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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1911
Page
16
The text notes thirteen years have passed since crews placed remains in a rude enclosure on Key West Island. It argues the mainmast should be carefully transferred to a national cemetery and set as a visible sign of remembrance for the Maine, with recovered bodies reinterred where the monument will stand in the national cemetery.
The discourse notes a strong Senate vote for reciprocity despite recent forecasts and a taftian appeal. A New York speech is cited where President Taft urged passage of the bill, repeating the phrase the bill and nothing but the bill. The passage signals political momentum toward the tariff measure.
Montana senator Myers says he will not vote to reduce wool duties until the tariff board completes its data. He expects a report soon and notes the House may press hearings and votes, with the Senate awaiting the board’s full findings before acting in the special session. He doubts any immediate passage unless empowered by data and party pressure.
Daily and Sunday, per month one dollar. Daily and Sunday, one year if paid in advance. Sunday Standard, one year. Main Office Standard Block, Anaconda. Business Office telephone numbers and independent lines referenced. No. 115 Factorial Rooms and rel phone details appear.
A cluttered listing shows various news and advertising agencies and office addresses across the United States and Canada. It names Bell and Independent phone numbers, managers, and multiple city offices including New York Chicago Philadelphia Cincinnati Detroit Indianapolis St. Paul Minneapolis Kansas City San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland Vancouver and Anaconda Montana. All general correspondence goes to the Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana.
Monday June 1 1911 discussion considers amending the Sherman act or replacing it with new legislation. Taft and Roosevelt voices are cited on the need for a modern approach and potential federal incorporation reforms. Many experts favor replacing the Sherman act with a statute better suited to current conditions.
The belief grows that no definitive finding will come from inspecting the old battleship Maine hull though some naval engineers say conclusions may not be entirely impossible. A pumping plan proceeds while a collier heads to Havana to load the Maine mainmast for Arlington and to carry any recovered bodies to the national burying ground.
The piece notes rising public interest in highway improvements across the United States. It cites Logan W. Page on expenditures rising from about 80 million to 140 million, New York leading with a 50 million highway plan and 12 million additional funds, and several states building long new roads with state aid. Montana is urged to prepare for statewide policy in the next legislature.
President Taft pushes a reciprocity bill with heavy effort and reliance on party support. Polls show varied Senate splits across Democrats and Republicans, with regional stances noted for Oregon Washington Idaho Montana and others. Media coverage suggests broad newspaper support despite debates over rural farmer interests.
The Kalispell Inter Lake notes the Flathead lake Chaautauqua opening is postponed for a year. It urges patience, cites Montana as a potential site, and says a summer gathering here would need rail links and time to perfect preliminaries before realization. The project, the piece asserts, will eventually become a reality.
Forsyth editorial argues the rural youth gains strength and education from farm life, contrasting with city life’s distractions. It advocates teaching country children about their surroundings, valuing time, and seeking balanced opportunities for study and recreation as a tide of change approaches.
Kalispell prepares a new Catholic church with interiors being decorated by F C Daly. Stained glass windows will be installed before massive altars and pews. Bishop Carroll, currently in Rome, is expected to dedicate the church in July, as the old church proves inadequate for the growing congregation.
The Silver State notes the Deer Lodge Valley fields of hay and grain demonstrating agricultural potential. The piece urges intensive farming and cultivation of beach lands to drive Deer Lodge’s growth and prosperity, claiming land buyers now will become wealthy citizens in years to come.
George Sears delivered well formed crabapples from Solbegger’s orchard west of town. The fruit was mature and normal. Solbegger reports an average $75 per large tree in fruit, implying about $2,000 yearly per acre at proportional yield.
Rains grant favorable conditions for Bitter Root valley with thriving trees and vegetation promising a profitable harvest though not as advanced as prior seasons. The Musselshell region is cited humorously by the Hedges Herald noting dandelions as a sign of civilization linked to Milwaukee.
In Missoulian notes the weather man may be asked to keep sunny conditions longer so the county can finish exhibit A for the good roads convention, highlighting a practical request tied to outdoor preparations and fair visibility.
From the St Louis Republic, ex slave Leon Scott, longtime household servant of the late Capt C N Schuyler, is the sole mourner at Mrs Schuyler’s funeral. The will leaves the family silver to Scott, who says he served for nearly 40 years and kept the Missus and children safe in hardship.
From the Batavia News engineers of old wood burning locomotives would be surprised to see modern trains at the Jackson street crossing. A single locomotive pulls 101 empty gondolas westward and earlier in the week another train with 134 gondolas passed west. The longer train measures about 5,360 feet, over a mile in length.
A mass meeting in Juarez protests employing Mexican federals in the post office and customs house. Insurrecto officials say ex-federales should seek other work, while for now old employees are kept to ensure business runs smoothly. Around Torreon, troops are being discharged with bonuses and allowed to keep horses, plus a peso daily for service.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Missoula June 11 The annual log drive of the Big Blackfoot Lumber company completed today with 25,000,000 feet of logs shipped 75 miles down the river. Logs were sluiced through Cedar and Salmon lakes with delays from west winds. The drive ended a season long with 259 men laid off as upper Blackfoot camps closed. The recent logs joined 10,000,000 feet left in Bonner pond to meet the mills season run. operations resume at full capacity.
St Louis June 11. Dr G Chaddock of City Hospital reports a method to detect skull fractures by tickling the ankle and toes turning up ward. In 276 cases the test succeeded where traditional head rubbing failed, locating a spot an inch above the sole on the inside ankle. He cites Babinsky as preceding this approach.
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