Up in the 406

It was a lovely spring afternoon, April 28, 1925. The temperature was expected to reach 65 degrees. Downtown, at the Missoula Masonic Temple, a former nun by the name of Sister Lucretia was scheduled to speak. More than 200 women turned out for the event, “some in sympathy with her message and some opposed,” according to local press reports.

My good friend Jack Puckett turned 98 years old last month. He is such a great storyteller.

William Munoz writes of the Wooten Brothers, "For that gift the world that night in the Wilma Theatre was brought together in harmony. They have tapped into the deeper power that is music."

Going-to-the-Sun Road will be open to vehicle traffic to Avalanche Campground starting Saturday, just in time for Mother’s Day weekend, Glacier National Park said in a news release Thursday.

In 1911, Montana Governor Norris issued a proclamation, “the first of its kind ever issued by a Montana governor, designating next Sunday (May 14th) as Mothers’ Day.”

A number of law enforcement agencies on Monday said they would redeploy if new information surrounding a missing Missoula woman emerges.

A sinkhole opened up in the middle of East Broadway Street in Uptown Butte earlier this week.

Root Electric Company at 127 East Cedar (now Broadway) was displaying the Grebe Synchophase radio receiver. The Dickinson Piano Company featured the Zenith Long Distance radio, capable of picking up broadcasts from “as far as 1,500 miles away.” Even the H. O. Bell auto dealership on South Higgins offered the Radiola, priced from “$35 to $425 with convenient terms, if desired.”

39-year-old Megan Babbitts had last been seen at home in Missoula on Friday morning.

The Missoula Ranger District is burning up to 43 acres southwest of Missoula.