citizens of Red Lodge and Billings press resolution asking Senators Carter and Clark and Representative Dixon to back a wagon road from Red Lodge over the Beartooth range to Yellowstone. The plan highlights scenic valleys, lakes, glaciers, and a shorter eastern route with a government highway connecting Red Lodge to Wonderland.
Red Lodge plans a grand Fourth of July with Carbon county on track for the largest crowd yet. The general committee reports 1500 dollars secured for the program, soon to be allocated to events and amusements.
The Bannatyne oil well 30 miles northwest of Great Falls reached 950 feet with a mixture of soft shale and fine sand showed oil on every sample. The driller expects a strike within a week but may need to reach 2,000 feet to confirm a flowing well or locate the right spot.
The weekly report shows Loans at $1,089,520,900 a drop of $11,644,900. Circulation rises to $46,575,000 while Legal Tender falls to $83,293,000. Specie increases to $205,442,700 and Reserve grows to $290,785,700. Reserve required falls to $280,958,200 with a surplus of $9,827,500. Excess U S deposits rise to $13,010,425.
R E Ogelby of Columbus, in Billings for abscess treatment, attacked homes at night trying to break in. Police took him to the city jail where doctors diagnosed temporary insanity due to the intense pain. No charges were filed.
G W Roberts buying horses near Laurin and Alder for the United States Philippine service shipped two carloads to Seattle on Thursday. Yellowstone Park Transportation Co sent two cars to Gardiner from Sheridan. Thuet Bros of South St Paul shipped one car from Twin Bridges Thursday.
Washington June 9 Secretary Taft names Ezra A Carman as chairman of the Chickamauga Military Park association to succeed the late V Boynton.
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