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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1931
Page
3
New York bonds and currencies shift as rates hold steady with minor moves in European and British instruments. Silver prices edge higher while Chicago market reports flag modest gains in potatoes and dairy, reflecting a quiet trading day.
The market reported a spot sale at 3.30 for Cuban salas and 20,000 bags trading to a local refinery or prompt shipment. June contracts showed July at 1.19, Sept 1.28, Dec 2.36, Jan 1.38, Mar 1.44, May 1.50, with refined at 4.45 and demand modest. Santos and Rio futures steady with July 8.15 and 9.20 respectively, reflecting a steady but cautious market.
Livestock activity varied widely with yearlings described as fairly active and steers steady. cows and vealers showed mixed demand. Listings cover South St Paul, Sioux City, Joseph, Kansas City, Denver, and Spokane with figures for calves, bulls, hogs, sheep and lambs, reflecting a generally steady to modestly higher tone in several centers.
Lewistown reports favorable crop conditions around Beach land and Moccasin, with Mike Harney noting his own crop is in prime shape despite last month’s winds. He urges more moisture in coming weeks to sustain a bright outlook as water stands near the Moccasin experiment station.
Miles City June 17. Early Indian arrivals include Charlie Crawlie and Wooden leg with their families who pitched tents on the Tongue river. Woodenleg is about years old. The story recounts the Battle of the Little Big Horn on June 24, 1876, illustrating General Custer's defeat and the loss of the command.
Miles City June 47 A branding iron, about fifty years old, brought to town by Hob Button of Stacey country, will join the Commercial Club relics exhibit. The iron, used on Hotchkisa cattle, bears the brand 44 with a missing stroke, and a crop split marks Wright ear. It dates back 40 to 50 years and is a Tango era relic.
Anaconda June 13. Lucille Henaicy 12 of Butte suffered internal injuries and Mrs. Dorothy Hensley of Anaconda a forehead gash in an automobile collision near here tonight. They were passengers in a car driven by Otto Wagner of Butte who escaped unharmed. His vehicle collided with one driven by Louis P Matetien of Anaconda.
Butte reports a 26 year old former resident, Ed BT Alto, now at Hamilton hospital with spotted fever. He recently owned a ranch near Florence at the head of Swaeney Creek, traveled to Sweeney Lake near the Idaho line two weeks ago and contracted the illness there. He had not been inoculated. His father, a miner, lives at 450 T on Broadway and his mother has been with him at the ranch.
The Independent Publishing Company provides daily classified ads with notice to advertisers about error responsibility and proofing. Rates listed include two cents per word per insertion and a minimum charge, with proofs sent a day before publication. ads received after 6 p.m. are not guaranteed for the next issue.
A fragmented classifieds page lists a variety of help and service ads including female teachers and teaching positions at a high school and trade posts, clerical and stenography work, general labor and household tasks, laundry services, and roofing. Several notices indicate lodge meetings, armorials, and a request to rent or buy items, with various phone contacts and post office box references.
Real estate listed for sale and miscellaneous items including good wood at 310 per cord. Cows for sale, piano and china at half price. Household services offered for wall paper cleaning painting and roofing with free estimates. Lost item a yellow beret. Commodity prices listed for protein content and various grains with Minneapolis futures notes for June 17. Limited details from an OCR page.
Wheat prices in Canada and the United States fluctuated as hot weather and drought affected yields. Kansas winter wheat begins to cut, while Canadian output forecasts range from 226 to 236 million bushels. A forest fire near the Sun River area in Montana sparked by lightning prompted emergency actions, with small timber losses and dry conditions noted.
Notices to creditors for the estates of Edward Burne and Armila Bowers invite claims within four months, with vouchers, at Helena and Billings offices. Also notices of probate for Charles Crowley state the hearing date for proving the will and granting letters testamentary. Includes unrelated wedding-like crime note about a dog encounter in Port Worth.
Ten thousand rounds of ammunition fifteen revolvers and a rifle were stolen from Mullar Hardware in Anaconda between Saturday night and Monday morning. Robbers entered from the back and no trace has been found by police.
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