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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1937
Page
1
The release notes a contract for improvements at Gibson Dam was awarded on Thursday. Details mention project scope and bidders, with officials confirming progress and anticipated milestones.
The Sun River project awards McLaughlin Construction Co of Livingston a 53275 contract to raise Gibson dam spillway lip 13 feet near Fairfield. Other bids: Shannon 62415 Lease and Leiglund 74748 Winston Bros 99837. Construction to start June 1 with completion by late November to add 15000 acre feet storage.
H D Robison was elected president for the coming year at a Tuesday meeting held at the Post Tavern. Officers include Mrs George M Coffey as vice president and Jas Broderick as secretary treasurer with other directors named. The club renewed its State Golf association membership and authorized a $10 playing membership during the season.
Mrs. Opal Mayo and Miss Elsie Hirshberg left Butte for San Francisco to enroll at a commercial college. Mrs. John Moore, Mayo’s mother, stayed in Butte from Thursday to Saturday to see them off.
Relatives report the death of Alvin Holm in Los Angeles on March 11. Holm settled in the Bole area in 1910 to farm and moved to California in 1923, where he had lived since.
C K Malone, a prominent Teton county stockman, buys the 6200 acre Flying A Ranch west of his holdings from Cascade-Teton Farm Land Co after months of negotiations. The sale, the county’s largest private deal in years, links to historic transfers from Mitchell and Warfield Heinze lineage. Kropp will stay on the ranch for another year.
The 4-H Club Council of Teton County will hold its annual meeting in Chateau on Friday April 9 starting at 10 AM with Harry Laubach presiding over the morning business session. State leader R E Cameron will lead the afternoon leader training session and discuss 1936-37 programs, club organization, contests, and activities.
Sun River irrigation officials report 600 farmers attended talks on New Ideas in Irrigation. A Clover trial named Strawberry Clover will test waste lands and alkali areas, with six samples requested by the Bureau of Reclamation for Willits Gaarder Oksness and Hardy plots at Fairfield and Bole.
J E Hodgskiss 45 known as Bing died suddenly in a Butte hospital after heart trouble worsened Tuesday night. He served as assistant grazer for the Montana Wyoming district under the Taylor grazing act and headed local turkey shipments with the Teton County Shipping association. He held leadership in state politics, fraternal groups, and Montana farm and youth programs.
In Chateau next Monday voters will choose a mayor and four councilmen with all incumbents seeking reelection except C. H. Porter. Paul Kropp runs unopposed for council. F. C. Barribal remains treasurer by designation as town, not city. Polls open 8 to 6 at the city office and Larson building. Montana Dakota Utilities Co. franchise also on the ballot.
The city of Chateau paid the last of its outstanding bonds totaling 5000 with 100 in interest due April 1. Funds from the water sinking fund plus transfers and remaining street bond receipts covered 5100.01. The city now faces no bond mill levies for water and street bonds and reports remaining funds by department.
Choteau boxers posted a solid showing at a Great Falls amateur card Tuesday. Phil Dutro defeated Leonard Blissenbach for a heavyweight decision as John Mansfield beat Pat Campbell in a toe to toe slugfest. Chateau teammates Chet Brown Leonard Rice Chas Halberg and Dave Rice also competed amid praise from fans and Great Falls reporters.
Three Rivers district of the American Legion and auxiliary met at the Heisey Memorial Stadium and Y W C A in Great Falls on Saturday. Mrs Passmore received a 100 percent membership pin for the local unit. Chateau reported strong membership. Cap Peterson state commander and Mrs Chambers state auxiliary president attended. Fort Benton hosts spring meeting May 22 with officer elections. E J Liptak presided.
Rev and Mrs Edwin Dover drove to Lewistown to visit John A Dover who is ill with pneumonia. His condition is reported rapidly improving. They then went to Buffalo thirty five miles southwest of Lewistown to visit his mother and other relatives. Mr Dover Sr is noted as an old time settler in the Judith Basin.
The 12th annual Teton county farmers fun feed is at the county high school in Chateau with about 500 to 600 expected attendance. 30 tickets were unsold. A 5:30 to 6:00 band stretch precedes a community sing, with after-dinner acts including tumbling by Bynum reps, Tobe Talifson, Beulah Brown in charge, and a full auditorium program featuring Hoosier Hot Shots, skits, solos, vaudeville numbers, and a dance by Collins.
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