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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1924
Page
2
The passage laments the danger of youthful excesses eroding mental poise in adulthood and warns that the red powwow in St Paul presents a real peril, implying societal risks beyond mere entertainment or spectacle.
California papers claim middle western papers magnified hoof and mouth disease and blocked tourism while blizzard rhetoric unfairly mocked California climate. The Los Angeles press argues the quarantine news harmed real estate and travel, calling Western papers biased against climate and business interests.
The piece blasts three Montana men who publish a reform paper while suffering health and mobility from heavy drinking. It questions their credibility as moral exemplars, noting aged figures and injuries from alcohol-fueled excesses. It warns that reformers may fall short if they cannot walk straight.
Reporters at the convention describe an amateurish Butler handling that provoked quarreling with Bascom Slemp. Butler pressed for Coolidge, then Burton and Hoover nominations failed, Dawes was nominated, angering the old guard. Slemp balked but was placated by a promised advisory committee chair. Critics warn the Butler influence risks alienating farmers and could imperil the GOP through overbearing control.
After a club event the Rovaly group clashed over rumors about the Tiamoral tale tied to a golf panel discussion. The Record-Werald quotes Charles G. Dawes sharply while noting Ross Butler studying Moss Lanna's life as critics weigh the Hines figure.
A critical editorial denounces Republican defectors in Congress who oppose party aims. It urges voters to reject insubordinate lawmakers, erase traitors from party ranks, and back honest Republicans in campaigns and organizational support.
The Haskin Letter reports on proposals to revise the calendar system. A League of Nations special committee studies world-wide harmonization for a single calendar, with Dr I Marvin of the U.S. Weather Bureau a leading advocate. The plan envisions a 13-month year of 8 5 days, plus an extra day named as a world holiday, and a mid summer insertion to minimize disruption.
The article discusses the Julian Calendar named after Julius Caesar and the transition from old to new time reckoning. It notes the Year of Confusion, the need for church consent in calendar changes, the Gregorian reform, and comparisons to daylight saving time and other calendars, with references to European adoption and Mohammedan practice.
The Philadelphia Record notes the Cleveland Republican convention nominating Charles Dawes for vice president. It argues the ticket shifts focus from men to measures, contending Coolidge and Dawes bear responsibility for 1920 outcomes and that voters must assess Democratic governance.
Receiver T M Emerson of West Side State Bank of Great Falls applied to the district court for permission to pay a 35 percent dividend to depositors. Checks for the amount will be issued in June. The bank closed December 20 1924 and the claims against the bank total about 870000 dollars.
RW Kemp of Missoula filed with the secretary yesterday as a Republican candidate for the United States Senate. He has been a Missoula resident since 1900, served as district court clerk, Missoula land office receiver, and was a member of the 7th Montana legislature. A Kemp for United States Senator committee was formed in Missoula to back his bid. Other filings included Edgarda Fivepatrick for judge in Silver Bow County and Edgar J Baker for judge in Fergus and Judith Basin districts.
Members of the Spanish War Veterans and auxiliary groups elected officers at the encampment, with fepresentatives from Willuin English Post, Monte Javols and other posts. Delegates planned a Mobile excursion and a dance to close the event at Calnotia Gardens.
A Washington lab device now predicts high and low tides to within a tenth of a minute for two years ahead, replacing 60 workers. The article notes dramatic advances in navigation safety and cites a separate Capetown dispatch about Premier Jan Smuts losing an election.
A reader Q and A column covers diverse trivia and historical questions. It includes average height in shoes, number of streetcar lines in the United States, Honolulu temperatures, Chinook origin, admission service filing, fur wear differences, flag lowering practices, Arabic and North African peoples, and details on the Revolutionary War conscription debate led by James Monroe.
The state board of examiners awarded contracts for a beef cattle barn and a poultry class building at the Montana Agricultural College in Bozeman. The beef barn, a 48 by 122 foot wood frame structure, is priced at about 16,084 dollars with Bartholomew & Thompson of Bozeman the general contractor at 34,357 dollars. The poultry class facility goes to John J. Werting of Bozeman for 7,605 dollars complete with all utilities. Plans by WLR Plew, state college supervising architect, call for finishing items by September 11.
Articles of incorporation for Hib Extension Mining Company filed in New York. Burke corporation formed by Carl Joann Ernest Doring and Geraldine Oss a Suntec, to operate the Jib property at Basin. Authorized capital 1,500,000 dollars, par value one dollar, for 50 years. Fee paid for viewing 676. New cabinet reference to Albany and Mareards appears in fragment.
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