Field Meet Opens With Stock Judging And Parades
Visitors from rural districts attend the annual all county field and educational meet in Chateau. Stock judging contests begin, with R. D. Cameron substituting for J. C. Taylor. A 1:30 pm horseshoe contest counts toward the grand prize, followed by a 2-day program including a big parade and athletic events for four division groups. Exhibits by local schools plus free coffee and planned hot soup for visiting children mark the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
J. C. Taylor
Bozeman
Chateau
Sarah E. Morse
Helena
State Tuberculosis Association
Bynum and Power
R. F. Baillie
American Legion
Great Northern Park
Luella M. King
County junior records set for field meet events
Stiff records, held by county junior athletes in past years, will be challenged as contestants head out tomorrow afternoon to surpass them. Official scorer G. C. Eddie Core notes figures from the past two years and outlines what it will take to break current marks held by named record holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C
Eddie” Core
Pioneer Bynum Rancher Dies at Great Falls
Roy McNeal aged 49 a long time Blackleaf resident died Sunday morning in a Great Falls hospital after a long illness. He was born October 18, 1876 in Kearney Nebraska and moved to Helena with his parents as a child before settling in Teton county. He married Lucile Engleman in December 1900 and is survived by a daughter and two sons, including Clarence and Bertram a student at Teton county high. Funeral services were at the Chateau Methodist church with burial in Choteau cemetery. Mrs Engleman of Denver attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy McNeal
Blackleaf
Great Falls
Kearney
Nebraska
Omer Cook
Bynum
Clarence
Teton County High School
Bertram
Chateau
Robert B. Culbertson
Choteau Cemetery
Bynum Girls Sewing Club Led by Mrs Cook
Bynum will sponsor a girls sewing club this summer led by Mrs Omer Cook. County Agent Robert Clarkson convened a meeting last Friday with a committee including G C Stokes Michelbach E B Noble Josh Lindseth to select the head. Applications will be distributed next week. The community will not sponsor other clubs this summer except possibly a capon club for boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bynum
Omer Cook
Robert Clarkson
Supervisor Myrick Heads to Lubeck District on Inspection
Supervisor E. H. Myrick of the Lewis and Clark Forest departed yesterday for the Lubeck district near Glacier Park to conduct an on site inspection tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Myrick
Lewis & Clark Forest
Lubeck District
Glacier Park
Hunters Kil e 92 Predatory Birds and Eggs Sunday
Ninety two birds and 380 eggs were tallied by 32 hunters from Chateau Rod and Gun Club in a first big drive. Teams led by E. C. Waldron and F. W. Curtis hunted countywide seven to seven, killing hawks crows magpies and owls while avoiding predatory animals. The drive earned a banquet for the losing side and offered rewards for future predatory birds and eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Rod & Gun Club
E. C. Waldron
F. W. Curtis
Waldron
Curtis
Magpies
Owls
Hawks
Crows
Harrison Craig
Gun Club
Frank Curtis
Pointe
Pendroy Well Reaches 300 Feet In Utah Test Drilling
Drilling at the X. F. Hoeschen farm three miles east of Pendroy Utah has reached 300 feet. Work began April 21 with two shifts and geologist E B Emrick in charge. The company leased about 15 000 acres and holds roughly 100 leases in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Western
X. F. Hoeschen
Pendroy
Acantha
E. B. Emrick
Nan Cole Wins First in Declamatory Contest
Nan Cole of Fairfield won first place in the annual declamatory contest at the high school auditorium last evening. Gordon Holmes of Choteau took second with Plupy's Debating Club, and Bud Burns of Choteau placed third with For Dear Old Yale. The program included other readings, orchestral selections, and glee club numbers with judges Miss Ruby Miller Miss Luella King and Mrs W W Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan Cole
W. W. Cole
Fairfield
Gordon Holmes
Henry Freeman
Choteau
Plupy
Bud Burns
C. W. Burns
Yale
Helena
W. W. Smith
Eastern Star Matron Coming to Choteau Friday
Mrs. Fred Down of Bozeman, grand matron of Montana Order of Eastern Star, will visit Fidelity Chapter No. 18 in Choteau tomorrow evening April 30. A 6:30 banquet is planned by the arrangements committee, followed by a special session at the Masonic Temple lodge rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Down
Bozeman
Montana
Order of Eastern Star
Fidelity Chapter
Choteau
Masonic Temple
Fairfield Grower Expands Sugar Beet Acreage Near Fairfield
Clinton Jensen, a veteran beet grower now in Fairfield, reports 25 acres planted to sugar beets on the Cole Brothers ranch. Last year he harvested 14 tons per acre from 15 acres, earning about 84 dollars per acre, with ground conditioning expected to raise yields to 18 to 20 tons. The Utah Idaho Sugar Co will operate a Chinook plant this fall and freight costs are being covered for beets shipped from Great Northern points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole Brothers
Fairfield
Clinton Jensen
Jensen
Idaho
Montana
Utah-Idaho Sugar Co
Chinook
Obert Peterson Named Water Commissioner for Irrigation Season
Judge John J. Greene appointed Obert Peterson county surveyor as water commissioner to measure and distribute Teton River flow to water users through the coming irrigation season. Appointment runs to September 1, 1926. Also, Mrs. Jennie Gibson was adjudged insane and committed to Warm Springs state hospital. A foreclosure demurrer was overruled. Donald Kerr named administrator of John Egan estate with bond. Hearing for Peter Kiefer estate administrator set for May 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obert Peterson
John J. Greene
Teton River
Greene
H. W. Bateman
Geo. E. Keller
Jennie Gibson
Chateau
Warm Springs
Chas. H. Davis
Margaret M. Davis
Federal Land Bank of
Spokane
Allan H. Gamble
District Court
Donald Kerr
Dutton
John Egan
George
Sunday fire devastates Starner ranch barn and chicken house
Sparks from a brush fire about fifty yards from buildings destroyed a barn and a newly built chicken house at Fred Starner's ranch located 25 miles west of Chateau near Battle Creek. The loss included several sets of harness and totaled about $500 with no insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Starner
Chateau
Frazer
John Godwin
Battle Creek
Starner
Civil Actions Filed for Foreclosure This Week
Clerk of the Court B. M. Jacobson lists several new civil actions in the past week including Margaret McGovern versus Geo W Johnstone and others for foreclosure of mortgage Apolonia Gergen versus Sophia Ness et al for foreclosure W F Sprague versus E E Carson et al for foreclosure Wm F Rieckhoff versus Maude E Malmin and Geo F Miller as administrator of J E Malmin estate for foreclosure Grace Malone versus Robert English et al and Wm F Rieckhoff versus Henry Dale et al for foreclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk of the Court
B. M. Jacobson
Margaret McGovern
Geo. W. Johnstone
Apolonia Gergen
Sophia Ness
W. F. Sprague
E. E. Carson
Wm. F. Rieckhoff
Maude E. Malmin
Geo. F. Miller
J. E. Malmin
Grace Malone
Robert English
Henry Dale
Trescotts Visit Relatives in Choteau
Mr and Mrs R M Trescott of Conrad were Sunday visitors with relatives and friends in Choteau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Trescott
Conrad
Choteau
Officer Takes Prisoner Home As Lawyers Seek Next Step
Under-sheriff J. B. Roberson of Burlington Colorado left Tuesday with Marlon Deeds a farm hand wanted for wife desertion after a habeas corpus hearing failed to free Deeds. Governor Erickson honored Colorado requisition papers and Roberson took Deeds back to his jurisdiction while Conrad lawyers weigh a possible stay or writ. Deeds deserted his wife in 1925 and had been working near Conrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Roberson
Burlington
Kit Carson
Colorado
Great Falls
Marlon Deeds
Deeds
John J. Greene
Erickson
Helena
W. E. Arnot
Conrad Law Firm
Arnot & Doyle
Conrad
Embody
Pondora County
Chateau
Roberson
Geo. W. Magee
Wondersheriff Roberson
Gypsy well near Collins prompts summer drill rumor
Rumor in Chateau links L. C. Stevenson and associates to further oil exploration near the Gypsy well drilled three years ago near Collins. If geologists approve a fault in the Collins structure and acreage is secured, a new test well may be sunk this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Collins
Chateau
L. C. Stevenson
Stevenson
Forest fire prevention push amid low snowfall
Snowfall in the mountains is only 70 percent of normal and March April precipitation is well below average raising fire risk across Glacier Teton and Lewis and Clark counties. Forest officials urge careful fire use while Boy Scouts and 1400 local students promote forest conservation during American Forest Week and Arbor Day activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis & Clark Forest
Forest Service
Glacier
Teton
Lewis & Clark
American Legion
Bicycle accident injures Fairfield area student
George Radcliffe a high school student fractured his collar bone last Friday when the handlebars of a bicycle he was coasting downhill at his parents ranch near Fairfield came off causing a wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Radcliffe
Hendy Radcliffe
Fairfield
Tex Dawson Shot in Gilman Dance Hall Skirmish
Tex Dawson a Montana Alberta broncho buster and Mosher ranch foreman lies in a Great Falls hospital with bullet wounds after a brawl at a Gilman dance last Saturday night involving federal officers and an attempted arrest for liquor. A warrant seeks charges of interfering with an officer while Lewis and Clark authorities review the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex” Dawson
Montana
Alberta
Mosher Ranch
Augusta
Great Falls
Gilman
Dawson
Rufus Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Dawgson
Lewis & Clark County
Masons Plan Final Party Saturday May First
All Masons and Eastern Stars are invited to the final party of the annual winter series this Saturday evening May first. The event features supper and dancing with a novel program starting at 8 30, dancing from 9 30 to midnight, and supper served at the close. Great Falls entertainment and music are arranged by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Gleason Declines Run for County Assessor
Jesse L. Gleason, serving his third term as Teton County Assessor, announced he will not seek re election. He cited private interests and thanked voters and the public for support. Rumor suggests rancher Manley Crawford may seek the Republican nomination, though no announcement has been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse L. Gleason
Teton County
Gleason
Manley Crawford
Dutton Rancher
Chateau
Crawford
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Ethel Morgan
Fred Hoffman
Power
Earl Bennett
Chas. Davis
Irving Trebisch
George Loomis
Frank Gordon
John Yeager
Theodore Giese
Magdalen Gooddell
Anna Pfeifle
Gertrude Dion
Sewing Club
First National Bank OF
U. S
Cole Brothers Ranch
COURT
Obert Peterson Water
Starner Ranch
Marion Deeds
Masons
Citizens State Bank
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