Great Falls Woman Burned To Death At Daughter’s Home
Mrs Phoebe Bastos aged 82 known as Grandma Bastos and a Cascade county resident for 60 years was burned to death last night at her daughter Mrs Peter Orlett’s home in Great Falls. Confined to bed, she rose to warm herself after her daughter stepped out. clothing on fire, she lay unconscious on the floor and died soon after. She leaves a son in Monarch and a daughter in Great Falls. Her husband died 31 years ago when a tree fell at Ethart.
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Great Falls
Phoebe Bastos
Grandma Bastos
Cascade County
Peter Orlett
Wen
Monarch
Ethart
Court not in session for law and motion in department one
The law and motion calendar in Judge Bourquin's court, department No. 1, will not be heard today due to the funeral of Senator C. D. Muffly. Divorce filings dominate the docket with four completed yesterday and several supplementary actions. Names include Martha Ochier versus Chas. H. Ochier, Lillian Tees versus James Tees, Agnes Roseborough versus Floyd Roseborough, and James Sloan versus Frances Sloan. Alimony requests range up to 75 dollars monthly with attorney fees, and one case seeks restoration of a maiden name amid desertion allegations. Final discharge granted for S. D. Marett administrator and related estate actions noted.
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Martha Ochier
Chas
Hr. Ochier
Council Bluffs
Lillian Tees
James Tees
Butte
Agnes Roseborough
Floyd Roseborough
James Sloan
Frances
Plaintife
Shehan
Sion
Anaconda
Harrison Avenue Paving Project Advances with Bid Request
City public works inquiries proceed as engineers under Commissioner Mike Walsh finalize estimates for the Harrison avenue district between Harvard and Grand avenues. Bids will open mid month, with work expected to start soon after.
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Harrison Avenue
Harvard
Grand Avenue
Mike Walsh
Public Works
Vaudeville Bill at Winter Garden Delights Night Crowd
Winter Garden hosts a full evening of vaudeville with three big acts. Ryan and O'Neill present a novelty entitled All in Fun. Mortality and Burns debut a new dancing routine Hot Feet Hot Steps. Lord Johnny Woods showcases a mechanized act with Claude Kit and a band. Police court sessions heard fines and rulings on vagrancy and drunkenness.
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Winter Garden
Sack Gavan
Hia
Ryan and O'Neill
Mortality
Burns
Johnny Woods
Ventello Dulsi
Claude Kit
Marriage License Test Daily at District Court
A marriage license was tested yesterday by J F Driscoll clerk of the district court to J W Hughes of McAllister and Mabel Wingate of Ennis Meswera 200.00 A reward of 200 Will be paid for information leading to the arrest or recovery of any stolen property from our machine shop warehouses hoist buildings or grounds near Butte or related sites including Rochester and Barnes Kingmith grounds power lines or aerial tramways Marysville Rendall or ige Butte Machinery Co.
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J. F. Driscoll
District Court
J. W. Hughes
McAllister
Mabel Wingate
Ennis
Butte
Tom ‘Bute Reduction Works
Watreca
Rochester
Dillon Companies Seek Tax Return Suit Filed
Montana Mercantile company and Western Wholesale, Dillon corporations, sue Charles A Rasmussen in federal court for recovery of illegally collected taxes. They seek five thousand seven hundred ninety four dollars and nineteen cents plus interest from April 19 1925 and costs. The complaint names Western Wholesale as a plaintiff.
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Montana Mercantile Company
Western Wholesale Company
Dillon Corporations
Charles A Rasmussen
Internal Revenue
District of Montana
Western Wholesale
Montana Mercantile Grocery Wholesaler Tax Dispute
The Montana Mercantile Company owns a wholesale grocery business. Plaintiffs allege two corporations are essentially one for tax purposes after a 1921 through 1421 assessment. An audit in 1925 led to taxes paid under protest. September 1925 returns were partially allowed and then rejected. The case centers on combining corporate identities and tax liability.
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Montana Mercantile Company
Wholsale Grocery Company
Ny and Allied Inter
Nitewe
River conditions window for trips to streams cited
A report lists streams in poor fishing conditions as rivers are too high and muddy. It notes no good fishing across multiple locations in Montana and Utah. A round trip to the United Commercial Travelers Convention in Salt Lake City was announced from the Butte office, with June 2 to 11 travel and a June 14 return limit, covering Utah, Montana and Taaho.
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Dell
Lima
United Commercial Travelers Convention
Salt Saks City
Butte
Union Pacifera Road
Salt Lake City
Utah
Montana
Taaho
Robbery Charge Against Nyland
Tom Nyland faces a robbery complaint in Justice Buckley court for allegedly holding up a South Main Street Chinese card room on May 24. He fled the scene discharging a revolver, then was later arrested after being identified by witnesses.
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Tom Nyland
Court of Justice
Louis Buckley
Jon Keo
Nyland
South Main Street
Romm
Irvin Tillotson
Falure
Ehit Gren
Justice McNamara
Vagranes
Butte Man Ed Wilson Arrested by Helena Sheriff
Ed Wilson, described as a Butte man, was taken into custody in Helena yesterday by Lewis and Clark county sheriff Angus B. McLeod. The report says Wilson was engaged in selling smoked meats and was accompanied by a woman claiming to be the daughter of a Butte family. No reason for the arrest is given and the Helena sheriff requests any information from Butte residents.
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Ed Wilson
Butte
Helena
Lewis and Clark County
Angus B. McLeod
Wilson
Theouple
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Pacific Northwest
Ryan
O'Neill
Lord Johnny Woods
Moriality
Claude Kiff
William Wrigney, JR
Jack
Law
Bourquin
Uraer
Snow
Susan Garland
Wiewlse
Lilland Fisher
Pearson Fisher
All Style
Harrison
Adparasson
Nolanos
Namara ‘Amon
Chi Weitmens
State
Harrison Freebourn
Delighteus
Alps
Dillon
Revenue Collector
Deer Lodge
Kowie
Thornton
E. Galena Butte, Mont
Y. PB
Kntekeran
Simport Howe
Hurson
First National Bank of
A. Clark & Bro. Bankers
A Clark
J. Hoss
Heslet
Barker
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