Locals Triumph On Four-Game High Line Sweep
Coach J Kent Midgett leads seven Teton Bulldogs on a four day tour through Great Falls Big Sandy Chinook and Fort Benton. They win three of four with decisive scores and show marked improvement on foreign floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Kent Midgett
Chateau
St. Mary's
Great Falls
Big Sandy
Chinook
Fort Benton
Chouteau County Lads
Teton
Fairfield
St. Mary’s
Loomig
Cohoe
Dale
Brady
Tommy Winner
George Loomis
Sandy Boys
Loomis
Holmes
Bulldogs
Havre
Hill County
Chinank Boys
Petri
Turkeys Load Delayed by Weather Across towns
The Teton County Shipping association delayed turkey shipments due to severe weather and poor roads. Turkeys arrived in Choteau on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Power receiving today. Officials plan to finish in Power on Saturday as crews from O. S. Forseth L. G. Passmore and H. J. Moon oversee operations with EB. N. Selberg of Northern Creamery guiding the process. Over 6,000 pounds were received in Choteau, with growers paid 34 cents for No 1 toms 30 cents for No 1 hens and 21 cents for No 2s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton
Bynum Club Backs Longer Elk Season
The Bynum Rod and Gun Club calls for extending the elk hunting season by 15 days before and after, seeks five days notice allows the game commission to close the season, and has sent telegrams to Representative J. E. Hodgskiss outlining the stance. The measure under Representative Trodeskiss would keep elk season open to December 20 in parts of the state, with the Fish and Game Commission holding power to close on five days notice. Secretary Wm. G. Irwin says the telegram represents the club and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bynum Rod & Gun Club
Lmits
Game Commission
J. E. Hodgskiss
Bynum Rod and Gun Club
Trodeskiss
Teton County
Lewis & Clerk County
North Fork
Dearborn
Sun River
State Fish and Game Commission
Wm. G. Irwin
Bynum Club
Hodgskiss
Record of the Coldest Weather in the State
Chateau reports the coldest temperature in the state with 42 below zero on Monday morning, rival towns recording 40 below. Government thermometers conflict with local readings and records show multiple deep freezes since 1922 to 1929. Weather lingers with little public suffering, while fuel use rises and water pumping remains high. Local notes include a butterfly found alive, high city water output, rabbit damage to cemetery trees, and railroad ticket sales up.
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Chateau
Lewistown
Court House
Arctic
John Luinstra
John Moore
L. G. Passmore
Burton Bench
C. H. Porter
George Tennant
Great Falls Cold Wave Chronicle
A weather driven note highlights Great Falls' "another oil field" headline fantasy, with Chateau and Lewistown fronts playing to 42 below records. It mocks media bravado, praises cold winter, and mentions Choteau events including a Legion run "Days of 49" on February 22 and 25.
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Great Falls
Lewistown
Choteau
Legion
Standish Joins Fallon Eagle as Assistant Editor and Solicitor
John K Standish arrives with wife and two children to assume duties at the Fallon Eagle Nevada as assistant editor and solicitor. He brings printer and newspaper experience, will gather news, write stories, and solicit advertising from local businesses. Standish is the son of D B Standish of Bole and previously worked in Washington and on the Choteau Montanan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonh K. Standish
Oakdale Reader
California
The
Eagle
Sacramento
S. P
Reno
Fallon
Nichols
Standish
Nevada
D. B. Standish
Bole
Teton County
Washington
Choteau Montanan
Boys Do Well in Smith-Hughes Projects in 1928
The Smith-Hughes projects run by county high school students under M. K. Luther yielded 8890.03 in income with expenses 4153.87 for a net 4736.16 and profit of 2.11 per dollar invested. Seventeen of nineteen boys completed varied projects including sheep beef potatoes swine dairy and poultry. Plans for 26 senior projects next summer look strong with good junior interest.
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Smith- Hughes
M. K. Luther
Luther
M. J. Abbey
Bozeman
United States
Abbey
County Assessor Otto Wagnild Attends Helena Meeting
Otto Wagnild attended the Helena annual meeting of state assessors last Thursday through Saturday. Upon return, he reported a resolution favoring 30 percent taxation on bank capital and 10 percent on solvent credits, plus several proposed law changes and policy recommendations.
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Otto Wagnild
Helena
Chateau
Weenild
Waynild
Forest Service Official Winds to Missoula for Operations Office Work
Forest Service Supervisor WW E Lockhart returned from Helena on Tuesday and plans to travel on the 14th of next month to Missoula for several weeks in the district headquar ters operations office. The Priest River ranger school in Idaho opens April 1 with no Lewis and Clark Rangers attending this year. A band of about 200 elk near Willow Creek ranger station is reported by Ranger Ben Martin, though none have crossed Arsenic creek north fork Sun river by midweek. Assistant Supervisor Moir notes Representative Hodgski expects the elk measure to advance from committee.
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WW. E. Lockhart
Helena
Missoula
Priest River Experiment Station
Idaho
Lewis and Clark Forest
V. Rubottom
W. N. Streeter
Willow Creek
Ben Martin
Arsenic Creek
Sun River
A D Moir
J. E Hodgski
Local men repair power line to Augusta through severe weather
Messrs B. E. Brownson Clyde Darhey and Dewey Huffman, local light and power staff, faced 40 below zero to locate a broken wire eight miles from Augusta. They traveled from Fairfield and, despite arctic conditions, spliced the line and restored service reaching Chateau that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
B. E. Brownson
The
Light and Power Company
Clyde Darhey
Dewey Huffman
Augusta
Fairfield
Chateau
Almost Doubles 1927 Volume of Business
The Teton County Shipping Association nearly doubled its 1928 receipts to 77 521 04 from 43 297 76 the previous year. Cash on hand rose to 550 33 from 167 41 while total property and equipment declined from 1 704 52 to 1 103 00 with items including a 500 clipper cleaner and a 200 Goldenrod creamery building among the major assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County Shipping Association
Oliver Mauseth
Paul Mathis
Wm. Cook
Goldenrod Creamery
First Methodist Church Announces Week of Special Services
Sunday events include church school at 10:00 morning worship at 11:15 and an evening service at 7:30 district superintendent to speak. Beginning next Sunday a week of special services with Rev Spansiding and Rev H TB Fridley from Cascade will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Spaulding
Boorth
Clarence Miller
Spansiding
H TB Fridley
Cascade
Kaemmer
Teton County Praised for Christmas Seal Sale Success
County Superintendent Anna Stafford received a letter from Mrs. Sarah Morse of the Montana Tuberculosis Association praising the county’s drive that netted 575.42 after expenses 60.66. Morse aims to broadcast county methods to other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna E. Stafford
Sarah E. Morse
Montana Tuberculosis Association
Teton County
Press
Teachers of
Tuberculosis Association
Helena
Stafford
Morse
Young mother Mary Anna Habel dies after childbirth
Mrs. Mary Anna Habel aged 32 dies Monday night at her ranch northeast of Dutton from a hemorrhage after childbirth when no doctor could be reached. An airplane rescue attempt from Great Falls failed due to snow and ice. The body goes to Great Falls for burial. four children and husband survive and the infant is in Columbus hospital.
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Mary Anna Habel
Dutton
Great Falls
Columbus Hospital
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Here
Lawrence Jackson
Jackson
J. E. Hodgs BS
J. E. Erickson
Frank S. Land
Order
Jesse Malone
Bud Moore
Harry Bleecker
Richerd Stephens
Leonard Halverson
Alex Truchot
William Olson
Ariah Moore
Austin Campbell
Sam Crochet
Ernest Dale
Kermit Dale
Joel Edwards
John Peterson
Frank Malone
Tom Moore
Elsworth Strand
John Sulgrove
Howard Jourdonnais
Richard Clearman
Gibson Monkman
Everett Leech
First Methodist Episcopal Church
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