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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1925
Page
11
Great Falls sportsmen discussed landowners permitting fishing in exchange for stocking streams. Prompted by a state supreme court ruling allowing landowners to bar non navigable stream fishing, the plan seeks guaranteed fishing privileges via hatchery stocking. The idea will be debated further and possibly advanced to a state bill for the next legislative session.
A coroner's jury in Lewistown ruled officer Frank Draper died from a gunshot wound inflicted by a pistol in the hands of Mike Riser. The shooting occurred during a moonshine raid on November 24, witnessed by Federal Prohibition Agent Earl Koehler who said no search warrant was shown.
Miles City December 4 State Senator John Oliver of Carter counts his temporary Roundup residence where he has been receiver of a closed bank. He is in Miles City meeting old-time friends and discussing a possible bid for Congress. He has not decided, but his friends expect an announcement after the new year. Oliver notes improvement in state conditions and optimism among business people and farmers as debts are liquidated.
Dec 4 Ryegate reports Golden Valley county farmers reap a fall harvest from turkey sales. Over a carload of choice birds shipped to eastern markets. December 12 a carload will be bought and paid for with cooperation from a commission firm and Ryegate agricultural director Alvin Cleveland. Estimated three carloads of dressed turkeys for Golden Valley county this year, with high prices yielding a substantial sum for farmers. Last year two carloads shipped from Ryegate under the cooperative plan.
Glasgow, Dec 4 C. A. Anderson a farmer living about one mile north of Glasgow was killed Tuesday afternoon while raking Russian thistles. Authorities say frightened horses bolted, the rake’s tongue broke free and struck him, breaking his neck. Death was instantaneous. The body was found at 6 p.m. He was survived by a wife and three children.
Hysham news reports three Montanan men Scheiner Shelton and Breeman were found guilty by a federal court in Indianapolis. Each received nine months in jail and a $300 fine for using otails to defraud an aged Treasure county couple. Restitution of $205 and a clear land title were given to the Honns. Trial occurred in Indianapolis. Hysham witnesses Crandall Crawford and Lyndes testified for the government.
Mrs. James Marks and daughters of Elena spent the weekend with Mrs. Margaret Perkins. Elva Puls at the State Normal at Dillon visited her parents A W Fuchs and Mrs. Mannix and family were in Helena with Mrs. Mannix’s parents. Hazel Morarity teaching near Deer Lodge visited her sister Mrs. Royal Smith. Madge Cartwright returned to work in Helena after time with her parents. Thomas Fitz and family returned to Dock Creek from Miles City. Claude Cartwright returned from a trip east and visited his brother White, a Cudahy & Company boxer at St Paul stockyards. Mrs. W J Gaah visited May Cotter in Helena before leaving for California. Thelma Blaine, Mrs. Thomas Myers and Mrs. L W Doggett were in Helena.
The dom estic wool market shown dullness with prices hard to quote and bids withdrawn in the west. Foreign markets ease, especially primary markets, while South American quotes fall. Mohair remains quiet but steady as spinners expect slightly lower bids. the Commercial Bulletin will list tomorrow's quotations across regions from Ohio to California and beyond with varied grades and prices.
Ennis bearcat Emmet Womack defeated Bozeman light heavyweight Scotty McDonald in the third round at Manhattan boxing show before 700 fans. A short right to the jaw and a midriff shot produced a rapid knockout at 1 minute 40 seconds of the round. Both fighters tumbled, Womack rose, referee Boe Decker delivered the 10 count.
F. McCabe faces federal charges after a grand jury indictment on November 26 for inducing Louis Champagne and his wife of the Blackfeet tribe to grant a 320 acre deed held in trust by the U.S. government. The case, recorded as occurring in 1923, also cites an attempted recording on February 14 1923 and related indictments. McCabe was in custody when the indictment became public, and he posted a $51 bond. He will be arranged at the next federal term.
Miss Alice Lorraine Daly a longtime Farmer-Labor figure in South Dakota declines the Democratic party endorsement for Congress. Endorsed at the state convention in Pierre she states she will not run and denies halting the Farmer-Labor convention to join Democrats.
Great Falls Montana December 4 More than one million kilowatt hours of electric power are supplied annually in Montana by the Montana Power company. Frank Bird tax commissioner notes the company will pay about 1.2 million dollars in state and federal taxes this year. Cascade county will receive about 159,947 from the company from the 800,000 assessed state total. He traces growth to the 1912 consolidation of four large Montana utilities. He cites nine large plats and one storage reservoir, plus mining and transportation power usage. He forecasts rising valuations and larger contributions as mining, farming, and livestock sectors expand. Overall state revenue from products is projected near 30,000,000.
In Arad a church sermon ended with Rev. T. E. Mack struck by Charles Farrington’s son, who punched him in the jaw. Mack retaliated by having the youth arrested. both men await a jury trial Saturday before Justice Wilson on a charge of assault. The incident erupted after Mack lectured the Farrington daughter about attending a basketball game and a dance at Ingomar weeks earlier.
Nashua December 4. Elin Monard a Nashua Gishlie School teacher died in a Minot hospital after an operation on her head. She had been injured in a Frazer Nashua gravel road accident seven weeks earlier. Her body was sent to Langsford North Carolina for burial. Norman Brocksmith Bery Rogers and John Rowe attended the funeral.
Three men in a car skidded and rolled 45 feet down a hill near the Black Rock mine southeast of Butte. Herbert Benjamin aged 23 was fatally injured with a punctured abdomen. William Elford 26 had a fractured jaw. Leslie Steele 21 suffered a likely wrench to the ankle. They were hospitalized. Benjamin's condition was critical.
Bradstreet's tomorrow will say distributive trade follows a seasonal course with wholesale operations shrinking and retail trade expanding as holidays approach. Three distributive branches report better trade than last year, but wholesale and jobbing trade lag October. big traders report strong activity last month. Factors cited include slower collections, improved distribution, milder weather delaying seasonable goods, coal strike impact in northeast Pennsylvania, rainfall suppressing Atlantic seaboard retail, and small retailers holding steady with larger stores. Weekly bank clearings total 11,006,790,000.
Paris Lieutenant Thored piloting a French seaplane completed a three hour 33 minute flight with engine stopped. The endurance flight took place at St Florent in Corsica, demonstrating remarkable reliability and fuel efficiency for the craft.
Gilbert Lucero aged 32 died suddenly from heart failure while hunting coyotes near his home on Horse Creek about 35 miles south of Hysham. He and his brother Alfred had just shot a coyote when Gilbert became ill saying he was choking. He expired half an hour later.
George Irnn, a tire company employee described as a foreigner with radical tendencies, opened fire in West Yellowstone, assaulting a pool hall and a store, shattering glass and forcing customers to flee. A warrant for first degree assault was issued by County Attorney E A Peterson. Irnn fled and remains at large in the community as authorities await service of the warrant.
The US naval oil lease indictments against Albert A. Wall Harry Ainsclair and Edward Doheny were argued and sent to adjournment in Washington District of Columbia Supreme Court pending judges Owen Roberts and Avec Pomerone in a high profile legal matter. Rome meanwhile reports the Pope will hold a December 17 consistory at St Peter's Basilica to permit as many Holy Year pilgrims as possible, with St Peter's capacity listed at 63 000.
James H. Hildebrand, a well known Basin jeweler for about 20 years and a longtime resident of Wickes and Boulder, died this morning after five weeks of illness from flu pneumonia. Born in 1835 in Pennsylvania, he moved to Montana forty years ago. Survived by wife Mary Ballard and two brothers, Harry and Joe. Funeral arrangements pending word from relatives. He belonged to the Masonic order and Knights of Pythias.
Miles City December 4 The district court jury found Mrs Nettie Ottinger not guilty of murdering her husband Arthur Z Ottinger The body was disinterred in Kansas with traces of poison found in the stomach authorities believed he was poisoned after death on May 2.
J W Schnitzler former banker and state senator from Roosevelt county with A W Ixsol will depart January 1 for a three month Cook de Luxe tour. They sail January 7 from New York on the Adriatic visiting Madeira Gibraltar Nice Naples Athens Constantinople Moly Land and from Alexandria a 17 day Egypt tour. After Naples they visit Rome Vienna Berlin Paris and end with an England air trip before returning home in March. Paddy Bean’s father James Ryan of Ismay ill in Florida summons Bean to Miles City as family gathers.
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