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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1925
Page
8
Theodore Karras, a waiter at a South Main Street cafe, wrestled with Thomas Henderson after Henderson threatened to force a meal. A pistol discharged into the ceiling during the struggle, narrowly missing Karras. Henderson was arrested on assault with a deadly weapon. Karras was uninjured aside from bruises.
May 8 Lewistown residents report state prison commission orders to arrest Howard Slick Baker and return him to the penitentiary after parole revocation. Baker, convicted of burglary in Big Horn County in 1921, had multiple parole revocations and returns to prison, most recently arrested during a liquor-law raid. Sheriff Guy Tullock moved to Deer Lodge with Baker after Baker entered county jail.
Lewistown May 8 A letter from J W Schofield explains the hatchery expansion across the state. Six new hatcheries were built in four years, plus the Marcus Daly facility at Hamilton, doubling the number since 1920. Egg yields vary yearly and may need doubling to fill capacity. Rainbow trout eggs total 350 900 with 200 000 more expected. Emigrant Missoula Hamilton Somers and Red hatcheries currently have none of this species.
Donald Moseman four year old son of Mr and Mrs Walter Moseman of 310 North Dawes street was wounded in the abdomen by a spent 45 caliber steel jacket bullet. Doctors report the bullet lodged in the stomach muscles after being deflected downward. The origin remains a mystery with the most likely theory that a distant shooter practicing marksmanship fired it. The child’s condition is stated as satisfactory.
An elderly man with a foreign accent told the court he carried a gun without harm intended. He admitted having over one hundred dollars on him and, after being in camps with hoboes, was fined ten dollars including costs and released. He claimed a deposit in a failed Butte bank and identified as a Montanan.
Grant Smith company holds the contract to straighten the Great Northern railway between Kipp and Browning and at the Durham ends of bridge 91. Weather delays aside, work will extend through most of the summer with 20 and 45 foot fills and about 2000 feet of main line straightened to speed trains. D. R. Weber of Cut Bank oversees operations.
Great Falls May 8 The first step toward an appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals at San Francisco for Gordon Campbell sentenced to two years at Leavenworth for using the mails to defraud was filed today as an assignment of errors and a writ of error. Bond set at 12500. Costs total 5207. Witness costs 4844. Sponsors named include E J Daily and Charles F Bloomhuff.
Watson reports the Diamond range road open and in good condition for May. No snow or mud on the road, Confederate gulch water is low, and hydraulic mining at Eldorado Bar continues with substantial dirt removed. Access for close-up view is via the bar top.
Logan May 8 The preliminary track meet for Tri Valley schools was held at Logan with teams from Upper Madison Lane Clarkston and Logan districts. Judges included Mrs C C Richardson Mrs Hugo Norman Miss Laurabelle Brainard Miss Viola Leary and Miss Eileen Funk. Winners featured Mary Bryson Logan in spelling and penmanship, Edith Hahn Lane in spelling, Earl Lane Lane in arithmetic, Charles Larson Logan in geography, Agnes Six Clarkston in silent reading, and Kathryn Hotrum in first declamation.
Frosts in the Billings area over the last ten days caused localized damage to gardens and fruit trees. Beets and radishes showed variable injury, while sugar beets largely escaped. Asparagus and rhubarb suffered in some plots, but overall growth has been slowed and delays are expected. DIES OF INJURIES. By Associated Press, Laramie, Wyo, May 8 Carl Filmore dies after injuries from a freight car accident.
Victor R. Griggs and Joe B. Moore were arrested on charges of subordination of perjury in Havre. Both posted $1,000 bail and face arraignment. The case stems from testimony in a previous district court liquor trial in which Moore was acquitted. County Attorney A F Lamey filed the complaint after alleged perjury.
TheLogan community lists residents and guests visiting from Three Forks Manhattan Belgrade and Clarkston. Notable items include Mrs Alice Phenix returning from Warm Springs hospital and a junior prom attendance by local youth. Also mentioned are military honors for two servicemen and the death of General Harry Bandholtz in Michigan.
Major J E Edwards of Forsyth toured Billings on business and reported Rosebud county has unusually large acreage and high farming activity. Diversified farming is expanding with purebred dairy cattle movements and good range grass, signaling optimism for the region.
C A Lorning of Dry Creek filed in district court to stop Sekora and Tun nicliff, on the Dry Creek School District No 68 board, from moving the Dry Creek school house to a new site. The Bee house sits near the geographic center, funded by subscription and volunteers, and in use for five years. John G. Skinner represents the plaintiff.
Watson News reports spring movements in the area. Elmer and Robert Watson return to Home ranch from Smith River to tend sheep sold earlier to R J Quigley of Sixteen for May delivery. Mrs. Sarah Watson opens her Beriton Gulch home for summer. Numerous locals relocate for forest guard duties and summer work, with cattle transfers and wagon loads moving to Watson corrals and Eagle Creek ranches.
An audit by the state examiner in Helena covers Sept 1923 to Feb 1925 and shows Cut Bank decreased its indebtedness by more than 27000. The report notes the city now has strong finances with total indebtedness of 167951.37 including water bonds sewer bonds warrants.
Three young men were jailed at Meadowlark Country Club for intoxication during a frontier celebration. They gave incorrect names as Jom Jones Tom Jones and Dick Smith. Sheriff Tom Norton and Undersheriff Janes O'Flynn led the arrests and warned dance hall proprietors are not to blame for drinking.
Dillon notices James S Featherly a long time resident died in his North Washington Street residence after 9 am Thursday likely from heart trouble He was 71 born in Crawlore county Wisconsin lived in Butte and Dixon He leaves a wife two sons Charles Billings daughter Mrs Henry Grierson and brother George Featherly Funeral plans await relatives
Missoula reports the first forest fire within District No. 2 of the forest service. The blaze near Pend d’Oreille boundary burned about 150 acres on private land before crews extinguished it. A rancher who started the fire paid the fighting costs, with the policy applied to future incidents. No damage occurred to timber in the national forest.
W W Berry a longtime Northern Pacific employee on the Rocky Mountain division returns to Missoula as trainmaster replacing J M Boyd who takes extended leave for personal business. Berry began work in 1889 and has served as conductor and two terms as Rocky Mountain division trainmaster. Boyd operates a hotel in Butte and a garage in Everett Washington and may be away for months.
A gravel pit worker, A. B. Dresdack, 40, was seriously injured near Edgar when a gravel-loaded car rolled over his right leg between the knee and ankle. He was rushed by ambulance to St. Vincent's hospital in Billings where an emergency operation was performed and his condition was reported as improving. Dresdack was loading gravel cars at the Edgar pit when he lost his balance and was run over. A physician and ambulance arrived after a telephone call from Billings.
Thompson Fails May reports that George Gunther, central figure in the Long murder trial, who faced federal booze charges after the trial, was released on bond reduced from $1000 to $100 by the federal court, and local officers discharged him.
Secretary of Agriculture William A. Jardine will visit Miles City on July 2 to inspect the United States range experiment Station and officially open the thirteenth Miles City roundup. Governor Erickson and state officials are expected to greet him, with Paddy Ryan and other arena performers part of the frontier celebration at Fort Keogh.
Des Moines May 8 Chief James Cavender announced a plan to place bootleggers arrested in future drives in stocks with placards and parade them downtown as an example of bootlegging profits. The announcement followed a wrecked car parade with a death bottle display and claims a driver was intoxicated. Senator Arthur Capper supported Dawes in efforts to revise senate rules.
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