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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
1
In Alpena on Aug 12 AP reports Mrs Edna James Scott and Congressman Frank D Scott facing a divorce hearing marked by conflicting accounts of marital discord. A Washington house detective observed alleged misconduct and intimidation of witnesses while both sides vigorously deny accusations.
Partial reports from five members of the squatting committees show HOON timed yesterday to Chairman AT Schulte of the Lewis and Clark critics committee raising funds for the rehabilitation of quake stricken schoolhouses in Gallatin County. Only a small portion of the requested amount has been pledged, with no clear call for the committee to report. Schultz urged workers that people would contribute, noting Montana’s public spirit. Helena residents are reportedly responding cheerfully and no difficulty is seen in meeting the quota locally.
Paris reports 80 French casualties in the Jehel Drnse district engagement. Premier Painleve announced after a cabinet meeting that the losses include killed and wounded in the Syria fighting with tribal forces.
Caddies for the Helena Country club will be provided transportation from Helena to the Christie Company store for pickup at 8 o'clock each morning. Autos will take them to the club, with round trips each evening during the four days of the Montana State golf association tournament.
The ninth annual Montana State Golf Association championship begins at the Helena Country Club course. The East West tournament for the Mantel Wilsay trophy features the Western division clubs Butte Anaconda Missoula Kalispell and Dillon, and Eastern reps Helena Great Falls Billings Roundup Lewistown Bozeman aim to lift the trophy from current holders.
Bozeman hosts the annual gathering of Pioneers and Sons and Daughters of Pioneers from across Montana. Notables include WA Clark of Butte, grandson of Senator W. A. Clark, and Madame I Minassian with her daughter from New York. Registration opens tomorrow at the Montana Power Company headquarters waiting room.
The Butte Mines Hand led by Sam Treloar will perform daily at the Montana State Fair in Helena starting September 7. Treloar, longtime head of the band, has earned top prizes in U S contests, and the band will lead the Labor Day parade staged by the Helena Commercial Club as part of a record amusements program for 1925.
Salem dispatch reports a prison breakout at Oregon State Penitentiary ending in a fatal chase. Prison warden, guards, and convicts faced gunfire as four escapees seized arms, commandeered a car, and fled toward Polk County. Two guards and one convict were killed. others wounded and still at large amid a manhunt by state authorities.
A strong earthquake shocked Hoveman Montana at 7 PM local time. Parts of the Gallatin valley and towns Manhattan Logan and Three Forks reported tremors with dishes rattling and lights swinging. Plaster fell from walls in Three Forks and school buildings suffered damage, continuing the quake’s path noted from June 27.
Violence erupted as about 1000 to 1200 Klan and anti Klan members clashed in Reading Massachusetts last night and into today. Shots, stones, clubs and tear gas were used leaving over twenty injured. Police and state troopers managed the scene and summoned reinforcements from nearby towns and barracks before the mob withdrew to a field.
In Dillon on August 12 a state convention session of the American Legion opens with visiting officers from National Commander Janes A Drain expected to arrive. a luncheon was held and the top guest was delayed by Yellowstone detour. Drain and party planned to depart by auto for Butte tomorrow after a race meet at the fair grounds under Legion auspices.
A radio broadcast from Greenland by Eskimos was heard in Chicago via telephone rebroadcast from Arlington Treigns. The program traveled on a 40 meter transmission aboard the Soc Prary, ship of the MacMillan expedition, and reached Associated Press facilities in Chicago.
Mrs. Lillian Miracle was chosen to chair the Weayat division princesses at the State fair week. The board, including Mrs. Kaufman and Mrs. Winestine, plans elaborate entertainments and aims to keep the contest lively across Montana. Broadwater and Plentywood nominees, led by Tillian Crittenden and Anna Tower, dominate local voting in the race for the queen’s honor.
The Independent blasts Yakima Valley commission houses for high prices on watermelons, tomatoes, cantaloupes and pears sold in Helena. It traces costs from farm to market, notes freight adds and profits up to $1.75 per box, and urges consumers to stop buying fruit until prices fall, warning of broader financial strain on households. The piece mocks local merchants and stresses price disparity with Great Falls and other cities. It also hints Montana apples will soon enter markets.
Six major fires burn beyond forest crews control in district No. 1. Drought, electrical storms, and smoky skies heighten danger across western Montana and northern Idaho. Winds fanned Tamarack fire near St Regs as observers struggle to detect flames.
Chicago Chinese quarter raids cut narcotic supply and led to federal and police action. Colonel Will Gray i Beach and three agents charged with exchanging narcotics for stolen goods were arrested then freed on bonds. Addicts sought state or federal care as police warned of possible renewed Tong War activity amid Nip Sings and On Leong rivals.
The Montana railroad commission set September 1 for a hearing on a horizontal increase in intra state freight rates by all Montana railroads. The proposed rise by carriers would add about 1 1 2 percent to current rates. Shippers and consumers may protest. Simultaneously carriers asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for a similar horizontal rise in inter state rates, with the ICC hearing starting in Chicago on September 6.
In Tientsin China Aug 12 Chinese guards opened fire on a large crowd gathered where police had earlier fired on striking mill workers. Many were killed or wounded in the violence tying together two days of deadly clashes and amplifying the unrest.
A nostalgic sketch recalls barefoot days and barnyard adventures as “One Our Way” reappears on the Stelona Independent comic page. Reader favorites Elf Dakin Wash Wouk and Cowboy Curley add humor, pathos, and human interest stories to the sequence.
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