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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1907
Page
12
The Anaconda Standard published daily by STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY remains a designated Second-Class mail matter. This notice notes the paper’s legal status and printing routine for subscribers and readers in Anaconda.
Daily and Sunday rates listed per month and year with advance payment option. Includes 10.9 Sunday Standard annual rate. Main office address is Standard Block Anaconda with business and editorial telephone numbers No. 1 and No. 48.
The Standard is listed for sale at news stands in New York Chicago Kansas City Minneapolis San Francisco Los Angeles Pasadena Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland with multiple outlets in each city. General correspondence to Anaconda Montana.
Miss Mae Law of the Apostolic Saints sails for China and prophesies the United States will be destroyed by an earthquake on October 15 followed by a thirteen day fire to purify the atmosphere. The Standard notes the sensational claim and jokes about timely reporting.
Butte unions plan to supply coal to their members at cost, four unions involved including smeltermen, workingmen, engineers and teamsters. Amalgamated company to donate surplus coal from mines to offset reduced output. If feasible, miners and other union members may join. later open to all with union cards. Estimated price $6 to $6.50 per ton versus $7.50 to $8.50 from dealers.
The unions argue coal cannot be furnished at a profitable price without loss and have pushed an appeal to the city council a year ago to set up official public weighing scales before delivery. No action has been taken, and the unions may now face competition from city coal dealers.
A St Louis luncheon with business leaders featured President Roosevelt accepting a champagne toast. After initial hesitation he drank, earned applause, and toasted the Business Men's league, signaling defiance of critics and boosting the event's profile.
The Telegraph strike sparked conflicting reports as President Small hints at ending the walkout on Monday while unions in several cities push to continue. Newspapers suffered delays because press telegraphers quit, leaving the Standard and others largely crippled for weeks. AP members reported normal service at their end, though eastern and central divisions showed major disruptions.
The report notes 180 operators in the eastern division with most striking and 121 remaining in service. Public sessions showed news service remained reasonably satisfactory for about 75 percent of press association members. Meanwhile Standard and local papers faced reduced access as many operators stayed on strike.
Special Correspondence of the Standard Red Lodge Oct. 12 Under Sheriff James McAllister captured John Daugherty and Tom Kelley at Joliet last night. They are wanted at Bridger for stealing money a gold watch and other articles. The men came to Red Lodge and tried to dispose of the stolen property. McAllister followed them, they left town, but he jumped a freight and caught them at Joliet.
A collage of editorials references prominent figures and events. The Atlantic consensus hints at conflict resolution through restraint, while critics lampoon administration moves. Reforms, naval mishaps, and Hague diplomacy are threaded with humor and skepticism across papers.
A collection of humorous quotes from various papers features Mrs Partington declining to sing except alone and derisively, a Milwaukee judge remarking on Tompkins disposition, and playful exchanges about gold, earthquakes, photographs, and an apple pie order with imperfect contents.
Dillon Tribune notes the Montana state fair in Helena closed last Saturday as the greatest ever held in the state. It urges Beaverhead county to showcase more livestock grain hay mineral exhibits next year, highlighting local agriculture mining and mineral districts as growing resources.
Reverend R. E. Williams of the Welsh church spoke at Odd Fellows hall on The Holy Spirit's Aid in Prayer. He cited Romans eight and Acts to show that prayer is vital to believers, that infirmities in prayer exist, and that the Spirit assists by guiding will, thoughts, forgiveness, and petitions aligned with Scripture, yielding spiritual relief and answered sighs for the faithful.
The college band at the agricultural college in Bozeman performs an morning concert in the assembly hall wearing Khaki uniforms. Louis Howard leads the group with Charles Fisher Wilbur Robinson and Paul Stanton as officers. About 40 boys are connected to the band, around 20 musicians participate, and the executive board has appropriated roughly 700 dollars for support and maintenance.
Billings Oct 12 According to Louis Vandenhook chief clerk in the Billings land office a big business was transacted in the past three months. The report shows 27581.35 acres entered by homesteaders 3306 acres sold 200 acres of railroad lands taken 1903 acres of state lands acquired and final proofs on 2701 acres made. The total lands amounting to 5670.54 acres. Nine commutated homesteads brought 1902.24 dollars while coal land cash receipts stood at 20616.60 dollars at twenty dollars per acre. Desert land cash receipts were 400 dollars. The office received 8381.96 dollars in fees and commissions on various entries totalling 26785.09 dollars. First payments on Huntley irrigation lands totaled 21868.50 dollars and 18788.44 dollars on ceded Crow tract lands. Huntley town lots sold for 5485 dollars and coal lands disposed at 20 dollars per acre covered 1030.93 acres. Twenty seven other filings on coal lands were made. In ninety days 72922.03 dollars were turned into the office coffers.
The Billings Journal reflects on the back to the farm advice after a Chicago newsboy earned 8 cents a day on an Indiana farm and, over years, bought a $13,000 property. It suggests Montana could have offered even greater returns.
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