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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1909
Page
12
The Anaconda Standard lists publication details including publishers and pricing plans, with main and branch offices in Anaconda Butte Missoula and other cities. It provides contact methods and notes standard distribution points across major cities.
Editorial comment in the Washington Star notes Taft's consultation with Speaker Cannon and senate leaders on the date for a possible extra session. It contrasts D C readers who view Roosevelt as unpopular with national sentiment, suggesting a shift in attitudes as Taft acts to summon Congress.
The article surveys Theodore Roosevelts presidency, praising his Panama Canal push and world voyage while critiquing the long term impact. It credits him with irrigation and forestry policy gains, inland waters and conservation efforts, and regulation of big corporations, noting Montana’s irrigation hopes aligned with his support. It also questions temperament and temperament in handling interstate trade and corporate power.
The press agent idea spreads with cities adopting publicity bureaus. Spokane spends thousands yearly promoting itself, yielding claimed high returns. Buffalo plans a $100000 annual fund for five years and will host school talks to inspire the next generation.
The piece urges advertisers to know a city’s history and products, not just their own business. It stresses the value of informed citizens and dialog about current events, with teachers and locals sharing knowledge to prepare for the future.
The Kansas City Times argues Taft aims to clear the law and reform judicial processes, challenging lawyers and legal administration. It questions whether educated lawyers can outperform other professionals in law making and administration, warning that precedent may favor the lawyers' trust over practical reform.
The piece critiques a proposed New York bill allowing water wagons as common carriers with seats and safety while mocking provisions for former drunks to ride free. It contrasts with a stronger Kansas law that mandates onboard physicians, druggists, and restraints to protect passengers as a progressive reform debate unfolds.
Special correspondence reports a successful Twin Bridges school program directed by Professor Williamson with Miss Batterton and Mrs Williamson. Other items mention a wagon accident injuries, water rights official appointed, teachers exams in Madison County, a ranch auction near Sheridan, and residents traveling to Helena, Laurin, and Butte.
The report notes twelve senators and seventy-seven representatives not returning to voters as the Sixty-first Congress nears its March 15 session. Veterans include Teller of Colorado, Platt of New York, Hepburn of Iowa, and Bourke Cochran of New York, with several others from various states set to retire.
The Atlantic piece quotes M. Cameron Forbes, Philippine vice governor, listing reforms: separation of church and state with church lands managed for tenants, sound finances and new auditing, self supporting civil administration, coast charting with U.S. help, a gold standard currency, mass schooling, road and public works, durable public buildings, and autonomous local government. Health gains include centralized leper care, widespread vaccination, and controlled bubonic plague and cholera threats.
Frederic J. Haskin surveys child labor in the United States, noting just over 22 500 youths under 15 employed in farms, factories, and services. He discusses regional patterns, laws, and reform efforts, with a call for education and protective measures as child workers rise across states and seek better futures.
A London detective notes burglars obtain tools by paying skilled mechanics to craft or alter them. Tools for safe cracking are made by respected tradesmen who keep quiet, with rare known shops in the east end. One case involved an escaped convict who supervised drills for safe cracking before arrest.
Spokane correspondent outlines Richard A Ballinger’s frontier youth from a Kansas cattle country rider to Seattle mayor and reform administrator. He recalls long rides, rattlesnakes, a bronco throw, schooling at Kansas and Washburn, and his rise toWilllam college classmate James Garfield and eventual appointment to Tafts cabinet.
The article recalls slavery in Westchester from 1698 shipments from Guinea to Rye under Frederick Philipse. It notes debates in 1767 at the Quarterly Meeting, a 1779 shift to freedom among Friends, two settlements near Bedford and White Plains, and nationwide emancipation in New York on July 4, 1827.
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