Missoula Boy 12 Fates In Accidental Rifle Death
Oscar Juhnke a 12 year old Missoula boy was shot and killed on a Dakota visit by a 1 year old cousin in Judson. The gun fired from a high power rifle while the Juhnke family stayed upstairs. A coroner's inquest returned a verdict of accidental death.
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Missoula
Oscar Juhake
Judson
X. D
Marvin Seifrer
Oscar
Fred F. Juhnke
Cooley Street
Juhnke
Seifret
Norman Seifrer
Dakota
Northern Pacific
Wheat Near Square Butte Yields 21 Bushels Per Acre
Lewistown July 29 The first wheat delivery to the local elevator for the 1925 crop came from a small field near Square Butte and averaged 21 bushels per acre. The grain reportedly contained some smut. Harvest in the Judith Basin is near with grain ripening and movement planned as Milwaukee and Great Northern railways bring in cars for distribution.
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Lewistown
Square Butte
Hobson
Judith Basin
Milwaukee and
Great Northern Railways
Cause of Carl Eckberg death remains unknown
An Anaconda inquest into Carl Eckberg’s death returned a verdict that the cause of death is unknown. Testimony by Billy Miller and Dave Pike, corroborated by Russell Mullen, placed the events between 1 and 2 a.m. on July 20, with Eckberg found beside his automobile near his East Fifth Street home. An autopsy revealed facial contusions and a laceration, and the stomach was removed for state lab analysis, with results pending.
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Anaconda
Carl Eckberg
Billy Miller
Dave Pike
Miller
Pike
Russell Mullen
Eckberg
Patrick Flynn
John Mangan
Aime Page
George McArdie
James Walsh
Nick Bolkovatz
East Fifth Street
Basin News visits and shared travels near Boulder
Mr and Mrs Moe visit friends and relatives in Basin while Mrs Kirby hosts. Thelma Austin visits Harriet Kelly in Helena. Dave Kirby William Wilson and Mr Moe fish at Madison over weekend. Theo Maud Muntzer of Butte visit cousin Mrs George Beckhers. Mr and Mrs Mott leave their Lowlands ranch. A fire at the S and IL mine near Boulder destroys transformer house and equipment worth about 4000 dollars. Mrs Harry Wyatt rides to Jefferson. Jim Wilson and Edward Voorhies travel from Detroit to spend summer and winter in Basin.
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S. and IL
Boulder
Harry Wyatt
Jefferson
Jim Wilson
Edward Voorhies
Detroit
Mich
Mystery Poison Death Shocks Dillon Plage Woman 22
Dillon July 29. Trena Krenegar a 22 year old arrived in Dillon from Billings and was found dead in a rooming house after swallowing carbolic acid and lysol. An inquest will be held tomorrow as investigators seek light on the circumstances amid a mystery surrounding the visitor.
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Dillon
Trena Krenegar
Billings
Butte Drug Store Robbed As Clerks Bound By Bandits
Two unmasked highwaymen bound clerk Maurice McBride at the De pot Drug store on East Front Street last night. They robbed the store of 150 dollars in cash before fleeing toward the railroad yards, as deputies searched for a train-bound pair. McBride crawled to seek help after being tied in the prescription room, and Sheriff’s office alerted towns along the route.
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Butte
Dillon
Barshaw
Bond
Maurice McBride
Depot
East Front Street
McBride
T. C. Jones
Mr. Jones
Jack Duggan
Kelly
Holland
Piskolich
Northern Pacific
Booze Run Halted as Sheriff Seizes Contraband Truck
Great Falls officers and a federal agent stopped a whiskey and beer shipment on Shelby road near Power. Grant Erickson, driver claiming to haul for Abe Bass, 609 Seventeenth Street North, was jailed after 25 cases of Canadian beer and two cases of whisky were seized. Officer duo nabbed Jimmy Carlisle, suspected pilot, as Bass arrived later and denied ongoing liquor trafficking.
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Great Falls
Ton
Norton
Shelby Road
Power
Grant Erickson
Seventeenth Street
Norto
Abe Bass
Arthur Anderson
Charles King
Jimmy Carliste
Carlisle
Bass
Moon Meet Stiff Jolt Gas Mixing Arrest In Butlerte
James Sullivan of South Main street was fined 50 dollars and given five more days in jail after a morning arrest for driving while intoxicated Judge Dan F Shea condemned motorists mixing gasoline with moonshine Sullivan was taken to the city hall basement to serve his sentence H E Mead with Harry and Frances Miller was arrested for a noisy East Park street altercation and fined ten dollars AY Smith faced a disturbance charge and forfeited a twenty five dollar bond Four women vagrants each paid ten dollars and three others charged with drunkenness paid thirteen dollars Logan R Plack aged twenty two and Roger Bispham aged nineteen were killed in a Woodmont Pennsylvania airplane crash
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East Park Street
Miller
AY Smith
Great Falls to Coutts Border Traffic Rise Cited
Great Falls leaders cite Sunshine trail use showing growth since 1924. L E Jones says totals from April 1 to July 26 indicate 525 American permits and 281 Canadian crossings at Coutts this year, up 72 percent for cross border travel. Traffic at other nearby ports rose 31 percent, underscoring demand for highway improvements.
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Great Falls
Canada
Sweet- Brass-Coutts
L. E. Jones
Coutts
Monana
Dominion
Jones
Association adopts resolutions on gas and auto revenue for highways
Conversion adopted resolutions urging that tax income from gasoline sales and automobile license fees be devoted to highway improvement. J. W. Spectr, a Great Falls attorney, was elected president of the association for the coming year.
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J. W. Spectr
Great Falls
Association
Belgrade News social notes from Belgrade July visitors
Mrs Levi McCullough and her mother Mrs Mathews came from Idaho last week. Bozeman callers included Mrs Wayne Barnard and Mrs Lina Miller. Mrs F T Oberg hosted a card party for Ruth Greenly of Worcester Mass. Families visiting included Dr and Mrs Berg of Wisconsin and Roy Moore and Elton Moore of Williston N D. Mrs J B Robinson hosted the Bridge Luncheon. Kitty Maret returned to Butte after visiting here.
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Belgrade
Levi McCullough
Mathews
Idaho
Wayne Barnard
Lina Miller
Bozeman
F. T. Oberg
Ruth Greenly
Worcester
Mass
Ewell Lemans
Baby
C. Leemans
Sidney Hoffman
Gardiner
H. N. Hartung
North Dakota
Mrs. Berg
Wisconsin
Dr. Jones
Roy Moore
Elton
Williston
N. D
J. B. Robinson
Kitty Maret
Butte
Social Visits and Funeral Service Reported
Mr and Mrs Ed Affeck and three children of Broadview visited Mr and Mrs W S Brownell. Mr and Mrs James Craig and baby arrived from Indiana to visit her aunt Mrs David Bell and family. Rush Hogsed and family returned from a trip to Hardin to visit his sister Mrs Fred Waterman and family. Funeral services for Mrs Jessie Gowin wife of Joe Gowin were held yesterday afternoon at 2 at the ranch home with interment in the Boréinan cemetery.
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Ed Affeck
Broadview
W. S. Brownell
James Craig
Baby
Indiana
David Bell
Rush Hogsed
Hardin
Fred Waterman
Jessie Gowin
Joe Gowin
Boréinan
Bear Attacks Sheepherder Near Dixon Wyoming
Wheatland July 29 A sheepherder Marishall Olguin was startled Friday night near Dixon when a huge bear attacked him as he slept and chewed his nose. He escaped after severe facial injuries and bruising. Olguin had set dogs on the bear earlier, which withdrew but returned later in the night.
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Wheatland
Wyo
Dixon
Marishall
Olguin
Ranchman Struck by Lightning Near Home
Max Lauterbach a retired ranchman was knocked to the ground as a bolt struck a row of trees on South Washington Street during a severe storm yesterday afternoon He was mowing the lawn about six feet from the trees Three of five trees twisted in spiral paths down over 20 feet while chips and bark covered the street neighbors were shaken by the event
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Dillon
Max Lauterbach
Washington Street
Lauterbach
Missoula Raises Quake Fund for School Properties
Missoula county reports a remaining $567.25 of a $4,665 quota for rebuilding school properties in Gallatin county damaged by the quake. Contributions yesterday reduced the needed amount, bringing total canvass to $4,095.75. $569.25 still to be secured.
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Missoula
Missoula County
Gallatin County
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