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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1933
Page
6
Local notes report mixed weather with cloudy periods and cool temperatures in the Northwest. Police log lists broken streetlight, a stolen auto part, traffic violators fined, a truck collision near the Montana club, a building break in, and a fire lookout on the Digely divide. Community notices mention births, deaths, and legal actions with several court items and a funeral.
Board approves pardon of 22 year old Gary Yeon for theft of gasoline in Havre. Governor Frank J. Cooney concurred in the action. pardon granted for an event at Deer Lodas prison.
Montana state officials outline strict federal rules for a 7.44 million dollar road program under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Projects must be approved before advertising. percentages guide expenditures on highways, towns, and feeder roads. Priorities emphasize closing gaps in federal aid highways and limiting reconstruction of existing facilities. Aimed at extending and improving through routes while preserving year round service and local employment practices.
Northwest Air Line announces special flights over Chicago to view the Century of Progress grounds from the air. The service, operating between Alma and St Paul and between the Twin Cities and Chicago, will run when weather permits at 10 and 4, using trips to boost Chicago air travel during the fair.
State treasurer reports most counties paid second half taxes totaling 59,652.51 for state due properties while Chouteau County lags. Seven counties show higher remittance this year than last, totaling 7,240. This district notes Kinorte reports and names counties such as Menghor and Prairie among contributors.
City council spent all day reviewing Mayor C J Rausch's preliminary budget figures for the year ending June 30 and the coming year. Discussion covered police and street department costs, gar bage disposal levies, potential staff cuts, and plans to move traffic signals and abandon an alley.
Two boys from the Montana Children's home escaped last evening and wandered to the home of J. B. Sutton at 1400 Cherry Street. Police responded and Sergeants Earl Brown and Forrest V. Angstman were involved. The youths were brought to the station for custody.
A list of city visitors and residents is recorded including Corbin Paul Hodson Mia Coleman Burgess Townsend Telena Veo Vindenburg Bozeman and others in the city. Mentions Lewistown Helena Park City Nashua Conrad Shelby and Great Falls visitors alongside travel for business, culture, and property inspections. A Shriners gathering at Algeria Temple is noted to elect a representative to the Imperial Council due to a vacancy. The notice ends with a dated personal statement regarding responsibility for bills after May 17 1908.
Representatives of Northern Pacific Great Northern and B and B railroads urged the state tax commission to reduce Montana valuations by about 25 percent from 1932 levels. They argued uniform 10 to 38 1 3 percent cuts by assessors and warned against shifting tax loads if no substantial reductions occur. Their May incomes showed slight gains for some lines but overall gross operating income remained below 1932 in the first five months.
Attorneys for Service Transit stockholders owning half the stock have been examining Montana Public Service Commission records. The company runs bus lines in Helena to East Helena and Fort Harrison hospital. Records include insurance data from Montana firms. the gathering aims at an accounting suit against the company.
Robert T Predaricks formerly of Helena's newspaper has been named executive editor of the Oklahoma News according to a report received yesterday via his brother Jeff Frederick head of the state Tennessee Bureau. Predaricks had been managing editor for several years and is a graduate of the state university with a degree in journalism. He previously worked on Montana newspapers before joining the Oklahoma News in 1920s.
Mrs Arty Mallahan 82 former Livingston Whitehall resident died 10 46 p m Sunday at the Masonic Home in the valley after long illness from heart disease She was born Aug 1 1902 in Lowell Ind came to Montana over 44 years ago She belonged to Acacia chapter No 21 Order of Eastern Star Whitehall and Tirat Temple No 3 Daughters of the Nile of Butte Her husband a Northern Pacific foreman at Livingston died years ago A granddaughter Mrs Oncat Latsch of Livingston survives Other relatives live on the Pacific coast and in the Middle West The body was moved to Anite Sunday night and funeral and burial arrangements will be made there.
The article recounts Attorney General Haywaund Nagle objecting to a Helena paper claim that his Trout Creek bridge opinion arrived too late. The opinion, requested Friday morning, was prepared by Assistant AG Enov Matteon and approved, sent by 5 pm. The county had already called for bids on timber for reconstruction, though the AG ruled an emergency existed.
MacDonald, former superintendent, visited Georgetown Lake over the weekend and cited about 18 million eggs taken to date, with the season nearly closed. Last year 36 million were taken at Georgetown while grayling and rainbow catches already exceed prior totals. Fisher ies officials I. S. Divis and Fred J. Foster toured the lake and praised the work observed. The North Pole is rising at seven inches per year.
Northern Pacific announces time changes for several trains effective next Sunday July 2. Train No. 9 will depart Livingston at 3:00 am and arrive Helena at 7:50 am. No. 2 to Helena from Garrison departs earlier and arrives five minutes sooner. North Coast Limited and other services shift arrival times to earlier hours. Also noted is a three day Rocky Mountain Greek American convention in Cheyenne and a reported Australian sheep population rise to 319,000,000.
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