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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1930
Page
3
Raymond Spang, just freed from a sanitarium, led his wife and four children to a cliff near New Haven and hurled them to their deaths. Spectators and firemen watched helplessly as he then jumped to death.
Frank M Kerr announces the Flathead river dam near Polson will be built by Rocky Mountain Power with Montana Power, requiring 30 to 40 months and drawing thousands of Western Montana attendees at a public ceremony. Governors and officials attended as Kerr spoke after a parade of Flathead and Kootenai Indians.
Butte police hunt a motive after Mike Haggerty is found beaten to death in Lake Avoca. Investigators question friends and seek enemies while tracing his movements over the last three weeks. Officers call the case one of the city’s most unusual.
Montana forecast for Sunday and Monday calls for mostly fair skies and warmer conditions in the northwest portion on Sunday.
A guide notes dogs depart for many reasons and highlights how owners place ads in Lost and Found columns. It urges calling 5411 to report a loss or find and explains there are seventy one classifications for ads, emphasizing results.
Classified ad line from the Montana Standard reads Always the same in service Always different in opportunity with a phone reference Dial 5411.
Tim Kearney of the board of county commissioners announced drastic budget cuts to reduce operating costs of Silver Bow county offices for the coming fiscal year. The plan aims to maintain five years of fiscal restraint and clear all indebtedness. budget completion is targeted around July 10.
Chicago reports two weeks of gunman rumors after Tribune crime writer Jake Lingle is killed. A pistol and left-hand glove surface in the inquiry with Frank Foster linked, but Foster is missing and the case prompts calls to clean up Chicago’s gun violence and the resignation of Police Commissioner William Russell.
Wanda Hass faced a murder charge in Plentywood for allegedly killing her uncle Hugo Hass, a prominent rancher from the Outlook district. The jury retired at 4:00 PM and returned after 26 minutes with a verdict of acquittal on two ballots. Final testimony concluded as the case reached its close.
Provisional 1930 census returns compiled for Montana show 69 cities above 500 population. Butte exceeds 30 000, Great Falls over 20 000, with Billings Missoula Anaconda and Helena over 10 000. The 6 000 to 3 000 range includes Havre Bozeman Livingston Kalispell Glendive Red Lodge.
Venderafoof British Columbia June 21 The Old Yukon Trail that haunted miners during the 1898 Gold Rush has erased Mr and Mrs William H Albee of Carmel California from a walking world tour after they left Fort George May 26 into unsettled wilderness. Deserters Canyon end of water trail last seen a week ago by trapper Jack Weisner. They carried only a rifle and limited supplies and faced rugged mountains swollen rivers and bears. Albee a landscape gardener and his wife planned a winter in Fairbanks Alaska to teach school.
Montana Press association plans its annual banquet in Butte on August 8 with C F Kelley of Anaconda company as principal speaker. Herbert Hoover may attend. date set to align with the president’s possible Montana visit. Sessions likely at the New Finlen hotel.
Outside priests from western Montana will join St. Joseph's parish in Butte for an 11 o'clock solemn high mass honoring Rev. Father Michael McCormack on the 25th anniversary of his ordination. Local clergy and lay observers expect many to attend this morning ceremony.
Jacksonville reports Louis Weis 54 shot himself after placing his paralytic son Francis 15 in a tub of water on the second story of their home. Mrs Weis discovered the dead father on the living room floor after neighbors were summoned.
Motorcycle Patrolman Leland Daley was shot in the leg by one of two bandits while in their car during three holdups. Daley had arrested the men at a tourist park and was forced to drive with them to a station. after being tossed from the car the suspects fled toward Farmington. Police sought the trio as the bandits robbed a service station and a store before their plan to escape north of Farmington failed. Daley, 30, was hospitalized with a fractured leg. The bandits had not been captured by nightfall.
Tony Massa, a tourist, was hospitalized with a bullet wound in the mouth after being assaulted by highwaymen near the Madison bridge. His attackers robbed him and seized his car. Massa could not identify himself.
Clarence R. Castle a married father of three found work for the first time in nine months at a Toledo construction site but collapsed and died on his first day. Coroner ruled death by gradual starvation.
Col Roberto Fierro lands at Mexico City’s Valbuena field after a 16 hour 35 minute solo crossing from Roosevelt field New York. Crowd carries him triumphantly into Emile Carranza hangar as President Ortiz Rubio and War Secretary Amaro greet the event.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd arrived in Richmond for honors from his native Virginia. A 13 gun salute from a field by Union Station marked his arrival at 2 55 p m amid a throng of Virginians. The city flaunted flags as a celebratory program unfolded for the famed polar aviator.
The Sunshine Trail association announces its ninth convention will be held in Butte on August 12. Members include commercial groups, good roads advocates, boards of trade, auto clubs, and officials from cities between Edmonton and Salt Lake City. The group began in 1922 and has expanded its reach each year with Las Vegas and Pasadena expected to join by the 10th meeting.
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