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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1907
Page
16
U.S. stock markets opened strong as short covering boosted prices but soon faced selling. The day reflected professional activity with concern over Roosevelt's Keokuk speech and a reduced short interest after a prior bear-driven drop, while various industrials and rail names moved in choppy trading.
A terse notice states Victor Manganese Steel Bank Safe was never burglarized. No further details on location or timing are provided. Authorities or witnesses are not named.
London spot copper opened at £45 1s 6d and closed at £63 2s 1d. Futures opened at £63 7s 6d and closed at £63 2s 6d with 49 tons spot and 1,000 tons futures traded. Luke copper and electrolytic specs noted. New York silver at 674¢, London silver 30% and New York call money ranged 0.5 to 6 percent.
Associated Press notes Washington on October 1 reporting available vast balance of 30,513 in general fund, plus gold coin and bullion at 50,123 and gold certificates at 80,885. The figures reflect treasury holdings in the current balance sheet.
Wool prices held steady in St. Louis as medium grade combing and clothing wool sold around 224. light fine, merino, heavy fine and tub washed lines also observed steady. Market notes indicate modest demand across grades with no dramatic shifts in value.
Wet Northwest weather lifts Chicago wheat after early trading weakness. December delivery closes with a gain as traders note ongoing thrashing and forecasts of rain in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Corn and oats move higher while provisions stay lower amid market volatility.
December opened unchanged to higher and closed near gains in oats while corn held firm after a brief selloff. In futures, hogs fell as liquidation weighed, with January contracts off and pork and lard easing amid weaker ribs.
Thomas Singleton of Lavina complains a sack with clothing and two razors valued at about 190 dollars was stolen from a Montana saloon while he stepped outside. Chief Stone traces razors to a second hand shop and arrests two men, John Welsh and Mike Shay of Butte, on vagrancy charges awaiting grand larceny warrant. Nine other men are jailed for vagrancy. they flee into willows by the Beaverhead river as the chief briefly steps away.
Philipsburg reporters note local residents traveling for business and social visits. John Wenger leaves for Anaconda after cattle buying. Mrs. Rodda visits Butte. Prof. Emmons departs for Helena then Mexico. others include Parkison, McDaniel, Moore, Owings, Jacky, Weaver, Dooley, and McDonald family. Burial planned for Alexander McDonald tomorrow afternoon.
Miss Delia Dorchester returns after tending Miss Mary McCartney in Butte as her recovery seems uncertain. Lucile Paul, eight, undergoes appendicitis surgery in Murray’s hospital and is reported to be recovering well. G T Paul and family travel to Butte for daughter's operation. Attys Barbour and Mrs Barbour back from Jamestown fair trip. Mr and Mrs Cox return from two months on the Pacific coast. Fred Parker, hotel night clerk, missing after taking seventy dollars. he was seen in Blackfoot, Idaho. Local business ads for Parisian Dye House and City Cleaning and Dyeing Co. end notices.
Want ad rates listed word by word in the Standard with a six word minimum per line. Ten lines per insertion. Ads sent to the Standard care of the office receive replies via a card to be shown at the Standard office. Light faced display type used on the want page at regular rates.
Classified items offer barber training in Spokane and Minneapolis, factory and mining work in Montana, housework positions, sewing and coatmaking jobs, and sales roles. Many notices request workers, students, or homemakers with contact details and locations in Butte, Anaconda, Dillon, Missoula, Butte, San Francisco, and nearby towns, with prices, hours, and instructions.
A long list of local rental offerings in Butte and Anaconda items include furnished rooms with steam heat and water, housekeeping suites, and several one two and three room setups. Addresses span Main Park Wyoming Granite and nearby blocks with varying rates from daily to monthly terms.
In the Third Judicial District of Montana Deer Lodge County a probate of will hearing is set for October 14 1907 at 10 am in the court house. R de B Smith seeks letters testamentary and any interested party may appear to contest the application. Dated September 24 1907. Clerk Ira C Gnose.
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