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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1909
Page
25
An Arctic Club lecture outlines responses to Peary's assertions and the fear surrounding polar exploration. The talk emphasizes preparation, resolve, and the steadiness of explorers facing the unknown.
In Lewistown a fatal shooting occurred at the Gold Bar saloon when Peter C. Robinson shot and killed Roy Short over a dollar debt. Robinson claimed motive against George W. Cook, former mayor, amid prior legal disputes. Coroner's jury returned felonious murder. Robinson detained. Short was a longtime stage driver and horseman with a wife and daughter.
Spokane dispatch reports a new corporation to absorb Home Telephone of Spokane Interstate Telephone and Montana independents. Key investors include Patrick Wall of Butte and Thomas L. Greenough of Missoula with over 500000 dollars already committed. A. A. Phelps notes preliminaries are under way and capital details are pending.
Governor Hughes urged New York and New Jersey to protect rivers and forests during the Hudson Fulton celebration. He spoke at Palisades park dedication and praised saving the cliffs from vandalism. The event drew diplomats, naval officers, and a large crowd despite rain.
Federal grand jury in Omaha hearings probe the case with Inspector Swenson indicating actions may come in Little Rock New Orleans St Louis Denver and Seattle. Maybray's first trial is expected in Council Bluffs.
Six children were badly injured when bombs exploded on the street near St. Anthony's parochial school at Monmouth and Sixth streets in Jersey City. The blast triggered a panic during celebrations by Italians nearby.
The list shows licenses issued in Missoula on Sept 27 including John Bratsburg 33 and Peter Sether 22 both of Missoula. Carl Callum 25 and Esther Cain 22 both of Missoula also listed. W H Evans 30 of Lewistown and Josephine McMurry 26 of Missoula are named among others.
In Bozeman on September 27 a judge granted permission for Maria Muscolino, an insane Italian woman recently removed from an eastbound train, to be returned to Lewiston Idaho where relatives live. She was bound hand and foot for safety as they departed with an officer guiding them to Logan.
A bold ad touts the Pyramid Pile Cure as a lasting remedy for bowel troubles. It claims 50 cents a box, offers a free trial to prove effectiveness, and urges immediate mail request with a simple coupon. It warns the condition can worsen and even prove fatal without treatment.
Bozeman reports that Montana State College animal husbandry experiments evaluate feeding costs shipping losses and profits across beef and dairy cattle sheep hogs and horses. The work uses top breeds including Shorthorns Herefords Angus Holsteins Jerseys Ayreshires and Shropshire sheep. A new silo, hay trials, frosted grain effects on hog mortality, wool quality from feeding, and student participation are highlighted with a forthcoming bulletin.
At Missoula on September 27 the district court began criminal proceedings before Judge F C Webster. By adjournment two defendants had been sentenced to three and eighteen months respectively in the state penitentiary. David M Baldwin pleaded guilty to burglary and drew three years hard labor. Harry Fritch, charged with robbery, also pleaded guilty and received 18 months. The state case against Johnson and Morgan for alleged Northern Pacific box car theft proceeded with Johnson on trial, and a 35 name jury panel exhausted required 25 more jurors to continue.
Helena reports results from the state fair races with multiple heats and purses. Winners include Dollie Dimples Tom Marshall Bitter Sir Swede Sam Native Son Beau Man and others across 2:25 pace mile heats and selling dashes at one and six furlongs.
In Heojena on Sept 27 Stanley Smith of jartinesdele drove a four cylinder Locmeebile against Arthur Conrad of Creat Falls in a six cylinder Ford. Conrad won the five mile race in six minutes and one second. A 2W mile race is to start tomorrow with five miles to be raced daily.
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