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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1925
Page
4
Regional planners propose surrounding the main city with multiple satellite cities each with own government recreation facilities schools and markets. The aim is to attract residents from the central area and gradually implement the long term plan through local organizations to educate and mobilize public support.
Dr. O B Whitford, one of Montana’s oldest pioneers, died at age 90 after a lifelong career spanning sixty years in the state and territory. He served miners and frontier communities with tireless care and integrity, shaping early Butte medical work and helping lay the commonwealth’s foundations.
A regional planning conference in New York urged decentralization to curb congestion. Speakers including the New York housing commission chief and Dr. Raymond Unwin warned that adding subways and widening streets worsens traffic. They foresee science and decentralization spreading production and communications beyond the center.
Canada experiences diverging trends in 1924 immigration with Eastern provinces attracting skilled workers and graduates while Western provinces lure American farmers. Ontario remains popular though the West gains footing. farm incomes rise to about 2000 to 2900 dollars per farm, reflecting prosperity and prompting talks of European limits. English-speaking settlers fetch higher land values than foreign communities, and postwar British Isles migration has not sustained Anglo-Saxon numbers, boosting Western appeal to U S farmers.
Federal study shows nearly 30 percent of endowments at major universities are in railway stocks and bonds. Stanford Harvard Yale Chicago Johns Hopkins Columbia Pennsylvania Princeton and Massachusetts Tech top the list with large rail investments. total value across 65 institutions is about 531.7 million, with 148.3 million in railway securities.
In a London speech last night Ambassador Houghton said the United States is reluctant to continue the Good Samaritan act as Europe faces crises, noting a harsh response when kindness is rejected.
A wartime-era commentary urges European nations to bear burden and avoid crowding each other into danger while seeking progress on a difficult path to East Street, implying U S aid should be limited if cooperation falters.
The remark criticizes federal funding for wildlife or game birds and argues Uncle Sam has no money to support hawks vultures buzzards or game cocks. It presents a skeptical view on government spending for such avian groups.
Proportionate to population Ohio experiences fewer murders than New York Illinois and Pennsylvania. A deep seated prejudice in Ohio against killing anyone who can vote is implied.
The Earl of Balfour, 77, appointed to succeed the late Marquie Curzon as president of the British council, has long dominated British political life with roles from prime minister to foreign secretary. He opened a Jewish university in Jerusalem and faced unrest in the Near East during his recent visit.
Astrologers flag a day with mildly adverse planetary alignments affecting romance and commerce. Warns of possible industrial strikes and anxieties for England and Liverpool, with heavy U S rail travel and potential turbulence for Taurus births and long lives ahead.
A snappy note from the Indianapolis Star jokes about the Dutch East Indies offering no political jobs, implying idleness is unknown there and mocking governance. It frames the remark as a wry cultural quip rather than a report.
General Dawes takes an active stance against senate strategy as war talk and policy shift per Chicago News commentary. The piece frames Dawes as forcing initiative rather than awaiting congressional moves.
A reflective piece notes how a figure once known for a silver voice now speaks with a golden tongue, tracing a rise in stature and impact within the Toledo Blade.
Jimmy learns about change when Mrs. Jimmy moves from their winter home to a new place under Farmer Brown's henhouse. He is excluded, then observes the situation, recalls similar past events, and finally accepts the shift as spring arrives. The next tale promises Farmer Brown discovering the new home.
Viscount Lee of Fareham former British naval head and Washington disarmament delegate told Philadelphians the time is ripe for a new peace conference but warned against broad scopes. He urged no submarines and cautioned over land forces and air power limits while favoring naval talks only. He said Britain is more democratic than the U.S. and urged the United States to seed other nations different motion pictures.
A reflective poem by Busan Coolidge contemplates a child’s death and the "might have been" of different life paths. It weighs joys and sorrows spared by death, dreams of motherhood and family, and ends with the belief that heaven chose the child’s fate, offering solace to grieving parents.
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