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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1925
Page
7
Local items list services and businesses in Helena including rug cleaning tire shop and moving services. Notices announce weddings licenses and funeral services for Frances Lillian Wilkinson and Joseph Rummans with details on timings and burial at Forestvale.
Rev McNamee returned from Warm Springs where he officiated at the funeral of B R Purnell a widely known prospector and mine developer for twenty years He was 66 years old with many friends in Helena and burial took place at Warm Springs.
The Helena Light and Railway announces a new schedule during the Montana National Guard encampment at Fort Harrison starting June 3 1923. Cars depart Sixth and Main at 7 15, 8 45 a m and 9 0 0 a m with hourly service 11 45 am to 4 45 pm then every 30 minutes 4 43 pm to 1 45 am returning 23 minutes after Fort Harrison departures. The U S board of tax appraisal rules obsolescence of buildings allows a legal deduction from gross income for property taxation. Romania will follow France in settling war debts with the United States.
Bowman warns that the spread of black rust carried by the barberry threatens pine stands and calls for eradication measures to stop the outbreak. The notice stresses swift action to protect forest health and prevent further spread.
Government bulletins warn that eradication of common barberry will curb white pine blister rust and black stem rust threatening Montana pines. Commissioner A H Bowman cites federal investigations and a U S Department of Agriculture bulletin noting barberry removal reduced rust in Europe. residents urged to dispose of barberry. The Helena barberry sighting at 145th Avenue is shown to educate the public.
Attorney General Foot contemplates investigating complaints that Continental Oil discriminates in gasoline selling prices across Montana. Dillon and Deer Lodge chambers of commerce filed concerns. Continental reps provided their view, citing a gasoline price war with independent operator Russell who runs multiple stations. The note ends with unrelated agricultural advisories about currants and gooseberries and a farm bulletin request.
Mrs A L Milne left last night for Chicago. Miss Fannie Dunning will leave today for Berkeley Cal. G T Kennan among visitors from Great Falls. Mrs Archie Gootall leaves today for Long Beach Cal. Judge W R C Stewart arrives from Bozeman. Miss Evelyn Ross and Miss Emma Hauge head to Portland Ore. Miss Ethel Barnes leaves for Denver. Miss Edith Brar leaves for St Joseph Mo. Mrs Gertrude Richmond leaves for Duluth Minn. Floyd Smith and family depart for Poplar. Tom Sheridan Percy Wills and Glen Connelly arrive from Missoula. W W Smith of Montana Flour Mills visits. J W Chivers and son Don ald head to Gearhart Ore for summer. Claire Hepner leaves for Seattle. B J Flaherty returns from trip around the world. Mrs S Greenough leaves for Wagene Ore for summer. Greenough contractor for railroad work.
In Friday's Record-Herald an error listed 21 bars of Palm Olive soap for $1.00. The correct offer is 12 bars of Palm Olive soap for $1.00 from The Economy Grocery and Market.
Ben OConnell sustained serious eye injuries yesterday when a blast in a drift on the General Francis Meagher property in Marysville district misfired. He was taken to St. John's hospital where doctors reported the eyes are seriously damaged but sight likely to be saved.
The supreme court upheld a Lake county district court conviction of Charles LaDue for liquor manufacture. It ruled the seizure could not rely on the warrant, but allowed warrantless search and seizure if officers had probable cause that an offense was being committed.
The boys of the public schools spent the day yesterday on the Broadwater grounds. A swim in the plunge occurred in the forenoon and the afternoon was filled with games and sports.
New York June 12. Northwestern railroads face growing competition from the Panama Canal and lose business to that route. Howard Elliot, chairman of the Northern Pacific Railway, told stockholders the western roads seek to meet canal competition and seek relief for low returns. Northern Pacific net income for 1924 was 15,970,244, up 2,988,816 from 1923 due to curtailed expenses. Agricultural and general business conditions in the northwest were improving.
Rev S J Sullivan of Holy Cross Townsend was the speaker at St Marys School closing exercises. Diplomas and awards were presented by Rev J I Lehane. The program included a comedy A Perplexing Situation with cast of Mary Bogard, Dorothy Purcell, Grace Madden and others.
The Montana state land board authorized investing $67,000 of common school funds in municipal bonds of Bozeman city. The bonds, now held by the Murray estate, may be disposed of at 91. Bozeman officials discussed refunding the bg amortization bonds and asked the land board to authorize the purchase under permitted action.
30e notes strong community response to Saturday meat specials in Helena and plans to make them a weekly feature. The store seeks a comparison of meat quality and prices to guide ongoing offers.
An investigation led by Adjutant General TE Williams found Guardsman Andrew Briscoe of Lewis Town Montana National Guard severely injured when a truck him threw him out and crushed his leg during transport to summer instruction camp. He is hospitalized in Helena as parents arrived. board members included Captain William V McCright Lt B H Daggett and Lt Max Megge.
Chief Justice L L Callaway of the Montana supreme court traveled to Washington Baltimore and other eastern cities. He attended an American Law Institute meeting in Washington and underwent surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital returning in good health. He described the Baltimore heat as intense and noted the hospital room temperature reached 100 degrees. He left for the Montana mountains for relief from the climate.
Yesterday marked the end of the 1924 25 school year in public schools with summer vacation starting today The 1925 26 term is set to begin September 9 providing a planned restart after the break.
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