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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1925
Page
2
White Sulphur Springs reports Meagher County sees a notable rise in livestock valuation. The county assessor cites over 120000 cattle and sheep valued near one and a half million dollars as big ranches restock this fall to restore the livestock district’s former status.
Five bullets did not prove fatal for Marco Julovac or Milan Grijak after a Friday night street fight in Titty. Both men remain hospitalized at St James as county authorities weigh charges. if one dies the other could be charged with his death. Grijak, the more seriously wounded, shows slow improvement, while Julovac remains in stable condition. Here, tensions arose from alleged relations with Grijak’s wife, and a 32 caliber automatic plus a bloodstained knife were found near the route of the confrontation. Grijak’s wife and child reportedly left Butte a year ago. she had been jailed in Calumes, Mich, and denies returning to her husband.
Five Great Falls hunters narrowly escaped a Saturday morning crash on the main highway near Cascade. Edward Lapeyre suffered a badly bruised ankle after being hurled from a running board. Car owner James Zuckerman drove, with Oscar Frederick Smore Perringer and G. Blaine also aboard. the second vehicle’s driver was not identified by nightfall.
J E Wood returns from a trip to Tile Idaho where he arranged a new dry goods store. He plans to close the Golden Kale store in Harlowton and cancel his local agency business as part of Governor Dixon's stated program.
Wott, Mont, September. A milt line of men dropped from a Milwaukee freight train near Butte after a crash. One member died. others were examined at hospital. An autocar’s plate number was not recovered. Tam Donnell of Casper said he knew nothing of the incident, while investigators sought the remaining companions and checked the station for clues.
Montana Power and Mountain States Telephone report progress restoring service after a storm that crippled lines Friday night and Saturday. Train service is normal. Great Falls to Havre line expected on line. Conrad to Shelby open. Helena line still cut. Cascade connections cut. some trunk lines near Great Falls not yet. Havre service restored. special train sent to Sun River. Chateau Conrad and Waller without power. wet snow aided farmers by breaking cover crops.
Maurice Tobin, 22, of Anaconda, hid in a coal chute at the B A P station to learn train times. He climbed from the chute at 2 am, fled officers, then returned and was arrested. Butte and county authorities investigate possible burglary attempt and Tobin’s address listed as Vroom Block.
Cecil Graf, 16, son of Eugene Graf of Bozeman, died from brain hemorrhage after a car collision near the Ensinger ranch. The crash knocked Graf unconscious by a pole impact. Engsinger survived. A group of college boys took them to the hospital. funeral planned at West's chapel with Masonic cemetery burial.
Judge John J. Fareen and Court Reporter Harry Henson visited from Choteau for the September court session. Mr. Lenson had left Nalispell to join Judge Pomeroy in Flathead and Lincoln counties, but returned to resume his former post in Judge Greene's court.
John Coolidge, the president's only child, stands two feet two inches tall in a family portrait. He is one-and-a-half years older than last year, showing steady growth.
Miles City Sept 21 Carl Ostlund longtime Big Hill area resident near Ekalaka Montana has been taken by county physician Dr Sandy to the federal leper colony at Carville Louisiana Ostlund has mid stage leprosy and doctors hope to arrest the disease State Board of Health says leprosy is less contagious than tuberculosis and poses little danger with ordinary cautions The Carville colony is the only federal leprosy facility in the United States with around 25 patients at various stages of the illness.
William Smith, arrested near the Canadian line by Hill county Sheriff R C Simmons, pleaded guilty in Judge F E J Bakers court to stealing a car and was sentenced to four to eight years in the penitentiary. He admitted stealing cars owned by Helen Warr and Murray Deaton of Lewistown, saying he moved cars across the border into Canada to sell, with most sales abroad.
Malta reports M Misfeldt, Continental Oil district representative, has kept bees at home for a year. He produced 180 pounds of honey this year and expects at least 90 more from one swarm costing 13 dollars. He plans further bee expansion, citing strong local potential.
Red Lodge September 21 Muskratana for farming on a large scale is contemplated by Bearcree men who have incorporated and secured a special use permit covering about 1000 acres of swamp land along Crandall creek south of the Clark Fork. The area, a natural haunt of muskrat and beaver, is suited to the blue Alaskan fox with several pairs to be taken there next spring. The Siinshane Fur Company shows capital stock of 50000 in its Wyoming articles. directors include A F Christiani Dr J W Reed and Id Garnett. France freed its negroes in IRMA more than a dozen years before U S emancipation.
White Sulphur Springs Sept 21 Delegations from Wheatland Townsend Helena Livingston and Great Falls have been invited to attend the Legion roundup next Saturday Sept 26 Officials and regional Veterans bureau director C T Busha of Helena also asked to be present Plans include a fish and game dinner Hunters with surplus birds are asked to donate them to any American Legion member Birds will be frozen at a local cold storage plant.
Louis Hintmen visits Meagher County while Miss Florence Johnston and her brother return to Salem Oregon with their aunt Mrs Hixon. A child of Mr and Mrs Cooper is to St Peters hospital for acute appendicitis. Mar riage announced for Miss Freda Burns and Walter Crabtree at Helena September 9. Several residents travel, study plans noted, and a swing accident injures Kenneth Danzer. London tourists mock horn rimmed glasses as Americans and millionaires in England.
Eight year old Robert Fraser, son of J. B. and Mrs. Fraser, sustained a concussion and bruises after a bicycle accident near Boot Hill cemetery Friday. He was found unconscious, taken to St. Vincent's hospital, then returned home Saturday afternoon. His condition showed improvement and a rapid recovery is expected.
Paris reports detail a Belgian delegate M Conneck presenting a spiritualist blindness cure. He claimed bandages soaked in magnitized water, followed by prayer and mediumistic passes, work only if abstaining from alcohol. One patient supposedly relapsed after drinking, illustrating the spirits' conditions.
Berlin reports the deportation of Gott hard Stroschein, a former Lutheran minister and naturalized American, one of the founders of the Knights, an order akin to the Ku Klux Klan. He leaves for Warsaw with plans to return to America. Authorities foresee no further trouble from the Knights.
In Chicago, old-time beggars complain outsiders lure away business. A social service investigator finds local beggars earn from 290 to 100 dollars daily if they work all day, highlighting a harsh street life and competition.
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