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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1925
Page
6
Weather outlook mixed with cooler spell this weekend across Montana as Saturday remains unsettled. Notices report vacation for Elmer E. Rink and removal of Jimen Derham’s office, plus a divorce suit filed by Martha Linderman against Charles R. Linderman with child custody and support requests. Obituary notes for Robert Brown, funeral at St James AME. various ads list services from cleaners to tire shops and auto parts in Helena and nearby towns.
Tate Nursery Co announces purchase of the entire 50 acre Federation wheat crop grown on the HW. E. Cram farm in Helena valley. The grain is described as premium seed quality with 99.08 percent purity. Mr. Cram tested its merit locally and reports a yield of 5 bushels per acre as the season progresses.
The annual diocesan retreat for Helena clergy closed yesterday after beginning Monday evening at Mount St Charles college. Rev Michael Kinney SJ of the southern province delivered the lectures. Kinney formerly edited Americas, a Jesuit weekly in New York.
The Ford Motor Company builds about two percent more left-hand fenders than right-hand fenders. Because driving on the right side of roads, the left fender sustains more damage in crashes.
A historical notice describes Federation white wheat as high yielding in five year Aberdeen Idaho tests and promising for western markets. It notes better yields of 49 bushels per acre and 8.2 bushels per acre in farm field comparisons, with characteristics of growth and beardless, stonier straw. It discusses market preferences shifting toward western and Pacific markets and potential advantage for Montana growers to adopt this white wheat for export to the west.
Dr Arthur Jordan Montana health officer announced after inspecting Helena dairies that the large and small producers supplying the city meet top standards for milk sanitation and purity. Modern methods are used at the larger dairies with regular milk tests and prompt remedies when bacterial counts rise.
The Deer Lodge Kiwanis club cancels its Labor Day celebration to boost attendance at the Montana State Fair. State fair president Lewis Penwell praises civic cooperation and notes plans for four special trains, with 12,000 expected to attend the fair’s opening day from Deer Lodge Valley. Powell County commissioners announce road repairs to Priest Pass improving access.
The Montana Water and Power company is not a public utility under the Montana railroad commission. Though it furnishes power to Troy, it lacks town franchise or state prerogatives. The commission states it does not serve all inhabitants nor hold itself out as a public service.
Prospective concessionaire at the Montana State fair opening in two weeks speeds up applications. Burke Clements, secretary, says many inquiries about concessions and booths have come in. Management plans to close contracts for candy, soft drinks, ice cream and refreshment stands at various stations. Eddy Gallivan has secured the largest restaurant. Baptist ladies aid society will run the second largest. Interested parties urged to arrange early to settle allocations before amusement concessions are placed on the joy zone.
A stream of individuals arrives and departs in Helena with visitors from Virginia City Lewistown Shelby and more. Notables include Judge W R Stewart business and legal travelers, church officials, and company executives such as Krank M Kerr and Ernest Richards, plus Mrs Guy Billings heading to Missouri for the Eastern Star meeting.
Donations to the earthquake relief fund in Lewis and Clark County rose to 1144 dollars by last night, with chairman A. T. Schultz predicting the county will meet its 3200 dollar quota. The drive urges voluntary gifts by mail to Schultz at the Helena Light and Railway office, emphasizing urgent reconstruction needs.
Executives and employees of the Montana division office of Mountain States Telephone Company spent yesterday on their annual outing at the Gate of the Mountains. After a boat trip on the Missouri River, the day concluded with a picnic in Canyon.
The Smelter band played an open air concert last evening in East Helena under the direction of Paris Bartley. A large crowd gathered including visitors from Helena to hear the performance.
Washington reports a shift from old time lighthouse to automatic lights across the Hawaiian Islands. For 14 years the automatic beacon has warned mariners every three seconds day and night, with human attention now rare as the old structures disappear.
John Shober, pioneer of early Montana, died at age 93 after a long life spanning Virginia Minnesota and Dakota. Born January 4 1832 in London County Virginia he helped found Staples County and served as district attorney and territorial council president before moving to Montana in 1884. He aided in building a new community on South Main Street and remained active in politics and public life until his death.
Fragmentary report contends Anderson and associates aboard a fast yacht vanished from Tuleport Tuesday night. Readers warned of misstatements as investigators seek the true culprits while noting scant supplies, no ship chandler, and references to Granite Rock and local wards amid confused accounts.
Bids for the excavation of the women's guiding building to be erected at the State college at Bozeman will be opened by the State Board of Examiners. Roscoe Hugenin, state supervising architect, met with Fred F. Willson, architect, and WS. Plaws, head of architectural engineering, Bozeman College, to advertise for bids on the excavation contract.
The secretary of state records a new wholesale fruit and vegetable firm in Anaconda with authorized capital of 25000. Articles outline corporate purpose and state inclusion, noting references to religious texts. The filing appears to mix narrative and garbled OCR content about the Fitzgerald Fruit Company and Testament wording.
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