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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1925
Page
7
Weather mostly fair for Friday and Saturday with little temperature change. Local ads note services like marceiling and home ice cream shops, fabric cleaning, and a card party to benefit St Joseph orphanage. A divorce suit, partition suit, and various business ads appear alongside community notices in Helena and nearby towns.
An informal dance for college and university students will be held tonight at the Helena Country Club with the Winter Garden orchestra providing music. A buffet supper will be served at midnight. The event is an annual affair reflecting club social life. President Coolidge's father served in the Vermont House of Representatives and the state senate.
Governor John E. Erickson will travel to Great Falls to host a dinner for Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work and join an Sun River irrigation project inspection. He later plans to welcome Agriculture Secretary Jardine in Butte and tour Bozeman and Miles City, highlighting Montana resources for federal aid.
Miss Catherine Erickson deputy supreme commander at large of the Women s Benefit association initiated a large class of new members at Helena Review No 4 last evening Mrs Erickson outlined the order s new activities spoke on the state rally to be held in Glendive next October The program included a vocal selection by Mrs Lillian Whalen accompanied by Mrs A M Raftery and a recitation by Miss Dorothy Lane Refreshments were served at the close
Canvassers pressed a county drive to raise 2500 of a 3 million Legion endowment for disabled veterans widows and orphans. A meeting at 7 30 this evening at the Commercial club will report progress to County chairman Sam D Goza.
The funeral of William Best veteran mail carrier who died Wednesday at 1007 Ninth Avenue will be held this afternoon at 2 30 in the First Baptist Church with Rev. James P F McNamee officiating. Burial will be at Forestvale. The body will lie in state at Hermant and Company chapel until 11 o clock this morning then move to the family home for the service. The casket will remain closed. Attending will be his post office colleagues and other former associates.
Dr. C. W. Mahaffay filed suit in district court seeking one half of his deceased wife’s estate. A. L. Smith as executor and other heirs are named defendants. Attorneys for Mahaffay are J. Miller Smith and Sons. He previously failed to stop probate and appellate judgment favored the heirs.
The Gypsy horse loaned by Roy Fern and Chapgie owned by George Cooney was to run at the fair grounds Saturday but the track’s poor condition delayed the race. It will be rescheduled with date to be announced. Also noted are rail shipping rulings and Navy expedition radio updates from Washington.
The Montana Federation of Labor wrapped a three day session in Missoula with plans to push a new workers compensation bill and amend the initiative and referendum law. Delegates backed organizing the Butte metal miners, chose Bozeman as next meeting site, and approved a state school tax measure. A heated debate arose over including occupational disease coverage, with strong support for extending protections to all workers. The group also voted to boost salaries for top officers and remembered Samuel Gompers and Senators La Follette and Ladd.
Large attendance of relatives and friends gathered for the funeral of Mrs. George Balkenhol yesterday at the Cathedral of St. Helena. The service followed her death last Monday at the family home on JIL Flowerree street with burial in Resurrection cemetery. arrangements were handled by Herrmann and Company. The Balkenhol family, early settlers in Marysville, has long been prominent in Helena community life.
David Hilger librarian for the late historical society and his brother hosted a news writers’ picnic at Picnic Canyon and a trip on the Canyon Maid through the Gates of the Mountains. The party, including several western Montana tourists, toured Bear Tooth mountain and learned local history with Hilger noting formations such as the elephant's head. Over 1,000 visitors are expected this season as Canyon Maid makes its final trips. Guests included Floyd L Smith family, Mrs W F Lowell and son, Stephen, Warren W Moses, Miss Wright, Guy E LaFollette, Maud Waterbury family, and J Burke Clements family.
Numerous individuals travel to and from Helena including J M Rogers to Great Falls and T O Larson senator from Choteau visiting the capital. Others arrive from Denver Havre Butte White Sulphur Springs Livingston Missoula and Tong Beach for business visits leisure and family events.
Hi H Saucers reports from Pred MI Rose and Packy McFarland that Montana Kiwanis state convention will be August 7 and 8 in Helena with 27 clubs attending. Plans for entertainment of visitors to be discussed at the upcoming Kiwanis luncheon. Kiwanis members urged to attend and help finalize arrangements. An unrelated line states if anyone cuts down trees in Renmark they must plant an equal area of new trees.
Edmond Guillirant Loomey Montana railroad commissioner attorney from Sel ena will wed Ruth Alard Eger in New York City. Ceremony by Reverend Frederieck F. Johnson at Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. They plan a brief honeymoon and return by July 16 to 631 Power Street. PMID: None
Great Northern Railroad announces homeseeker rates at low round trip excursion prices across eastern South Dakota southern Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Iowa and northern Missouri. Round trip fare one dollar plus two dollars with two day validity and stop over privileges.
Fred Langtrum aged 38 died yesterday at his San Francisco home from angina pectoris. He was the Pacific Coast manager for Lowell Publishing and had recently moved from Indiana four years ago. He is survived by his wife and brothers Tir Langstrum, QO MM, Lanstrom, and George Langstrai of Helena, Claude Lanstrum of Denver.
Rehearing granted by the public service commission of Montana in the matter of the application of the Helena Light and Railway Company for an increase of street car fares to students will be held today at the state house. The rehearing was asked for by citizens and organizations after the commission had decided the question adversely to the contention of the company.
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