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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1920
Page
8
Editorial notes that Of 17 markets inspected by City Food Inspector Stevenson last week all were clean to near perfect grades. He reports 100 percent purity in one and 91 to 98 percent in others while warning some filthy lucre enters markets but cleanliness remains vital to meat trade health.
A city council move on March 17 to introduce daylight saving stirs broad public opinion in Butte. Miners, butchers and various trades favor the plan for longer evening hours, while a few oppose or warn of timekeeping confusion. Sources from Murphy the butcher to Dr Gris discuss the potential benefits and objections amid a lively street debate.
A discussion of time zone boundaries from 2 percent to 127 percent west longitude notes five zones Eastern Central Mountain Pacific and the effect of center meridians on standard and mean time. It uses Butte at 113 degrees west to illustrate railroad time changes and daylight saving.
In Gospić Croatia about thousand Croatians who left Pittsburg and Gary to fight for their homeland are stranded with no way to return to America. They seek aid from an American Red Cross medical unit and hope labor department intervention. Many such workers across Croatia lack funds food and clothing. The colony’s privations include ruined land closures and theft of livestock. old uniforms are tattered and fear of being recalled to war leaves them near naked.
Washington operators warned the industry may suffer if the coal commission majority award is enforced. They said mine profits in Washington state do not cover a 25 percent wage increase and some mines are losing money paying the 14 percent temporary rise. In Kentucky a tornado near Dry Ridge injures forty people, including thirty schoolchildren, with no fatalities and about 50 000 dollars in damage.
A weekly report by city food inspector Margaret Rozsa finds 37 cafes bakeries and stores rated highly. One candy salesroom reached 100 percent, while most groceries scored above 90 percent. The list names numerous grocers fruit stores and eateries along East Park Park Avenue and South Main with several market and confectionery entries.
Dr. G H Stevenson, city meat inspector, reports strongest week for city meat markets with four ratings at 100 percent and only one at 91 percent. Markets listed include Brophy’s Fischer Hennessy company Lutey’s National and others on North Main and West Park streets. In Mexico, Boward Filmore and Herman Sidway are held by Hermosillo authorities per Northern Sonora Carranza secret service chief Roberto Carrillo.
Representatives of the Pittock Leadbetter interests in Clark county offered today to the Vancouver city council that the city vacate a street if a large pulp and paper plant is built. The conditional proposal centers on site development and municipal infrastructure tied to the mill project.
Spokane officials plan to list Montana oil company securities on the local stock exchange. An executive committee representative will visit Montana to study major oil concerns as the exchange expands beyond mining and Liberty bonds.
The American steamship Bala Bac, owned by the United States Shipping Board, was destroyed by fire early today at the Port of Said Trinidad. The cargo had been discharged and she awaited orders after grounding off the Venezuelan coast and needing repairs.
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