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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1925
Page
7
Partly overcast weekend with possible showers in the west. Montana city notices list local businesses, sales, services, and attractions in Helena including auto parts, tire shops, groceries, clothing sales, moving services, a dance club meeting, scout activities, and a civil case trial proceeding in district court.
The board of railroad commissioners announces hearings at Comanche May 19 10:30 a.m. to hear protests and testimony on Great Northern Railway discontinuing the Comanche agent. A Garnier hearing May 20 covers Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway agent discontinuance. May 21 at Forest Grove the board will hear testimony on Milwaukee closing that station.
The Montana Giant Petroleum Company refuses to remit the first quarter 1925 gas tax. A letter from the company's attorney challenged the tax as the Montana Supreme Court ruled the 1923 to 1925 law unconstitutional, but the attorney general maintains the decision applied only to Sunburst Refining.
A Ford driven by Mrs. E. B. Ramsey of 710 Hillsdale collided with a taxicab on Sixth Avenue near Main Street yesterday afternoon. No one was injured and both vehicles were not materially damaged. Ramsey became confused by a signal to slow for the crossing and steered into Sixth.
The Helena high school Vigilante Day was called off due to unseasonable weather and heavy snow. Principal A J Roberts canceled activities to avoid illness and pneumonia risk. parade and related events are rescheduled for Tuesday next week.
Walter La Bonte of Helena was elected president of the Associated Students of Wintermountain Union College for 1925 26 at Friday’s election. Donald Treso ar of Butte was named vice president. Other officers include Boyd Baldwin of Great Falls treasurer Margaret Tullock Lombard secretary George Blakeslee Brookings S D yell leader Harold Brewer Harre assistant yell leader and Prof Fred W Kelser faculty adviser.
Missoula’s Fred Beech spent yesterday in Hel ena Blanch L Lee Bozeman in Tidena for a visit Lewis Yates arrives in Helena from Great Falls J DesRosier Helena Marysville George L Grover Butte at Placer hotel Des Mr and Mrs S E Douglas Butte visiting in Helena 2 D N Adams Toston in the capital William R Cox and wife Flessher visiting Helena Michael Sullivan Marysville on business Haye s Bil lings visiting friends TH Lipscomb Denver T G N railroad agent in town W H Donald Melville stockman and state live stock commissioner in the capital on business
State police pursue suspects after transformers at Consolidated Coal Highland mine were dynamited late last night. The strike action in the district, which began April 1, shows little change as authorities continue the search.
The Helena Commercial Club, joining Montana Railroad Commission protests, sent a telegram to the Interstate Commerce Commission objecting to Union Pacific proposed export rates for zinc ores and concentrates from Coeur d'Alene Idaho to Portland Oregon for Belgium processing. The message urges suspension of the rates until the Coeur d'Alene district can present its case, citing probable harm to local smelting and industry.
Albert Wilkins, famed football figure at Intermountain college, falls in a impromptu bicycle race on Eleventh Avenue. He borrows a bike, skids on gravel, and is run over by Harold Brewer, destroying the bike and tearing his knee. trousers slashed. Lyle Carr rode as a spectator.
Federal Judge W E Baker upheld the United Mine Workers contention that peaceful efforts to persuade miners in the West Virginia strike zone did not violate the 1923 injunction. He scheduled a hearing to determine if union officers violated the injunction against violence, and barred new injunctions pending merits arguments. Also noted, the 1924 beet sugar crop reached 1,004,015 short tons, a record high.
A provocative look at cognitive bias and the limits of dissent in machine learning systems. It examines how entrenched models shape debates and constrain alternative viewpoints, prompting reflection on epistemic humility and algorithmic objectivity.
Harvey Barnet, assessor of Big Horn County, asks the Montana State Board of Equalization how much the county will owe its state banks after a Supreme Court ruling allows tax free bonds to escape levy. He encloses the Big Horn County bank assessment and requests guidance on tax payments for the year.
Minnesota editors gather at University Farm for a short course on advertising. H Z Mitchell urges wholesalers manufacturers and retailers to show merchants the value of cooperative ads funded by manufacturers. Wil m P Kirkwood notes the farm school will arrange a balanced discussion with industry representatives.
Minneapolis officials greet Bishop Edgar Blake of Paris as he urges U S recognition of Soviet Russia during the Methodist Episcopal church board meeting. He cites 1923 24 Russia visits, describes Moscow life as orderly despite Western reports, and condemns U S press coverage of the May Day parade.
At the congress of American Physicians and Surgeons speakers urged that ductless gland medicines are largely valueless. The public has been humbugged by claims of gland transplants. Dr William J Mayo of Rochester Minnesota spoke as president at the concluding sessions.
Pea varieties vary greatly in pod quality as English breeders develop giant pods for dwarf vines. Early peas thrive with careful sowing, and dwarf types like Little Marvel, Nott's Excelstar, American Wonder, Top of the Morn, Taxtoniai, Eight Weeks, Superb, Gradus, Thomas Laxton, Telephone and Champion of England remain popular for home gardens.
Mrs. Warren Shopp of the Templeton apartments died yesterday afternoon after a year of ill health. Funeral arrangements will be announced today. She is survived by her husband and one daughter Mrs. Alfred P. Miller and relatives in eastern states. The family home has been in Helena for years, previously Missoula. Mr. Shopp works on the Placer desk staff. The death touches many friends in the city and Missoula.
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