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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1920
Page
9
June rainfall in Musselshell county nears five inches fueling farmer and merchant optimism for a repeat of the 1915 crop boom. Rye wheat oats and hay show strong growth with hail policies reducing risk. grass is abundant and hay will be plentiful. Corn ripens slowly but looks strong despite reduced acreage from last fall.
Capt J L Tucker of Helena visited Roundup to promote a local National Guard company. S W Egelston of Roundup named captain for Company B, recalling service on the Mexican border and with the 163d infantry in World War I. A minimum of 40 men needed. a meeting is set for Monday night to gauge interest.
A $3 million cargo of South African gold, consigned to Kuhn Loeb & Co., is aboard the steamer Mauretania and set to dock in New York today. The metal was purchased in the London open market last week.
Broad water post of the American Legion chose Attorney Frank T. Hooks and John F. Connors as delegates to the state convention at Livingston. Thirty men, formerly in the army of occupation in Germany, attended. Plans for Fourth of July events with the county commercial club were finalized. The post, with 80 members, works to furnish its new Broadway headquarters with pool and billiard tables reading stands writing desks card tables and a shower.
YT D Butterfield leaves Dillon for his campaign for state auditor. He will visit the Beaverhead valley then the Bitter Root towns of Hamilton Philipsburg and Missoula. He plans to return to Butte around July 6.
Bread stuffs exported in May reached 99.6 million dollars, about 3 million more than a year earlier. Meat and dairy exports fell to 51 million dollars, down 42 million from May 1919. Cotton shipments totaled 364,904 bales, 79,814 bales less than May 1919. Mineral oilsExports near 264.2 million gallons, up from 175.3 million a year ago.
Demonstrations against food prices spread across Germany with unrest in several cities. In Bremen shops were looted and police arrested 50 people as disorder intensified.
Statement notes the current enslaved population in Africa likely surpasses 300,000, reflecting ongoing human rights concerns. The remark highlights a persistent, regional abuses despite international efforts to abolish slavery and protect fundamental freedoms.
Billings reports indicate Montana may soon add radium to its natural resources. Ralph Ross A T Hanfard and L A Rutledge of Billings cite affirmative assay reports from Ledoux Co New York on ore described as containing uranium and pitchblende. Tests by Pittsfield Mining Co here echo the potential presence near Springdale Calcite field with several favorable indications.
Paul Stahl of Dillon reports roads in good condition while en route to Monida. Mrs. Fred Rothas returns to Pocatello after a visit. daughter Elizabeth stays through vacation. W J Ingling of Pocatello master mechanic visits. C C Thornton travels from Dillon on tank erection business. Joe Cook of Dell visits friends. Mrs Otis Neal and children of Pocatello visit Lima.
Bozeman prepares a historic exhibit with four full grown gray wolves to be roped by cowboys at the roundup run August 5 to 7. Raised on a Sixteen Mile ranch, the animals stand nearly three feet tall and remain untamed. Prizes await ropers who can rope the wild predators as they are released one by one.
Townsend gears up for a big Fourth of July with Broadwater American Legion handling concessions to fund a Broadway home. County commissioners refurbished the fair grounds to host the gala event.
Helena June 26 David L Morgan county attorney of Deer Lodge county filed with the secretary of state his declaration of intention to seek the democratic nomination for judge of the Third judicial district which includes Deer Lodge Powell and Granite counties.
A disastrous cloudburst in Plainview Nebraska on June 26 flooded many houses with water three feet deep. Burlington railroad tracks near Osmond were washed out for about a thousand feet and several small stream bridges were carried away, disrupting transport and causing damage to infrastructure.
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