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Newspaper

Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1925

Page

2

Painter Standish Chosen to Illustrate Western Novel

John Standish of Plentywood chosen by Arnold Richardson to illustrate a romance set in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. He will provide black and white sketches and paintings from models in Sheridan County, with training under Evens and current work with the Associated Artists of America.

Plentywood John Stanilish People’s Publishing Company Plentywood Producers News Arnold D. Richardson California Willamette Valley Oregon Standish Richardson Speridan Sy. Standish Evans Cleveland Associated Artists of America Baltimore Chateau Tejon County Wenatche Montana Scobey Scobey Sentinel Vusit Juba

Bad Check Passer on Way to Deer Lodge

Butte January 4 Jackson Steven son rounded up in Cascade county custody after passing bogus drafts totaling 800 dollars in Great Falls while working as an automobile salesman. He served six months in Calgary for a similar auto loan fraud and was convicted in Edmonton with a suspended sentence. His first wife recently divorced in California. he married a Great Falls girl a week before the conviction and pleaded guilty last Wednesday, sentenced to three to six years.

Butte Jackson Stevenson Silver Bow Great Fails Decor Lodge Herbert Locke Cascade County Stevenson Great Falls Calgary Locke Edmonton California

Butte Woman Sues for $10000 Libel Damages

Mrs. Mary Drazich of Butte sues Mrs. Katie Drazich for libel claiming a letter written to Anica Doric Milalova of Jyngo-Slavia damaged her character. The complaint seeks $10,000 in district court. The two plaintiffs share a surname but are not relatives. attorney is John W. James.

Butte Fan Mary Drazich Katie Drazich Anica Doric Milalova Unicua Jyngo-Slavia Galen Street John W. James

Butte Court Dismisses 71 Criminal Informations

Butte winter term opens with 150 juror venire. 12 cases set for trial and 71 informations dismissed by County Attorney Tyrand. Albert Livingston arraigned on murder charge. three first degree murder trials planned. Dismissals overdue since 1922 or last year. many witnesses unavailable and evidence lacking. Offenses range from prohibition to grand larceny and arson across the docket.

Jeremiah J. Lynch T. E. Downey John Lindsay W. B. Frame Rankin Bourquin Mafsa St

Home Still Hangs on Edge of Chasm

A vacant house on Gallatin Street leans over a newly formed chasm after a burst water pipe eroded the earth above the old Dago shaft. The Rutledge family evacuated as the ground gave way, with authorities installing barriers and shutting water to prevent further collapse.

A. ©. M. Company Childdren Teneo City Walker Avenue

Silesia Man Struck by a Truck While Driving Cows

Laurel Jan 4 Carl Onken was severely injured when a truck hit him in front of the Silesia garage. The road crowded with cars, Onken was driving cows along the roadside edge. He was thrown about 20 feet, suffered a deep head gash, a badly bruised shoulder, and a wrenched back. a wheel passed over him. The note about the bird with feet on its wings appears unrelated to the incident.

Laurel Jan Carl Onken Silesia Mr. Onken Tts

Waitress Shot by Miner Recovers to Pursue Shooter

Josie Norick, shot by Mike Ladum early Sunday, released from Murray hospital with a limp and says she will press charges when Ladum faces trial. Ladum is held in the county jail awaiting charges as Edward Verner, the narcotic officer who fatally shot a bystander, faces murder charges with a 35000 bond.

Buite Josie Norick Mike Ladum Murray Hospital Miss Norick Ladum Edward Verner John Stepan

Piano Pins Great Falls Y M C A Secretary

Mervin Sours physical director at the Great Falls Y M C A was injured Friday noon when a piano being moved toppled and pinned him beneath. He was freed by the noon gymnasium class and taken to Deaconess hospital where doctors found ligament tearing in his back. An X ray was taken but not conclusive. a second will be performed.

Great Falls Mervin Sours Sours Ilo

Basin News notes New Year movements and travel

The Basin News column lists numerous residents and visitors in early January. Names include Mrs Adolph Miller, Mr and Mrs James Thompson, Mrs Pluma Cameron, George Children, Henry Myers undergoing appendicitis surgery in Butte, Kathryn Morgan visiting family, Isabel Lowry and Joseph Lowry, Phillip Smith, Joseph Nugent, August Grunert, Roy E Leonard hosting sixteen guests, Marion Pierce visiting grandparents, R E Hanson leaving for Lombard, J J Davis and Russell visiting the Loiselle home, H E Loiselle visiting Butte, Safranac family visiting, John McMurray guest of L H Detour, Gordon Duffy en route to Wallace, Frank E Kinney foreman in Coeur d Alene district, and Mrs Harry C Sayre hosting Sunday school girls.

Butte Kathryn Morgan Joseph Lowry Isabel Armington Lowry Great Northern Railway Phillip Smith Boulder Joseph Nugent August Grunert Roy E Leonard Marion Pierce Robert Pierce R. E. Hanson Lombard J. J. Davis Russell H. E Loiselle Salt Lake L. H. Detour Gordon Duffy Wallace Idaho Helena Duffy Frank E. Kinney Couer D'Alene Kinney Ari Harry C. Sayre Birs Sayre

Family Narrowly Escapes Death by Fire in Residence

Neighbors woke the Dorman family of four after a fire swept through the Henry Letzelmueller residence on the Bair-Collins mine road in Roundup. The couple and two children fled in nightclothes. $209 found later and restored from a buggy. Nearby, August Kaepn’s home on Second Street West suffered a separate blaze from exposed wires, forcing the family to flee. Kneipps found shelter with the Greening household after the second fire.

Jans Mgr John Dorman Henry Letzelmueller Bair-Collins Mine Jagt Frank Rube Bert Miller Dorman Kube Ithbers Bundy Rair-Calfins August Kaeipn Second Street Mary Tis Elizabeth Welch Kneipps C. W. Greening

Indian Shoveler of Coal Faces Assault Charge in Great Falls

Dave Henry a Rocky Bay tribe member known as the city’s best coal shoveler is jailed after a Friday assault on Dean Raspberry-Plucks-the-Grass near Cascade County Montana. The complaint cites third degree assault with kicking and beating, Henry claims jealousy among tribesmen sparked the fight. Bail set at 200 dollars. sheriff holds Henry in custody.

Justice of the ‘Peace C. A. Wilson Dave Henry Rocky Bay Dean Raspberry Henry Dean Raspperry Cascade County Montana Evan Jones Bob Gordon

Musselshell Solons Hear State Hail Law Should be Amended

Roundup. January 4. Speakers at Carpenters Union Hall urged repeal or amendment of the state hail insurance law and discussed changes to the compensation and marketing systems. Senator-elect F T McCormick and others weighed options including a real estate tax to fund losses and a Canadian style levy with automatic coverage for lands not yet in crop. Senator Oliver Heard criticized the current law and advocated full loss payment before rehabilitation.

Musselshell Carpenters’ Union Hall Central Trades and Labor Council Frank Ebersole Earl Reid Ppersole Musselshell County Oliver Heard John Oliver Custer County F. OT. McCormick

Montana Potatoes Shipmed to Louisiana for Field Tests

Montana growers send Bliss Triumph seed potatoes to Louisiana for evaluation under state supervision. The loaded Glen refrigerator car departs Glasgow for Baton Rouge carrying 2,600 pounds Belzer strain and 1,490 pounds Kerr and Brookie seed, with Sharpley strain added at Malta and Chinook. Seed is free, rail carrier cooperates, and test plots will occur across nearly every potato producing county under Professor Tiehout and County Agent Murray E Stebbins. Four years of Montana effort culminates in cross state trials to improve varieties.

Glasgow Lan Baton Rouge Louisiana Cay Belzer Valles County Saco Malta Chinook Sharpley Seatier Lowisiana Tiehout Murray E Stebbins P.M. Harrington Montana Stebbins Bliss Triumph Triumph State Bozeman

Stockholder Meetings Notice for Sunburst Oil and Gas Company

Notices announce annual stockholders meetings for Sunburst Oil and Gas Company Sunburst Consolidated Royalties Company Stevenson Associated and Hager Stevenson Oil Company at National Bank of Montana Building Helena Montana with dates in January 1925 1926 for election of directors and other business Dated December 31 1924 WM GEO Davis Secretary First Publication January 4 1925

Sunburst Oi and Gas Company Tuain National Bank of Montana Buildins Helena Montana Skid Company WM. Geo. Davis Sunburst Consolidated Royalties Company National Bank of Montana If Oclerk A. Om WM. Geg Davis Hager-Stevenson Oil Company WM Geo. Tants Helens Halena Bickett-Sweet Live Stock Company el Montana Aka Company Nti Autcessore Elagtad Ang

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