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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1929
Page
7
Weather outlook for Montanar shows warm Monday with a cooler Tuesday. Community updates include job examination notices for a chairman position, church and choir events, theatre outings, and a town hall of Helena with local and regional announcements.
Montana farm labor wages climbed slightly in 1924 continuing a postwar rise. The Labor and Publicity Division of the Department of Agriculture notes Montana wages with board averaged 60.50 in October 1928, up from 60.25 in 1927, and compares with higher western state averages. The report cites U.S. October wage averages and links wage growth to rising farm income, recording state totals of 131,522,000 in 1926, 155,565,000 in 1927, and 59,285,000 last year.
A stream of visitors and locals are noted at the Placer and nearby places. Watson from Placer and Yarrington from Butte are among attendees, with Howard M. Athens and Mrs. C E McVey among arrivals. A Montara State College instructor, Prof. J Abbey, arrives to oversee Smith-Hughes work. Mary Michel, Mrs. David Pizer, Dorothy Nelson, Margaret Peterson, and President Alfred Atkinson with Mrs Atkinson are listed among recent visitors or arrivals, along with Sheriff J I Hour seeking an automobile reportedly in Floyd Grote’s possession.
A Bozeman agriculture experiment station bulletin says the industry has passed the critical period and prospects are better than since the war. It notes over-expansion caused a pessimistic mood, but good crops, improved management, and selective replanting are restoring viability, with 1870s Bitterroot beginnings and 1890 Missoula bearing trees cited as early history.
Edwina Gallivan of Helena will receive the associate of arts degree from Saint Mary College Leavenworth Kansas on June 5. She served in the Spanish and literary clubs and excelled in the art department student publications. Teresa Warrington also graduates with editor Harrington to receive A A degree and state teacher's certificate. both are Saint Vincent's academy alumnae. A stray note mentions La Paz Bolivia as the world’s highest capital at 12,470 feet.
St Charles presented diplomas to 17 graduates including Jerry J. O Connell and Harold E Johnson of Butte, John S Kopp of Bozeman, and William J Barrett of Billings. Governor Erickson urged students to pursue individual instruction, character, and vision, citing Washington Edison Lincoln and Emerson while stressing duty to society and leadership for a better future.
The livestock sanitary board reports modern home conveniences and replacement of manual labor have reduced meat production. It notes the Eat Less Meat slogan during the war harmed stockgrowers. The board advocates more palatable and concentrated meat products to boost consumption and cites pork processing as an example of full utilization and wholesomeness.
Applications close tonight for civil service exams for junior weather observer posts nationwide. Secretary C. B. Anderson at the Helena post office announces eligibility requires at least one year of physics. Salary ranges from 1 440 to 1 740 dollars a year with higher pay through promotion.
Commencement exercises at Intermount College will be held at 10 this morning in Lutter Mountain Union with President Alfred Atkinson of Montana College delivering the address. A male quartet provides music and the class will be presented by Dean E. T. Walker, with degrees conferred by President J. J. Kletinie. Cun Laude honors go to Shaman Barnes and Emma Koetitz for outstanding scholarship. Other graduates include Gladys Absher, Hazel Avery, Cleona Best, Herschel Baker, Elvira Dashiell, Ivy Fairburn, Leona Gordon, Dorothea Dee Hutt, Laverna Mutt, Gertrude Jonsvold, Florence Johnson, Helen McVay, Elizabeth McLean, Ralph Mickett, Elia Nelson, Agnes Grr, Byron Sanborn, Deryl Seely, Margaret Totten, Norman Wampler. Four more seniors, Joseph Laird, Spencer Lauson, N. S. Hollis, and Frances M. Watley, are expected to finish by summer’s end.
James A Livingston 70, longtime Melena butcher, died at home at 9 30 last night from an illness that began Friday. He leaves a widow and two sons James A Livingston Jr of Butte and Carlos B Livingston of Superior. James Jr once served as a stenographer in the governor’s office during S W Stewart’s administration and later with the state highway commission. Carlos B Livingston worked in the Inter McGraw firm and later served as cashier of a Drummond bank. The elder Livingston had been in good health until Friday morning when he collapsed after rising and was found unconscious on the floor. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
An estimated 6,000,000 cubic feet of gas and a spray of oil erupted from the Sinclair and Amerada No 1 hinter well in the Oklahoma City oil field on June 2. The blowout disrupted operations and drew attention from field observers.
Helena Y M C A lists a busy week with extensive swimming events. Daily schedules include junior and women's swimming classes, speed and advance swimming, state meet tryouts, and related gym activities for East Helena and prep teams. State swimming meet opens Friday with events throughout the day culminating in an evening session at Broadwater.
Land settlement in the northwest progresses steadily as 71 families, 424 people, settled in the Redwater valley after the Northern Pacific opened a 1000 mile railroad a year ago. Since July 1, 1927, 164 families totaling 746 persons moved into the area, with new homes rising in the western frontier.
Beatrice residents Charles Rigley aged 50 was killed and Charles Long and Emerson Blowers were seriously injured in a late night auto collision near the lows of Ellis. Police reported the crash occurred around midnight and investigators were on the scene. Authorities identified the deceased as Rigley and confirmed the injuries to Long and Blowers as serious.
Funeral arrangements for Daniel Butcher, Helena pioneer merchant, set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. David J. Donnan officiating. Casket will not be opened at church. viewing at Opp & Conrad chapel until 1 p.m. Pallbearers named by the deceased include John Baker P W Woods P G Schrosder Thomas Moran C Meltusick and Charles Hoeptoer.
The 1929 season begins May 30 with Decoration Day trips from Hilger Landing eighteen miles north of Helena. Boats run at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tickets cost $2.00 per person. The roads are in excellent condition and the trip is touted as Montana’s most beautiful sight.
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