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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1910
Page
19
The state editor argues voters favor the better man over strict party lines and warns against abolishing party structures. It notes rising railway profits and dividends, suggesting railroads should absorb higher labor costs with smaller gains rather than raising rates.
The Forsyth Times Journal recalls a shift in tone toward farmers. It notes the old insult of calling someone a farmer has faded as farmers gain status, buy autos, and move beyond rural stereotype.
The Great Falls Leader reports Congress moves to end telegraph and telephone franks in a railroad bill. Special night press dispatch rates are allowed, but passes for telegraph and telephone are banned with fines from one to two thousand dollars for violations. The piece notes the shift toward eliminating freebies.
Morning dispatches report President Taft and railway presidents reaching a settlement in which railways promise not to raise rates if government injunction suits are dismissed. Observers say Taft’s bargaining yields action, while noting injunctions can hurt both corporations and workers.
The Miles City Independent argues the democrats in the current tariff session show it is impossible for Folk to unite his party on a revenue only tariff. It adds Bryan’s 1900 experience suggests Folk cannot push surrender of colonial spoils. It concludes Folk must design more appealing issues to gain popular traction.
In Stevensville Northwest Tribune notes Mayor Gaynor of New York as the sourest lemon to Tammany. He now insists that city officials of all kinds and persuasions shall earn their salaries.
Billings Gazette reports shippers welcome discussion as railroads claim higher rates are needed unless they are permitted to raise prices. The piece notes the tension between shippers and carriers amid regulatory scrutiny.
About 150 Butte businessmen and 35 members of the Boston and Montana band will visit Virginia City on Sunday June 19 to tour historic sites. A mass meeting set up transportation and entertainment committees to arrange rides from Alder and to provide entertainment for the visitors despite a shortage of autos.
St Pauls Piling Memorial Episcopal church of this city will get a bungalow style rectory on the northwest corner of Broadway and Idaho street. The $3500 structure will sit on a high stone foundation with a possible future basement. Builders are local, construction starts at once, occupancy planned by September. The fund shortfall of about $500 may be bridged by subscriptions before completion.
A Pony Express note laments excessive press agent hoopla around Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson. It predicts most Americans will be glad when the Fourth of July passes and the campaign chatter ends, calling the coverage monotonous.
The Kalispell Inter Lake notes the regular annual appearance of a new geyser in Yellowstone Park just before the tourist season, a stable pattern observers have come to expect each year. The piece highlights the predictable timing and novelty of these natural demonstrations.
Rain brings relief to dry farmers and sparks renewed interest in Yellowstone county good roads. Farmers commute through mud to town and envision reliable routes usable in wet weather.
The Sidney Herald notes widespread visible improvements across the village including new roofs barns and fences signaling a general uplift in thrift enterprise and progress. Citizens are urged to join the momentum and boost local business.
The Fergus County Democrat notes the national congress of mothers will convene in Denver this week. Attendance would be higher if not for thousands of mothers conducting their own congresses in their nurseries.
M. H. Parker, president, and Sadie Maguire, secretary, travel south to spend time with an aunt. Mr and Mrs Joseph O Connor of Moravia New York honeymooning stop in Boulder en route to visit cousin M F Quinn in the valley.
A fragmented classifieds page lists for sale items including white steam automobile, rubber tired buggy, gas ranges, and multiple room furniture sets with several addresses in Butte. Also notes lost driving horse near Anaconda with reward, cosmetics and parlors, short orders, and various services in Butte such as electro vapor baths, circles, and dye house listings.
Senator Lorimer says he is attending strictly to his banking business and that if half the charges against him are proved, his public duties in the future will not interfere with his financial plans.
Column mocks Americans who travel to Nicaragua causing trouble and face government action. The piece argues Uncle Sam offers limited sympathy to foreigners who seek trouble abroad and face authorities.
The Madison County Monitor notes that Kermit Roosevelt will enroll at Harvard and, after joining a fraternity or two, decide that hunting wild beasts in Africa is a tame sport.
The Great Falls Leader argues Butte lacks civic pride and overreacts to imagined calamities. It calls for more focus on current positive developments and a cleanup of the “Ancient and Deplorable Order of the Worry Boys” among local troubles.
Virginia City reports Frank Burger a Madison valley man released on a $1000 cash bond for horse stealing jumped bond and died in Spokane from injuries after being run over by an automobile. Ed Mc Dougall says Burger was struck May 28 and died a few days later from broken legs and internal injuries.
Special correspondent reports Joe Stier, wandering insane, taken to Virginia City. Henry Nolte’s son injured and paralyzed from a shooting incident. Ernest Nyhart injured when a wagon ran over him on McCarthy mountain. Sheep shearing begins at Darnitter ranch and Trout creek, Lauterbach ranch. buyers absent and wool likely to be stored or consigned.
Boulder June 11. Little talk of a Fourth celebration this year unless Basin provides amusement features. Arc Light dance postponed from May 19 to June 17 aims to attract attendees and raise funds for purchasing are rights for main streets. Louis Bartholomew at the state school ranch bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake but saved by prompt antidote treatment. Elsie Halford returns from Logan after teaching nine months. Irene Shope departs for Mis- souri.
A 3x5 feet all wool bunting flag is offered free to Standard subscribers who pay $10 in advance for one year. The promotion targets Flag Day on June 14 and urges readers to secure the gift.
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