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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1917
Page
8
Farmington notes detail Women's Auxiliary gatherings at Mrs D and Jacobson homes with names Mata Rathman Ernest Arnesmeyer and Dorothy. Local land prices rise with $50 to $55 per acre on new sales as buyers seek the wheat belt. Community avoids idle moments as farms harvest and townspeople attend dances theaters school events and building projects while quarantine lingers over the Gamble family isolation.
Cha teau visitors include T. L. Bench with daughter Illy and Clara on a Thursday visit. County superintendent Miss Thompson toured nearby schools last Thursday. John Gisiad bought nine teams from Prenty Graston. Weliaing was excused from school Friday due to a knee injury from a baseball bat incident. Adriaan Johanns and Conrad Smitt were in Choteau Tuesday. Miss Irene Jones returned from Collins Friday and will teach T. S. Gap school next winter. Mrs. Erickson of Great Falls visiting Mrs. John Olstad. J. J. White sold a team of colts to Dr. Jones last Saturday. Mrs. Chas Ferris improving after appendicitis operation at Chateau hospital last week. The Cadwalader family out of quarantine and fumigated their house last week. Miss Martha Hanson of Fairfield visited Monticello ranch Wednesday and Thursday.
Agawam residents and visitors drop by Great Falls on Wednesday. Ole Waynild declined fifty dollars per acre for a quarter section last week. J D Pierce was a Porter visitor on Sunday. Joe Hinley offers garage services to the public. Mr Babcock of Great Falls was in town last week. Mr and Mrs Hopper of Bynum called on Mr and Mrs Reader Sunday. Mr Manson of Manson was in town Monday. A pleasant party honored Miss Terges at the Moore schoolhouse on Friday evening.
Auditor Mr. Douglas of Boorman- Power Lumber Co. called on Wednesday while Nick Ludowissi traveled to Great Falls on Tuesday. J. Brandon and Fred Payten arranged events in Vaughn on Thursday evening and Payten drove a tractor from Vaughn to Power the next day. Vivian Fields left for Teton Wednesday for a months long school term. Mrs. James R. Mills enjoyed a brief Brady visit last week and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Barret of Cordova were seen shopping Saturday.
Local items report visits and moves of residents in Power and Great Falls regions. Transactions include J T Bauman selling a house to Carl Dahlman, farm plans, and multiple road and culvert decisions by the county board with budget line items for general, road, poor, and contingent funds. A serious wagon accident near Power is noted, plus show attendance and public notices about school district actions.
The board met at 10 a m on April 12 with all members present. It ordered no burial pauper claims be paid without an auditor or commissioner approval. The afternoon session reviewed county claims and opened the appeal of residents of school district No 21 against the county superintendent’s decision.
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