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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1925
Page
8
Bozeman June 25. The pick of 44 wild horses rounded up around Watson and Lingshire will be auctioned in Lingshire next Monday. C F Wlhorn said 404 horses were gathered, split into Roundups 237 Turnouts 146 and Trapper 21, with 91 brands observed and 35 stallions among them.
Forsyth June 25 The Rosebud county women’s vacation camp program is complete announced by Miss Jessie Adee home demonstration agent. Over three days July to Hi state and national experts will discuss home making education child care disease prevention. Noted speakers include Miriam Birdseye Washington D C Gerarde Hoff man Bozeman Mae Trumper Helena Inez LaBossier Bozeman Blanche L Lee Bozeman Susan ne Thompson Montana State College Bozeman. Enrollment expected to exceed last year as farm women’s clubs sign up. county clubs represented by members.
Al Dickenson 33 of Pompeys Pillar was booked on horse stealing after being arrested by Deputy Sheriff Art Galyean at his beet farm near a Lewis and Clark rock. He allegedly sold a horse for 35 dollars last April to two men at a Huntley sale. the horse belonged to W. W. Givens of 107 Wyoming Avenue. The horse was recovered. Dickenson is married with several children.
In Bozeman on June 2 a bottle of moonshine and underwear were found near the East Gallatin bridge after Ray Menard and Ernest Monforton spotted clothing tossed on the bank. The laundry mark on B V D underwear tied to H B McCay, a local merchant, but he denied ownership or disposing of such garments. The river has been dragged with no results and investigators hope the laundry mark will identify the owner. The items included a brown wool shirt, overalls, hat, low shoes, and were found near a 30‑foot deep hole by the river.
Secretary of Agriculture William M. Jardine, a former cowboy and college president, will stop in Butte on Sunday night en route to Wisdom for a rest and to renew old ties. His wife and two daughters join and will travel to Wisdom with him after a Portland tour. Wisdom residents plan a festive welcome including a barbecue and fish fry as Jardine days unfold with friends and relatives in his old Big Hole home.
Roy Flynn and John Koski were charged with robbery after allegedly beating Victor Hotanez on May 13 at North Main Street. The victims, forced into an alley, lost several dollars as the pair remained jailed since May 14 pending witness contact. A second item reports a Dutch plane crash near the Franco-Belgian border killing the pilot and three passengers.
Great Falls reports that Gilman is being relocated into Augusta as part of a merger ending its separate town status. Contractors move about twenty Gilman residences and key businesses into Augusta, including the Mahood garage and A. M. Mack store. By fall Augusta is to host the combined community, with lingering hostility fading away.
Bozeman reports county attorney filed information in district court charging Clyde Ballard Fred Maggard and Harry Cochin with misdemeanors for possession of intoxicating liquors. Elmer Frank’s liquor case has been appealed from justice to district court. Witnesses include Ballard’s mother who suspects her son, a high school student, of not working and surviving on moonshine and shady quarters in a barn with Maggard.
The Whitefish city council faction raised the mayor's pay from $100 to $600, but Montana statutes bar any increase during a term. The city treasurer was instructed to cancel the May warrant for Mayor McLean, totaling $30.
Stanford, June 23 Elmer O'Brien an employee of the Simon Douglas ranch near Windham is in a Lewistown hospital slowly recovering from injuries after an automobile accident Saturday night. He was returning from Stanford when the car turned turtle on Running Wolf road seriously injuring his legs and hips. Dr Dinsmore of Stanford gave first aid and after X rays moved him to Lewistown hospital where an operation was performed.
Charlottsville June 23 Dr Albert Lefevre professor of philosophy at the University of Virginia was found guilty of a pocket flask offense described as unlawful internal transportation of liquor. He was suspended from the faculty for one year by university authorities.
Parsons of Quinton Oklahoma and Kane of Peoria Illinois pleaded guilty to robbery after hotel room thefts and a jungle holdup. Judge Miller sentenced the 19 and 21 year olds to two and a half to five years and two to four years respectively in Deer Lodge penitentiary. The Spaniard benefactor had distributed cash for travel before the loss of about sixty dollars prompted the crime. Sheriff Gilbert recovered most funds, finding the rest buried near a fence post.
In Miles City on June 25 burglars cut a hole in the grocery front door, opened the safe and cash drawer but took no cash. Jewelry valued around $200 vanished, a diamond ring remained. Wilbur Turner, owner, was present at 11 pm. discovery occurred about 6 am. Sheriff Farnum investigated. robbers wore gloves, leaving no fingerprints.
Millard Peterson and Frank Neil government workers have begun a barberry eradication campaign in Big Horn County. They arrive to conduct a farm to farm survey and will stay about a month at their Hardy headquarters. This is the Montana campaign's second year, aiming to continue for two to three more years alongside wheat rust containment efforts nationwide.
Thomas Lear, a farmer south of Nashua, was fatally wounded by Horace E. Watters, his brother-in-law, in a street confrontation. Watters fired four shots, three striking Lear, who died three days later at a focal hospital. Watters surrendered after fleeing to Glasgow, claiming months of recent argument preceded the shooting.
Kalispell will stage a Fourth of July fireworks show at the fairgrounds with a shipped display from St Louis. Arthur Driscoll, Elks celebration chair, says the program features Custer's Last Stand in fireworks, plus Maggie and Jiggs Niagara Falls and a giant American flag. The event includes mechanical action and other devices for a full patriotic pageant.
Gloria Gordon, a carefree flapper, clashes with lawyer Dick Gregory over work and marriage. She hires a maid, loses control of finances, and pursues an unstable romance with actor Stanley Wayburn. After failed jobs and estrangement, she returns home, learns to cook, and slowly wins Dick’s attention by taking on housework, ending with a tender reconciliation moment. Gloria asserts independence, but Dick remains unsure.
Gloria and Dick wrestle with desire and duty as love tightens between them. He insists on staying with Miss Briggs and keeping up appearances while Gloria plans to move back with her mother. Dawn reveals a breakup and a stark future as May Seymour arrives, collapsing in tears with a torn newspaper in hand.
June 23 James C Byrnes failed to annul his marriage to Lena Byrnes as District Judge Geo Bourquin dismissed the complaint. Byrnes alleged intoxication at marriage and lack of understanding but deputy clerk testified he appeared sober when obtaining the license. The judge noted a license recipient is presumed to know what he is doing and must show excellent grounds for annulment. The ruling follows a similar recent case where an Anaconda man’s marriage was annulled after drunken ceremony.
New York June 23 Mrs J P Morgan wife of financier ill with sleeping sickness at her Glencove summer home showed first indications of returning consciousness since slipping into a coma June 17. Doctors said she had passed the crisis.
Missoula June 23 Hope for an extension of the Milwaukee railroad line through the Blackfoot valley to Clearwater was revived by a visiting party of Milwaukee officials led by COO B B Greer. The group, including Montana operations head J R Hobbins and Metals Bank chief J E Woodward, toured the valley and met local leaders while considering the proposed terminus at Clearwater.
In Johannesburg on June 24, the Prince of Wales reviewed what police estimated as 35,000 school children gathered in the city. The event capped by a late night dance at the town hall with the prince continuing to mingle and enjoy the festivities.
M. E H Wolff assistant district forester reports recovery of vitality in Montana national forests after December killing freeze. Moisture in June spurred new leaf growth, with demonstrations from Highwood Logging Belt creek and Showy mountain districts. Wolff and supervisor Wiley return from inspections and plan belt creek and Helena visits.
Forsyth jury after three ballots found John Zagoric of Ingomar guilty of second degree murder in district court for the killing of Anton Maslowski the Ingomar sheepman. Argument by attorneys and rebuttal by County Attorney F Haynes concluded Tuesday night.
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