Holdup Watch Held In Jail After Intercept
On sheriff’s request Jim Woods of Powell County was intercepted en route to Great Falls by Deputy Zouberk and Brown after a dating holdup in the Butte Neer Lodge area. The bandit Bob Pemberton, ex convict paroled last February, commandeered a Ford later abandoning it for a Buick. He eluded officers until Woods, working near Great Falls, was captured at Silver and jailed awaiting instructions from Teer Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Bodeker
Powell County
Jim Woods
Butte- Neer Lodge
Great Falls
Zouberk
Brown
Bob Pemberton
Wands
Teer Lodge
Woods
Silver
Embezzlement Charge Lodged Against Croft in Glacier Co Case
A complaint charging embezzlement of 264.50 in hunting and fishing license receipts has been filed in Glacier county district court by state game warden Robert H. Hill. J. Croft is named as the defendant, accused of diverting funds to personal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
District Court
Glacier County
Robert H. Hill
J. DP. Croft
Croft
May Banner Month for Airway Mall
May was a banner month for mall and passenger service reports from Nations Park Airways. W G Ferguson, local representative, said Helene post office shipped 038 pounds and three ounces of mail, averaging about four pounds more daily than prior months. Passenger service showed a light gain with south bound trips at 100 percent and northbound missing one trip due to a snow storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nations Park Airways
W. G. Ferguson
Helene Post Office
Open Competitive Messenger Exam at Fort Harrison
The U S civil service commission announces an open competitive examination for a messenger in the veterans' bureau at Fort Harrison at 1140 dollars per year. Applications close June 21, 1929. Examination to be held in Helena. For info and blanks apply to Secretary A B Anderson at the post office here or to the secretary, U S Civil Service district, 207 Post Office Building, Seattle, Wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Veterans’ Bureau
Fort Harrison
Helena
A. B. Anderson
U. Civil Service District
Postoffice
Seattle
Wash
Intermountain commencement ends with awards and sports honors
Commencement events at Intermountain are in full swing as the final chapel was held and year awards announced. Yale Lyman and Helen Kranick receive Intermountain scholarships for outstanding service. Harold Engdahl and Joseph Laird honored for football careers. Medals go to Donald Snow and John Lane, with others winning letters and prizes in oratory, poetry, and biology. The football schedule is released for the coming year, and a faculty recital plus a joint literary societies meeting are noted with alumni attendance expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intermountain
Yeateriay
Yale Lyman
Helen Kranick
Helena
Helena High School
Intermountain Academy
Harold Engdah
Belt
Joseph Laird
Wibaux
Harold Engdahl
Donald Snow
Winthrop
Massachusetts
John Lane
Denver
Colorado
Robert Dawson
Agnes Valentine
Pi Delta Alpha
Esther Carlson
Roundup
Isabelle Eggenberger
Utica
Edith
Ells A. Johnston
Hannie Fox
Olney
Bessie Eyre
Augusta
State Normal College
State University
Billings Polytechnic
University of Idaho
Mines
Mt. St. Charles
Presbyterian Church
Minnie B. Rude
Octavia Rider Young
Clifford Royer
Helena Hall
Fish and Game Fund Receives 2074 From Licenses
May income for the State Fish and Game commission totaled 7097.98 from licenses fines and sales per State Game Warden Robert H. Hill. Of this 222.75 went to the biological fund. Resident hunting and fishing licenses yielded 2374, nonresident licenses 220.50, alien fishing licenses 310, and beaver tags 7.50 were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fish and Game Commission
Robert H. Hill
Commission
Methodist conference to boost Montana Deaconess Fund
A committee led by Bishop Wallace Brown and district superintendents will propose August actions at the Methodist conference. They plan to complete financing of the Montana Deaconess school and fund the retired ministers’ pension. The campaign pledges will be reviewed and Rev Meekers may be retained while a successor for Rev Chirgwin is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Conference
Wallace Brown
Montana
John A. Meekers
John Chirgwin
DD Fellows 70 Close Dance Season Tonight
After a successful winter season the Odd Fellows lodge dance series ends tonight with refreshments and an attractive season closing program. Beaudrey Brothers orchestra will play special numbers for the occasion and revival of the winter program is anticipated for next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows Lodge
Beaudrey Brothers Orchestra
State Tax Revenues Hit Record May Total 547 024
The state board of equalization reported May taxes of 547 024, led by a 488 071 May gas tax directed to the highway fund. Oil production 15 428 split with general and school funds. corporation tax 26 337 to general fund. coal tax 7 396 to general. inheritance tax 6 637 split to general and common schools. Back gas taxes from 1926 brought in 3 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Equalization
Highway Commission Fund
General Fund
Degrees awarded to 324 collegians in state
Statewide graduation figures show 324 of 993 freshmen from 1925 institutions set to complete four-year courses in two weeks, with Bozeman awarding 132 degrees. State University grants five Master of Arts degrees to named recipients and 179 bachelor's degrees from a 516 class. Graduation percentages vary by campus. misreported text notes Missoula, Bozeman, Butte, and Dillon commencements on June dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin A. Brannon
State Normal College
Dillon
State University
Genevieve A. Murray
Helena F. Griffin
Elizabeth A. Flood
Harold J. Swan
John R. Hahn
State College
Bozeman
State School of Mines
Eastern Montana Normal School
Missoula
Butte
Scboot
Dilton
Showing of School Products at Marlow
Helena school children crowded the Maslow for a matinee showcasing handiwork from the domestic science sewing department. Seventy five girls participated, displaying aprons pajamas and cotton dresses for all grades while high school garments included silk and woolen dresses and sports ensembles. The event featured music by the high school orchestra.
Martingale Author Receives Citation From Switzerland
Grace Stone Canton receives a letter from Edoward J. O'Brien of Muralto Leo carno Switzerland requesting formal permission to include her story Wild Plums in Rent Short stories of 192%. Wilt Plums first appeared in The Frontier March issue. O'Brien, a recognized critic, invites new writers to contribute to his anthology. The Frontier has previously featured several short stories and Mrs Coates' name appears in its honor list.
Large Mash Discovery Ties Death to Still Explosions
Federal agents seized about five thousand gallons of mash and two stills after Bennie Hagen 22 died of burns in a Billings hospital. Investigators say Hagen and partner Clyde Barnett ran a still in the Bull mountains ten miles southeast of Billings. A 100 gallon still and a burned gallon still were found along with four hundred gallons of gasolining. The scene was destroyed and several people are suspected of involvement. Authorities report no arrests yet.
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Bull Mountains
Bil’ Tings
Sam Roberts
Prohibition
Bennie Hagen
Billings
Hagen
French Litk
Hagan
Clyde Barnett
Roberts
Boy Scouts Appear in Annual Court of Honor
Chief Justice L L Callaway of the Montana supreme court presided at the Helena Boy Scouts annual spring court of honor in Judge Horsky's court room last night. Fifteen scouts appeared for examinations for first and second class ranks and merit badge honors. A number of spectators attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Callaway
Montana Supreme Court
Helena
Theeourt
A. J. Horsky
Butcher dies after long church service in Helena
Daniel Butcher aged 71, longtime Helena merchant and elder of the First Presbyterian Church, dies after declining health. He retired in 1923 after 32 years in dry goods and devoted his life to family and church work. Funeral at First Presbyterian Tuesday at 2.00 pm with burial in Forestvale cemetery. Survived by widow Anna, sons Alfred and Edwin, daughters Mrs Davies and Mrs Gregory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Butcher
Castleton Corners
New York
Anna A. Sommers
H. W. Gregory
Butte
Butcher
The
War College
Washington
DB. G
Davis
Helena
First Presbyterian Church
Forestvale Cemetery
Home Building & Loan Association
Three Men Die in Train Wreck Rescue
Slater Missouri May AP reports three relief train workers sent to a Chicago and Alton freight wreck were killed when a box car overturned trapping them. The dead are F. W. Hutchinson 45 yard master for the Chicago and Aly mn of Slater Harold F Fischbeck 4 Switchman Slater and F H Cole Switchman Slater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slater
Chicago and Alton Railway
F. W. Hutchinson
Chicago and Alymn
Harold F. Fischbeck
F. H. Cole
Ase
Wvitchgnan
Siowwe
Holiday traffic fines top May totals for Judge Padbury
Fines and bail forfeitures collected by Judge George W. Padbury totaled 70 dollars from four speeders and two intoxicated offenders. Dozens more faced penalties on Lyndale Avenue, State Street, and Hauser Avenue, with May.monthly fines reaching 777.30 dollars across 94 cases, the highest monthly total in his tenure as police judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Padbury
Don Chivers
Ed Benson
Charles Kneiss
Lyndale Avenue
Wong Young
State Street
James Cunningham
I. Clays
Gardner
Till Park
Padbury
Man crawls out after car stuck on river bank
In Martinadale on May 21 Oswald Berg freed himself from a car jammed between Musnelshell banks. He crawled out after removing speedometer rods and foot boards, noting he had driven too close to the river bank. No damage to the vehicle is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinadale
Oswald Berg
Musnelshell
Berg
New Security State Bank to Open in Basin Wyoming
William Williams of Billings named president of the newly organized Security State Bank of Basin Wyoming set to open Saturday morning. The bank adds to Wyoming banking with a cash investment of 179000 dollars, with the former Basin State Bank building and furniture now used by the new institution.
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Basin
Wyoming
Williame
Billings
Tts
Security State Bank of Basin, Wye
Basiness
Wilama
Atheta
Af Whick 2
Begin
Br. Williams
Feu
Basin State Bank
Becurity State Bank
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Fish and Game Fund
DD Fellows
Board OF Equalization
Marlow
Martingale
Walkers
Phoun
BOY Scouts
Brockman
del Monte
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Tavestry
Ralph
Swift
Gang
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R. C
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Itter
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