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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
12
A forest campaign fights the Dendroctonus beetle across the Hig Hole lodge pole forest. Three hundred crew, four camps, and plans to destroy or peel 2,400,000 feet of timber before July 20, with burns and bark removal to stop beetle spread.
Local items note morning IHL at Dante Martland home 120 East Second Street Butte. City residents seen including John Daly Mrs James Billapatrick TJ Roe of Anaconda and many visitors. Broadway ads list rental rooms pianos and wines at the Mint. Daily social notes report visits, business calls, hospital care, and upcoming club events plus a Dewey Day dance by the Spanish War Veterans and a Reel theater bill featuring Huntress The Mining Ordeal Street Cleaning and Terrible Turk with Animated Verse and orchestra.
Two men identified as Wes Gheaty and Reed Seue Shep were convicted of stealing wire from the Butte Anaconda and Pacific railroad to aid trolley electrification. They received 18 month penitentiary terms after declining attorney representation. The case highlighted plans to dispose of the stolen wire in Butte. A divorce by default was noted for Mrs Campbell, with related probate items and civil calendar entries listed.
Fannie K Sperry of Beartooth, known as a broncho buster, wed Wallace S Steele of Deer Lodge in Calgary Stampede fashion. The ceremony occurred at relatives’ Diamond block apartments, officiated by Rev James F Me Mee. The couple will reside on Steele’s ranch near Deer Lodge.
A youths baseball league proposal aims to limit teams to under 18, with business men backing the effort and a hat fund drive. Meanwhile, a sale of unclaimed men’s suits offers items at half price as auxiliary support. The article also notes the death of Joby Charles Daly of Ana, a well regarded local figure, after a illness and hospital stay in Butte, with his funeral arranging details incomplete.
A fragmented list from Muller’s Cash Grocery shows assorted grocery items with prices and quantities including big A four Muller's Hest, Van Camp's canned goods, napkins, toilet paper, mustard, pretzels, macaroni, and grape juice trust size. The text presents per can prices and pack counts, rough totals, and a mix of brand names and generic items.
President Fairbanks urged Congress that the United States has a moral duty to admit ships of other nations to the Panama Canal on the same terms as American vessels. He argued for non-discrimination and cited maritime policy debates, warning against excessive fear of foreign invasion while promoting peace and national duty.
A report details Governor Johnson’s remarks on California’s Florin district in the Florin valley. The visit covered a 3 square mile area with 1,300 Japanese farmers and 4s Americans, discussing grape and berry industries, factory ownership, and labor conditions. The school tour showed a first grade with 22 Japanese children and 90 American pupils amid pictures of Washington and Lincoln.
The text notes that among the pupils were several aged 14 and that the group was so large that desks were in short supply, highlighting crowding and infrastructure strain in the schooling setting.
President Wilson messages Governor Johnson on the proposed Webb bill to restrict alien land ownership. California lawmakers face court appeals over treaty rights as negotiations with Japan loom after Bryan’s return.
Wellesley Mass May Day revels featured 1200 students in costume. Seniors dressed as Deachwomen and boys and girls of various periods scoured statues and grounds. The day culminated with the Maypole dance and Edith F Jones of Los Angeles crowned freshman president as Queen of the May.
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