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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
18
The Anaconda Standard published by STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY is printed daily and is designated as Second-Class Mail Matter by the Post Office in Anaconda.
Daily and Sunday rates listed per month and per year with advance payment terms. 10.9 percent Sunday Standard annual rate noted. Main office at Standard Block Anaconda with editorial and business phone numbers provided.
Butte office at 28 East Broadway telephone 422. Higgins avenue contact. W J Morton manager for foreign advertising. New York office Room 19 Brunswick building 29 Fifth avenue. Chicago office 537 Washington street.
The Standard is available at multiple city locations including New York Hotaling's Broadway and Thirty eighth street, Auditorium Annex Chicago and P U News Co Dearborn, Empire News Stand Chicago, Yuma News Co Kansas City Ninth and Main, Kavanaugh's Minneapolis, Van Ness San Francisco, Hotel St Francis San Francisco, Amos Los Angeles South Olive 711, Hornung's Pasadena, Moon's Denver and Rosenfeld Han son Salt Lake City 244 Church, Kind Ogden 114 Twenty fifth, John W Graham Spokane 198 North Howard, 1121 Pacific Tacoma, Hotel Seattle and International News Seattle, Oregon News Co 147 Sixth Portland. All correspondence to STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY Anaconda Mont.
Governor Folk spoke at the Tennessee state fair outlining Democratic Ideals. He urged tariff revision and vigorous defense of state rights while stressing patriotism over partisanship and hinting at a Missouri-born candidate for president.
Temperance advocates in Washington DC begin a strong crusade against the saloon, uniting prohibition party members and churches. The effort follows Oklahoma's 30000 vote for prohibition and other states moving against liquor, signaling a major reform era. Liquor interests vow to resist as reform spreads.
The piece argues that Russia, amid danger and political tension, sees attempts on Tolstoy's life and a new duma unlikely to bring beneficial change. It highlights opposition to prohibitory laws in Washington and the Personal Liberty League's backing of anti restriction groups.
An old friend from Peking warns that Wu Ting Fang, successor to Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, is an able and witty diplomat who strengthened US China ties. The piece notes his scholarship, humor, and after dinner speeches, and says the United States will welcome him back to Washington as a valuable representative of China.
Eastern women push a trend to dress boys in the American soldier’s khaki and blue. Prominent families showcase the look in Washington and New York as a patriotic fad, with youths proudly mimicking campaign hats and regulation caps. The piece argues the style reflects respect for military garb and could inspire boys to emulate brave soldiers.
Carrie Nation faces another arrest in a Washington D C jail on a public peace charge. The piece condemns her vigilantism and notes her belief that abstinence from saloons makes citizens better, arguing the sermon on the mount does not justify such raucous methods.
A fragmented column skewers Carrie Nation and her temperance tactics while a Busy Fair weekend unfolds. Mentions Bryan’s presidential bid, Chicago and New York homicide contrasts, Taft’s Orient visit, Roosevelt’s Midwest trip, and general weather and fair observations. Mixed reflections on people, places, and events with playful regional humor.
Railway traffic faces unprecedented congestion as summer end returns flood the New York Central and New Haven lines. Grand Central and other stations see trains split into five to six sections with delays from 30 minutes to three hours. Overloaded cars, exhausted crews, and a surge from sea shore, New England, Adirondacks, and the West strain regular schedules. Sleeping cars scarce. trunks and baggage piling up as extra trains are hurried out to meet demand.
Special Correspondence of the Standard from Helena reports Owen Byrnes of the Jay Gould mining camp near Marysville describing a severe timber fire. It began Sunday and raged for two days, burning five miles by three to four miles. Miners were pulled from the mine to help. Gould camp was briefly endangered but wind shift saved it. Vast timber lost.
G B Peyton 59 died at his Hamilton ranch after months of illness from consumption and heart trouble. He moved to Bitter Root 14 years ago with his family and was highly regarded. He leaves a widow, son Charles B Peyton, and daughter Mrs Grace Mix of Missoula. Funeral set for tomorrow at 1 pm with Rev Paul Castle officiating at the Christian church. Burial in Corvallis cemetery.
Secretary Root received a cablegram from Wu Ting Fang at Peking reporting his appointment as minister to Washington. Unofficial representations have been made at the state department questioning his character, citing past conduct in Washington and a sought reappointment amid abnormal conditions in Peking.
Tacoma Washington Sept 23 One of the boldest robberies on the Tacoma Seattle passenger boats occurred yesterday afternoon when $107 was stolen from Robert Benbrook a Montana farmer as the steamer Flyer discharged passengers at the Tacoma wharf The Childs gang led by a namesake figure is believed to be involved with four or five men using a rushing tactic.
Lincoln Steffens, writing for October American Magazine, quotes Heney on Oregon land frauds. He argues the so called land conscience mirrors liquor law attitudes, justifying bribery and lawbreaking as necessary to obtain land for big monopolists while public officials are corrupted.
A poem fragment depicts a woman who adopts masculine fashion and swagger. It notes masculine attire like a cravat cuffs and collars and a derby. The speaker judges her mannish style as foolish yet she spends most time shopping.
Fortieth anniversary in Montana marked by a campfire and Indian pow wow in Red Lodge with men dressed as chiefs and squaw men. Town of Bridger, known as Uncle George, performed an Indian war dance impersonating Chief Big Belt. He helped build the first house in Red Lodge and started the Bridger coal mines.
Representative Nicholas Longworth and Mrs Longworth were aboard a Pennsylvania railroad train near South Norwood station when the engine struck a D rail and derailed. They walked to inspect the scene as the wrecked engine No. 8167 became a noted detail of the mishap.
A workingman writes of his self described incompetence and hunger for higher fulfillment. He laments a life spent in toil with little cash, arguing practical success requires abandoning dreams and focusing on leveraging others' work. He concludes material need blocks leisure and mind culture, while aspirations clash with harsh economic reality.
Hamilton September 25. In the district court Fred S Edwards won against W H Watson. Judge Webster presiding the jury returned a verdict for Edwards. The case sought to quiet title to a band of sheep and Edwards was awarded title to 1000 head.
Helena September 24 Judge Bach of the district court orders Fred W Schwartz secretary of the bartenders union to show cause October 1 why he should not be punished for contempt. He is alleged to have disconnected the wires of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company at the Mint saloon.
At St Louis, 3 Brooklyn 1. At Chicago 5 Philadelphia 0 6. At Cincinnati 5 Boston 9. At Pittsburg 14 New York 1.
In Philadelphia, the Phillies beat Chicago 5 to 0. Washington defeated St. Louis 5 to 4. Boston won against Detroit 4 to 3. New York edged Cleveland 3 to 1.
In October American Magazine Ernest Thompson Seton recounts an 1902 Sidney Ohio anecdote from a hunter about a she wolf nursing cubs. The hunter killed a wolf at a river, then another nursing female in a hollow log, uncovering 13 pups two sizes. He notes the first wolf had only six teats in commission, suggesting the she wolf adopted the earlier litter.
The South provides about one seventh of U S mineral production with a quarter of coal and one ninth of iron. coal resources total nearly 600 million tons, over one fourth of reserves. The region leads in mineral chemical materials and pigments, with phosphate rock produced in Florida, Tennessee, and South Carolina. The South also holds rich iron ore, including work able reserves and deep-lying deposits, supporting substantial oil and gas output.
From the New York Press this brief notes a boy’s need to earn his own living, highlighting the role of a father with money in shaping a boy’s future opportunities. The piece underscores class pressures and intergenerational dependence in urban life.
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