November Tax Collections in County Reach $177 861.16
County Treasurer Otto Wagnild released figures showing November tax payments totaling about 177 861.16. About 7 000 went to the Bynum Irrigation District special assessment, leaving roughly 170 000 to state and county taxes. Greenfields Irrigation District paid 850 toward its 1 500 assessment, hindered by missing addresses for non resident landowners.
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Otto Wagnild
Bynum Irrigation District
Bynum District
Greenfields
Bynum
Waynild
Republicans Win First Test As Congress Opens
Washington dispatch reports the sixty-ninth Congress begins with a Republican majority, Longworth elected speaker in a three cornered race, and a narrow victory for a rule change to tighten discharge of committees. Senate session brief. Prohibition bills emerge in both wet and dry forms as lawmakers clash over enforcement and potential repeal.
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Congress
Longworth
House
Prohibition
Lnsue
Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
F. J. Garrett
Tennessee
Henry Allen Cooper
Wisconsin
Garrett
LaFollette
Robinson
Indiana
Williams
Missouri
Edwin P. Thayer
Indianapolis
Howey
Hopper Monay
Cole Bros Beets Yield 14 Tons an Acre Possible with Conditioning
W. W. Cole reports 15 acre sugar beet test near Fairfield produced 14 tons per acre after adding 11 pounds of weight to shipments. Beets at $6 a ton earned $84 per acre plus potential bonuses. Clinton Jensen, the Idaho grower, won a $20 prize at Great Falls and plans 40 more acres in 1926, asserting two to three years of conditioning could push output to 20 tons per acre.
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Sugar Company
Chinook
Cole Bros
Fairfield
W. W. Cole
Chateau
Utah-Idaho Sugar Co
Clinton Jensen
Idaho
Jensen
Great Falls
Mr. Jensen
Mr. Cole
Cole
Grade School to Close for Christmas Holidays
The Chateau grade school district No. 1 will close December 23 for Christmas vacation and reopen January 4 following a regular school board meeting. Auditing of claims and routine matters followed the decision.
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Chateau
Drilling Progress at Jones Well Near Bynum Reaches 2300 Feet
The Jones well north of Bynum has reached 2300 feet with drilling continuing day and night toward an expected 2800 feet at Madison. The test, the first deep test in the Bynum area, is watched by northern Montana oil men as geologists cite a promising structure in the region.
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Tip O'Neill
Jones
Bynum
Montana
Sherburne Morse Returns from Spokane Cattle Shipment
Sherburne Morse arrived home last Friday from Spokane where he had gone with a shipment of cattle.
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Sherburne Morse
Spokane
Blanton Prohibition Measures Seek Stronger Enforcement
Representative Blanton of Texas introduced two measures to bolster prohibition. One authorizes the president to deploy armed forces to suppress liquor, narcotics, and alien smuggling. The second asks impeachment or removal for officials who buy intoxicating liquor from bootleggers, and would bar foreign diplomats from importing liquor.
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Blanton
Texas
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Christmas Turkeys Net Teton Growers 20000
Turkeys from Teton County bring in 19499.51 for local growers as 51 944 pounds are weighed and graded by the Teton County Shipping Association. Northern Creamery Co. of Great Falls buys the shipment, with checks totaling over 9000 by day’s end. Brand plans and higher grading promise future shipments under Land of the Mountains Turkeys.
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Teton County Shipping Association
Northern Creamery Co
Great Falls
Shipping Association
Court House
Pondera
O. S. Forseth
The
L. G. Passmore
Robert Clarkson
Association
Jesse L .Gleason
Chicago
J. E. Hodgskiss
Montana
Mr. Halladay
Acantha
L. A
Yeggs Hit Monarch Lumber Co and Power Garage
Yeggs broke into Monarch Lumber Co office at Power on Tuesday night and took 65 dollars from a cash box after forcing the safe. They entered Power Garage, damaged a window, but took nothing. The robbers fled when found at Riggs general store by an elderly occupant. two men were reported. Under Sheriff Billings and Sheriff Collins investigated with no arrests by yesterday.
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Yeggs
Monarch Lumber Co
Power
Riggs General Merchandise
Collins
J. L. Billings
Birch Creek Road Gap Deferral Stalls 28 Miles to Canada Line
Teton county commissioners defer completing the 28 mile Birch Creek gap linking White Sulphur Springs with the Canadian border after Pondera county cannot act now. Fourteen miles lie on the Teton side. Pondera must fund the other half. Officials say conditions are not ripe for action and the matter was not voted. A Helena convention will discuss county road issues including resurfacing of Federal Aid projects per a Federal Bureau of Public Roads demand.
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Birch Creek
White Sulphur Springs
Board of Commissioners of
Teton County
Chateau
Teton
Teton-Pondera Line
Pondera County
Pondera Board
Helena
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Montana
County Board Faces Federal Aid Pressure Over Road Surfacing
The commissioners weigh a Bureau of Public Roads demand to resurface gravel roads funded 50 50 with federal aid. A Helena convention may influence decisions as action on resurfacing is deferred. If pursued, costs split 44 county to 56 federal. The eight day December session reviews contracts and appointments.
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Bureau
Bureau of Public Roads
Helena
Teton
Uhelena
Public School Notes Reflect Class Activities And Health Checks
Fifth grade students work on coping law under Miss Baker while Miss Medley’s normal training class previews arithmetic lessons. Dr. Bateman to start physical exams for all pupils with records filed after parent notices. Mrs. Ashley fills in for Mrs. Wypper in eighth grade as she recovers from illness. The civic class gathers articles on the 69th Congress and the Ladd successor debate.
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Miss Baker
Miss Medley
Miss Plummer
H. W. Bateman
Ashley
Wypper
Look at Your Little Yellow Label
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Teton Opens 1925 26 Basketball Season at Home
Teton boys and girls teams begin their 1925 26 schedule this Saturday at the high school gym against Walier. Coach Ashley leads the boys who list Cohoe Crittenden Bennett Jourdonnais Shelton Crane Bud Moore Davis Evenson Moser Hanson Kelley Dennison as players. The girls lineup is not yet published but expected to impress visiting fans.
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Teton
Walier
Ashley
Cohoe
Crittenden
Bennett
Jourdonnais
Shelton
Crane
Bud Moore
Davis
Evenson
Moser
Hanson
Kelley
Dennison
Balmy weather sparks buds on city trees in California
The period of unusual warmth has trees and shrubs budding along Chateau shade trees and boulevard plantings. Lilacs leaf, pansies show early bloom, raising concern for young boulevard ash if frost returns. Some residents joke the warm spell may extend the coal pile supply through winter, easing Christmas bills.
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California
Montana
Florida
Weeds Damage Grain More Than Storm Says Baart
J A Baart, a prominent farmer and thresherman, says weed infestation caused more grain loss than moisture or storms in Teton county during 1925. He notes weeded fields dried poorly, hot winds worsened losses, and advocates summer fallow and clean tillage along with community grain marketing associations to help farmers.
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Teton County
J. A. Baart
Mr. Baart
Teton County Shipping Association
Teton High Notes Share Posts And Plans
Miss Jilette lectured on Junior Red Cross work for Teton High pupils. The annual senior dance last Friday was a big success. The senior class ordered class rings. The first basketball game of the season is set for Saturday December 12 between Walier and Teton County High School. Mr Williamson plans to visit all basketball practices this week but is sick this week.
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Jilette
Teton High
Walier
Teton County High School
Williamson
St. Stephen Church Announces Advent Services
The church lists Third Sunday in Advent services with Holy Communion at 10 45 A M church school at noon and an evening service at 7 30 PM All are welcome to join in worship.
Christmas Seal Campaign Grows in Teton County
The Christmas Seal sale across Teton county raises funds to fight tuberculosis and boost public health. May or Geo M Coffey Jr leads first purchases at Chateau, with Mrs R F Baillie noting seals are a practical investment and a health gift for families, teachers, and children. Buy seals to save lives.
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Teton County
Geo. M. Coffey, Jr
Chateau
R. F. Baillie
Great Falls Firm Wins H. 8 Sewer Contract
Omholt and Weinberg, Great Falls contractors, awarded the sewer project to lower groundwater under the high school. The bid of 4350.50 beat three rivals, including Nelson and Smith at 4579.20 and Leithead and Steele at 4669.50, F E Moore at 4477.45. The 2200 feet of sewer with six manholes and 6, 10 and 12 inch pipes is to begin soon.
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Omholt
Weinberg
Great Falls
Omhbholt and Weinberg
Nelson and Smith
Leithead and Steele
Choteau
Andif. E. Moore
Chateau
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Massachussetts
Cram
Michigan
Hill
Maryland
Dyer
Stalker
New York
Judiciary Committee
Cole’ Bros
Jones Well
First National Bank
Montan At Nees of Business
Liberty Loan
Great Northern
Public
ST. Stephen's Church
Coffey
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