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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1925
Page
6
New York reports the selection of 66 standard colors for hosiery by The Textile Color Card Association and The National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers. Highlights include Atmosphere Nude French Nude Blush Sunburn and Yale Blue. the list prompts questions about color popularity and the odd inclusion of Yale.
The article reviews Calles backing a social experiment in Mexico, hoping peons will rise with opportunity. It notes General Bullard criticizing prohibition as enforcement dominates observance, arguing people will find ways to drink despite bans. The outcome hinges on peons embracing ambition for Mexico's future.
A Helena shopkeeper recalls a child who once paid 20 cents for cookies from a box in his store. He notes how prices have risen since then and suggests the young girl may not have realized cookies now cost more.
The speaker argues the core question is commitment to forcible enforcement of the Dawes plan, asserting prior proposal financing and operation by Americans. He notes European praise for frankness, while alleging a shrinking fringe of irreconcilables remains opposed, urging patriotic consensus.
The remark ponders the potential exchange between the Texas and Wyoming governors under parallel circumstances, noting how guesses about intergovernmental dialogue exist alongside actual statements from North and South Carolina leaders. The comparison highlights inter-state dynamics in executive communication.
President Calles advances a program to break up large estates and allot land to peasants in working tracts. An agricultural commission will oversee voluntary allotments with terms that title may not vest immediately and continued work required. If allotments are neglected, land reverts or is reallotted, testing peons' resolve.
Ohio Bell Telephone Co announces an economic survey predicting population growth from six million to nine million by 1950. The company plans $60,000,000 in expansion over the next five years, arguing such planning mirrors efforts seen across states and sectors.
Former secretary of war Newton D. Baker says he has retired from frame politics to devote time to bringing the United States into the League of Nations. He acknowledges he must reenter politics and whip a few people to succeed.
The United States electric light and power companies invested about 12 hundred million dollars last year to expand operations and produce over five billion kilowatt hours monthly. Two million more Americans gained electricity access in 1923, with higher increases expected as final figures are tallied. North Dakota voted to keep boys aged 16 and 47 working on farms and learning agricultural tasks.
A terse notice notes young girls being used as dry agents and pivots to a pointed question about the fate of the girls versus the boys caught drinking old Kentucky corn juice, reflecting Prohibition era tensions in Kentucky.
Attorney General Stone says he has received no advice from the Republican National Committeeman of Montana regarding the Wheeler case and has proceeded independently on his own responsibility.
Fourteen states signaled they will not allow government nursing department feeding for 15 to 18 year olds in Washington. Vienna bars jazz but allows Vienna sausages with beer. Senator Paul of Powell county promotes real economy gains as President Coolidge continues talk of economy, shaping European perceptions of U S funds.
A sharp editorial lauds a rare government deadlock where the treasury and justice departments clash over illegal and legal alcohol taxes. It mocks the impasse as a triumph of government noting no sales or taxes occur while agencies block each other, leaving the system inert.
Washington reports detail the American Friends of Greece leadership led by Edward Capps and the Refugee Settlement Commission. It explains aid limits, noting funds for land and farming equipment only, while food and medicine must come from other bodies. The piece covers competing relief groups and the plight of Asia Minor refugees in Greece amid rising needs.
The Near Last Relief reports starting small workshops to aid Armenian refugee women and girls. Funds from workshop sales recycle back into the fund, enabling expansion to thousands more, with volunteers handling sales and officers contributing labor. The program relies on native embroidery skills and minimal expenses to empower self-sufficiency in their communities.
Darien Wisconsin January 29 A bronze reproduction of Lassie the pet Scotch collie tops a monument at the grave of Mrs Jennie H Langs in a small country cemetery. The dog statue bears the inscription Be Kind to Animals.
Colonel N Lapowski in El Paso handles 11 467 veterans cases and has secured 150 834 for them. He charges no fee for his services though a 20 percent claim fee is available if he chooses to take it.
Senate action on the postal pay and rate increase bill was postponed to tomorrow with an expected early vote on passage. The bill includes a rider creating a corrupt practices act limiting expenditures by candidates to 2500 dollars for the house and 10000 dollars for the senate and requires detailed financial reports from each political committee. Supporters say rate increases remain, while critics argue the changes violate the constitutional rule that revenue bills originate in the house.
National capital news outlines the postal rate and pay increase bill moving through the Senate while Republican leaders plan to bar LaFollette insurgents from their caucus. A corrupt practices act rider is attached to the bill. President Coolidge is presented with a bag of wheat by Kansas. Naval officers oppose unification of army and navy air services before the house military committee.
A bureau of mines report from Washington dated January 29 states that about 30 percent of gasoline energy is wasted in exhaust as combustible gases. Improper carburetor adjustment is blamed for most of this waste, with the average carburetor found too rich meaning insufficient air for good economy.
The Associated Press reports the Woodrow Wilson sarcophagus was completed in Washington Cathedral Bethlehem chapel. It rests in a wall recess eight by eighteen feet, under arches with a leaded glass window, a grill canopy and flags. The limestone tomb bears the crusader's cross and the inscription Woodrow Wilson with birth and death years 1856 and 1924.
Taken as rum: Run by a machine gun and a one pounder, Peter Marinoff of Tacoma and his engineer C Hendricks surrendered their craft after a 15 mile chase yesterday between Seattle and Tacoma, the gunfire driving them to yield to government rum chasers.
Governor J. E. Erickson calls for a 15 percent cut in appropriations from last year with the legislature urged to trim and reduce requests. The appropriations chairman warns the effort may be hard, noting campaigns pledges and economy are needed to prevent only slight increases.
A historical Q and A list from The Heler Independent Information Bureau covers numerous inquiries. Maud Adams is unmarried and based in Rockland, lab work in motion picture photography. Other questions address adjusted certificates, chaulmoogra oil, daily exercise tunes, the Australian dingo, rice paper for cigarettes, House of Good Shepherd origins, poultry disease, Genet’s recall, daily government costs, lace history, semi opaque glass, and the Boston to Cape Town distance.
A Burlington Saturday Evening Dost dispatch claims a prohibition officer reports enforcement in Iowa, but the writer argues the state harbors hundreds of operating stills and large liquor imports brought by auto trucks, noting consumption appears higher than under licensing days.
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