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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1925
Page
7
City weather forecast shows rain Saturday with possible Sunday and no temperature change. Local business ads list discounts on rugs furniture cleaners and repair services. Community events include dances and card parties at area hotels and churches with details for October events and public notices.
Ariiefon of incorporation filed yesterday in the secretary of state's office by the Three Forks Mercantile company of Three Forks. They will engage in general mercantile business, buying and selling wholesale and retail. Directors are W. N. Porter president and Y. Porter of Three Forks, Jennie Porter of Great Falls. Authorized capitalization $20,000.
A brief card thanks friends for kindness after the death of Mrs. Harris M. L. Louism Part. A curious or garbled line follows about the third population of the United States being estimated at 75 billion and 40 times the number of human beings.
The Klein Schmidt House on Jefferson Street was sold for two thousand dollars with repair costs estimated between eight and ten thousand dollars. The buyer plans rebuilding for the Florence Crittenden home, with total expenditure around twelve thousand dollars. John Dryburgh holds the repair contract and will start work soon.
Under the Congregational Young People’s Club, a series of Sunday evening programs will begin tomorrow at 7 30 with Chancellor M L E Brannon speaking on Shall We Marry Our Grandchildren The service will include devotions led by Rev Tames vin and music by the chorus Refreshments follow. The committee includes Oliver Mills Rowman W P Holman and Misses Leone Carsley and Margaret Bowman. A guiding service of the Congregational and Christian churches follows with Rev L Hulser of the Christian church as speaker a week from tomorrow. Troop 1 Boy Scouts led by scoutmaster W R Burroughs will present a program October 18 and on October 25 Rev James Elgin will discuss The Queerest Book in the Old Testament.
Two boys were committed to Miles City state reform school yesterday. One member of a gang involved in wrecking and defacing Dr Webel’s dental office and home on South Main Street faces similar pending charges. The other boy, from the Montana Children's Home, was charged by the superintendent with lewd practices.
Frank C. Terrel sues Ann Ethel Terrel alleging desertion. They wed at Sundance Wyoming August 14 1916. Their minor child is with the mother. Attorneys for plaintiff are Lester H. Lohle and Hugh Adair. A separate divorce decree was issued in Flo Pullen v Chester A. Puls en. Incompatibility cited with H. S. Hepner and George W. Padbury Jr as counsel. The Grand Canyon in Arizona is 217 miles long.
Helena residents organize the Red Triangle Derby with a $1200 donor fund to cover campaign costs and church women plan opening and closing dinners while Intermountain College students aid as servers and provide programs. Local officers and board members are listed, including John Ram as president and A. T. Hibbard as vice president.
Work has begun removing the Rimini track on the Northern Pacific line. The section to the State Nursery and Seed plant remains. about 16 miles will be torn up with a crew of 40, averaging a mile per day. The 1885 line served mines and passengers but traffic declined, and the railroad commission approved dismantling after a delay. Dismantling is expected around mid month.
Montana Life Insurance reports a doubling of business over last year with three months remaining. Vice president Harry Cunningham says much of the rise came from new policies written in summer. He recently toured Utah and California agencies where conditions are strong, noting favorable grain crop prospects in the region.
The Veterans Bureau Medical Society held a dinner last evening at the Eddy cafe. Read papers included a talk by Dr Winginsis on Triberculosis of the Intestines and a second by Mr Marty Massa on a related topic. Dr Lacy presided as president and Dr Frayser served as secretary with seventeen hospital staff and seven honorary members in attendance.
Mrs Anna Harris died last Wednesday and the funeral was held yesterday morning in the Cathedral of St Helena. Burial followed at Rest Rockton cemetery with pallbearers W. Lt. Gleason, John Nilan, W. J. Kelly, Ire Waller, Warner Hawkins, and Arthur Williams. A pioneer of Briena, the rites were directed by Tiermann and company.
New bronze chandeliers installed in the Placer hotel lobby brighten the interior beyond replacements. Outside incandescents appear larger and more satisfactory, with prices rising as payrolls grow and prosperity spreads in the state. California fruit crops improved with strong demand and cotton emerging in southern regions. Tourist influx expected to boost Los Angeles and southern resorts. Oakland sees extensive new building not tied to housing conditions.
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