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Newspaper

Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1925

Page

3

Reed Acquitted In Wild Goose Eggs Case At Townsend

Grant Reed, representative from Broadwater County, was acquitted by a Townsend jury of unlawfully taking wild geese eggs. He hatched eggs with a ranch hen at Lake Helena and faced unclear permit requirements, but attorney Fred Schmitz argued state law could not prosecute due to federal migratory bird control. Reed and goslings walk free as the trial in Chicago meanwhile unfolds for Shepherd.

Grant Reed Legislative Assembly Broadwater County Townsend Reed House of Representatives Lake Helena C. A. Jakways Jakways Robert R.hill Hill Frank T. Hooks H. EB. Taplin Winston Norman Bruce Canton Justice McCormick Fred Schmitz Schmitz Goslings

RUMORED DISCOVERY OF PLATINUM DIGGINGS

Spokane reports from Colville say prospectors near Barstow in Ferry County have staked hundreds of acres along the Kettle River and removed about 500 pounds of ore worth about 700 dollars. No confirmation yet.

Spokane Wash Associated Press Colville Barstow Ferry County Kettle River Marcus

Large enrollment in Prospect for summer school at St Charles

With 35 registrations already scheduled and prospects for not less than 60 in the six weeks summer school at Mount St Charles college registrations will be made today and Monday it was announced yesterday by President N C Hoff Rev 5 J O Neill is the registrar Teachers in Catholic schools in this diocese and a number of lay pupils will be enrolled President Hoff will teach biology Monsignor Victor Day will teach religion Revs James H O Neill physics J A Rooney mathematics and Latin J A Collette French and history Tod J O Connor social sciences and philosophy P M McVeigh chemistry E J ONeill education E J Riley English and Miss Emerson of the Sacred Heart convent New York City music

Mount St. Charles College N.C. Hoff J. O'Neill Hoff Monsignor Victor Day James H. O'Neill J. A. Rooney J. A. Collette

Jovaire in Canton to Tart Sunday

Canton wrestles with a volatile political scene as de facto leaders clash and a general strike against foreign employers looms on Sunday led by Sun Fo, son of Sun Yat-Sen, while Sun Fo returns to the city and Hu Man-Min backs the generalissimo. Shanghai dispatch notes strikers in Chungking have spiraled beyond control as foreigners seek refuge aboard ships.

Canton Associated Press de Factor Sun Fo Sun Yat-Sen Hsu Chung-Chi Hu Man-Min Shanghai Chungking The

Magnificent sweet peas show results of fall planting

At the home of C A Benson 303 North Beattie Street a splendid display of Spencer sweet peas grows 20 inches high with a mass of blooms. Planted November 10 1924 vines flowering since June 6 and several large bouquets cut. Fall planting shown to yield early blossoms. another row sown in spring four inches high today. The Bensons credit seeds from State Nursery and Seed Company. The article also notes a Shanghai disturbance context and a Hong Kong strike affecting shipping with sailings to Canton and Macao canceled.

C. A. Benson Beattie Street Spencer Benson State Nursery and Seed Company

Just A Joy Ride Kidnaping Case Near Hazleton

State police halted a touring car carrying three chorus girls and five men near Hazleton after a reported kidnaping scare. The girls said they went for a voluntary motor ride after leaving a local theater stage door and were not forcibly seized.

Hazleton Associated Press

Japanese gunboats depart Ichang for Chungking

A news dispatch from Wellington dated June 19 reports two Japanese gunboats leaving Ichang for Chungking. A state department message from Vice Counsel Robert L. Smyth dated June 18 notes severe beating of three foreigners—a British, a Swedish, and a Polish National—without details. The report comes from Peking via Associated Press.

Wellington Associated Press Chungking State Department Robert L. Smyth

Little Girl Thelma Summerfield Dies in Choteau

Thelma Summerfield six daughter of Mr and Mrs A C Summerfield of Wolf Creek died in a Choteau hospital after illness that began Sunday The body was brought here last night for a funeral at Hugh Ingersoll's home 608 North Benton at 3 this afternoon Rev James F McNamee will officiate burial in Forestvale Flaherty and Kohler in charge Mrs Summerfield is sister of Hugh Ingersoll a deputy in Clerk Will Whalen district court office

Thelma A. C. Summerfield Wolf Creek Choteau Hugh Ingersoll North Benton James F. McNamee Forestvale Flaherty and Kohler Mrs. Summerfield Will Whalen District Court

Pittsburg Train Derailment Near Altoona Reported

A fast freight train operated by American Railway Express derailed at Kittanning Point near Altoona. No further details are provided in the readable fragment.

Pittsburg Associated Press St. Louis New York American Railway Express Kittanning Point Altoona

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