Bad Check Passer Admits Guilt and Six Year Boot
Great Falls Jan 1 Jack Stevenson was sentenced to three to six years in state prison after pleading guilty before Judge J B Leslie in district court to passing a worthless check. Defense said no prior convictions, but records showed two Canadian prior convictions under the name Tiome Ivanhoe Stevenson. Stevenson broke down and cried as the sentence was announced.
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Great Falls
Jack Stevenson
J. B. Leslie
Im District Court
Ins
PH. G. Bennett
Leslie
Canada
Tiome Ivanhoe Stephenson
Stevenson
Revelers Coin New Word HiHipppers At Five Per Pint
A Butte New Year celebration scene inspired a coined term hiipper for men with bulging hip pockets selling heated pint bottles. The observer noted rising prices from two to eight dollars per pint as revelers bought highballs and jokes flourished into the early morning.
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Butte
Hihipper
Flathead Treasurer Sued to Cancel Drain Assessments
Nallspel January 1. Plaintiffs Austin and RM filed suit against Flathead County Treasurer Wellie Gawdy at Thatspell ranch northwest of Thatspell seeking cancellation of drainage assessments totaling about 600 dollars. They allege the drain commissioner was not duly appointed and that county commissioners exceeded authority by levying drain assessments without proper certification, and that notice to plaintiffs was given.
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Nallspel
RM | Austin
Wellie’ Gawdy
Flathead County
Thatspell
Missoula Banker Stranded by Oregon Snow Drifts
Portland reports FL Lusky, president of the First National Bank in Missoula, and Mrs Lusk arrived by train after their auto tour halted east of The Dalles due to heavy snow. Warming rains eased conditions, allowing the banker to resume travel.
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Portland
Ore
FL Lusky
First National Bari
Missoula
Mont
Lusk
Dalles
Whitefish Boy Is Killed By Train Tragedy
Jan Lawrence Strong, oldest son of Mrs Dutta Strong, was fatally struck by a moving work train near Hesex on Wednesday afternoon. An inquest is scheduled for Kalispell Thursday.
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Whitefish
Lawrence Strong
Mra. Dutta Strong
Hesex
Victim Sees Other Side Of Suffolk Shooting Fray
Lewistown reports County Attorney E. J. Baker and Sheriff Guy Tullock interviewed Roy Campbell of Suffolk after he was shot by Byron Roberts on the road out of town. Campbell and Roberts give similar accounts with two key differences, including the quarrel at the station over trespassing horses. Campbell says he overtook Roberts and fired after Roberts rode away, a flesh wound to his side and a scalp graze. Roberts admits firing after Campbell was ordered to stop. Roberts’ bond set at 1300 dollars.
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Lewistown
E. J. Baker
Guy Tullock
Roy Campbell
Suffolk
Byron Roberts
Campbell
Roberts
Choteau Stenographer Joins Judge Pomeroy in Eleventh District
Kalispell Jan 1 Harry F Benson of Choteau acts as court stenographer for Judge C W Pomeroy of the eleventh district currently sitting in Gibby It is believed he will be appointed to the position though no formal order has been filed Benson has long served as stenographer in the nineteenth district under Judge T T Greene Greene is understood not to fill the vacancy caused by Benson's resignation until terms of court resume in that district
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Chateau
Benson
Couple Married in Helena Get Divorce
Portland Oregon January 1 V A Myers wire chief for the Postal Telegraph company at Ashland Oregon has been divorced by his wife Cayla Mae Myers whom he married in Helena Montana in June 19. Mrs Myers based her case on the complaint that years ago Myers became infatuated with two certain other women whom he refused to give up leaving his wife and five children subject on numerous occasions to charity of neighbors.
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Portland
Ore
A. Myers
Postal Telegraph Company
Ashland
Cayla Mae Myers
Helena
Mant
Hugh DeHart Dies in Bathrobe Fire in Livingston
Livingston Mont Jan 1 Hugh DeHart 68 brother of former Game Warden Jake DeHart died at 7 this morning from bathrobe fire suffocation. Doctors say he suffered burns to hands face and chest but not severe enough to cause death from the burns.
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Livingston, Mont
Hugh DeHart
Jake DeHart
Case appealed in suit over railroad death judgment
Attorneys for Northern Pacific Railway filed notice of appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court in district court at Moorhead. The case involves Gertrude Caldwell who recovered 36,240 for the death of her husband in a Montana collision last spring. Two prior motions for a new trial were denied. points of law justify the new appeal.
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Associated Press
Moorehead
Minn
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Minnesota Supreme Court
Gertrude Caldwell
Montana
Great Falls Gas Plant Explosion Witnesses Debate Details
Great Falls residents recall the blast at the Great Falls Gas company's plant last Friday. Eyewitness Fred Schoensigel of Fairfield Times cites his vantage from 35 miles away to support higher flame estimates while others say the flare rose modestly above ground. He describes a blood red sky and sparks as the distillation site exploded, noting the flame’s ascent and the distant glow observed by locals.
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Great Falls
Fred Schoensigel
Fairfield Times
Falla
Naional Bank
Schoensigel
George Maiden
Tam
Body of boy found after hunting trip ends in tragedy
Red Lodge Montana December 31 sheriff deputies found Walter Nola a 15 year old boy dead in blizzard conditions. He disappeared Friday morning while hunting and is believed to have died when a gun discharged while he was crawling through a barbed wire fence. The body lay two miles north of Red Lodge on the east bench with one leg still caught on the fence. He is survived by two brothers and a stepfather. his mother had died six months earlier.
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Red Lodge
Sheriff's Deputies
Walter Nola
Pondera County bids for state poultry show in Conrad
Conrad December 51 The Conrad Community Club county commissioners and the Ponderas Poultry Growers association join to raise a guaranty fund to bring the state poultry show to Conrad in January 1926. The last show in Conrad December 18 20 drew strong interest and offered the Mercantile building space upstairs as a potential venue despite sub zero weather and winds.
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Conrad
Conrad Community Club
Ponderas
Eureka Doctor Shocked by X Ray Machine Incident
Eureka January report describes Dr C C Gerrard receiving a severe electric shock from an X ray machine at Eureka Hospital. He was thrown against a radiator suffering scalp wounds and was revived by W V Kuchan, manager of the Eureka telephone company. The doctor, formerly Haged Fails, is recovering and expects to be out in a few days.
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Eureka
C. C. Gerrard
W. V. Kuchan
Murderer Still Sees Hughes Despite Story
In Butte January 1 Arthur Hughes maintains he and not Roy Walsh shot merchant Al Johnson, while Walsh calls Hughes a liar and says a third man aided in the crime. Attorney John Elliott plans a Supreme Court rehearing for Walsh, with execution dates looming if denied. Boulder officials prepare for the hanging as Silver Bow gallows are loaned for the ceremony amid historic details of previous executions.
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Butte
Jan
Arthur Hughes
Roy Walsh
al Johnson
Renowa
Walsh
Hughes
John Elliott
Deer Lodge
Elliott
Eliott
Johnson
Supreme Cour
Boy-Killing Cougar Hunted by a Posse
A trained cougar dog pack is being moved toward the Olympic Mountains north of Spokane to track a cougar believed to have killed 13-year-old Jimmy Fehlhaber. State predatory animal killers accompany the dogs. authorities seek the animal before it harms others.
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Missoula
Olympic Mountains
Spokane
Jimmy Fehlhaber
Fred H. Strand
American Petroleum Institute
California
Oklahoma
Kansas
North Texas
Central
Texas
North Louisiana
Arkansas
Gulf Coast
Eastern
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
Montana Advances in Export Trade Rankings
Montana leaps from 47th to 38th in state export rankings for quarter ended September 36 1924. Exports totaled 1 405 519 with ore and metals leading the shipment mix. For the first nine months 1924 Montana's exports reached 3 854 688, edging Wyoming by 17 642 more in goods. Colorado declined by 1 717 402. Top states in the quarter include New York Texas Pennsylvania Illinois California New Jersey Louisiana Michigan Ohio and Massachusetts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Montana
Union
Says & Bulletin
Department of Lommerce
Wyoming
Arizona
Delaware
Wyormas
Colorado
New York
Texas
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
California
New Jersey
Louisiana
Michigan
Ohio
Massachusetts
Classified Advertisements Listing for Helena Independent
Classified advertisements appear in The Helena Independent, a daily Montana newspaper established in 1866. The note lists eastern offices in New York Chicago San Francisco and confirms distribution through nine stands and metropolitan newspaper sales points.
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Independent Publishing Company (Inc
Helena
Montena
Hatena
Brontana
Prudden, King and Prudden
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Breyer Building
Chicago
Prudden
King and Prudden
Sharon Buildings
Montgomery Street
San Francisco
California
United States
Town of 1000 Faces Dental Care Gap Sparks Outfall
Eureka a town of about 1, 000 people lies without a dentist prompting residents to seek care in Whitefish Kalispell or Spokane. The sparsely populated area in eastern Lincoln county and nearby regions faces dental access challenges as residents travel for services.
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Emeka
Eureka
Lincoln County
British Columbia
Whitefish
Kalispell
Tibby
Spokane
Portland editor gains fame as magazine writer in Oregon
1 Don Stevens, formerly a newswriter in Montana papers, joined the Morning Astor jan staff in Oregon a few months ago. He has earned prominent mention for a wolf wrap narrative in Sunsek magazine and for a poem in Outdoor Life, signaling rising fame in magazine writing.
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Portland
Oregan
Don Stevens
Billings Great Falls
Helena, Mont
Astor Jan
Oregon
Columbus wool pool sells 80 cents a pound for 1925 clip
The Columbus wool pool awarded Silbermann & Company of Chicago the 1925 clip bid of 530 cents. The 60,000 fleece deal, arranged through a committee led by John Logan, William Watt, and President Weir of Absarokee, marks the seventh year Silbermanns have contracted with the pool. The Montana buyer T. P. Mulvihill represented Silbermann.
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Billings
Columbus Wool Pool
Silbermann & Company
Chicago
John Logan
William Watt
Weir
Absarokee
Silbermann House
T. P. Mulvihill
Montana
Silbermanns
Ipool
Carbon County
Stillwater
Sweet Grass
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Hugh DE Hart
Naw Bible
Pondera Co
Boy
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Lew Mad
Clark County
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Associated Mass
Star
King Solomon's
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E. A
Miriam
C. FE. S
Josephine Hepner
Canton Botel
North Mar
Mitchellk
Legisla
Ture
Warren
Ee — Booth Main Stuert
Terry
Civil Service
Nmxaminer
Washington, D. C
Moler Barber College
Fargo
N. D
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Free Employment Bureau
American Plan Workmen Associated Industries
Penwell Block
M's. Magon
Park Hotel
Ninth Avenue
Defferson Street
Cath
State Capitol
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Clark Street
Bath
Chessman Flat
Sixth Avenue
Tno Young Mis
Inks
Sherman
A. P. Curtin
Frank Newton
First Judicial District
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Henry Burns Norton
Lew
Aml Clark
Sant Henry Burns Norton
Alfred B. Norton
Indy
Will Whalys
Scallon
William John
Eien J. Dew
Wilber
Dow
Ger
George M. Minson
Gilman State Bank
Gilman
Lewis and Clark County
Lewis and Clark
James Manes
Ang A Rowand
Hip Pi
G. Amacker
Independent
ALLEN
Sixth Ave
Goodall Bros
South Main
Helena Hdn
Nelson-Peterson
Alto
Dempsey Garage
N. Park Ave
Eugene Wenzler
Smoke House
Houston Auto Co
Willard Service
W. Lawrence
Phone
Herman A. Freylar
Placar
Empton Alley
N. Main
Dra. Owen & Hunter
Bailey Black
Palmquist Electric
Joad
W. Hurd
F. Sisth
McKinney
Power Annex
Na Fietts
Hais
Elite Hat
Marcelling
E. Blackstone
Ertke Zimmerman
Yee Soon Noodle
Main
Lyle
Pittsburg
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Bailey Block
Joh Works Specialty
G. K. Smith
Wright
S. Main
Wood Yard
Park Avenue Wood Yard
State
Kydetps
Monda
Leis and Clark
Hay
Rudolph Horsle
J. E. Houle
Whalby
Jack
Amsterdam
Mois
Ancient
Egypt
East Side
West Side
Pratt & Heath Co
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