Elk in good shape despite rumors on Sun River trip
W. M. Rush returned from a two week tour to Sun River via Gates Park Benchmark Willow Creek and Hannan Gulch. He found elk not starving or poor, roaming their summer range with ample feed and light confinement. Cattle from Biggs creek were in good condition. snow depths ranged from one foot to two feet across local creeks and parks.
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W. M. Rush
Sun River
Gates Park
Benchmark
Willow Creek
Hannan Gulch
North Fork
South Fork
Fairview
Ford Creeks
Fork Creek
Biggs Creek
Jack Slaughter
Medicine Springs
Beaver Creek
Meaning of Conversion at First M E Church Services
Church notices announce Sunday morning worship at 10 30 led by Pastor Harry T Stong with a sermon on the Meaning of Conversion Sunday School and Epworth League at 10 30 and 8 20 respectively The China study continues through the month led by Marguerite Jones Special 7 30 p m services will feature Rev Greenway and Rev Edlworthy speaking on the Interchurch World Movement attendance encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
China
League
Marguerite Jones
Greenway
Edlworthy
Interchurch World Movement
Japanese Flower Garden Packs the Royal Theater
The Girls' Glee Club presented the school play Japanese Flower Garden at the Royal Theater. The performance, crowded to standing room only, raised funds to pay the Junior Red Cross membership fees for every child in the public school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Theater
Girls’ Glee Club
Red Cross
Public School Concert Pleases Attendees at Local Event
About 200 greet Dr Mor an and Earl Halladay at a school concert. The operetta drew strong support and after expenses, funds may cover Junior Red Cross dues. Teachers praise the aims and plan hikes for language and nature work with a high eighth grade attendance. Parents may opt out by notifying teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Moran
Earl Halladay
Red Cross
Great Falls Fans Plan Special Train For Friday Basketball Game
Great Falls Central hosts Teton High on Friday night as a large crowd plans a special train trip to attend. If enough fans join, about 150 supporters will travel to cheer the home team to victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Teton High School
Trappers in the Sun River Country
The Slaughter Bros near Two Shacks have trapped two martens and several weasels this winter. Drucke Miller and Gottfried at Benchmark report 22 martens and about 70 weasels. Their lines span Benchmark to the Continental Divide at the head of South Fork and Straight creeks. Stecker and Larsons trap on Beaver and Cut Creeks, including a lynx and more weasels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slaughter Bros
Druckemiller
Gottfried
Benchmark
Continental Divide
South Fork
Stecker
Larsons
McCullough Sells Ranch Near Fairfield
Fairfield February report notes J and McCullough sold a four mile northeast Fairfield irrigated farm from the Sun River project with water supplied by the Reclamation Service. Buyer Lestie C. Gillette of Powell Wyoming, a Shoshone project farmer, plans development on the property once he relocates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Lestie C. Gillette
Powell
J. &. McCullough
Fox Lands
Reclamation Service
Zimmerman
John Zimmerman
McCullough
Gillette
Wyoming
City Council Studies Gravity Water System Feasibility
At a regular meeting the mayor and council directed the city engineer to survey a gravity supply water system. The council favors a softer water source and notes potential power generation for street lighting. Tests will be conducted upstream on the river and results reported at the next meeting.
Woman Club Social Note and Orchestra at High School
The Woman's Club hosted a changing party at the high school on Thursday evening with fifty two couples in attendance. An orchestra provided music with members including Marian Pridham and Jimmie Pridham on strings and Tom McGlenn on trombone. A home economics class prepared a midnight collation under Miss Marie Bunnel, and thanks were given to the Board and Prof. Williamson for auditorium use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Pridham Wu
Jimmie Pridham
Dorothy Pridham
Tom McGlenn
J Harry Adams
A. Watts
Weengweetsesen Seevens
Williamson
Spring Valley Farm Bureau Holds Meeting
A Farm Bureau committee met at P. H. Feehan’s ranch on February 3 to discuss community problems and summer plans. They will test Canadian field peas, corn, sunflowers, clover and slender wheat grass for forage and plan two silos. A farm management and poultry school is set for March with 20 farmers to keep accounts. John W. Hall travels to Great Falls to select bricks for the new high school. medium dark red bricks with white trim will match stonework as forms rise up to the first floor. Mr and Mrs L C Carver of Power visited over Sunday at their son’s home in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Community Committee
P. H. Feehan
Spring Valley
John W. Hall
Great Falls
L. C. Carver
Walsh Opposes More Aid as Borrowers Spend U S Money on Arms
Washington readers see opposition in Congress as the Ways and Means Committee backs a 50 million dollar food relief bill without specifying beneficiary nations While critics note the United States owes 275 million in interest and point to Britain spending large sums on armaments Sen Walsh and Sen Phelan condemn further European aid and stress treasury controls over allocations
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Washington
Europe
Houses
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Poland
Austria
Armenia
Great Britain
United States
Walsh
Montana
Phelan
California
Treasury
Abolishment of tentative income tax returns announced
Washington January 28. Commissioner Roper of the internal revenue bureau announced the abolishment of tentative returns for 1919 incomes. Taxpayers must not estimate incomes or taxes and must have corrected returns in the hands of revenue collectors by March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roper
Internal Revenue ‘Bureau
Local Items Del Monte Canned Goods Sale At Hirshberg’s
Del Monte canned fruits are offered at less than wholesale this week at Hirshberg's. The ad also notes Hirshberg's Frank Young, manager of the St. Anthony and Dakota Elevator Co., visited Great Falls Monday. Mrs. J. C. Boettcher and her son from Bynum, recently discharged after minor operations, returned home Saturday. Chas. Carlin, hospitalized for three weeks with blood poisoning from a nail wound, is now walking about. Misses Harriett and Bertha Streeter and their brother William went to Great Falls to see The Master Thief at the Grand. A letter from Mud Townsend invites American Legion men to a Sun River Valley Post dance and card party in Augusta on Feb 7. Weather notes follow with several cloudy days and temperatures around the high 20s to mid 50s.
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Acantha
Mud” Townsend
American Legion
Sun River Valley Post
Augusta
Great Falls Visit Sparks Big Friday High School Game
Great Falls comes to our floor for a major basketball clash with the host team and a new seating plan to ensure spectators can view the action. A postgame dance awaits those invited. The Teton debate team faced Shelby on the City Manager System with a 2 1 margin for Shelby and drew wide statewide interest. Despite two Montana cities adopting the system this week, local attendance was thin amid an influenza outbreak. Twenty Augusta residents drove over to attend.
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Great Falls
Teton
Shelby
Montana
Augusta
Tough Luck Comes In A Bunch To This Family
W L Parrett is confined to his home east of town with a broken leg after the horse he was riding slipped and fell. His son Edgar Barrett came from South Dakota to help but also broke his leg in a riding accident. Barrett’s daughter Mrs Chas Caisdr is in a Great Falls hospital with pneumonia. The K K Kid will hold a leap year dance on February 14 promising a big time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Parrett
Edgar Barrett
South Dakota
Chas
Caisidr
Great Falls
Well Known Lumber Man Dies in Great Falls
Guw W. Bulmer president of Bulmer Lumber Company and a prominent Great Falls business figure died Tuesday at Deaconess hospital after an appendectomy. He was 43. The body was taken to the W. H. George company chapel and funeral plans were postponed due to Mrs. Bulmer’s illness. Ike Harbert traveled from Great Falls to Chateau and then to Fairfield to assume control of the ranch recently bought by Dr. McGregor and partners.
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Guw W. Bulmer
Bulmer Lumber Company
Great Falls
Tfe
W. H. George Company
Ike Harbert
Great Palls
Chateau
Fairfield
Dr. McGregor
State Votes on Montana Primary Law Reinstatement
Montana will revive the closed primary law only after voters approve it at the next general election as the state supreme court lifts the injunction. Secretaries of State withheld petitions totaling over 35 thousand signatures from 26 counties to suspend the law. two primary elections in a presidential year will occur, April 23 for delegates and presidential preference, August 24 for all offices.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Supreme Court
C. T. Stewart
Congress
Shelpy defeats Teton in high school debate
The Shelpy debate team won the judges' decision last evening at the high school debating the resolution That All Cities and Towns Shall Adopt the City Manager Plan of Government. Teton's team included Dorothy Longmuir Robert Dow and Lloyd Hansen while Shelby was represented by Tike Gillespie and Alsop. Judges were Prof. Troyer Attorney Judson and A B Guthrie. County Agent Robert Clarkson returned from Sheridan county with 100 bushels of No 1 N D R 52 pedigreed flax seed for county farms to plant in pilot plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelpy
Teton
Robert Clarkson
Sheridan County
Teton County Farms Bureau
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M. FE. Church
Harry T. Stong
Sun River Country
Federal Reserve System
First National Bank
Spring Valley Farm Bureau
U. S
del Monte
Hirshberg
Frank Young
St. Anthony
J. C. Boettcher and Son
Bynum
Chas, Carlin
Harriett
Bertha Streeter
William
the Grand
Weather Bureau
A. C. Burbank
Gery
Bulmer
Chateau and
Teton County
Citizens State Bank
Chateau,’ Montana
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