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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1929
Page
2
April rail shipments across Montana totaled 27 251 cars, up 5 463 from April 1928 led by livestock. Farm products rose 175 cars to 2 093, hay up 152, crude petroleum up 378, ore shipments nearly double, with copper and concentrates totaling 7 261 cars. Refineds dropped and coal declined amid wage disagreements.
District Legion delegates and officials gathered to back Livingston and discuss changes to state constitution for electing district officers before the state session. Reports highlighted school dental clinics in Anaconda and a growing juvenile baseball program across Butte Dillon Deer Lodge Anaconda Philipsburg. A banquet, parade, and dance followed the session with over 100 attendees and auxiliary members present.
A Northern Pacific special train delivered about 800 hotel lodge store and service staff to Yellowstone Park gates for the official opening day amid a scene described as an invasion by the park. Natives in Argentina are buying used cars.
President Hoover authorizes a battalion of engineer troops to study the practicability and cost of a Nicaraguan canal, expanding U S options beyond Panama. The report to Congress is due in two years, with support and opposition framed by strategic, economic, and imperial concerns.
Miss Hix, a medical student from Bradenton Florida, was found murdered at the rifle range near Ohio State University. Dr. Snook became the sole suspect after others offered alibis. He claimed to have been in his campus office and later at a golf club before returning home. Police said the crime involved a heavy wrench and indicated a car brought the body to the range.
State funds totaling 300000 will be allocated for projects along Columbia Falls Glacier Park highway, the Vigilante trail, and Clark’s area as part of the state expenditure plan.
The man, identified as Gira, killed the priest and is charged with first degree murder after a confession. Gira and his wife are held without charges as County Attorney Morris J. Owen describes the shooting as a clear murder. Gira claims the priest beat him twice following remarks by his wife. The couple had lived at the rooming house run by his wife for five years and married last January.
The Columbia Falls-Glacier Park highway will link Nimrod to Summit with two segments 5.2 miles and 2.17 miles long to complete the route between park entrances. The Vigilante trail adds 3.3 miles of road creating a key connection to the Yellowstone park entrance approach.
An ad offers Kilostat a magnetic unit to trap static and improve radio reception. Trial costs $2 paid to the postman, with a 50 cent bonus if Kilostat fails to improve reception and a full refund plus 50 cents for trouble. Free yellow-press promise of summer radio excitement.
President Hoover signed the farm aid bill with ceremony, aided by Vice President Curtis and Speaker Longworth. Key figures around him included Hyde Watson McNary Haugen Capper and Ransdell, with Nor ris and Smith abstaining over the deben ture issue. Hoover used two pens one for Senator McNary and one for Representative Haugen.
Miss Mary Connell of 611 South Montana was treated at St. James hospital yesterday for lacerations to her leg and arm after falling through a window at her home. Her condition was not serious and she returned home.
A full schedule details contests and prizes from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. including first aid tests led by Dr. A. L. Murray and the U S Bureau of Mines, a Weiner eating contest for under 14, back to back pulls, sack races, centipede and box races, boxing exhibitions, rugby punt, and a 7 inning baseball game. Prizes range up to $15, with subcommittees led by M. Kelly, J. Carroll, and others. 1,500 gallons of lemonade will be served and a field day dance closes the event with souvenir prizes for children.
A young man named Allard, living at 811 West Granite Street, seeks college town opportunities to study medicine while contemplating a path as a policeman. He remains hopeful about his future prospects. Meanwhile a note mentions Cuba’s sugar production being one million tons ahead of Yast.
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