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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1931
Page
7
Townsend and nearby areas have received generous rainfall in the first four days of the month with at least one good shower daily. Weather forecasts anticipate more showers for the rest of the month and soil moisture has farmers hopeful after earlier drought.
In district court here Judge William L Ford hears a Beaver Creek Beaver Creek Pole Creek water dispute between William Geiger and Mary X Moody of Winston and defendants Stobert Sturrock Antone Meyer and Ludwig Kirschlechner. Attorneys Gunn Rasch and Wall of Helena for plaintiffs Walsh Nagie and Edward Horsky for defendants. Witness list includes Geiger Whitehead Deik Carlstrom McMaster Moody and others from Winston Lone Beach California and Helena. Robert Newton Lynch 53 a San Francisco business leader died.
Townsend Montana June 5 The Townsend Chamber of Commerce will hear a program on flood control next Wednesday brought by Gallatin County men from the Gallatin County Development association formed to press dams in the Missouri river headwaters. The five counties Broadwater Gallatin Madison Deer Lodge and Jefferson unite for a congress presentation. Meeting June 10 at the Commercial hotel. Everyone invited.
Undersheriff I E Gordon reports Elliston, Pow ell county’s liveliest town, showing Montana Power line preparations. A pipeline unit will start from Elliston to Deer Lodge while 12 cars of steel pipe linger on elite tracks and autos fill the town. He likens the scene to old placer mining days as world spend on new ware projected around 1951 nears thirty to sixty thousand dollars per the commerce department.
Livingston June 6 with a few days left before Yellowstone opens to 1931 tourist travel plans are set for hundreds of college students instructors and others who come to the park each summer. J Petras traveling passenger agent for the Northern Pacific will escort the special bringing park employees West for the season. More than 1000 employees are expected to report this year. Last year the special carried 782 workers. The arrival marks the start of the season as hotels camps and cafeterias open and the park gears up for a busy summer with thousands of visitors already recorded this season.
San Francisco reports Lola Sibley, widow of Lt. Henry Hastings Sibley, in grief after the pilot’s suicide cited by financial troubles. Police arrest for jaywalking halted. she was released on recognizance. Sibley’s parents and the Roaton-area filing station business noted. Helena, Montana links mentioned.
Great Falls report notes June as a month of divorces with three wives granted divorces by District Judges H. Ewing and W. H. Meigs. One divorcee was granted without any marriage licenses issued.
Great Falls officials warn residents that bathing a la russe in the Miasaur and Siu rivers or any county waters is forbidden. Under Sheriff Er L. Carver announced the warning after reports of youths and adults swimming without bathing salts. The ban targets all ages and violators will be arrested.
Wheatland County received 40 639 99 dollars of the 1 095 747 49 paid by the Milwaukee Road in Montana in tax payments for the year 1940. The Milwaukee Road invested in Montana right of way buildings and equipment and more than 1 600 miles of track. Its normal payroll in the state exceeds 9 000 000 dollars annually, shared among nearly 3 000 employees.
Bersie Eyre of Augusta and Jane Murdock of Bozeman tied for first at Montana State College in a rifle marksman ship contest among 75 female students. Both scored 194 of 200 to win the Aneency medal, then tied again, with Eyre making a miraculous 50 of 50 on the final shot while Murdock dropped to 45.
The Montana Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs opens a two day convention in Great Falls with about 15 local clubs represented. Dr. Alice Strowd presides as committees are named for tomorrow. Margaret Stewart from Ogden arrives to address finance. Delegates tour Anaconda Copper Mining properties after luncheon and attend a dinner hosted by local chambers.
Miles City notes that livestock figures like Ben Woolcock say the current dry spell is not unprecedented. He recalls the 1919-1920 drought with feed shortages and wagon hauls, then a heavy rain on August 14, 1920, which refreshed water holes and greens. He argues optimism may follow again.
Lea Suey, manager of the Montana cafe, was fined $50 Tuesday by Justice Vin acke after pleading guilty to violating the eight hour law for women. The penalty ranges from $1 to $200. The complaint was brought by waitress Annette Winaton, formerly employed at the Montana cafe. County Attorney Eosma Madcon prosecuted the case.
Missoula June-J Bruns deputy state stock inspector and hunter of stock felons slept unguarded in a Western Montana hotel room. An intruder entered during the night and took his clothes, forcing Bruns to rely on the hotel keeper to recover his garments in the morning. European monarchies list across several countries is noted in the piece.
Dillon June 5 hundreds of beetle infested trees in the Beaverhead national forest have been burned by three crews under F T Carroll Madison NF supervisor. Crews operated at Little Sheep canyon Blicktail creek and South Fork of Blacktail. The burn plan shifts soon to West Fork of the Madison as infestation expands. Weather slowed progress but crews report rapid gains.
The Montana highway commission completed staking for the Boulder to Basin segment of the Helena Dutts road. Engineering notes say the new alignment will not shorten distance but will reduce driving time by at least one third by eliminating two sharp railway passes and improving visibility and approach to Boulder along Continental avenue.
Missoula June 5 a 2 year old Western Montana pioneer Duncan MacDonald told reporters he survived encounters with buffalo cattle and horses but required a month in hospital after slipping to avoid a car and injuring his hip. He was born on the Flathead reservation and his father was a Hudson Bay trader. The note also mentions Paris Bibliotheque Nationale as the world’s largest library with over 4 050 000 books.
Great Falls May 5 The mayor A J Fousek again amended police commission findings and discharged Gorton Gillis, a member of the force, after the commission had suspended him from April 26 to June 2 with a warning. Gillis awaited duties at the station and was scheduled for assignments, a move that surprised police circles.
William Wilson Long aged 75 a resident of Billings since 1907 died at his home 135 Custer avenue Wednesday evening from injuries suffered in an automobile accident in March 1930.
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