Flower vandals invade cemetery desecrating graves
In Livingston Mountain View Cemetery vandals robbed several graves of flowers and plants memorializing loved ones. Mrs. Bechtel and Mrs. Bowers reported disrupted plantings and suspicious footprints. Investigators pursue leads, with potential legal consequences if the perpetrator is any minor or adult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Montain View
Carson Bechtel
Mountain View Cemetery
Lois Bowers
Reform School
House of Correction
Woman Scorched in Early Fire in a Critical Condition
A Stillwater fire at Lotus Apartments on South Main street early yesterday left Mrs. M. C. Green severely burned and in critical condition at St. James hospital. Her husband suffered facial, hand, and foot burns, while their 23-year-old grandchild escaped unharmed. Fire investigators found mash and moonshine equipment in the apartment, with six barrels of mash destroyed.
Victims of Freeze Return From Helena Hospital
Emigrant May 2 Peter Anderson and William Weaver, long patients at the U S Veterans' Hospital in Helena since January after severe frostbite during a hunting trip in December, arrived Saturday and are staying with Mr and Mrs J Busby. They are improving with crutches and plan to travel to Minneapolis this autumn for artificial limbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Anderson
Wiliam Weaver
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Helena
D Ber
Senator Walsh Honored at Livingston Banquet
May 29 Livingston reports Senator T. J. Walsh was guest at a Park Hotel banquet presided by Attorney Ward Smith. Walsh gave an informal address on Senate happenings including Warren’s nomination and Dawes’ tie breaking search. Banquet sponsored by J. B. Swindlehurst. Walsh travels with Lawns Penwell to Bozeman and Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
T. J. Walsh
Park Hotel
Ward Smith
Senator Walsh
United States Senate
Charles Beecher Warren
Warren
Walsh
Dawes
J.B. Swindlehurst
Penwell
Montana
Stockman
Bozeman
Helena
Kalispell Welcomes European Guide Hans Reiss in Glacier Park
Kalispell May 29 Russian Swedish guide Hans Reiss arrives to consult with Parl Saddle Horse Co. president George Nofsing er. Reiss has strong Brooklyn Eagle references and prior guiding work in Norway and Lapland with a son of Nansen. He notes Glacier Park resembles Norway and plans to explore before the season opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispell
Glacier Park
Hans Reiss
George Nofisinger
Parl: Saddle Horse Company
Reiss
Brooklyn Eagle
Norway
Lapland
Nansen
Winold Reiss
Henry
County Agent Denies Grasshoppers Menace in Teton County
County Agent Robert Clark reports after investigation no evidence of damage from grasshoppers in Teton County. He says findings are roadside-type egg pods not the migratory species blamed for past outbreaks. Hay officials note the county has resources to combat a potential pest outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Robert Clarkson
Hig
Hay
Father Gets 30 Days in Jail for Slapping His Daughter
Glasgow May 29 George Shaffer appeared before Judge Rapp on a complaint by his 19-year-old daughter for assault. He received 30 days in the county jail. A more serious charge was preferred but lacking sufficient evidence to sustain it. Shaffer, his wife, and family ran a Glasgow laundry for several months, having moved from Saco. they say they came from Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
George Shaffer
Rapp
Shaffer
Saco
Canada
Adam's Garb Suited Man Held as Vagrant
Kalispell May 29. John Frazer arrested near the Raddy ranch west of Kila on a vagrancy charge wearing a costume described as between a cave man robe and Garden of Eden apparel. He claims Ontario origin and may be deported. reports say he lived in barns and subsisted by milking farmers’ cows at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispell
Raddy Ranch
Kila
John Frazer
Garden of Eden
Frazer
Ontario
Rancher Convicted of First Degree Assault in Deer Lodge
Stanford May 20 A jury found Arrow Creek rancher L E Gies guilty of assault with a gun in the first degree after a December 1924 incident with neighbor Newton Lee. Lee was wounded as he confronted hogs on Gies’s farm. Gies testified Lee was aggressor and fired in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
L. E. Gies
Arrow Creek
Newton Lee
State
J. C. Huntoon
Lewistown
Lee
Gies
Lee Farm
Marysville News Roundup of Local Visits and Moves
Marysville and Helena are the hubs of activity with residents visiting, relocating, and social events noted. Jack Haley and others traveled to Helena. families like Hisber, Hieber, and Shaffer made trips or returned home. New births, moves to Bald Butte, and hospital nursing graduations pepper the column along with church services by William Dirrum and local tourism to Lewistown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Jack Haley
Helena
Carlos Hisber
Preston Parks
Chas Hall
Elliston
Joe Hall
Miss Bohay
George Hisher
Carlos Hieber
Hughsville
William Hieber
T. E. Barrows
Morris Lawler
Dead Wood Gulch
W. A. Cornelius
St. Louis Company
Canada
Charles Lehman
Albert Shaffer
Chas. Koepke
Lewistown
Trinity Circle Lodge
Colm
Weber
Charles Carter
Casti¢ Betor
Dora Korting
George Larson
Bald Butte
Charles Towler
Winston
Chas. Hull and Son
St Peter's Hospital
William Dirrum
Intermountain College
M. E
Dirrum
High River Recedes in Cooler Weather
High River in Kalispell area receded in cooler conditions though remains a tawny flood feeding the lake. Snow remains in the mountains and future warmth could raise the river toward old record levels within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispell
Flathead
Negroes Fined For Violating Revenue Laws In Montana
Great Falls May 29 Ray Walker and Ward Cole, both Negro, were assessed 2379 dollars for liquor prohibition violations by Internal Revenue Collector C A Rasmussen after a hearing in which both defaulted. The case, tied to the Manhattan club raid of Aug 6 1924, involves unpaid taxes and penalties for operating without a license. Dudley Wilson also defaulted, but the case was dismissed when witnesses failed to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Ray Walker
Ward Cole
C. A. Rasmussen
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Department
Walker
Cole
Rasmussen
Revenue Department
Washington
Manhattan Club
Charles N. Pray
Dudley Wilson
Walier
Enlarge Great Falls Smelter Aims at 1 Million Outlay
Great Falls is preparing to enlarge the Anaconda Copper Mining Co zinc plant with a construction outlay exceeding 1 million dollars. Work to start Thursday will take eight to nine months, employing 75 to 100 men initially and potentially over 300 as the project progresses. The new building will be 90 to 250 feet, located immediately east of the current plant, reserved for future zinc operations. The expansion is deemed the era’s most significant industrial development for Great Falls and a major postwar growth factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Anaconda
Gold seekers and trail blaze in Helena National Forest district
Percy Waldorff of Great Falls and Charles Root scouted hills for gold and camped at the sawmill at the foot of the Diamond range. John Chamberlain and Frank Kennedy came over the range to blaze a trail in Helena National Forest under Charles Thompson. The work will take weeks. Various locals traveling to Townsend and Helena, with families visiting relatives, and many cattle moves and sales noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Moran
Townsend
Arthur Watson
Shirley Ann
Three Forks
Frank Bingham
Leslie Watson
Grandma Watson
Ole Manuel
Helena
Herman Gaugler
Watson Brothers
James Doggett
Fort Logan
Kate A. Levin
Cottonwood
Peter Lind
John Swarbrick
Turbulent Marriage of Gloria and Dick Gregory
Gloria Gordon a lively flapper marries Dick Gregory a poor lawyer. She refuses to work or bear children and parties with jazz friends. Debt grows to fund luxuries until Dick nearly dies after turmoil with Gloria and her circle.
Gloria Reflects On Love And Self Worth After a Fight
Gloria and Weyburn quarrel and she accuses him of chasing other women. He provokes her about marriage and she storms off in shame. She comforts herself with a Broadway dream as she plans to visit Dick, then returns home to find Mrs. O'Hara nursing him and contemplates stopping by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Gordon
Dick Gregory
Maggie
Gloria
Stanley Wayburn
Mother Gregory
Wayburn
May Seymour
John Seymour
May
Jim Carewe
Miss Briggs
Mrs O'Hara
Stanley Wasburn
Weyburn
Stan
Kit Cameron
Helena
Kit
Mrs. O'Hara
Stan Wayburn
Stevenson
Glory
Stanley ‘Wavbure
Giona
Jamal
New York
Broadway
Glory and Springtime Longing in a Turbulent Affair
Gloria endures a fragile healing arc as Dick recovers and she confronts love and guilt. She ambles between remorse over Stan Wayburn and a pull toward his magnetic, restless charm. The scene shifts between sorrow, fragile hope, and a risky plan to meet Stan before his Broadway dream draws him away.
Lewistown Critics Eye Abbey Group of Claims
Major Jack Briscon and Joe Montgomery visited Kendall to scout the Abbey mining claims once owned by the late John R. Cook. After title issues were resolved, developers plan a large scale effort this summer. Frank Bryant and Georges Wiegland took over the old Murphy property on Cone Butte, with three men at work clearing debris and soon to begin operations. The Murphy brothers, New York proprietors, once ran a small mill and hoped for big production before their deaths. Bryant and Wiegland are expected to yield results from the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Jack Briscon
Joe Montgomery
Kendall
John R. Cook
Cook
Barnes-King
Butte
Frank Bryant
Judiths
North Moccasin Mountains
Georges Wieglandi
Murphy
Cone Butte
Murphy Brothers
New York
Bryant
Wirglands
Ality
Cat
Crippled for Life in Helping Injured up for Non-Support
Carl Heglund, crippled two years after a car crash near 3311 Monroe, faced a non support charge in Justice of the Peace Buckley court. He aided crash victims when struck by a second car, suffering leg injuries and a cast. The driver, Thomas Sennett, faced assault charges later in district court, but the case stalled after a demurrer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Carl Heglund
Esterday
Justice of the Peace
Buckley
T. E. Downey
Heglund
Thomas Sennett
George Bourquin
Car plunges over embankment after steering failure
Polson May 22. A serious automobile crash occurred on the main highway when Edith Williams of Polson saw the steering wheel break while turning out for a passing car. The gear skidded over a three foot embankment and rolled twice injuring Ruth Mattison Quay Culbertson and Dee Caffrey of Polson. The three others escaped with bruises and Quay Culbertson required car lifting to be freed. The wreck belonged to Dee Caffrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Caffrey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kalispell Capes
GUIDE
Teton
Adam
Deer Lodge
Marysville. News
Watson News
Glaria
Sian
Waxburn
Warburn
Archlvvt
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!