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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1935
Page
16
A Elena weather roundup reports today’s high of 10 and a record for the date. the low 58. It notes the year’s highest and lowest on this date with historical references, plus precipitation totals and hourly temperatures through the period ending late June 19. Local ads and notices follow with services and contact numbers.
Readers in Helena and nearby Great Falls host a stream of visitors and arrivals. Names include Mr and Mrs Ulf DesJarding, Mr and Mrs Wigaina, Mr and Mrs Stary, and Gordon L. Truce, among others, with many staying at the Marvey and visiting at theplacer. Officials and travelers move through the capital, including Dr Harry McGrowor and Nora Wear parties, while others depart for Hamilton and Seattle. Governors assemble in Missoula to discuss NRA revival and a state vocational school for girls opens in Helena.
Two Great Falls nurses from Columbus hospital in Great Falls escaped serious injury after their car overturned several times on a steep Helena side pitch of MacDonald pass last night. The nurses, returning from a Montana Nurses association meeting, were treated at St John’s hospital for bruises and shock. The Pontiac coupe, damaged but functional, was towed by Burgun-Walker wrecker as witnesses described the crash into the left road bank amid loose dirt.
A district court jury awarded the plaintiff damages after a trial over securities bought from Union Bank and Trost Co. The verdict granted compensation for depreciation in value after purchase. Jurors deliberated for about hours with Judge George W. Madbury denying a directed verdict in favor of the defendant.
A police officer attaches a red tag to a city patrol car for parking in a restricted Park Avenue zone. The incident follows earlier patrol steps where Young and others first joined the state program, marking a shift in enforcement and public response.
Workmen of Montana Power Company install an 11 ton regulator in a substation on Tacheon Street. The equipment is so tall that part of the top had to be removed to fit through the front entrance. A crew of specialists handles the heavy machinery and supervises the operation.
Vincent Bernard Simmons of Gold Creek and Ruth Joan Miller of Deer Lodge. Thomas James Murphy of Butte and Mildred Reese of Livingston. Nicholas Arthur Thelson and Jewel Bear, both of Helena. Arn Margaret L. Thorne, former Helena resident, died Monday in Seattle. Funeral services for Mrs Caroline Egeland will be held this afternoon at 2 at Opp and Conrad chapel. Burial in Forevale. Last rites for John Charl en Thomas, Broadwater County resident, will be held tomorrow morning at 10 at Holy Cross Church Townsend. Burial in Canton Cemetery.
A tribute dinner for James H. Baldwin United States district attorney and new U S district judge drew 125 friends and Montana bar members to the Montana club. Baldwin arrived with Mrs Baldwin amid a crowded reception, as speeches praised his career and his late father Judge James H Baldwin was cited for inspiration.
A Blackfeet Indian tribal band will perform at Shrine Temple Auditorium tonight at 8:20 daylight saving time with guests Princean Drifting Cloud Indian soprano soloist Chief Craw Weathers as master of ceremonies and A Buckles cowboy radio artist. The program includes instrumental numbers and tribal dances followed by a dance in the ballroom with band members providing music. Dancing to start around 16:20. Also: Scotts Bluff Neb holds liquor by the drink special election on June 26 after city council call.
Weather and soil moisture boost Montana crops with generally good conditions. Reports show improved grain and pasture, ample irrigation water, and range recovery. eastern areas see the best conditions in years while late grain progress lags, livestock numbers rise, and hay cutting potential appears in southeastern areas.
Chevallier Livestock company sues Gue Eck in district court seeking 7000 in damages for pasturing 49 heart of cattle on 700 acres of alfalfa near Silver between May 15 and June 10, claiming all alfalfa was eaten. Sherman W. Smith represents the plaintiff. Normandie welcomed at Le Havre with frenzied reception as liner arrives with transatlantic speed record ribbon.
Former Helena resident Mrs Margaret L Thorne died Monday at the Seattle home of her daughter Mrs Moon. Widow of Alexander Thorne a Helena pioneer and Civil War veteran she moved to Seattle after her husband died. She resided on Breckenridge street and was a member of Naomi Rebekah lodge.
Obituary noting the death of a longtime member and active Presbyterian church worker tied to Circle No. DL of the Women of Woodcraft and the Women’s Relief corps. Survived by a daughter in Seattle, a stepdaughter Georgia Thorne, and two granddaughters in Seattle.
The Montana land commissioners yesterday completed their purchase of 118000 dollars worth of Billings refunding bonds. The commissioners and city representatives reached a satisfactory agreement on the interest rate at a conference.
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