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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1913
Page
8
A 12 year old boy Wahlgren near Havre is badly wounded after being attacked by wolves while alone seeking cattle. His mind is blank and his body bears severe lacerations. He is to be sent to Kansas City for specialist treatment as doctors advise immediate consultation.
Billings residents learn a 309 square mile tract on Bull mountain will open for homestead entry after years of delays. Dec. 15 notice issued. land stretches north from Huntley to Pompey’s Pillar, fertile and largely underlain with coal. The area includes 1,440 homesteads of 160 acres each, with about 29 squatters’ rights. The tract ties to Hoskins and McGirl range and their historic ranch era.
Earl Chatwood was released from the county jail in Billings for a brief period to see his 10 month old daughter’s body, brought from a ranch 20 miles north. The burial followed on Sunday at the town cemetery as the young mother and aged grandmother remained in the home. He had been held on a horse stealing charge and claimed his innocence.
Twin Bridges reports Oklahoma seekers filing on government land and applying for state lands ahead of November sales. Madison County boosters Deight Bushell and Patrick Ci oversee the display at the Tulsa dry farming congress, aiming to prove Montana land’s productivity. Sheepmen move bands off the forest reserve toward winter range. fall lamb shipments underway with a close count of early September shipouts.
Boxeman Oct 19 The 1913 seed law goes into effect January 1 requiring labeling of purity germination and weed content for all agricultural seeds sold in Montana If not known seeds must be sold as unclean Seed lab at Bozeman equipped to test samples samples take 6 to 26 days send two ounces of small seed four ounces of large seed for analysis send samples to state grain laboratory Bozeman Mont for purity or germination tests or both
Livingston reports Frederick Cook of the Washington Star notes deep Yellowstone snow drives elk and deer from the hills toward lowlands as hunters prepare to corral and ship carloads of elk to various parts of the country, following a rising trend from recent years.
Great Falls Oct 18 An active campaign by the Cascade County Good Roads association seeks 1000 members and bonds of 250000 for road improvements. Petitions to county commissioners urge a special election. An assistant to Secretary Walter S Clarke drafts 1000 letters to farmers and professionals. The group plans a 1914 convention and posts road signs along county routes with county funding.
Moore reports a standout volunteer crop on the J S Clark Farm in Snowles foothills. The Dunphy brothers planted oats land, but wheat surged thickly, yielding 4 bushels per acre this fall after past plowing in preparation for other crops. Richard A. Harlow and family return to Washington for winter. Donaldson, assistant to the Juastth experiment station, travels to Tulsa for farming congress then Washington, D C, for winter before spring return.
The War Books are prepared for delivery by the Standard Offices in Butte and Anaconda. Subscriptions cost $10.00 for a year in advance, with a copy of the book included. Out-of-town subscribers should address The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, Montana.
Tulla, Okla Oct 19 The state of Montana will compete for a world prize at Tulsa this month, showing its best crops at the International Dry Farming Congress and Exposition. Under director A J Breitenstein Montana State Fair secretary, Helena exhibits are shipped, with a 12 by 100 foot Montana space in the American States Exhibit building prepared for display.
Word from Mr Breitenstein names Pat Carney and Joe Nash of Clyd Park Montana in charge of the exhibit. Nash won last year's gold for best five bushels of wheat and plans to compete again for 3000 in prizes offered by the International congress. Montana will compete with Kansas Idaho Wyoming Colorado Oregon Arizona New Mexico Alberta Saskatchewan Musssia China and Mexico for a solid silver cup trophy donated by the Chicago Association of Commerce. The dry farming exposition runs Oct 22 to Nov 1 at Tulsa, with 20 buildings and 135000 square feet of floor space.
Washington reports a new 25 mile auto highway linking Glacier Park Station to St Mary Lake will extend 67 miles into the mountains. The Great Northern Railway under Louis W Hill adds three Swiss chalet hotels and new trails across three passes to handle the surge of visitors. Over 11,000 tourists visited Glacier Park this year, with railways and government projects promoting it as a premier American resort.
The New York Times correspondent notes Detroit has boosted citizen comfort this summer, with park attendants for babies, playgrounds, swings, sand boxes, wading pools, many refreshment options, orchestras, and nickel fare steamer services from the city to the parks.
The 413 mile Wilhelm canal between Brae’ duettel and Kiel will be widened and improved to boost utility. Planned enhancements foresee deeper locks to accommodate larger steam vessels as drafts continue to rise, expanding the waterway’s future capacity.
Washington dispatch reports Montana produced 20 848 short tons of coal in 1912 valued at $5 096, with output down from 22 768 tons and value from $5 342 168 in 1911. The report notes county highlights including Musselshell gain and Cascade loss, machine mining declines, shot coal rise, and overall labor injuries and fatalities.
A fragmented account recalls Sir William Preece, director of British Post Office Telegraphs, who wired across the Sound of Mull and contributed to early phonograph ideas. It notes his discussions in New York on Independence Day with Leon and references the evolution of telephone theory and conversations.
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