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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1925
Page
6
A garbled weather and local notices fragment lists temperatures for Marenlling Tar and references to Renton and Helena area services. It mentions Ice cream markets, cleaning and pressing firms, tire shops, auto parts, and a Charles city club secretary recovering from injuries. The text includes references to hospital stays and a panic accident.
Local columns mention Leu Wall from Grew Falla and Ashton Jones visiting, Warren from NiFeat dalla and Clarence C. Bytes from Butte, plus several residents traveling to Portland Seattle and Pittsburgh. The notes record arrivals, departures, and social visits among townspeople and visiting dignitaries.
Cascade County authorities will prosecute Gene Campbell on four counts of automobile larceny. Deputy Sheriff Jack Toward says Campbell has a history of thefts linked to stripping cars for parts, with connections to Great Falls and Chateau. Jerry Goorim, implicated in Bennett’s theft, is jailed on bail defaults. Teton County seeks to charge Campbell as an ex convict from Washington.
Governor I Erickson and Attorney General J Fomt traveled to Twin Bridges to inspect the State Orphans home. They plan further tours of Warm Springs and Deer Lodge institutions before returning to the capital.
J M Brand ford register of state lands says harvesting is at full blast in Lake county after his return from Jeortan. Combined harvester threshers are in use with splendid results. Completion of the Flathead reclamation project is confidently anticipated, with a congressional committee report favoring completion and the government already having spent about 3,000,000.
In Lewis and Clark county the Earthquake Fund campaign targets $4200 for rehabilitation of a quake shattered school. Chairman RoTT Stidiz of the campaign committee asks division leaders to plan action to gather subscriptions quickly. Local volunteers aim for a one day push with minimal burden on donors.
Commissioner Bowerman says no secrecy or hidden issues with 1925 grain harvest. Employment agent I C Allen met with Bowerman to set up a harvest labor office in Great Falls run by J Bezeleley to coordinate statewide needs and provide quick aid.
The Helena lodge of Elks hosted orphans from local homes on their yearly automobile trip and feast. More than 200 children traveled the valley route through East Helena to Unionville and back with candy, ice cream, cake, and a concert by the Amaher band at St. Joseph's orphanage.
Interest in Montana's Queen of Montana contest grows as contests across the state close. Brief outlines note the upcoming American Legion national convention in Omaha and the International Petroleum Exposition in Tulea. A chaperone will accompany the queen to these cities, with extensive royal entertainment planned for the state fair on September 7 to 10.
Friends of the family attended the funeral of Mrs Meta Styles Graves widow of L Graves in Flaherty and Koni ern chapel yesterday afternoon Archdeacon D Honker of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Nejated officiated Burial was in Forestvale Mrs Graves died in Spokane Washington a few days ago
Copies of the articles of incorporation of Diamond Oil Company, an Oregon corporation, were filed with the secretary of State. The company is capitalized at 100000 and the amount is to be used for lands and leases in the Sunburst field in Northern Montana.
Chevrolet Motor Company broadens a downward price revision to include over 21,000 holders of purchase certificates for closed models. The cuts, effective August 1, lower Covert price to 475, Sedan to 775, and Courier to 695, with production records cited as enabling the savings.
The annual boys and girls camp opens at Broadwater under State college extension. Health officer Dr. Arthur Jordan spoke on health rules. Montana Life vice president Harry W. Cunningham reports good crops and stronger business in Montana, Oregon and Washington with 19 to 40 percent rise in insurance and new finances this year.
Sheriff John Mountjoy and a Boulder deputy led a Monday afternoon search for Hielena youths linked to a church dance disturbance at Alhambra Springs last Saturday. They were joined by Mike Sullivan and Sheriff Jim Barnes to identify suspects. one man proved an alibi. Complaints remain active and arrests expected in Jefferson County.
Fragmentary text references Tahs Okt fall events at King Tetroleum. Mentions Warren Pennsylvania New Orleans and New York with scattered city references. No coherent story or verifiable facts due to damaged text.
Friends and boy scouts attended the burial of Mrs. George L. Boulware at Resurrection Cemetery after a mass led by Monsignor Victor Las. The Helena community expressed sympathy as the Boulware family faced the loss, with relatives from Malta Idaho and local scouts among mourners.
At Myst Presbyterian Church the session called a meeting of Helena Presbytery to act on dissolving pastoral relations after Rev Newman Burdiot resigned effective the last Sunday of the month. Rev Hurdiet accepted a posting with the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education, based in Chicago, under Dr O W Baechsgen. The congregation will select a new pastor with a saint committee from the congregation and session to conduct the process.
Lewistown Augali Glen Welton aged 38 of Pillgs was instantly killed while setting up a farm machine on a Moore area farm. Welton leaves a widow and three children at Billings.
The readable text is fragmented and difficult to interpret. It mentions testing and a person or group, but no coherent event, place, date, or identifiable entities are discernible.
The Oregon Short Line railroad filed suit in district court against state treasurer W B Harvey seeking 3189.95 in overpaid tax for 1924. The railroad argues misinterpretation by the state board of equalization, contending Montana earnings from nonoperative sources were double counted, and that correct tax should be 418.29 instead of 30.23. Attorney John F Carelle of Butte represents the railroad.
At Butte on Miners field day a rescue by Con centartor No 1 first aid team members Podobnick and Sager saved Gertrude Bennett after she collapsed in Gregson Springs. They performed artificial respiration for about thirty minutes and revived her before taking her to Butte for care.
Missoula Aug 4 Coroner R W Ross investigates the death of Charge Lockwood year old son of Mr and Mrs J Ki Lockwood who collapsed at a Helmville dance after drinking moonshine liquor. A man who shared the bottle was seriously ill but later revived. Samples were sent to Deer Lodge for analysis and results awaited before further action. Lockwood had worked at the Kelly ranch near Helmville the past week.
Washington telegraph reports William Creen of the American Federation of Labor prepared a pamphlet urging the ratification of the pending child labor amendment. It cites more than a million children ages 10 to 16 employed in U S industries and argues state laws are inadequate for protection.
Police investigate notes found near the body of Miss Anna Stallman on a farm near Mattoon Illinois. Coroner says no signs of drowning and vital organs sent for analysis. County officials and the coroner press for clues as notes and letters tied to a possible hoax or extortion by unknown individuals.
Butte authorities investigate the death of Happy Peterson who collapsed and died in a car after 7 o and was found slouched in the front seat near the American Garage. Passengers including A T Girsehman report Peterson slept prior to the stop. chief Mike O Donnel and patrolman Fairchild responded. Peterson, a 19 year Butte resident, worked as a cigar store clerk on Main Street.
A Friday cloudburst in Plains flooded the countryside with over an inch of rain in an hour. Boyer Creek swelled into a torrent washing out bridges and damaging the Paradise road bridge. The Plains Light and Water pipeline was washed away, the reservoir overflowed, and crops and hay shocks were destroyed.
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