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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
6
Readable bits cover fair and warmer conditions in parts of Montana for Thursday and Friday. Mentions of temperatures, local business notices, and service ads appear from Helena to Great Falls with varied schedules and community updates.
Ashall filed yesterday at city clerk's office as a candidate on the Republican ticket for a seat related to peace In Ifelena 1.
Cwrie M Nally and Mrs C McNally visited Missoula recently after marriage inquiries. McNally formerly Miss Lowrie and a graduate nurse who worked at the hospital in Missoula for a year. Daughter of Ralph Lowrie of Seattle, she and her groom plan to reside in Missoula. Mr. Ag, well known in Helena, is noted in connection with the family.
Farm labor organizers led by P. J. Wallace announce a statewide push to field complete tickets in Montana counties including Sheridan and Daniels. Claire Stoner of Sheridan seeks the second district congress nomination while Magnus Jolson aids the campaign and other candidates file in western districts. The movement accuses the Coolidge administration of neglecting farmers and vows a broad statewide challenge.
Postmaster Kirby Hoan announced changes to the Telena Canyon Ferry star route effective July 1. Service days shift from Tuesday Thursday and Saturday to Monday Wednesday and Friday with departures from Helena at 1 p.m. and from Canyon Ferry at 4 p.m. on return days.
Barclay Craighead of the state publicity department attends the state labor union convention at Boseman. Statistics will be compiled for the state labor directory and distributed around mid July.
A fragmentary line discusses asking a friend about capacity for pleasing in underwear, implying reluctance to ask a stranger. The odd phrasing suggests a conversational aside rather than a full narrative.
Chief Justice Lew Callaway, president of the Itolary cluir, recounts the June 24 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn on its fiftieth anniversary observance. He details preceding events, order controversies, and the outcomes for Custer Reno and the Sioux in a period-voice recap.
The State Board disallowed part of a gas inspector claim and post office box rent, noting future items without receipts would be disallowed. It approved Milk May Trumper’s request to hire a clerk at 100 per month until September 1 and granted J. C. Larson’s request to employ another examiner at 200 per month.
A total of 7,579 voters are registered in Lewis and Clark county for the state and county primaries on August 3. The tally announced by county clerk A J Diurean notes last year’s primaries had 7,697 votes, 118 more than this year.
Dr. Toba A. Farrell, medical director for the United States at the Rockefeller Foundation, will headline the Montana Heart Association annual meeting in Billings July 14 and 15. National speakers from New York, Philadelphia and other cities will discuss diphtheria, trachoma, public health lab work, and tuberculous control with sessions across multiple Montana counties.
Fragmentary text mentions individuals and a monetary amount but key details are unreadable. The passage references names Mary and Bradford Belato along with a sum of 8000 and a date range 7, 8, 9, but lacks verifiable context or full sentences.
Guardsmen at Fort Darrach range near Camp Kickson performed rapid fire practice with mortars rifles and machine guns. Soldiers hit targets at 2000 yards using one pound charge shells as Army instructors guided daily drills and athletic events filled the afternoon schedule.
State to ask for rehearing in Sunburgt Refining Co tax dispute now before the supreme court. Court earlier upheld 1921 and 1924 amendments taxing all refined oil products whether produced in Montana or shipped through the state, with several cases awaiting decisions and penalties totaling tens of thousands of dollars.
In Yellowstone Park a 10 day old buffalo escaped its shed during a Rotary gathering. Rangers moved the animal 40 miles to Mammoth where it will stay all summer after a brief scare caused by the curious crowd.
The Montana Wool Growers association fixed September 8 and 9 for the annual cam sale at the State fair. Murray E. Stebbins, secretary, administers entries and arrangements while the auctioneer will be announced later. Attendees included J E Morse Dillon Guy Stambaugh Peter Pauly Deer Lodge J H Carmichael Augusta George Lewis Manhattan Earl Sime Bozeman Percy Williamson Miles City George K Reeder Craig and Henry Sieben A T Hibbard Helena.
Adam B. McCarthy of Townsend and Ernest D. Fenton of Forsyth will take the state law examinations at the state capitol on July 13. This is the first exam since last July, says J. W. Crosby, clerk of the supreme court. The board includes George Patten, Bozeman. Charles H. Loud, Miles City. A. N. Whit Jock, Missoula. John C. Hurley, Glasgow. and W. T. Piggott, Eleekinit.
The funeral for William Johns will be held this afternoon at 2 at the O Q temple. Local lodge will conduct the rites and Rev James F McLauice will eulogize. Johns died Sunday evening in Missoula, an early Helena and Montana settler. Arrangements are by Opp and Conrad.
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