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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1916
Page
10
A rustic advertisement touts low prices and direct-from-producer buying. It lists flour, soap, bacon, lard, coffee, tea, canned goods, fresh poultry, vegetables, and other staples with per pound or per can prices and urges customers to compare with competitors. The tone emphasizes value and market expansion as a reason for reduced costs.
Iowa city officials report widespread budget strain as 1909 and 1910 tax levies rise. Ottumwa became dry in 1909, Fort Dodge faces a $10,000 shortfall, Cedar Rapids increased tax mills and assessments, Marshalltown cut expenses, Des Moines pursued strict economy, and Des Moines license hikes helped but a deficit still required debt funding. Local leaders urge uniform expenditure reform from state law.
Commissioner Simonson stated the board favors a jail matron but cannot appoint until taxpayers approve funding for the new jail and related costs. He cited sanitation expenses in the old jail, the temporary quarters, and the sheriff’s ongoing deputy needs as reasons for delaying the appointment.
North Butte Mining announces a major new ore body at 2,000 and 2,200 feet levels north of existing workings. Crosscuts have intersected two veins near the Granite Mountain shaft and Careiste claim with ore averaging about 10 percent copper. Sioux Chief vein near 800 level shows promising results. Rainbow properties show steady development as the company plans deeper exploration with diamond drilling.
The article notes large dividend disbursements and capitalization figures for a local company. It states a 60 percent annual payout on capitalization and 23 percent on stock selling price, with receipts over five times operating costs. It calls dividends the heaviest disbursements among Coeur d Alene properties, possibly second to Hercules.
A special program will be presented tomorrow at 7 45 PM in First Baptist Church featuring organ works by Bunnett Saint Saens Dona hoe and Mac Dermid with Mrs Lotte Hall as offertor and C Hall as choirmaster and organist.
The Busy Bees sewing club of the Swedish Mission church will hold its first social this evening at 8 o'clock in the church. An interesting program has been prepared and refreshments will follow. A hearty invitation is extended to all.
C E Morris plans extensive operations on 20 Potosi district claims, 11 miles south of Pony. Tungsten ore, once discarded as worthless, is now valued as demand for hardening alloys rises due to European war. A concentrator will process the tungsten bearing white quartz veins, with 13 men to start after snow melts.
The article explains tungsten as a dense hard metal from wolframite ores, its high melting point, and resistance to oxidation. It details use in alloys, especially steel, and notes annual production of tools and lamp components, with U.S. ore output records for 1915 and prices surging due to wartime demand and export restrictions.
Charles H. Vorek a Boulder merchant filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court after listing liabilities of 28 822 and assets of 18 007 He valued a 27 287 menu to the Helena Association of Credit Men and owed 13 607 to the association A loan of 8 000 from Fred W Vorek of Jamaica Plains Massachusetts is listed Creditors have received a 25 percent dividend and assets include about 15 000 in old debts
Franklin W. Collins, managing editor of the Paramount Issue, issues a public denial of állegations printed by the Montana Commercial and Labor League through Teague. He brands the quotations as counterfeit, says no such statements appeared in his columns, and denounces the league’s tactics as cowardly and vile. The letter is dated Putte, Mont, May 19, 1916.
Testimony ended yesterday in the damage suit of Muriel McIntyre against Northern Pacific seeking 50 000 for the death of her 10 year old son Fred Levtne struck by an engine. Company counsel moved for a directed verdict and Sudze Lynch took it under advisement after lengthy argument.
William Goggin Sr. a Hancock pioneer dies after a paralytic stroke. Surviving are six daughters including Florence and Mayme Goggin in Butte and a son William. He helped sink the first shaft of the Calumet and Hecla. The Butte daughters travel to Hancock for the funeral.
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