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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
1
Fire Marshal J. B. DeHaas announces shipment of a cellar nozzle to the local department at a cost of about fifty dollars. The device threads onto a spray line, swivels, and drops water in nine openings to flood cellars while sparing other rooms. Demonstrations will occur for the Valier city council to consider a similar installation on their system.
The Woman's Club invites all to a park picnic on the announced day and promotes a June 20 benefit screening of Rip Van Winkte at the Royal theater to aid the library fund. Adults pay 25 cents, children 10 cents, with proceeds over cost supporting the library. Membership has grown, enabling another delegate to Bozeman for the convention.
A Tuesday evening performance at the high school auditorium featured Sage Goodwins as lead and Mrs Guthrie as the leading lady in a benefit for the American Legion post. The production netted over a hundred dollars to reduce the pavilion debt, with strong reviews for Guthrie, Guthrie and the supporting cast including Mrs Cain and Miss Larson.
A three day storm drenched the region with nearly two inches of rainfall. County agriculturist reports 1.64 inches in Teton County while dispatches from other states indicate similar totals in northern and central areas. The soaking comes at a favorable time for crops and boosts optimism across the county.
The All County Clinic, organized by the Red Cross Chapter and Public Health Association with support from the State Tuberculosis Association, will be held tomorrow in Chateau High School dormitory. The effort targets financially unable families with deficient children and focuses on tonsil and adenoid defects, inviting prospective patients from across the county tonight.
Mrs Abraham Broere, 58, a longtime resident near Farmington, died last Thursday after a monthlong illness. She is survived by five children and two grandchildren. two children preceded her in death. Burial occurred Sunday in Farmington cemetery with Rev H T Stong officiating. Family friends extend sympathy.
The article praises Miss Foxwood and Una for their performances as the curtain falls on the final scene. It credits Mrs. Cain and Martin Read for makeup and stage direction, notes Read’s rescue moments, and thanks the Legion, orchestra, and the public for support and patronage.
Chicago May 28 The United States railroad labor board cut wages for about 400000 railway employees, totaling over 4800 million, with an average drop of five cents per hour for maintenance of way workers. The decision leaves other classifications pending and preserves prior differentials. The majority cites cost of living drops while a labor minority argues the cuts fail to meet American living standards.
The weekly civil docket lists foreclosures of mortgages against properties tied to the Richards estate and other defendants, plus a divorce suit. Noted is the use of et al to indicate long defendant lists in foreclosure cases involving First National Bank of Minneapolis and Citizens State Bank among others.
After 16 hours of pumping the Gordon Campbell Kevin syndicate well No 1 near Kevin was shut briefly for missing piping to a reserve. Early flow reached 100 barrels in eight hours with gas causing orange spray at the casing. optimism for 250 to 600 barrels daily remains if conditions improve.
Memorial Day service details mention a Legion post committee planning events at the graveyard and an auditorium gathering. The fragment notes a ceremonial passing, with activities to honor veterans. Dates and names are unclear.
A Memorial Day program in a town included a 10:30 a.m. procession from the Stockmens Bank corner with Veterans of foreign wars Boy Scouts Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows. At the cemetery a large cross memorialized unknown soldiers as wreaths were laid by Legion Pythians and Odd Fellows. A brief service followed at the grade school auditorium with Rev Stong Myrna Cole and Marian Pridham delivering In Flanders Fields and the American Officer's reply. The audience sang America and the Star Spangled Banner.
Ki Oscar Joanis, a three year Choteau resident and former Choteau Mercantile Co. employee in the grocery department, will open a fancy grocery establishment in the Larson block store room formerly used by the McCullough Electric Co. Mr. McCullough plans to stay in Choteau to focus on his Delco lighting plant business and may move to Kalispell later if a prospective site proves promising.
Married men baseball squad beat a Benedicts team from Chateau 13 to 4 on Memorial Day at the high school diamond. Frank Howard and Tom Friedt pitched for the married men with J B Hodgskiss batting. Hank Hammond pitched for the bachelors with Arthur Wiprud behind the plate. I S Martine and Oscar Joanis umpired, alternating bases and plate.
Montana and northern Idaho forests will require permission from a forest officer to place advertising signs. The rules ban mutilation or defacement of natural beauty and allow penalties for violations. Those with existing signs must remove them or obtain authorization to keep them.
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