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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1925
Page
8
Montane area weather rarely shifts Thursday and Friday with similar temperatures. Local listings show numerous small businesses offering services from car parts to cleaning, with several ads and notices scattered through the page. A police report notes a missing Chevrolet car at the fair grounds Tuesday night.
The Helena public school faculty organized for the new term at a morning meeting in the High School assembly room. Trustees J G Brown and Rev James F McNamee spoke, with Superintendent John Dietrich. Miss Paulina Keane led music. A long list of teachers was assigned as Supervisors and Directors across subjects from drawing and music to home economics, physical training, manual training, languages, sciences, commerce, English, and public speaking.
Local personals list several residents visiting or staying in Halona and surrounding towns including J B Haley from Bozeman L McIntosh from Avon Alfred Doughty of Hadsonburg Sampson and others from Canyon Creek and Walt Crenkey Joseph Alt and Mrs Sullivan from Winston at local hotels. Montana highway officials attend meetings in Broadwater County while town officials and staff relocate to oversee road contracts. Vera Rebekah Lodge No. 12 plans initiation at 7 30 PM with M H Mitchell serving as secretary.
Postmaster General New said air mail service between Detroit and Chicago using Ford would await formal advertising and award of an air mail contract, delaying the route until proper steps are completed.
Hoerr of Hardin Montana came to Helena for the State fair to visit his son and was promptly chosen as a judge in the swine and sheep divisions. He has judged swine in four states over the past year and praises Montana hogs while urging wool growers to improve sheep breeds to yield fleeces weighing 12 to 16 pounds instead of 8 to 12.
May Butler and a large faculty group gather as Helena schools reopen with optimism for higher enrollment. New teachers join veterans while principals outline attendance plans and the shift toward broader teacher involvement in curriculum and community life.
All stock listed at the annual sheep sale at the State fair yesterday was sold bringing the sale to an end on the first day. Under the Montana Wool Growers association Rambouilletts and Hampshires were sold with prices from 30 to 110 dollars and an average of 75 dollars per head.
Weather digest from Helena bureau notes rains ended drought in eastern Montana with scattered showers late period. Central Montana saw similar relief while western areas received substantial rain. Temperatures were favorable for crops though eastern heat hurt unirrigated fields. Threshing advances, late grain harvest in north, corn uneven, alfalfa growth steady, flax variable, and heavy livestock shipments boosted by range shortages.
Melena scouts support the state fair by opening day with flag raising and serving as ushers in the grandstand. The group runs a scout exhibit near the agricultural hall, with G. E. Bank Ware in charge of activities at the fair grounds.
The annual state poultry show will be held at Conrad on January dates, decided by the State Poultry Breeders Association at the state fair grounds. J. R. Scott of Helena serves as president. A speaker urged schools to emphasize character and by-products like patriotism and ethics alongside academics, noting these qualities matter as much as math and geography.
Montana Highway Commission opens bids on six highway projects in several sections of the state this morning. Bids will be tabulated tomorrow afternoon. The panel will hear arguments on Roosevelt highway routes between Timbyland and Columbia Falls. The commission also plans a winter survey of the Sunshine trail north of Vaulthy to plan 1924 construction.
State fair dairy division winners announced with Helena entries securing multiple prizes. Firsts include Sentinel Creamery and Helena area producers in butter and ornamental displays, while Missoula Fergus County and Stevensville creamery entries earn notable placings. Australia note appears stray and unrelated.
An old fashioned dance for Montana pioneers and their families will be held tonight at the Pioneers cabin on the fairgrounds after the regular show. A meeting of the Society of Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers elected 17 new members and appointed WAL Clark III of Bitterroot as president. The society approved reapportionment measures and coordinated with the Woman's Era of Hannan for Fort Civen restoration plans. Committee members from Missoula Helena and Spokane were named and flower tributes were presented to several officers and members.
A fragmentary notice lists Joseph Ringulet and Harold McElwee who escaped Jamestown State Hospital for the insane around March 1925 and February 1925 respectively. It notes their physical traits, service histories, and that Mrs Mary Koontz seeks information via U S Veterans Bureau and regional manager T Busta Jr.
A fragment reports a vast oyster stock at snawling valued in millions of eRRS with only a few survivors noted, signaling a sharp drop in yield and potential ecological concern.
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