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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1925
Page
7
City notices mix weather briefings with local business ads and upcoming events. A baby clinic is set for this afternoon in the courthouse basement under Dr Arthur Jordan. Funeral notices for Burnskill and Strong precede a divorce decree in district court granting custody and child support.
Mrs. Margaret Kerton of Malta, grand worthy matron of the Eastern Star in Montana, will visit Miriam chapter this evening. Dinner is served in the Con sistory temple in honor of Mrs. Worton at 6 30. All members of the order are invited.
Monitana's Petroleum County, carved from eastern Fergus, requires court decision. County came into existence February 22, 1925 after a voter approved act. Boundary dispute stems from Chapter 93 which defines Fergus eastern line without recognizing Petroleum County.
A reception for registered nurses attending the annual state convention will be held Thursday from 2 to 6 PM in the Y M C A building. The Woman's division of the Commercial club named the reception committee led by Mrs W R Church and including Mesdames Hawthorne Winestine Gates Schultz Brown Cunningham Goza Prescot Towle Wallace Brooke Mallette Ashby Holter Bray Marlow Ferguson Patenaude Albrecht Kiefmer Merriman and Misses Kerlee Lindsay Parden Vandenberg Berube Stone Fredericks Gage Crane Gann Thomas Kenyon and Dr Frances Bradley.
Mrs Sallie Davidson George B Hopkins and Ray Church were re elected as trustees of the Forestvale Cemetery association at the annual meeting in the Commercial club room Holdover members include T A Marlow J Scott Harrison Mrs Belle Turner James E Keys George Cottingham and E H Hall M W Wilson and H L Cram of Helena valley were elected associate members to fill vacancies The annual reports show the affairs including finances to be in excellent condition.
The Pullman Company unveils new railcars including a 12-section drawing room car on a Chicago to Seattle route via C B Q and Northern Pacific. Features include steel mahogany interior dark blue upholstery permanent headboards larger women’s washroom with hinged shelf, and refinements across the 3 and 4 trains alongside the 10-section lounge car and other new cars making the service up to date.
City council approved permits for a brick and tile dwelling for FL W. Oklaska on Dearborn Street between Ninth and Euclid. George Stoner received a permit for a stucco dwelling on Boulder Avenue near Oakes Street. Andrew Lyle was granted a permit for a frame garage on Blake between First and State Street.
WANTED. Live man for agency Lewis and Clark county fastest selling auto mobile accessory on the market Address R F McLaren 831 Broadway Helena Mont.
Montana high court considered whether issuing 3.75 million treasury notes to refund warrants violates constitutional debt limits. Attorneys debated if notes create new indebtedness or merely change evidence of obligation while revenues from taxes may back repayments. Court took the matter under advisement with Justices Hollownay, Galen, Stark, and Matthews present.
Federal judges cannot be compelled to pay income tax on their salaries under the 1918 law, even if appointed after the revenue act took effect, the Supreme Court ruled in a case against Judge Samuel J. Graham of the Court of Claims.
In Eric Pennsylvania a beloved toy maker known as John Hugh is revealed to be Dr Charles F Hastings, a former New York physician who vanished in 1920. Hastings explains he adopted the John Hugh persona to disappear, while his toy shop supports local children. He has $30,000 from his mother’s will and hints at founding a children’s institution in Erie.
Mrs Dolly Dean Burgess of Helena reports Governor Erickson represented Montana at the Child Welfare Committee of America conference in New York City May 15 to 20. About two hundred officials and invited groups attended. The meeting aimed to secure homes for needy children, unify mothers pension laws, and form state councils to promote welfare and fewer institutions. Key figures included Sophia Irene Loeb and Margaret Woodrow Wilson.
Graduates from the academy of Interaquntain Union College were awarded diplomas at the annual ceremony in Mills Hall. Ellsworth Finegerson was valedictorian and Mary Rader salutatorian. Other graduates included Claraellen Houtz Beatrice Holtzinger Rowland Martin Wanda Shattuck Lawrence Walker and Ainslie Pitter. Dean A C Lemon, retiring, delivered the address as college ensembles supplied music.
The jury in Elden Dye v Snow Carbonate Mining Company reached a verdict on wages owed, sealed for delivery to Judge W. H. Poor this morning after retiring at 4 PM yesterday. The Schultz v Lehman matter remains on the court calendar for trial today.
A broad fundraising drive gains speed to buy a new Florence Crittenden home. Women and business leaders, clubs, and groups contribute, building on a five year old Big Sister fund. The goal is $25,000 to purchase and ready the property before autumn as the current building fails to endure another winter.
The post office runs a campaign to show the benefits of careful waiting and correct return addresses, claiming about 2 million dollars yearly in savings. Figures show the dead letter office handles 21 million letters and 803 thousand parcels, with 3 million dollars in checks and money orders never reaching owners and 92 thousand in postage lost yearly.
Merlyn Walker and her jazz band will open an engagement at the Broadwater dancing pavilion this evening. The orchestra recent tours include three trans continental outings and performances in leading dance palaces nationwide. The band features latest dance numbers with ten cent admission and free dancing from 8 30 to 9.
Mark Curtis, long time Helena carpenter and later rancher at Alhambra, died at his Ogden Utah home last Saturday. He leaves a widow and two daughters Mrs. Frank Lawson of Ogden and another daughter in Kalispell, plus a sister in Maine. Born in Maine, he celebrated his birthday last Thursday.
Russell Miller secretary of the state board of equalization addressed the Kiwanis club at the Placer hotel during the weekly luncheon. He traced the origin and evolution of inheritance taxes in this state and other countries and closed with a summary of Utah’s tax. J Victor Kohler chaired the program. George Mason Fred Kelser and Fred Heineke provided songs.
R J Dee, formerly traveling freight and passenger agent of the Northern Pacific with headquarters in Missoula, became the general agent in Helena of this railroad yesterday, succeeding E S Rich retired after holding this job for more than a quarter of a century. Mr Richards plans to leave for southern California soon.
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