To Drill on Peters Lease in Willow Creek Field
T. A. Meagher reports receipt of a letter from FP. M. Bell Co. of Butte stating plans to drill on the Peters land in Willow Creek within sixty days. The Bell Co. holds leases over substantial Willow Creek acreage and has protected them. Some Peters land royalty is held by the Teton syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Meagher
FP. M. Bell
F. M. Bell Co
Butte
Peters
Willow Creek
Bell Co
Teton Syndicate
Library Announces Hours and New Book Additions
Open Wednesdays and Saturdays 8 to 5 and tuesday thursday evenings 7 30 to 9 00. Thanks to Mrs H L Halladay and Joe DeYong for book donations. New adult and juvenile fiction catalogued including classics by Zane Grey, Sinclair Lewis, Peter Kyne, Gene Stratton Porter and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Halladay
Joe DeYong
Zane Grey
Lady Fingers
Jackson Gregory
Mary Marie
Eleanor H. Por
Camp Fire Girls Picnic At Guardian's Home
Potowatomie Camp Fire girls enjoyed a rain altering picnic at the guardian's home on May 31. Ruth Andrews Dorothy Haugen Hazel Halliday and Helen Gamble prepared lunch. Games and songs followed. a Women’s Club card party at the Beaupre is set for June 6 at 8 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire Girls
The
Guardian
Ruth Andrews
Dorothy Haugen
Hazel Halladay
Helen Gamble
the Beaupre
Test of Willow Creek Anticline Begins Near Choteau
About five hundred spectators watched as the Petroleum Exploration Company started a long awaited Willow Creek oil test twelve miles west of Choteau. Montana officials were present and the city faded from the scene as work began Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Petroleum Exploration Company
Willow Creek
Choteau
A. Judson Findlay
New Cleaning Establishment Opened in Choteau
H Swaine opens the Choteau Cleaning and Dyeing Works at the old City Tailors shop on Main Avenue next to Chateau Hardware. Mot M Hanafin of Great Falls will run the shop, offering up to date cleaning dyeing and repair services as the town welcomes a locally owned facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Swaine
City Tailors
Main Avenue
Chateau Hardware Company
Swaine
Choteau
Memorial Day Observed in Chateau by Legion Post
Memorial Day observances in Chateau were led by the local Legion Post. Auxiliary members decorated cemetery graves and a volley was fired at the graveyard before 2:30 pm court house exercises featuring Rev. Noyce of Fairfield as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Legion
Court House
Legion Auxiliary
Legionaires
Hodgskiss
Noyce
Fairfield
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Planned at Library Rooms
Notice states a meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary at library rooms on Friday evening June 3 at 7 20. Mrs J W Ward presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
J. W. Ward
Legion Plans Big July Fourth Celebration in Choteau
At a Legion meeting a committee with Roy W Pilling Dr H W Bateman and B B J Liptak will coordinate with Commercial Club members to stage an all day Fourth of July event in Chateau featuring sports speeches a ball game and a big dance Citizens are urged to give strong support to ensure a memorable celebration for Choteau on Independence Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Roy
W. Pilling
H. W. Bateman
B&b
Choteau
Mayor Morgans Mother Dies in Helena
Mrs. L. T. Morgan, mother of J. C. Morgan of this city and longtime Montana resident, died last Thursday at her Helena home after a brief illness. Born in New Jersey 72 years ago, she lived in Montana 35 years, half in Gallatin County, and the past 20 years in Helena. Survived by husband L. T. Morgan of Helena, four daughters H. J. Gee Bozeman C J Moody St Ignatius Jessie Morgan Helena and Helen Morgan, and two sons J. C. Morgan and L. T. Morgan Jr. Funeral Sunday afternoon, burial in Helena cemetery.
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Ll. T. Morgan
J. C. Morgan
Montana
Helena
Morgan
New Jersey
Gallatin County
Chateau
L. T. Morgan
H. J. Gee
Bozeman
C. J. ‘Mioody
St. Ignatius
Jessie Morgan
Lewis & Clark County
Helen Morgan
City
L. T. Morgan, Jr
Power-Morgan
Simms
Court commits 17 year old mother to Helena school
In district court Judge John J. Greene presided on May 26 Haz el Warren was committed for incorrigibility to the State Vocational School for Girls at Helena until age 21. Her infant son John was placed in the State Orphans' Home at Twin Bridges. They were remanded to Mrs Warren's parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
John J. Greene
Hazel Warren
Helena
Augusta visitor stays with Cho teau residents
Ea Nett of Augusta has been visiting for several days at the home of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Nett in Cho teau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ea Nett
Augusta
Mrs
Lloyd Nett
Choteau
Meadow Lark Country Club Opens in Great Falls
Chateau residents attend the Meadow Lark Country Club opening in Great Falls with over 500 guests from Montana towns. Local attendees include Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Hirshberg, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Cain, Mr. and Mrs. James Eckford, Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Bateman, and Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Crary. James Eckford and C. S. McDonald listed as non resident members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Great Falls
New Meadow Lark Country Club
Montana
I. J. Hirshberg
C. S. McDonald
J. I. Cain
James Eckford
H. W. Bateman
E. J. Crary
Civil actions filed in county court this week
Clerk of the Court B. M. Jacobson sees new civil actions including Overly Land and Mortgage Co vs Adolph Hanson and St. Anthony and Dakota Elevator Co vs J. W. Schermer and Anna E. Schermer with complaint and transcript of judgment filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Jacobson
Overly Land and Mortgage Co
Adolph Hanson
St. Anthony and Dakota Elevator Co
J. W. Schermer
Anna E. Schermer
County Farm Bureau Outlines Summer Picnics and Brand Revisions
Tes ton County Farm Bureau executive committee met in the county agent’s office on May 17 to set 1921 summer picnic dates across communities. Leaders urge timely brand re-recording by Jan 1, 1922 with a 25 cent fee per brand, and offer county agent assistance for group submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teston County Farm Bureau
T. L. Gap
Fairfield
Beck
Farmington
Dutton
Big Butte
Porter Beach
Spring Valley
Deep Creek
Collins
Recorder of Marks and Brands
Helena
Teton County
Phillips
17Th Legislative Assembly
Pioneer Mrs Nat Collins Dies at Chateau After Long Frontier Life
Mrs Nat Collins first white woman to settle in the Teton valley died at Chateau on Saturday forenoon May 28 following a period of ill health. Survived by daughter Mrs Frank Salmond, she was a leading Montana pioneer who lived on Willow Creek and was known as the Montana Cattle Queen. Her life spanned Rockford Illinois to Pike's Peak, Virginia City, Bannack, Last Chance, and Chateau, with deep ties to the Society of Montana Pioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Collins
Teton Valley
Montana
Northwest
Chateau
Nealth
Collins
Frank Salmond
H. L. Halladay
Fred Perry
Methodist Church
H. T. Stong
Chateau Cemetery
Messrs
J. W. Ward
A. C. Burbank
E. J
West
Taton Valley
Rockford
Ilinois
Missouri River
Rocky Mountain
Bozeman
Virginia City
Bannack
Last Chance
Helena
Willow Creek
Society ‘of
Montana Pioneers
Fort Reno
Fort Smith
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Library Notes
Ter
Henry Kitchell Webster
Carolyn Wells
Harold MacGrath
Peter B. Kyne
Ethel Hues
Clara Louise Burnham
Gertrude
Atherton
Harold
Bindless
Gene Stratton Porter
Sinclair Lewis
Sea
Randall Par
C. N
A. M. Williamson
Charles Neville Buck
Harry Leon Wilson
James Oliver Curwood
Wm. S. Hart
Stewart Edward White
Little Brown House
Polly Pepper
Margaret Sidney
Petroleum Company
United States
Wykin
No. 2
Eagle
No. 1
No. 3
E. A. Durham
J. F. Sutton
T. J. Dickey
C. H. Snodgrass
America
Rev. Stong
Myrna Mae Coe
Erma Cleland
Alvan Larson
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve System
First National Bank
Citizens State Bank
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