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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1932
Page
3
Unclear text discusses widespread financing problems delaying irrigation developments in Montana. It cites lack of public funds and landowner payment ability, notes statutory and bondholder obstacles, and mentions local capital as possible but insufficient remedy. References to committees, states, and educational figures appear in garbled form.
Cherry Dixon, 19, runs from a club to a bank robber’s interview with Dan Philips, a power reporter. After a chaotic sequence of meetings at a doctor’s, home, and court, Cherry and Dan wed in a hurried ceremony. The next day they join a social gathering at a hotel where Dan’s editor and colleagues applaud their surprising union and the couple shares a dance amid the crowd.
Years report notes no forced livestock movement expected through the summer. It discusses lamb shipments to South St Paul and Chicago in better condition, heavy snowfall, and favorable range conditions. Mentions Montana, Idaho, and the Western ranges, plus a convention and cattlemen’s meeting context. A crime anecdote interrupts with a separate tale about two bandits and a cash handover. The piece ends with a cliffhanger and “To be Continued.”
County officials reported July 19 registration totals below expectations. About 509 people registered, with many already eligible or unclear if registration was needed. Deaths and removals reduced counts. city precincts recorded 6137 registrations, up 290 from 1930, while rural precincts totaled 44959, down similarly.
First sandstone delivery from Mont quarry arrives for the federal building addition. Large rough blocks will be cut on site due to dismantled quarry plant. Eastern firm mines the stone. delays threaten schedule but plans aim to accelerate once on hand. Sandstone will face the first two stories with terra cotta for the upper sections.
Max Legge of the Montana Cooperative Wool Marketing Association arrived in Roundup to aid Musselshell county wool growers in organizing a marketing pool for the set on 5 clip. Robert Ahern and John Glorious from the national group came to assist, but work was delayed by continued rains and shearings. Secretary Murray H Stebbing called him The Man With the Hos, noting earnings of 250000 for Edwin Markham in Boston.
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