Road bond funds to boost county and national road projects
County officials list 300000 bond fund use for major arterial highways Pendroy West road to Bynum and other routes plus Glacier Bee Line and Utah Trail segments. If approved one hundred fifty thousand dollars in ponds leverage similar national funds and advance road levy for side roads.
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Agawam
Farmington
Choteau
Collins
Dutton
Power
Fairfield
Cascade County
Pondera County
Bole
Bynum
Utah Trail
Augusta
William Johnson Killed in Forest Fire Rescue Incident
William Johnson 45 from Great Falls was killed when a burning tree fell on him while fighting forest fires near Deer Creek Sunriver. Two coworkers aided him. he suffered broken thighs and extensive bruising. Johnson registered for the draft at Shelby and belonged to the American Federation of Labor Union No 14871. He listed John J. Johnson of Matlock North Dakota as the preferred notification contact.
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Shelby
American Federation of Labor
Forest Service
John J. Johnson
Matlock
N. D
United States
Deer Creek
Forks of Sunriver
Conner Undertaking
North Dakota
Choteau Montana Road Work Enlivens Town
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle notes Eagles touring National Parks found Montana roads from Melena to Glacier Park in good condition. In one town, Choteau, mayor J. C. Morgan led merchants in closing shops to join road work with signs reading Closed, out on road work.
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle of
New York
Party of Eagles
Eagle National Parks Tour
Montana
Melena
Glacier Park
Chateau
J. C. Morgan
Road Foreman Selection Meeting Announced
The notice calls voters of T. L. Gap to a meeting at the White school house on September 1 to choose a road foreman between two and three in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Gap
White School House
Relief Under Belden Act Bonds For Seed Grain Aid
Chouteau county officials call a September 2 election with a bond issue of up to 150000 to fund seed and relief under the Belden act for drought hit residents. Separate seed grain act bonds and large county-wide measures are discussed, with voter registration deadlines noted. The Chateauqua program closes with strong community support and near unanimous approval for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chouteau County
Hill County
Belden
Cash Land Deal Closed Near Fairfield for 6000 Cash
Peter Nelson sold his reclamation homestead eight miles east of Fairfield to D O Wentworth for 6000 dollars cash. The land is subject to water charges and bought for speculative purposes. Dry seasons bolster irrigation supporters who expect values to rise with water delivery.
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Peter Nelson
Fairfield
D. O. Wentworth
Mr. Wentworth
Episcopal Church Notes Morning services at 10 30 a m
Episcopal church schedules morning services at 10 30 with a short sermon after the regular service. Sunday school follows at the close of the service. Community song service to follow.
Local Notes From Dillon and Surrounding Area
Ex sheriff William Miller and a local man visited from the ranch near Walier on Tuesday. People travel from Yellowstone Park, Dillon normal schools canvassing for state institutions, Grinnell Iowa, and visits by Irene McColl and Mrs Pilling through Great Falls. A Bozeman station says sunflowers can silage like corn. Ten car shipments of horses and cattle were sent to Montana and the Dakotas. N Whitacre spends thousands to improve a creamery building as W T Smith plans machinery worth about 5000 dollars. Alden Connor returns from France with plans to go to Omaha after a few weeks here.
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Alden Connor
Alden
France
Foreign Service
Marriage License Issued for Read Peterson Pair
Martin Read undersheriff and Miss Mary Peterson obtained a marriage license from Cascade County Clerk. A community sing is planned for Sunday evening at 7 30 p m August 25 with Miss Annabelle Fletcher directing. The event will be held near the Methodist church if weather allows and lasts about 45 minutes.
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Great Falls Tribune
Martin Read
Mary Peterson
Cascade County
Annabelle Fletcher
Hay in transit prompts new tonnage contracts
Six hundred tons of Minnesota hay are en route to Teton county points and a county agent Clarkzion has wired Mr Hart to contract for 9 additional tons. Heavy showers hinder haying, necessitating purchased hauled hay cars at twenty three dollars per ton. All Montana assessors have been summoned to Helena to explain assessment figures and correct discrepancies. Nito Wagnild, a Montana assessor, will not have to appear after board approval of his office work.
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Minnesota
Teton
Clarkzion
Hart
Praatienty
Montana
Helena
State Board
Nito Wagnild
Road Meeting at Chateau Court Room On Saturday
Residents of precinct No. 3 will meet in the Chateau court room Saturday afternoon to choose a foreman for road work in compliance with the board of county commissioners suggestion.
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Chateau
Board of County Commissioners
County high school plans growth and dormitory trial
The Teton county high school reports 104 students last year across districts. Fifteen towns contributed, with fourteen earning diplomas and sixty passing eighth grade. Plans include temporary classroom space and a Lewistown dormitory model costing sixteen dollars per month per student while expanding facilities and county cooperation for a two year finish.
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Teton County High School
Chateau
Fairfield
Bole
T. L. Gap
Farmington
Dupuyer
Agawam
Kalma
Belleview
Brady
Teton-Pondera
Bynum
Dutton
Collins
Power
Pendrey
Chateau and District
Pondera- Teton
High School Board
Lewistown
Teton
Park trail signs damaged as strike threat looms
Two of the park to park trail signs near Chateau were destroyed by persons of malicious or degenerate tendencies. The signs, valuable to visitors, were funded by the Commercial club and erected along the trail. The guilty parties are known and will be prosecuted once connections are established. J M Weaver re enters hotel business September 1.
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R. R
Weaver
Beaupre Hotel
George Roy
Great Falls
Wage Agreement Won by Maintenance of Way Union
G W Fender approves a new wage and working agreement submitted to the railroad administration. It calls for about a one dollar daily pay increase, time and a half for overtime, and promotion by seniority. The demands cover roughly 600 000 workers across the United States Canada and Central America with half in the union. A referendum is to be held by August 24 with union officials estimating 99 percent support and warning of a general strike if refused.
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United States
Canada
Central America
Maintenance of Way
Civil actions filed in county court records
Civil actions listed include E. M. Larson versus C. M. Burrows with a transcript of Judgment and Henry Adams versus Nels Vingom with an attachment.
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E. M. Larson
C. M. Burrows
Henry Adams
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William Johnson
Ben
Mr. Beatty
Teton County
Earl Hippie
Jim
Francis Pridham
Sal
Episcopal Church Notes
William Miller
Little Zon
Walier
C. S. McDonald
Katherine
Yellowstone Park
Grant Finch
Dillon
C. H. Porter
Grinnell
Iowa
Mr. Hart
Bozeman
Dakotas
Sherri Morse
William Hodgskiss
Ben Berringer
Valentine Marguerette
Irene McColl
Oakland
California
Roy Pilling
Pilling
N. ‘Whitacre i
Northwest
W. T. Smith
Commercial Club
J. M. Weaver
de Roit
G. W. Fender
The
United Brotherhood
Citizens State Bank
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