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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1921
Page
1
Principal Williamson reports funds from several school organizations repeatedly vanish. Sheriff fingerprinting all students helped identify two suspects after money taken from Easter cantata funds and a Reliant mill vault. One thief returned all but a dollar. officials consider stronger action to deter further losses and protect honest students.
Carl Skeie who helped rob the Bole store and post office and Marvin Romsha escaped from a county jail by sawing bars with a hack saw. Skeie was recaptured by deputy Reigham near Lowry and returned to confinement. Motive and details show the trio planned the break and possession of jail tools. Skeie, Skeie’s accomplices Parnell and Bebout were sentenced to two to four years. Bebout one to two years.
The Petroleum Exploration Company completes water line, wiring, and camp outfitting at the Willow Creek structure. Final preparations include a Delco lighting plant, camp equipment, and a new lodging house and mess hall for employees, with Mrs. W. M. Long hired to manage the boarding house.
The county board fills vacancies from the last election by appointing two justices of the peace per township. Choteau township gains Charles Ferris replacing J T Cain who failed to qualify. Fairfield obtains A W Blaine. Power gets W P Andrews. Collins appoints Ira M Thompson. Bynum gains Wim Stonehouse for Byran township. Pendroy receives Peter P Swanson.
Water was turned through the headgates at the diversion dam into the main canal and now flows at about 100 cubic feet per second into Pishkun reservoir. The delivery continues until the reservoir reaches capacity after the dam was raised several feet. Robert Duer of the Missoulian Lithographing plant visited Choteau on Monday.
A speaker rails against a young woman’s thin abbreviated dress, urging a return to warm garments and practical attire. He laments the cost of silk, recalls harsher outfits of the West, and urges sewing a thicker dress or hiring a seamstress before the cold season deepens.
The seventh and eighth grade girls won a class basketball game while sixth grade boys defeated fifth graders. Several teachers resigned at year end. Awards were given to Palmer Company recipients. some students anticipate a third. Garden and agriculture topics, health exams, field trips, and a moving picture on irrigation feature among weekly notes. Track practice and weight throwing continue. sophomores study The Princess. commercial class plans a picnic.
Thursday and Friday domestic Science classes sell apple and chocolate pies. Pies orders may be telephoned to the high school. Girls gym classes are taking graded drills this week. Esther Anderson has recovered and is back at the dormitory. Gamble girls leave the dormitory for school by car. The fresh mamp dance is Friday the fifteenth. Sophomores go on a picnic Thursday afternoon.
At a meeting of the Logan Syndicate unit holders in Chateau last Saturday officers for the coming year were chosen. President T. A. Meagher, vice president A. B. Andrews, secretary W. Logan, and treasurer J. B. Connor of Farmington were named. The group links to Willow Creek oil prospects and is rooted in Teton County.
Henry Radcliffe has been appointed as the Teton county member of a three person board. The panel was created to adjust differences between Chouteau and Teton counties arising from the transfer of territory east of Dutton granted to Teton County by a bill Bohling introduced in the recent state legislature session.
Ernest R. Gust a Great Northern freight conductor stands charged with the September 27 killing of William R. Sullivan in Great Falls. The district court session began Monday before Judge H. H. Ewing with W. P. Grooms of Bynum, uncle of the victim, as the first state witness.
Farmington rancher F. P. Goodwin said on Tuesday he has seeded 600 acres of spring wheat. He cited the recent snowstorm as providing ample moisture to help bring the crop up.
Great Falls Leader reports A M Barringer's 12 inch drill taps the Fowler dome of the Marias river fold fourteen miles north of Conrad on the Great Northern. The Star rig aims for 2000 feet depth with early production expected around 1500 feet.
Mrs Iola Bernard former resident of this city wed Rev R I Howell of Montrose in a Nazarene church ceremony attended by family and friends. The couple received congratulations from relatives as 150 in Sunday school looked on. The bride was given flowers by the pastor's wife and will serve as pastors in a local Nazarene church.
State Bank of Dutton sues Davik and Lingel for foreclosures. Leeck sues for divorce. Montana Elevator Co. sues Goodwin on judgment. First State Bank of Bynum sues Rowland and Humble for foreclosures. Stewart Edgar sues for foreclosure. Jackson sues for mortgage foreclosure.
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