Mystery hangs over death of woman shot on Boulder
Mrs. Eugene Green 36 of Noxon died in Bozeman hospital from a gunshot wound believed accidental eight days earlier near the Bruffey ranch on the Boulder. George Trickey 18, who claimed to be her husband, was arrested on adultery charges. an inquest and hearings followed with a suspended sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Green
Bruffey Ranch
Bozeman
George Trickey
C. D. Graff
A. P. O'Leary
Whitsel
P. A. Bruffey
Mont
Noxon
Sanders County
Freeman Jenkins
Green
H. H. Dokken
Bruffey
Big Timber
Jenkins
Freeman
Dokken
Missoula
Sweet
Grass County
Big Timber Sat
Two Men For Every Job On Gas Pipeline
W J Rohan of Winston Brothers says Montana Power pipeline work has a surplus of job hunters. About 250 men are employed with many more hoped for. applicants largely come from Montana and the firm will hire only Montana labor. He warned applicants to avoid traveling to sites like Cut Bank Wolf Creek Elliston Deer Lodge and Helena unless needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Rohan
Obliging Motorist Robbed After Stopping to Help
H F Saundner, an Idaho salesman from Dillon, stopped to help two men changing a tire near Barratts. They asked him to leave his lights on, then one pulled a gun and stole his money, totaling 38 dollars, before fleeing in a car.
Budd Sees Bright Economic Days Ahead for Rail
Ralph Budd president of the Great Northern and Harry M Adams of the Western Pacific met in San Francisco on June 5 to discuss construction work awaiting both lines. Budd forecast a future of prosperity driven by bank savings flowing into building, urging confidence as the nation moves forward and most Americans remain employed and saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ralph Budd
Great Northern Railway
Harry M. Adams
Western Pacific
United States
Montana Sees Broad Rainfall Throughout State
Montana's observers report general rainfall across the state in the last 24 hours with totals from Culbertson to Helena and Missoula. Measured amounts include Billings 1.21 inches, Bozeman 0.26, Glasgow 0.04, and Great Falls 2.13 inches. June rainfall is crucial for crops and range grass and may determine whether drought repeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
United States Weather Bureau
Culbertson
Cooperative
W. A. Whitcomb
Weather Bureau
Billings
Bozeman
Glasgow
Havre
Great Northern Railway
Poplar
Bainville
Wolf Point
Brockton
Sweet Grass
Wolf Creek
Clancy
Butte
Montana Weather Bureau
Winch
Ce Sacre Tt
Glendive
Great Falls
Havre Eee
Kalispell
Lewistown
Miles City
Missoula
State
Federal
Wool Buyers Visit Big Timber But Offer No Buys Or Advances
Local woolmen report no offers yet for this year’s clip. Harry A. Mayer of Silberman & Son Chicago examined the market but gave no price. Jack Mackey of Billings met growers about consignments to the National Wool Marketing Corp with no advance price. Buyers expected a firm offer by Monday as shearing continues and the Northern Wool Company stores wool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Mayer
Silberman & Son
Chicago
Jack Mackey
Billings
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Pee
Northern
Eee Company
Faculty Members Named for Second Annual Church Camp
The Montana Congregational conference selects a diverse faculty for a 10 day encampment at a Boulder river site in Absaroka forest. Attendees may reach 200 with a planned June 21 start for hall construction and a July 14 to 24 program led by Miss Alice Carrington Gale Anderson Dr Theodore Shipherd and others. Two African missionaries join the faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Congregational Church
Claton
Rice
Montana Congregational Conference
Boulder River
Absaroka National Forest
Big Timber
Alice Carrington
Cleveland
Gale Anderson
The
Biblical Seminary
New York City
Theodore Shipherd
Norwich
Conn
Frank L. Moore
Chicago
Mary Carver
Boston
Charles E. Tate
Montana
Robbins E. Ralph
Yale Divinity School
Roger Moore
Yale University
Thomas McCamnact
Ballantine
George S. Soan
First Congregational Church
Glenn H. Corbin
University of Iinois
Africa
Birth Of Son Triggers Fess Fine In Disorder Charge
Lowell Fess 35 son of Ohio senator Simeon D Fess and Republican leader was fined 10 dollars for disorderly conduct in East 52nd Street. He said he celebrated becoming a father and feared his wife would be displeased. He was detained eight hours after clashing with Patrolman Broderick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lowell Fess
United States
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Anti- Saloon League
Fess
East 52nd _ street
Broderick
Doukhobors Undress Shocks Census Taker
GRAND FORKS B C June 6 Census enumerator E L Kidd faced a surprising scene as 71 Doukhobors nude men women and children gathered around him during a plough share alarm call He estimated about 80 others fully clothed crowded nearby and failed to obtain answers for an hour before counting the group and reporting to the census commissioner ready to return to North Forks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
B. C
E. L. Kidd
Sons of Freedom
North Forks
Timber Sales Allowed In Minnesota Forests
In Duluth Minnesota June 6 government officials report Hoover suspension of timber sales in national forests is modified for the Superior and Chippewa forests. No sale over 500 dollars for now with provisions to aid existing sawmills and paper mills and to dispose of windthrown fire damaged or infested timber. Northwest Paper Co awaits cutting of 500000 dollar timber purchased a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth, Minn
Hoover
Superior and Chippewa
Minnesota
W. L. Barker, Jr
Federal Forestry Service
Duluth
Barker
Northwest Paper Company
Cloquet
Big Horn Rancher Likely Died by Own Hand, Police Say
Maitland C. Maoro, a Big Horn County rancher, was found dead in a storeroom at the Tom Penson ranch near Kirby. A pistol was in his hand and officials think the death was self-inflicted during a divorce suit filed by his wife Clara M. Munro. He leaves a widow and 14 month old daughter. burial planned in Sheridan, Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin
Big Horn County
Maitland C. Maoro
Tom Penson
Kirby
Grege Penson
Munro
Clara M. Munro
Hardin District Court
Sheridan, Wyo
Circle Slayer Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison
Henry Gilbertson, 20, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the killing of Nick Schabary, a McCone County farmer. District Judge Frank P. Lieper sentenced him to 25 years after Gilbertson confessed to the shooting during an afternoon of drinking and an argument over a radio and machine at the Groh farm near Circle. He admitted firing twice, then again after Schabary was down, and fled toward Circle in Schabary’s truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle
Henry Gilbertson
Frank P. Lieper
Nick Schahary
McCone County
Gilbertson
Schabary
Groh Farm
Bozeman Jury Finds Two Guilty in Manslaughter
In Bozeman Montana William Slining and James F Shipman were found guilty of manslaughter in the beating death of Andrew Clostad. They are set to be sentenced June 9 after Clostad's body was found April 1 in a house rented from Slining. Shipman testified Clostad sparked a quarrel and rushed him, and that he struck with a wooden potato masher while Slining did not strike a blow.
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Bozeman
Mont
Andrew Clostad
William Slining
James F. Shipman
Clostad
Slining
Shipman
Ex Service Men Cautioned Time Limit Expires in July
Ex service men are urged to act before the July 3 deadline to file claims for war risk insurance payments. Idaho Legion official Jack E. Musser outlines that permanent and total disability, as defined by the U S government, can qualify a veteran for benefits even without bed confinement. The notice emphasizes that eligibility depends on the inability to sustain continuous gainful work and flags continuation beyond discharge as crucial for payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Jack E. Musser
Legion Service
Idaho
Boise
United States
Fergus County Dads Must Take Over Lands
Fergus County commissioners were informed the federal court of appeals at San Francisco denied Judith Basin Land Companys appeal. The Judith Basin Irrigation District formed in 1919 took nearly 86,000 acres in Fergus County. Tax issues arose after owners refused to pay taxes and bond interest on a $160,000 issue. The district court upheld the counties refusal to take tax deeds, prompting a writ from the state supreme court to compel action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Fergus County
Federal Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Judith Basin Land Company
Judith Basin Irrigation District, Inc
District Court
State Supreme Court
Noted Eye Specialist Dies In Philadelphia
Dr. L Webster Fox a 70 year old eye specialist died in Philadelphia from heart trouble. He earned the name Chief Eagle among the Blackfeet for his medical aid and performed over 400 eye operations at the Browning Montana reservation in 1924 to stamp out trachoma. He later led elimination efforts among the Crow Indians and served in the army reserve corps and as president of the board of the Pennsylvania Military College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
L Webster Fox
Fox
Browning Mont
N P Starts Building Box Cars At Laurel
Progress on rebuilding 500 box cars at the Laurel railway shops. Construction could begin by mid July per Silas Zwight general mechanical superintendent of the Northern Pacific railway who visited Billings after spending time in Laurel. F G Moody master car builder also assisted. crews dismantle old cars and prepare scrap and materials for reconstruct. A sample car is being built pending approval and material delivery.
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Billings
Laurel
Silas Zwight
Northern Pacific Railway
F. G. Moody
Woolgrowers urged to hold firm for Boston values
Secretary Murray E. Stebbins of the Montana Wool Co-operative Marketing association issues a statement urging western sheep men to maintain the foreign price plus tariff. He notes Texas sales and prices that pressure the Boston market and announces plans for seven or eight expert graders to value growers wool locally. Eleven carloads and about 353,390 pounds have been sent to Boston since May 1, with 60,000 pounds loaded yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Boston
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Act of Texas
Murray E. Stebbins
Montana Wool Co-operative Marketing Association
Texas
West
Montana
Stebbins
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Heron
BS. J. Hetderks
Papa Fess
Doukhobors
Big Horn
Circle Slayer
N. P
M. Stebbins
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