Sugar Beet Meet in Te ton County Court House
A sugar beet meeting is planned for Thursday evening at eight in the Te ton county courthouse court room. Farmers and business people will learn about beet sugar industry in northern Montana with speakers from Chateau Commercial Club Great Falls Commercial Club and Utah Idaho Sugar Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Montana
C.S. McDonald
Chateau Commercial Club
Great Falls
Pondora
Co. H. Barnes
Great Northern Sugar
Milk River
Chinook
George Barlow
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Geo. O. Sanford
Sun River
Fort Shaw
Walier
Fairfield
Farmington
Aga‘wam
Burton Bench Farmer Returns From Coast Readjusting View
Burton Beach rancher K R Smith reports Montana and eastern Idaho are in better shape than the Pacific coast after five months in Tacoma and Seattle. He says many locals are unemployed there while eastern regions offer better prospects, and notes he and his wife had to abandon their car at Sand Point, Idaho, due to bad roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Pacific
K. R. Smith
Burton Beach
Tacoma
Seattle
Mr. Smith
Rains Cheer Teton Farmers Boost Early Spring Outlook
Splendid rain through Saturday night Sunday night and wet snow Monday morning improved Teton county crop outlook. Ground in excellent shape for spring work with little frost left and seed beds started in parts of the county. Grass is starting and spring range prospects are excellent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Murray Buried By County Sunday
Robt Murray died from gunshot wounds believed inflicted in an ambush. Sheriff Collins says autopsy supports the finding. Wm Fairbanks, jailed on murder charges, plans to plead today before Judge John J Greene. A Helena woman denying kinship with Murray spoke to the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt. Murray
Wm. Fairbanks
Chateau Cemetery
Helena
Murray
Collins
Fairbanks
John J. Greene
Ford coupe burns on highway near Kerr ranch
A Ford coupe owned by the Equity Insurance Association burned on a road three miles from J. W. Kerr’s home after Kerr left it with a fuel shortage. Flames appeared overnight, leaving only the flame and motor. detectives suspect smoldering upholstery caused a later flare.
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Equity Insurance Association
J. W. Kerr
Kerr
Chateau
O. K
Mr. Kerr
Dupuyer Man Sets Old Age Marriage Record
S. S. Moye of Dupuyer married Mabel A. Doucet of Cascade last Friday before Justice of the Peace C. A. Wilson. Moye age 76 and bride 46. Moye, a Dupuyer rancher, is well known in Teton county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dupuyer
Cascade County
S. S. Moye
Mabel A. Doucet
Cascade
Great Falls
Chateau Rod and Gun Club Elects Officers
At a Tuesday meeting I H Myrick was re elected president of the Chateau Rod and Gun Club. Frank Young was chosen vice president and John T Moore was re elected secretary and treasurer. An advisory committee was named and a predatory bird campaign planned for the coming season. The club earned 75 dollars for second place in a state extermination contest last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Rod and Gun Club
I. H. Myrick
Lewis and Clark Forest
Frank Young
John T. Moore
W. BE. Howard
J. C. Morgan
C. J. B. Stephens
State Sportsmen’s Association
Trapper E W Marlow Killed by Accidental Rifle Discharge
E W Marlow a 41 year old trapper died at a local hotel after a .22 rifle bullet entered his forehead near the left eye. He had been boating with E Grimsley and Lew Walley on the Teton near Choteau when the gun discharged likely as Walley shifted the boat. An inquest is expected but officials deem it a formality.
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E. W. Marlow
Trapper
Chick Grimsley
Lew Walley
Marlow
Teton
Choteau
Dutton Bridge
Grimsley
Young Walley
Walley
Chateau
H. J. McGregor
Collins
Charles H. Connor
Hospital to Open in Glenloyd Building on Ma Avenue
The Glenloyd building on North Ma Avenue will house a general hospital by mid April. Mr and Mrs Chas T Woods have run the Bateman building hospital on South Main and will move operations, with Dr Bateman continuing in his property and Miss Clara Woods and Mr Phoebe Baker on the nursing staff. Remodeling now underway will provide thirty hospital rooms and an operating room in the former Glenloyd dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenloyd
North Ma Avenue
Chas. T. Woods
Bateman
South Main
General Hospital
Clara Woods
Phoebe Baker
Woods
Glenloyd Dini
Lewis and Clark deputy leaves for Absaroka Forest duties
Wm Rush longtime deputy supervisor of the Lewis and Clark Forest is moving with his family to Livingston to serve as deputy in the Absaroka Forest. A D Moir succeeds him, arriving from Livingston and ready to begin once a house is secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Rush
Lewis and Clark ‘Forest
Chateau
Livingston
Forest Service
Absaroka Forest
Rush
Choteau
Missoula
Fred Morrell
National recognition for Joe De Yong
Joe De Yong receives national recognition for his The Bronco illustration on the March 28 Literary Digest cover. The young artist, a protege of Charlie Russell, gains prominence in American illustrative art while living in Great Falls with his mother after wintering in Southern California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe de Yong
United States
Chateau
Mary de Yong
Great Falls
California
Former Choteau Teacher Praised by Great Falls High
Miss Marie Schimmelpfeng, former Choteau high school faculty member, is praised in the Great Falls High School paper HiLife for directing Roundup Day activities. HiLife notes the program, led by Miss Schimmelpfeng, as unanimously declared most successful in the historical day celebration. This marks her second year on the Great Falls faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Schimmelpreng
Hi- Life
Great Falls
HiLife
Marie Schimmelpfeng
Citizenship program set for Chateau PTA meeting
Chateau grade school auditorium hosts PTA on Monday evening April 6 at 8 15 with speakers Mayor Geo M Coffey Jr County Supt Edythe Saylor and Judge John J Greene plus Kent Midget. Miss Agnes Nasser will entertain with a piano solo and parents are urged to attend.
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Chateau
Parent- Teacher Association
G. C. Core
Geo. M. Coffey, Jr
Edythe Saylor
John J. Greene
Kent Midget
Agnes Nasser
Marriage Ceremony Unites Ferris and Clara Fanstone
Last Friday evening March 27 a wedding was performed at the groom’s father's home in Peace C. H. Ferris, a well known rancher, wed Clara Fanstone, formerly of Evanston Alberta. They plan to reside on the Ferris ranch east of Chateau on the Yutton road after a community hall reception at Bole. Ferris returned from California to begin married life.
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C. H. Ferris
Clara Fanstone
Evanston
Alberta
Mr. Ferris
Chateau
Yutton Road
Bole
Ferris
California
Choteau Meat Market To Open In April Lease Agreed
Arthur Hirshberg announces the Choteau Meat Company plant will open on or about April 10 under a lease. Ed Graven and Joe Crose of Great Falls will own and operate the shop with Crose in sausage production and Craven overseeing the block. They plan an up to date shop and will issue a detailed notice later in The Acantha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hirshberg
Choteau Meat Company
Ed Graven
Joe Crose
Great Fally
Choteau
Crose
Choteau Meat Co
Craven
The
Acantha
Power Girl Charges Stepfather With Statutory Crime
Harold Mills a 40 year old resident of Power is jailed in Choteau facing statutory rape charges filed by his 16 year old stepdaughter Valera Grieb. Great Falls officers detained Mills after an attempted return of the girl to his home and the case is being investigated by County Attorney George Coffey Sheriff Collins and Under-Sheriff Billings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Mills
Power
Choteau
Teton County
Valera Grieb
Mills
Chateau
Great Falls
North Dakota
George M. Coffey, Jr
Collins
Billings
High School Girl Dies From Bronchial Pneumonia
Berdena M. Hubbard aged 14 years 3 months of Valier died last Saturday in Chateau after a weeks long illness. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 30 pm in Valier with local high school pallbearers and a group from Chateau. Rev. Culbertson officiated. Attending were Prof R F Williamson Miss Bert Williamson Mrs Chas Davis and others from the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche M. Jacobson
Chateau
Berdena M. Hubbard
James Hubbard
Valier
Robert B. Culbertson
R. F. Williamson
Bertie Williamson
Chas. Davis
Edythe Saylor
Clark Coffey
Harold Crane
Wm. Burns
Dean Crittenden
Helen Lindseth
Dorothy Franklin
Harriet Larson
Marian Butchart
County Boxing Commission Appointed In Teton County
Dr H W Bateman G C Core and Jack Sweat named to the Teton County Boxing Commission by Judge John J Greene under state law. Bateman elected chairman Sweat secretary duties set. The panel will supervise events at the high school auditorium including tomorrow night’s 24 round program led by Bat tling Leidhley and Eddie Shelton with Eddie Core as referee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Bateman
G. C. Core
Jack Sweat
Teton County Boxing Commission
Denzel McDonald
Chateau Post No. 6
American Legion
John J. Greene
Legion
Dr. Bateman
Legion Post
Teton County
State Commission
Helena
Battling Leidhley
Eddie Shelton
Pendroy
Bill
Butch
Tully
Eddie” Core
Receiver Wins Large Cost Judgment in Quiet Title Suit
A. W. Springhorn as receiver for American Bank and Trust Co. of Great Falls was awarded a cost judgment of 1278.05 in district court against W. J. Johnson Fred Walden and John D. Johnson with L. Johnson in a quiet title suit for Teton county land. The land possession had already been given to the plaintiff by the district court, and the case led to W. J. Johnson's contempt of court penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Springhorn
American Bank and Trust Co. of
Great Falls
W. J. Johnson
Fred Walden
John D. Johnson
L. Johnson
Springhorn
Teton County
New Manager for Swaine's Tailor Shop
Ed W. Sexsmith arrived from Spokane to lead Swaine Tailor Shop and prepare for the spring suit trade in Choteau. A seasoned tailor, he comes well recommended per Acantha advertising columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Ed W. Sexsmith
Swaine Tailor Shop
Acantha
Mr. Sexsmith
Choteau
Sun River Irrigation District petition gains signers
Sun River irrigation project advances as 220 names are needed for the Sun River Irrigation District petition. Phil I Cole attorney for the district says 250 signers are likely and construction may start after requirement is met. Cole promotes sugar beet cultivation noting Utah Idaho Sugar Co official Mark Austin compares northern Montana prospects to Idaho and cites several beet factories.
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Sun River Irrigation District
Sun River
Phil I. Cole
Cole
Teton County
Montana
Mark Austin
Utah-Idaho Sugar Co
Idaho
Local Man Buys Wool for Boston Firm in Year
C. S. McDonald, local banker and stockman, bought a million pounds of Montana wool for Draper and Company of Boston over the past year. He contracted for about a half million pounds of the 1925 clip and purchased an equal amount from the 1924 wool crop, much of it from Teton county growers.
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Boston
C. S. McDonald
Montana
Draper and Company of
Teton County
Mr. McDonald
Evangelist Rev Muirden Holds Series at Local M E Church
A two week series of meetings led by Rev Alexander Muirden at the local M E church draws strong attendance. He has preached 255 sermons in six months yielding 238 church decisions and 60 letters, covering 15 Montana charges. In Moore he recruited 38 affiliates and secured a full next year budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Alexander Muirden
Montana
Intermountain College
Helena
Muirden
Moore
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Sugar’ Company
Burton Bench Farmer
Tacoma Country
Robt
ROD and Gun Club
First National Bank
Vauit
U.S. Liberty Loan
E. .W. Marlow
Lewis and Clark
Joe Deyong
G. F
F. A
Power Girl
County Boxing Com
Legion Card
Swaine
Citizens State Bank
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