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Newspaper

Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1925

Page

8

Open New Entrance to Park With Road to High Mines Camp

Red Lodge leaders push a Red Lodge to Cooke City road linking Bear Tooth forest to Yellowstone access. Aimed to unlock Cooke City minerals and attract tourists via motor travel with forest bureau backing and surveys planned after Washington talks with senators Walsh and Wheeler.

High Mines Billings Bureau of Forestry Beartooth Forest Red Lodge Cooke City America H. P. Shelley Carbon County News J. Gef Siegfriedt Bearcreek William E. Pinkney Bridger Forest Bureau Yellowstone National Park

Local Outlook Mixed at Watson Ranch and Stockyards

May 22 notes show Gary Keene visiting Curt Diehl ranch on business while Frank Bingham aids branding at the new cattle chute at the hay ranch. Gib McFarland and L. A. Beyer with Mr. Greve visit, Miss Luella Watson weekends with Leslie Watson, and Mrs Kate Linn guests. Miners with Charles Root prospect Beaver area. George and Wallace Gurtt return from Fort Logan with 40 50 horses for June 10 roundup supervised by Lingshire. Mrs Bingham hosts a late birthday dinner using Bingham ranch products. County road work on Benten Gulch road disrupts traffic until scarifying ended. Lingshire buys Gravely’s sheep shearing plant for Walker Ranch at Antelope for season use.

Beaver Flats Henry Lingshire Frank Bingham Mr. Bingham Bingham Ranch Sarah Watson Leslie Watson Nadine Arthur Watson Shirley Luelia Watson Elmer Robert Watson Kate Linn J. B. Swarbrick Andy Larson Binghams Watson Home Benten Gulch Walker Ranch Company Rock Creek John Gravely Missouri Valley Walker

Platinum Wire Rewards Stretch From New York To London

Scientific tests from Washington on May 22 reveal platinum wire can be drawn extraordinarily fine. Researchers claim seven ounces of platinum could be stretched from New York to London, demonstrating exceptional malleability and strength.

Washington New York

Killing of Suspect by Baney Is Exonerated Inquest Told

Sheriff Baney of Libby shot and killed E G Jorgensen near Noxon after a pursuit triggered by a Spokane stolen Ford. An inquest jury ruled the shooting was within his rights. Jorgensen and Koerns were occupants of the car. two colored men were later questioned but not charged. Koerns claimed Jorgensen had a young child at Libby, while Koerns denied ownership of the car.

Baney Thompson Falls F.R. Baney Libby E. G. Jorgensen C. M. Johnson Noxon Jorgensen George Koerns Spokane Koerns Brill River Nixon Bull River Haney Mrs. Haney Hartman Alvord Bilmeyer Justice Parkhurst Charles Mercier Plains Korens Philadelphia Associated Press William C. Cavalier State Supreme Court Schuylkill TF. B. Roads C W. Starudenmaier I Cavalier

Lily Collins Dies After Drinking Lysol From Rubbish

Margaret Ellen Collins aged three died at 904 Grand Avenue South after picking up a Lysol bottle from a neighborhood rubbish pile. She drank some, fell unconscious by evening, and died Thursday morning despite medical aid and antidotes administered en route to care, as family and neighbors sought help.

Bozeman Margaret Ellen Collins John J. Collins Grand Avenue South Margaret

Circle Breaks Land for 15000 Dollar Church

May 22 The board was broken for erection of a United Brethren church in Circle. Supervising carpenter is Newton Morrison of Denver Co with home mission board. M C McLean of Denver assists. Church 35 by 70 feet with basement kitchen dining class rooms toilets furnace room seating over 250. Cost about 15000 mostly borne by home mission board. Morrison built other churches for the board. The Rev C W Loomis has led Circle since 1918 with noted congregation growth.

Circle United Brethren Church Newton Morrison Denver Cole Home Imission Board The M. C. Mclean Home Mission Board Morrison New Mexico Kansas McLean C. W. Loomis

Sheriffs raid liquor dispensary in Great Falls

Sheriff Tom Norton raided an alleged liquor dispensary at 510 Fourth Avenue North on Thursday night arresting Mrs. Pearl Clarke a widow on a charge of violating the state liquor law. Several quarts of moonshine liquor glasses and other equipment for entertaining patrons were seized. Clarke admitted bootlegging but said she planned to leave the enterprise and depart town. The sheriff noted numerous complaints about the place from past weeks.

Great Falls Central Avenue Tom Norton Fourth Avenue North Pearl Clarke John Earls Arthur Anderson Mike Holland

Wolf Creek Notes Show Local Movement and Visits

Local notes from Wolf Creek report Charles Koch travels to Lincoln after winter at Avon and assorted residents and visitors. Families and teachers move between Great Falls Helena Kalispell and nearby towns for work school and leisure. In Kalispell the fourth annual State Federation of Business and Professional Women’s clubs opens with welcome addresses and national representation.

Kalispell Assocated Press C. W. Pomeroy State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Elli Thorpe Missoula Edith Thornton Bellingham Wash Montana New York

New York Actress Balled Up In Butte Traffic

A New York actress performing in a Butte engagement caused a traffic scene crossing Broadway. With camera dog and escort she dodged a near collision as truck and car drivers reacted. The incident ends with witty exchanges about traffic rules and a dramatic diagonal cross of the street.

Butte New York Broadway Montana Ford

Injured rider in coma after fall at rodeo stock tourney

Sidney May 22 Clarence Bad lands French 20 living east of town in Little Missouri river breaks has lain in Deaconess hospital unconscious for 17 days. Physicians say cerebral hemorrhage caused paralysis first on the left then on the right. Nourishment given daily, slight improvement noted. French, known as a skilled local rider, was found after a morning stock check and had recently competed as an entrant at local rodeos.

Sidney Clarence French

Deer Lodge Social Notes May 22 Highlights Visits

Mr and Mrs A W Prescott and Mr and Mrs John Dietrich hosted guests including Mrs W F Spottswood and Mrs Dorothy Spottswood Jenkins. Local visits span Butte Anaconda Spokane and Honolulu tied to relatives and clubs with a new born daughter for Mr and Mrs Earl Burch in West Deer Lodge. Rev Attwood ill in San Francisco hospital. law operation anticipated.

Deer Lodge A. W. Prescott John Dietrich J. Maurice Dietrich W. F. Spottswood Dorothy Spottswood Jenkins Little Daughter Spokane Harry McPherson Ruby Martin Lydia Pfeifer Bertha Moore Iona Wessel Butte S.L. Tripp George Carlton Charles Fullerton Cora E. Sabin Honolulu Arthur J. Lochrie Finn Don Larabie C. L. Benton Anaconda Country Club Joseph Larsen Mary Larsen Anna Kerruish Thomas Hirst Lou Turner Neighbors of Woodcraft Annaconda Grand Lodge Portland Attwood San Francisco Earl Burch West Deer Lodge

Frost Rips Sidney Fields After May 16 Freeze

Frost caused heavy damage across Sidney as a crusted frost killed early seeded grains and gardens. About 3500 acres of sugar beets must be replanted after the freeze while wheat fields turned black but growers expect no lasting harm. Fruit trees and budding gardens also suffered significant loss. The United States ranks as the second largest sugar beet producer, with Transvaal leading and Canada third.

Sidney Holy Frn Company

Crossword Puzzle List From Historic Dictionary Page

A dense crossword puzzle excerpt lists unkeyed terms and clues from a historical dictionary, including rooms under a roof, instruments, months, salts and acids, printers measure, and many scattered definitions. It interleaves numbers and fragments like Tobraid Traesid 13 16 Negative 17 long fish plural and other entries such as months, colors, and body parts, forming a large puzzle grid.

Vegetable Vines For Screens In The Garden

The article discusses using vines to screen gardens, advising pole beans and cucumbers for rapid growth, tomatoes for dense screens, and gourds as ornamental screens. It covers using fences for support, space efficiency, and notes on care such as nip pruning dahlias, lime for radishes, and grease coatings on lima beans to prevent rot.

Husband 2d Wife Scold Childcare in Family Dispute

A husband laments that his wife lets her parents spoil their baby and hardly allows his parents to touch him. The plea frames a domestic quarrel over grandparent involvement and child care dynamics.

Robert

Geishas in Tokyo Form Haircut Society

In Tokyo, bobbed hair becomes a social marker as geisha girls with short tresses band together forming a society that admits only those with shaved or cut hair. The trend mirrors shifting aesthetics within traditional service roles in Japan.

Tokyo Japan

Churches Grow Closer Across Denomination Lines

Lexington, May 22 The Federal Council of Churches reports to the Presbyterian General Assembly that there is growing cross denomination acquaintance and trust. It highlights evangelism as central, increased cooperation for social and international issues, and the council’s role in promoting Christian principles in society. Fifteen denominations have formed peace committees, and relations between the council and member churches are becoming more intimate as they collaborate on shared goals.

Lexington Associated Press Committee On the Federal Council of Churches General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In United States America Federal Council Commission On the Church and Social Service Commission On International Justice

Miss Fern Lyle Aids Urban Poor Through Baptist Outreach

In Minneapolis May 22 Miss Fern Lyle of First Baptist St Paul reports to Minnesota Baptist headquarters on aiding the poor and diseased in crowded downtown flats. She runs a twice weekly playground on church property, overseeing fair play and child-umpire reports, marking a pioneering field for church work in city districts.

Minneapolis Fern Lyle First Baptist Church of Mr. Rasmussen Miss Lyle

Tyndale Bible topic for Reforma day at General Assembly

The reformations committee proposed William Tyndale and the English Bible as Reforma tion day subject on October 25, noting it marks the 400th anniversary of the New Testament translation. The world conference on faith and order is set for midsummer 1927 at The Hague with half the budget raised by official contributions. The US Presbyterian Church pledges and budgeting are discussed. Four quarts of peanuts, brought to China 35 years ago by a missionary, are cited as the ancestors of current Chinese production surpassing the American crop.

Lexington Associated Press William Tyndale Reformation Committee Presbyterian Church In United States General Assembly Tyndale Committee On the World Conference On Faith and Order The Hague Presbyterian Church United States of America China

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Montana State News Pinkney Shelley Afr. Pinkney Forestry Bureau T. J. Walsh Burton K. Wheeler Leavitt Walsh Wheeler Morrill Watson News Sial By Williams Tui Prvelay Sherie Luo Wolf Creek News Wolf Creek Charles Koch Avon Lincoln A. C. Summerfield Thelma Sun River Country Gus Koch Helena William Merz Thomas Ostle Eelena Mabel Harris Bertie Inez Patterson Alf Hicks Joe Alt Kenneth Lowell Roy Riessing Hotterdam Douglas Burns Misesula L. A. Mason M. S. Davis Ford Ranch Gus Summerfield Harry Woods Rock Creek Basin Roy Reinig Eliza Pratt Masons Transvaal Renarter Aurora Norway Bae Thedren Ron Sun God Perty Cal Tad
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