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Newspaper

Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1925

Page

10

Madison Go Crops Ravaged by Severe Cloudbursts

In Butte on September 7, cloudbursts and hailstorms devastated Madison valley, Ennis and Virginia City districts. Crops ruined, bridges washed out, roads blocked, and floodwaters carried newly stacked wheat. Traffic detoured as small bridges and ditches were swept away and farmland damaged.

Butte Madison Valley Fron Ennis Virginia Bridger Coads Sailic Madison

2000 Horses Sold East for Dog Meat at $5 and $3

Miles City Montana Sept 7. More than 2900 head of horses from the surrounding territory have been shipped out this season. About 400 head were sent east by Al Trion to slaughter for dog meat at Racksford Wisconsin. Horses over 140 pounds sold for 5 dollars a head and all others for 3 dollars. An average of seven carloads leave weekly. Stockmen see risk from too many poor horses on the range and move them out.

Miles City Racksford al Trion South Side Montana

Miles City Man Injured After Fall From Train Car

Sept 7 A man from Miles City fell from the tip of a derailed car as a Northern Pacific freight train moved about 40 miles per hour. He landed between the rails and was passed over by cars. John Kleuser suffers three fractured ribs and a broken nose but survives. A companion rode the roadbed and narrowly escaped being dragged. Houser flats tenet himself out, both men sent to hospital after the incident.

Miles City Doafdock John Kleuser Kitt Win Houser

Ship Car of Butter to Western Market Havre Sent

A car of butter from Glasgow Malta Chinook and Havre creameries departs Tuesday for San Francisco. It is the third cooperative load this summer with northern Montana butter destined for San Francisco rather than Chicago. The Tuesday car carries OW pounds.

Havre Glasgow Malta Chinook San Francisco Montana Chicago

Wolf Point Man Arrested on Wife Desertion Charge

Wolf Point Sept 7 Arthur Calder of this city was arrested in Seahey last Saturday on a wife desertion charge. The warrant was sworn on Wolf Point but Calder had fled before it could be served. Sheriff Lawrence of Seahey apprehended him and he was brought back to Wolf Point and lodged in the county jail. He will be arraigned in Judge Gordon's court for trial.

Wolf Point Arthur Calder Seahey Calder Sherif Lawrence Gordon

Wheatland county farmers threshing and harvest

Wheatland County farmers are busy threshing and putting up their second alfalfa cutting. Grain production looks fair with good yields reported, especially in Melville where some grain reaches 20 bushels per acre. Areas around Shawmut and Judith Gap show improved yields, averaging eight to ten bushels, with alfalfa crop larger than in recent years.

Harlowton Wheatland County Melville Shawmut Judith Gap

Runaway Car Slams Into Higgins Auto After Brake Release

A unoccupied car owned by S McDonald rolled down North Main Street after brakes were allegedly released by unknowns. It struck Mike Higgins’s vehicle at 400 block, turned over at a billboard, causing substantial damage. Police seek the person responsible for releasing the brakes.

Higgins North Manin Street Pe Son Nppervong

Water hydrant crash halts system in Ghaegin

A car driven by Ralph Bashan of Wolf Point struck a water hydrant opposite Verdon’s Tort Wall in Ghaegin. The mains were shut off for days while repairs were made. Bashan faces damage charges from the incident. In a separate report Miles City man Amandus Carlson was killed and Rob/ert Thayer injured when a speeding car left the Yellowstone trail, rolled over and crashed through a barbed wire fence into a field.

Miles City Amandus Carlson Robert Thayer Yellowstone Trail Aield Dwyer Mrernit B

Plea pleads guilty in Prairie shooting case

Clint Brewer, a north side rancher, pleaded guilty to shooting with intent to kill in a gunfight at Jimmy Young's place. He received a five to ten year sentence in the state prison at Deer Lodge. Sheriff Ben Bragg was wounded in the incident. Brewer had previously served ten days and paid a $95 fine on a prohibition charge.

Brewer Trewer Bragg

Harvard Athletes Lag In Grade List

Cambridge Harvard undergraduates show 32 of 2457 finishing abroad in Internet terms with no varsity distinctions. Among those in Group 1 no athlete earned a varsity letter. four of five female finalists anticipate varsity change next year, while Group 2 includes John F Hubbard from varsity ranks. Three hundred and two students finished with below-average records, and the sophomore class contributes most to Group 1 with 16 men. Group 2 totals 121, evenly split by class, while Group 3 contains 313. Some first-group members held A grades, with 313 A’s and 437 B’s forming admission criteria. University of London claims largest university status.

Cambridge Mass Harvard Goed Cough John F. Tubbard Oman Renee Sented Grroup Itis

Massive moonshine operation uncovered near Snowden

Discovery aid seizure by Sheriff Jaly Ander son Deputy Sheriff Charles Counci and Deputy County Attorney A. M Foor found a large distillery dugout near the Missouri river two miles from Snowden Roosevelt county on Saturday. The raid netted 27 kegs and six barrels of liquid, two copper stills, pumps, tanks, glass demijohns and 3 800 pounds of cane sugar with more material left behind. Three men were arrested and a late model North Dakota car seized. A tunnel to the river suggested planned escape. Another raid in Poplar yielded 10 gallons of liquor.

Jaly H. Anderson Charles Counci A. M Foor Snowden Roosevelt County Catty Anderson Missouri River Great Northern Railroad North D Dakota Poplar Marron Bannister

Canadian stock driven across line for shipment east

Havre Sept 7 cattle movement echoes old range days as approximately VG cattle are driven from the north to Assiniboine for loading to Chicago markets. Four Canadian ranchmen Higdon Larson English and Mitchell Brothers drive herds across the CPR lines due to superior Great Northern service on the American side. Train riders accompanying the stock and feeding stops at New Rockford and South St. Paul are noted, with about fifty cars needed for the Tuesday shipment.

Havre Assiniboine Chicago Mark Higdon Andy Larson James English Mitchell Brothers Canadian Pacific Railway G. Aimers Great Northern New Rockford South St. Paul

Miles City Farmers Purchase Dairy Cows

Circle notes a shipment of fifty three head of young dairy cows and hulls from Wisconsin, divided among local dairying farmers. Selection by Nate H. Bovee and A. W. Eynon, with Guernsey and Holstein stock. Creamery to cease butter making. Thomas Horsford to take charge, operating as cream station only.

Circle Wisconsin Nate H. Bovee Circle High School A.W Eynon Hank T- P Hafdah Thomas Horsford

Rancher Acquitted in Assault Case at Preliminary Hearing

Lewistown September 7 The preliminary hearing for Rob Monroe a stockman in Winifred county charged with assault with intent to kill resulted in his discharge. Millsap claimed Monroe drew a revolver and threatened to shoot over a trespass dispute. Witnesses corroborated Monroe while Millsap’s account was the sole version. Justice Edward Martin also discharged Drney McCumber charged with auto theft. Panama Canal passage charges may not exceed 1.25 per net from the United States measure.

Lewistown Rob Monroe Winifred F. Millsany Millsap Monroe Manine Edward Martin Drney McCumber

Foreign lawmakers to meet in halls of U S Senate and House

Washington dispatch reports the Interparliamentary Union plans a six day meeting beginning October 1 in the U S Capitol. About 300 foreign parliamentarians and 60 American lawmakers will discuss international law, Pan American issues, armament reduction, and drug controls with sessions in Washington, New York, and Ottawa.

Senate HOUSE Washington Ly Associated Preas House of Repreesentatives American Congress Interparliamentary Union Hiustriaus Agilla United States St. Louis Americas Australia New Zealand Coolidge Cheir New York Philadelphia Mount Vernon George Washington Chamber of Commerce Luneh Beon Kellogg Minyflower White House Carnegie Endowment For International Peace Niagara Falls N.Y Tha Viton Union Berne Geneva Switzerland Penn Tolan MecKinney Illinois Rentersence Representatha Barion Ohio Millrone

Charged With Theft of a Cadillac Car

Hardowten and Bertha Cramer were arrested by a deputy U.S. marshal in Big Timber on a national vehicle law charge for the 1922 Cadillac theft in Minneapolis. The car was moved to Montana amid reports of an organized theft ring between Minneapolis and Salt Lake City. Sheriff Clark released the defendants on bail pending the next U.S. district court session.

Hardowten Flea Craymer Bertha Cramer US 5 Minneapolis Montana Salt Lake Clark U.S. District Court

British Holiday Season Cut Short by Cold Weather

London reports a sharp end to the holiday period as a cold storm sweeps across the region. Frost reaches 28 degrees in semiles era counties and the week ended with a top temperature of 60 degrees. Substantial damage to late fruit crops noted.

London Semilesera

Classified Advertisements From Helena Independent

The Helena Independent advertises classified notices and subscriptions with routings to Montana and national distribution. It notes offices in New York Chicago San Francisco and California and references Associated Press news use and public sale notices.

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Livestock Prices and Markets Report From Omaha and Surrounding Areas

The notice details cattle and sheep markets with prices for steers heifers and calves, including averages for weight classes and sale expectations. It cites discounts for certain grades, notes volume of cattle and lambs sold, and lists regional references to Omaha and nearby states with pricing ranges and traction for future sales.

Omaha FCB Department of Axl Fentime Hes Hieber Shiai Cwelghe Mattie Ceeatyes Pam Seneeer Steady Ngallty Hulle Halls Crick Atockera

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