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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1925
Page
6
City News Weather for Montane reports a shower on Tuesday and a Wednesday with little temperature change. Local business ads list services and contact numbers including taxi Bly service, car parts, piano teacher, and cleaning works. Notices mention a moved office, a birth, visitors, a health clinic, and thanks to Brown Brothers Lumber for a Labor Day parade.
Tel ena public schools hold a supervisors principals and teachers meeting tomorrow at 10 in the high school assembly room to mark the fall term opening. Studies begin Thursday with Thursday and Friday half days. Talks by J G Brown Rev James F McNamee and Superintendent Joh Dittrich. Miss Pauline Keane will perform music selections.
Sheriff Jim Barner and Deputy Bil Bossier left this morning at 12 30 for a place near the Holter dam where a homesteader was holding a herder and a band of sheep in abeyance after the herder tried to erase the homestead land with the sheep. No shots had been fired at the herder up to the time of the front line call to the sheriff.
Passenger and freight schedules on the Great Northern between Here and Nitte were resumed yesterday after a dirt slide near Woodville blocked trains last Sunday caused by torrential rain. An augmented track crew cleared the slide Sunday night. Old stuff. History teacher and a quip about Leander after the Hellespont crossing.
At the state fair the Anaconda Copper Mining Company the American Brass Company and the American Smelting and Refining Company present large educational exhibits in the manufacturers' building. Highlights include a Potrerillos Chile plant model from the Anaconda Engineering Works and detailed mine cross sections, Great Falls copper and zinc products, and brass wire production. Exhibits from Selby Smelting Works U S Zinc and East Helena plant accompany hardware and farm equipment displays, with extensive displays from International Harvester and other firms.
W Mae son left for Great Falls to visit his son. Ingersolls spent the weekend at Stows. Raoul Minard drove from Helena. Allen Peters of Seattle returned home. Elizabeth Winn leaves for Helena to room at the Granda. Florence Forman and mother head to Helena for St Vincents. Mabel Narling arrives from Great Falls to attend school at Rock Creek Basin. Leo Rhein and family return to their home. John Geir moves into Grogan cottage for winter. Several locals visit and travel for schooling, fairs, or to see relatives in Helena and Craig.
A garbled list of visitors and residents in Montana quoted with names such as Clement of Koulder tx, Mrs. Harvey, Rev Henry Van Bagel of Missoula, Orin M Tatler and Jamie of Dontder, Carmachae of JAuguila, J. Ke Bower funeral, state fair attendees including G A Abbott and wife from White Sulphur Springs, Great Falls visitors Benedict and Cowley, Augusta directors Christian, Lahore day visit, and other residents listed as entries at the state fair or in town for the fair grounds reception.
The 1924 audit by George P. Porter notes 344 Montana insurers with life business thriving since 1920. End-year policies reached 14,951 valued at $193 million. net risks written by fire insurers surged to a record $219 million. Auto, hail, and marine lines also rose, while fraternal societies held 4,704 benefit certificates worth $61.9 million.
The eighth annual sheep sale under the Montana State Fair features Aimee for the Montierw Wool Growers Association with Tom Ge Korann of Ratsman ta as presiding engineer and GoM Tew) of Manhattan as superintendent. Listing includes Hampanicn cam lambs and Rambowlite ewes among numerous consignments from Mount HaRein Land ana Tivestock Co and other outfits. exhibitors J F Storse Hampahires and Mrs R I Waddell appear among prominent sheep barn participants.
Tickets for the coronation gallery sale begin this morning at 1 Ath Westlake and at the Commercial club. Gallery seats are reserved with prices listed, ballroom floor tickets costing 250 a couple.
Registration day unfolds at Mount St Charles college dhes high school department with scheduled registrations for Thursday Pupils of St Vincent's academy begin today at St Helena school tomorrow Large enrollments expected across Catholic institutions
The president of the Society of Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers will attend the pioneers cabin at the fairgrounds for an infernal reception this morning. A floral memorial to the late Cor Inelius Hedges Jr will be renewed daily at the cabin. A tongue twister note about a title laying eggs is included.
The Retail Merchants' exchange affiliated stores will close this afternoon at 12:30 due to the State fair, with most other establishments joining in partial shutdowns. Banking hours remain 9:30 to 11:00. The week will end with all stores open Saturday. Labor Day holiday kept business nearly at a standstill yesterday. Mary Wolinbarger, daughter of Harold A linbarger owner of a South Broadway drygoods store, died from burns suffered while playing with matches. Her sister Dorothy, aged years, also burned seriously while trying to help. The father was painfully burned while attempting to save them.
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