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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1925
Page
6
Weather overview shows Friday showers with cooler Saturday follow by mostly cloudy conditions. Local notices include moving address for Jamen Decham and a timber fire near Rimini not yet out. Also mentions Woodley Dairy certified inspections and Winters Omata equipment ads.
Salt Lake men used counterfeit licenses to fish near Yellowstone. Deputy Tom Peasley checked licenses on the Madison and traced aliases Arthur H. Taylor Gordon Taylor E. Thomas and Roscoe Anderson. At a justice court both pleaded guilty and were fined $25 each for nonresident license fraud.
H M Tait of Canadian Pacific visits Helena with George Miner to promote Empress of Scotland 120 day world cruise. A golf round the world feature invites enthusiasts to play at ports from Madeira to Haifa, Jerusalem, and beyond, with Christmas in the Holy Land.
Miss Frances Noyes McIntire and Chester A Drummond were married yesterday at the bride’s parental home at 10 am. Rev James F McNamee of the First Baptist church officiated. Attendants included Miss Helen McIntire and Miss Winifred Arnald c. The couple departed for Yellowstone Park. Drummond is general agent for Fidelity and Deposit Co. in the city.
In Helena and Great Falls districts Eddy Bakery marks enlargements and unveils Butter Nut Bread. J B O Connell’s enterprise grew from a basement bake shop to a major Montana plant network. visitors may inspect the expanded Helena facility and see new Nut Bread production.
The narrative traces the naming of a Great Northern station between Silver and Wolf Creek. It spans changes from Mitchell to Lichen to Sieben, then Clark, amid collisions, local boosters, and Montana Railroad Commission input. Ultimately Sieben is upheld as the station name despite rival claims.
A large Montana State Fair booster trip is planned with many cars and a big delegation to Townsend. The committee reports strong interest and will host a street program with selections by a local trio and speeches. Cars leave here around 4:30 pm for the Townsend arrival, as officials arrange transportation and entertainment for the event.
Helena Cab and Bus company president C. F. King Harry Lippert of City Taxi and H. K. Orem of HH. K. Orem Ltd protested to the Montana Railroad Commission against issuing further certificates for taxi operation in Helena. They said they are equipped to handle all taxi business and have provided indemnity protection as required. A hearing would be held if additional applications are filed.
Helena was drenched Thursday afternoon as a cloudburst flooded Main Street gutters washing a wick from ridges. The downpour overwhelmed drainage for several minutes and kept the street crew busy repairing the mess.
The Commercial Club bureau, led by Miss Gertrude Ashby, assistant secretary, asks residents to list spare bedrooms for visiting guests during the State fair. With more attendees expected than in years past, organizers hope all rooms are filled early to avoid post fair disappointment. Telephone contact is 37.
Mr Bliss of Mishawaka asserts Montana highways compare well with other states and dismisses Chicago Tribune claims of poor roads. He notes scenic beauty and mountain routes as standout, while Florida's real estate boom is also mentioned along with touring work between Michigan and Cuba.
In Missoula the Montana Osteopathic Association urged Deaconess hospitals to drop discrimination, with church leaders and hospital officials noting no statewide policy bias. Dr Holtzinger said bias, where present, stems from local physician groups, not trustees, and trustees cannot fully control such attitudes.
Ro TS Gardiner, itinerant law book oiler, presented a claim to the State Board of Examiners for two days in a state supreme court law library. The itemized bill cited filing and rebinding work on volumes, approved by Associate Justice W To Ifolloway, and passed by the board after a secretary questioned the timing of the work.
The scene centers on a mobile bookbinder and a secretary of state over a $340 two day claim and a $200 per day service. Attorneys question the function of a law book oiler while three Helena binders operate half time under a union schedule as an itinerant leaves town with a $400 treasury warrant.
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