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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1909
Page
14
The Anaconda Standard lists offices and branch locations with contact numbers across multiple cities including Butte Missoula Spokane Seattle Portland and more. It notes the Standard Publishing Company as publishers and proprietors and gives subscription rates and office addresses for advertising and general correspondence.
The Chicago Tribune calls on Illinois residents to support pending measures to simplify court processes. Judges and lawyers back the reform as they push for faster, less technical procedures during a distracted legislative session in Springfield.
A London ministry tries to justify 175.7 million dollars in naval estimates for four dreadnoughts and several armored cruisers amid rising jingoism. The piece notes Berlin and Washington echoing the trend, while U.S. war bills soar to 526 million for the year and calls for income taxes and stamps to fund costly arms.
In London reports, the British fear German invasion grows as the press claims government missteps in naval expansion. The Kaiser’s battleships spark panic, driving costly debt and delaying decisive action while the public pressure shapes policy.
The Standard condemns Mayor Corby for failing to reduce Butte's debt since his 1905 inaugural pledge. It cites over 100000 warrants and 400000 in bonds, calling for a budget that matches revenues and endorses Charles P. Nevin as the capable successor.
An old-time remark recurs that Democrats are the minority in national politics yet often do the right thing late. The piece argues Speaker Cannon seized a Democratic loss of twenty-odd members in the previous week, rewarding allies and denying Clark, undermining the minority’s influence and aiding the Cannon-Payne-Dalzell faction.
The piece notes opposition leaders may face accountability in their districts though unlikely for several prominent figures. It reports Democrats who backed removing Speaker Cannon defend their actions while critics in the East and even some non Democratic papers show strong contempt for the move and its promoters.
A mass meeting in Dillon chaired by George R. Featherly, Beaverhead Sugar Beet Growers' Association president, discussed securing land along the Oregon Short Line from Melrose to Lima to support a beet factory. Farmers plan 150 acres this year and aim to prepare 900 more acres for next year, seeking to form a leasing company to finance 500 acres this year.
Snow fell across the Beaverhead valley all day and into the night, with an estimated 18 inches on the level. Temperatures stayed just below freezing, and officials do not expect livestock to be harmed by the storm.
Lewistown March 21 The First Methodist church of Lavina has filed articles of incorporation and will soon begin erecting a church structure.
Montana Senator Dixon urges a protective duty on antimony ore as Congress reviews tariff revisions. He argues current free ore imports let foreign labor undercut U.S. metal production, warns the industry relies on Cookson & Co. and offshore milling, and cites ore deposits across the Rocky Mountain states.
The Sun reports rising demand for high class Easter cards in New York as shops stock engravings by Francis Brundage and other English makers. Elaborate leaflets feature angels lilies and shells with gold and silver accents, while jewel and embossed leaflets showcase crosses, wreaths, and whimsical novelties. Prices range from two and a half to fifty cents for small designs and up to seventy-five cents for larger, ornate pieces.
In Virginia City on March 21 the Metzel will is read naming widow Mary Agnes Metzel executrix without bonds and setting administrator Frank S. Metzel as the estate is valued around 35 000 dollars. The will of H D Rossiter is filed for probate with executors Raymond W Rossiter and Mrs George F Weeks without bonds, estate valued between 50 000 and 100 000 dollars.
Dillon March 21 a movement to circulate a petition among Beaverhead valley citizens to protest the withdrawal of public lands along the Beaverhead river from entry and to forward it to Montana representatives in Washington. Dissatisfaction grows after late homestead entries on beach lands were denied by the land office.
The Kalispell Inter Lake lauds returning legislators as the best delegation the county has sent to Helena while noting the contrast with the poor overall performance of the state group.
An overview of early American tariff policy tracing post 1818 agitation for higher duties, key figures like Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, and the 1821 1824 tariff battles. It notes political maneuvering in Congress, editorial responses, and the shift toward a protective yet eventual free trade aim amid economic distress and international trade pressures.
A sparkproof locomotive stack designed to curb forest fires shows no sparks during Kentucky tests. Washington forestry officials urge New York to mandate railroads in the state to install the device. The stack traps embers at the pipe edge, diverting them down side chutes to the roadway below.
Women increasingly accept toilet preparations as legitimate aids to nature. Ready made products from America dominate over imported French lines, with complexion cream face powder soap and hair tonic the top items. The business has grown rapidly over the last decade and now operates widely beyond local markets.
Escalators, moving runways for waiters, are being adopted in foreign hotels before gaining traction in the United States. A Stockholm hotel first received one less than a year ago, followed by a Buenos Aires hotel, with others planned for Europe.
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