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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1938
Page
8
From Aug 1 to 6, 1938 the event offers seven races daily for six days with parimutuel betting on every race. A mid week Parade of Stars changes the program and a thrill day features a head-on airplane collision. All at the same low admission price with new and different attractions.
An estimated 1500 to 2000 people attended the eighth annual Sun River project picnic at Fairfield. The event opened with a picture show and dance, featuring the Chateau municipal band. Dan Thurber spoke on project growth, sugar beet farming, and the credit a beet factory brings to the region, noting a $2.5 million payroll impact nearby. A 13 inning baseball game between Nanton, Canada, and Fairfield capped daylong festivities, followed by horse and wheelbarrow races and a benefit program for the North Montana State fair booth.
Valier and Choteau juniors battled to a 6-6 stalemate when darkness halted play in the sixth inning. Rosengren, Choteau’s pitcher, yielded two hits in the first inning but finished with 12 strikeouts as his team’s scorers included Campbell Armstrong Bleecker Hallberg and Scott.
Judge Hurley will sit in for Judge Hattersley in a suit by the heir of Jos A Baart to break the will. Bondholders of the Bynum irrigation district filed an intervention to reduce defaulted bonds from 250000 to 62500 as a settlement option and oppose restoring the full tax. Judge Hattersley gave 15 days to file briefs. A divorce suit Phoebe Niles v John Niles was tried and is under advisement. Roy Morgan named administrator of Agnes Radcliffe estate amid probate matters.
The first week in August is national rural mail box cleanup and improvement. F W Smith a Farmington route carrier and county carriers urge patrons to mark names on boxes add doors where missing reinforce posts and improve approaches.
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Gus Schott of Fairfield was brought to Maynard hospital last Friday and dismissed Sunday Mrs John Matchett of Dupuyer entered Maynard hospital Friday for medical treatment A son was born Friday at Chateau hospital to Mr and Mrs August Ziebarth of Farmington A son was born last Thursday at Choteau hospital to Mr and Mrs A E Graham of Farmington Mrs J G Jackson long ill was re entered last Thursday at Choteau hospital as medical patient J M Blount of Teters Construction Co entered Choteau hospital Sunday for medical treatment John Jackson of Choteau not J G Jackson entered Choteau hospital Sunday for medical treatment
The U S forest service announces that due to dry hot weather the annual axe shovel and bucket rule for extreme fire danger on the Lewis and Clark forest will take effect again July 23. In Montana District Court a debtor Paul Schilling seeks a composition under Section 75 and creditors meet August 18 in Great Falls to prove claims and discuss this filing.
The Pendroy Pals held their seventh meeting at a picnic hosted by Mrs. Jones. Florence Jannusch and Evelyn Campbell led a demonstration and judging team preparing for the elimination contest in Chateau on July 21. Members sew aprons, darn stockings, and plan a break in August for a camping trip.
Advertises two rooms for rent in the Mozer Apartment building suitable for quiet male tenants.
Lost four-key container probably between Rexall and Post Office. Finder return to H. M. Daley in Choteau. Also for sale four head broke work horses or trade for cattle by Hugh Robinson of Choteau. A small modern piano bargain in storage with delivery options by W N Gray of Spokane Washington.
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