Monkman Elected President At 32nd Young Timers Meet
The annual meeting of the Sons and Daughters of Tetons Oldest Settlers was held Saturday at the Mason ic hall. Cold weather and Lent reduced attendance. Gordon Monkman was chosen president for the ensuing year, with Arthur Ramsey as vice president, Miss Mary Sulgrove as secretary, and C D McDonald as treasurer. George M Coffey retired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons and Daughters of
Teton
Masonic Hall
Tennant
Temple
Gordon Monkman
Arthur Ramsey
Mary Sulgrove
C. D. McDonald
George M. Coffey
Boy Scout Anniversary Addressed by Rev Moroney
Rev Fr T Moroney delivered the principal address at a Boy Scout anniversary service in Conrad. About two hundred attended the 2 pm program at the high school gymnasium, with church groups arranging services and special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Independent
Moroney
St. Luke’s Church
Chateau
Gmynasium
Boy Scouts
Pleads Not Guilty of Burglary at Fairfield and Simms
Kimball F. Price and Alex Smith, 28, pleaded not guilty to burglary in district court. Each held in county jail on $2000 bonds. Charges allege involvement in Simms Simms Mercantile store burglary plus Fairfield and Fort Shaw cases. Price faces perjury and reckless driving counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball F. Price
Alex Smith
Simms
W. H. Meigs
Price
Smith
Frank P. Gault
Simms Mercantile Company
Defendents
Fairfield
Fort Shaw
Mary Ann Omstead
John J.gan
Great Falls Tribune
Farmington notices note meetings and contests
The Ladies Aid will meet with Mrs Chalmers next Wednesday afternoon February 24. The Farmington Home Demonstration club meeting scheduled for March 3 has moved to March 10 in the evening. Local Washington bicentennial contests were judged at Farmington schools with Jeanette Woodward winning first in seventh and eighth grades and Dorothy Swenson with Ruby Schwanbeck tying for second. fifth and sixth graders saw Robert Davidson noted among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Chalmers
Farmington
Ann Thorn
W. W. Smith
Choteau
East Farmington
Helen Trainer
Henry Hanson
Burton School
Katherine McCormack
Billy Baker
Doris Anderson
Ruth Slanger
C. Hanawalt
Yuba City
California
Henry Davidson
Davidson
Great Falls
Washington
Farmington Hall
Arnold Neiswender
Liberty Center
Jeanette Woodward
Farmington School
Robert Davidson
Johnny Davidson
Arnold
Robert
Chateau
Roberts
Francis Pridham
Gregor Tangen
Olaf Forseth
Forseth
Local School Contest Winners and Community Notices
The report lists first and second place winners in multiple grade groups at East Farmington and Burton schools with judges named. It notes beached attendees at a Norwegian Lutheran church service for Olaf Forseth and reports on juvenile court actions including a suspended sentence for Kenneth Murray and a not guilty plea for William Breere. It also covers civil court actions such as a Shell Oil foreclosure suit, a Power-Morgan store building sale, and a divorce granted to Rachel Edwards from C. O. Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Murray
Teton Service Company
Billings
C. James Smith
State Industrial School
Wm. Breere
James Drinkwine
C. T. Busha
Shell Oil Company
Griff Pritchard
Paul Freeman
T. E. McHenry
Power-Morgan Company
Power-Morgan
Chateau
W. E. Rice
Rice
Rachel Edwards
C. O. Edwards
Prisoner Ethics and Sentences in County Court
The county court handed down multiple sentences for crimes including assault on City Marshal A H McGinnis and grand larceny of 125 bushels of wheat by Arthur Scholl. Corson received the maximum five years. Beringer and Leonard Lewis faced hard labor terms, with suspensions for good behavior and juvenile considerations.
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Chateau Hardware Company
A. H. McGinnis
McGinnis
Corson
Hattersey
Deer Lodge
J. L. Billings
Scholl
Texas
George M. Coffey
Coffey
Hattersley
Beringer
Andrew Beringer
Lewis A. Beringer
Leonard Lewis
Teton Service Company
State Penitentiary
Claude Lewis
Forseth founder of Teton Canal Co and early settler
Olaf Forseth, died in Pipestone City in 1885 at 36, eldest of six, moved with family to Madison Minnesota then Miles City and Teton County. He helped build the Burton bench ditch later forming the Teton Cooperative Canal Co and aided a second ditch with about 60 farmers. He ran for state legislature in 1920 on the Nonpartisan League ticket but was defeated and supported extension programs and turkey grading for the county. He married in 1909.
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Pipestone City
Olaf
Charles Hanson
Madison
Minnesota
Chris
Henry
Daniel
Miles City
Teton County
Olaf Lindseth
Forseth
Nonpartisan League
Teton County Shipping Association
Death of L. O. Satre at Burton Beach
Oneida Satre widow of L O Satre. Survived by three children Dana Louise Oliver at home. Funeral held at Norwegian Lutheran church near Farmington with Rev Engh sermon and music by local quartet. Pallbearers listed. Survivors also include brother Steve Forseth Seattle and half brother Chris Hanson Miles City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
Engh
Conrad
Robert Clarkson
Henry Ness
W. G. Bloomdahl
E. R. Kaemmer
R. E. Nelson
Lars Nasser
Wm. Chalmers
L. J. Otness
C. M. Swenson
J. J. Otness
Steve Lindseth
Chas. G. Roberts
Oneida Forseth
Steve Forseth
Seattle
Chris Hanson
Miles City
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Montana
la France
Arizona
Coleman
Hiawatha
Swift
Sunkist
American Club
Utah
Sunkist Garden
Empson
Swift's
Hirshberg’s
Fr. T. Moroney
Conrad Scouts
John B
Stetson
Hannan
Rexall
Radio Party
Pon le Store
Teton Drug Co
George Washington
America
Zalmar
Pequot
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