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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1925
Page
5
Readable fragments indicate a Mootanay city page with weather notes for Saturday, ads for ice cream and marceling services, a State House hour room in Helena, and assorted local business items. It mentions weddings, funerals, a police court case in Helena, and a disturbance arrest at the Majestic hotel with a jail hold pending.
The Canyon Creek team led by Mrs. Rosencrans and Mr. Heaney reported subscriptions totaling 53.25 for the American Legion national endowment fund aiding disabled veterans and dependents. County campaign chairman Sam D. Goza announced a county total slightly over 3000, with a state quota of 2300 met.
Butte reports say the lid was removed and dropped into a bottomless lake formed in Jackson Hole country after a mountain tumbled into a river during a Mother Earth shinny dance. The mining camp plans a Fourth celebration with Helena talks assisting the Butte group.
Large crowd from Helena thronged to Lincoln for a city celebration including a free barbecue of Blackfoot beef at the picnic grounds, a ball game between the Hoher team and a Geological survey crew, horse races, children’s events, prizes, dancing, and music by the Al Phillips orchestra. Fishing remains good in smaller streams though the Blackfoot river is high.
The Helena community plans the annual Farr Bureau picnic at Mounting Gate with free coffee, soft drinks, and ice cream on sale. A sports program is scheduled for the afternoon, and committee members include Peter Hilger, Otto Aggens, Roy Shumate, Bert Coty, William Barnes, Joe Hollenback, John Tobin, and Mrs Schule and Mrs Gunprecht.
Mrs Al A Sperry left yesterday for San Francisco to visit her daughter who holds a responsible position at the Tall Cafe and Hotel camps. Widely known in Helena, she is praised for hospital work with soldiers and was an active member of the American Legion Auxiliaries Disabled American Veterans War Mothers and other groups.
A affidavit and motion seek a venue change to the divtrice court of Butte county in a district court case filed yesterday by Hansen Packing Co defending an action by the attorney general over corporation license returns. The company alleges excessive charges for salaries and depreciation and shows fixes offices and records in Butte. Kremer Sandora and Kremer represent the defendant. Also noted, a nitrogen gas filled tennis ball marketed by a British firm.
The 33rd annual session of the Presbyterian synod of Montana opens Tuesday at Litermountain College with devotional service and the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper led by Rev. J. G. Knotter. Meetings run three days, with postsynod conferences and a parallel Women’s Synodical Society gathering at the college.
Two summer groups arrive by Northern Pacific train to spend the day. Delta Delta Delta sorority sisters from Montana and New York Rat Singing Society members tour Glacier and Yellowstone areas, partake in a Gate of the Mountains motor trip and Broadwater restaurant dinner, with local hosts arranging entertainment.
William Veague of Maryesilr is bound for a hearing today before the sheriff in Parsee at the Marysette Justice Court on Marysvary for alleged desertion of five children. The case centers on failure to provide support, with the mother claiming nonpayment despite promises.
The Los Angeles district reports WE MeAarmiek named to a senior travel freight and passenger role succeeding de Phalon at Great Northern. He takes the post as senior agent with headquarters in Los Angeles. The notice notes the death of Mr. Phalan, long employed by Great Northern.
Rock Springs July 1 The Associated Press Glaciation occurred on southern and central Wyoming during the mid tertiary period as a great sheet spread from Canada into the United States. Hares chief geologist at Ohio Oil company announces findings after a regional survey. He says the mid tertiary glaciation marked profound climatic change and lasted long, with implications for the northern Rocky Mountain geological history.
A garbled list of names and places shows personal notices from Minneapolis to Helena and Great Falls. The item mentions Adeline Marke, Mr and Mrs POP, Wayne of Forsyth, and others as guests at hotels or visiting relatives, with several neighbors and high school figures named in scattered stops across Montana and nearby states.
The quadriennial meeting of the Council of the Alliance of Presbyterian churches met in Cardiff with a unanimous appeal for international peace. It urged all Presbyterian bodies to support world peace and the League of Nations, and to join in a world alliance for friendship. Confidence was voiced in the League’s permanent court of international justice.
In a late filing attorney teams Spaulding and McCann for Helena deny substantial misconduct allegations. The defense questions sworn testimony and says the supreme court will appoint a referee to take evidence and report findings. The case was filed in Blaine and Frit counties seeking sackation of Gripes.
Cabineers and fishing parties hiked for the holiday spending plans. The weather forecast called for fair conditions today and tomorrow with a chance of rain later. stores and banks would close for the long weekend.
Funeral services for Wars Newman are planned Sunday in Manhattan with Rev Nes presiding at a Presbyterian church. Surviving relatives include a sister and a brother, while Rev Vb Newman serves as head of the state church synod. Rev Alvin Taylor of Triermount College is to speak at the morning service.
The note presents a scrambled crossword puzzle with scattered letters and words, mentioning horizontal clues, names, and terms like axis, measure of area, and high priest. It concludes with an instruction about answering yesterday’s crossword. The text is fragmented and mixed with garbled phrases.
The article notes the death of Mas Willan Povey at a quarry where the M.C.A. boys were drilling. Workers arrived back at the Mantels and the crew is said to be in the same state as last evening. The ganpo was declared a site.
Board considers issuing treasury notes amid a detailed analysis by J W Walker chair of a tax commission. Estimates show costs and interest implications totaling around 128 thousand dollars, with concerns about profitability and legal requirements delaying a final decision. The group plans to reach a ruling within a few days.
W H MacKenzie, previously in the denemcket office and recently at Philipsburg, succeeds Herman Dolson as clerk in the city ticket office of the Northern Railroad. Johnson departs for Butte to assume new duties as vice clerk. general agent W H Merv oversees the transfer.
A nationwide defense test will involve Acting Secretary Davis General Pershing General Hines and others in a triangular telephone broadcast. President Dawes and W S Gater of AT&T will join the discussion as about SAMO listeners tune in to speeches explaining the test aims and expected results.
Machine for the Fourth of July defense test was declared in order. Nickle Plate railroad officials denied charges by opponents of the consolidation plan. Alabama Power was the sole bidder for surplus power from testing Muscle Shanty machinery. For more than 200 miles the Euphrates River remains navigable.
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