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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1925
Page
6
Partly overcast weather in Montanai with notable temperature shifts for Monday and Tuesday. Local items include Marcelling and beauty services, dental offices, insurance ads, and notices on new business locations in Helena area. A Kiwanis luncheon speaker and a burglary near 587 North Warren are summarized with police response details.
Medical officer Dr William O Beirne testifies before an Irish language commission that Trish is rarely used by county officials and few solicitors can converse in it. He notes scarcity of barristers fluent in Trish and cites youths in Connmaosra dreaming of America as a path to escape.
Eighty Montana business and professional men and women spread from Glendive to Missoula join the American Legion speakers bureau to promote the 1925 Omaha national convention. Mayor Palen says bureau aims to tell 50 million people and draw 150000 attendees, with 50000 in the parade and 100 bands, 220 drum corps and 100 guns.
Attendance at the five summer training schools shows an increase over last year per chancellor office records. The university reports about 1345 attendees, with Dillon at 704 up from 602, Lewistown near 200, Miles City about 200, Bulling n 240, and Billings around 200. Special university courses, limited by finances, draw about 100 students, while other schools focus on teacher training courses. R. W. Wak Jin leads Miles City, G. Dietrich at Billings, and A. T Peterson at Lewistown with supervision by President S. E. Davis.
Members of the Ghia delegation in Congress, invited by Representative Davey of Washington to fly the dirigible Shenandoah from Lakehurst to Akron during the Centennial, face disappointment as the Navy says airship flights into the interior cannot start until late August, delaying plans set for July 9 to 23.
William Engle faced collapsing roofs and walls during an earthquake in Santa Barbara. He managed to reach and switch off the city’s electricity, preventing widespread fires as bricks and dangerous live wires caused sparks and danger nearby.
A jumble of names and visits describes guests at the Placer hotel in Helena and nearby towns. Entries note Lee Brink af Futto, Mr and Mrs B J Steer, Kirby Heor, and others visiting from Bozeman Butte Missoula and New York. Separate note covers Shenandoah’s Bar Harbor flight return to Lakehurst mast in heavy showers with no incident.
A fire started in the shooting gallery at White City amusement park on Chicago's south side. Panicked crowds fled as flames swept through one side of the park causing potential losses up to $50,000 and two injuries were reported.
Boundaries shifts since 1920s census limit comparatives. Report lists farm counts and acreages for 1935, detailing crop land, pastures, woodland, and other land, plus farm values, livestock totals, and principal crops like oats and wheat. Also notes fruit bearing trees and young orchards.
Attorney Lester J T Leable returned home from Red Lodge where he represented the Helena group at the state Eagles convention. Don B King of Butte was named president and Loble addressed coal miners at a nearby picnic while District Judge George Bourque spoke to the miners.
Colonel John C Wooldridge father to the president, after an operation a week ago, sat on his front porch for about ninety minutes today. He got out of bed for lunch and walked to the porch before relaxing.
The Helena district court session begins with Judge Georie Mo Bantegaun presiding this morning. The report notes proceedings involving a demurrer and related motions.
The Gothic inspired Tower opens tomorrow after costing eight and a half million dollars. The edifice mirrors Rouen’s Tour de Benrie design and soars to a height of seventy three feet.
Robie Smith remains partially conscious after Saturday crash and is receiving care. Pete Nelson and Ann Slayton show signs of recovery as others in the hospital ward regain movement. No bones were broken though all suffered bruises and shock. Separate note cites government data placing over 11 million dollars in the nation’s bituminous coal industry.
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