Great Falls Men Tour Teton County Farms and Hull Wheat Farm
A party of 25 Great Falls business leaders including J. L. Humphrey toured Teton county visiting Power, Dutton, Collins, Choteau, and the Willow Creek oil fields. They inspected Alvin C. Hull’s dry farming operation, noting 24 bushels per acre average over five years and a peak of 64. Hull grows only wheat on 240 acres using summer fallow and a subsoil packer.
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Great Falls
J. L. Humphrey
Hull
Mir
Old Settlers Plan Big Picnic Near Claude
The Te ton county Old Settlers announce their third annual picnic set for Sunday July 10 in Lyon's Grove near Claude. Members urge families to attend with lunches. rumors promise baseball and lively games, with a robust outdoor feast as the center of the event.
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Teton County
Lyons Grove
Spring Creek Bridge
Claude
L Lyon’s Grove
Commissioners appoint deputy sheriff at Dutton
In June the county commissioners appointed Archie Murchie as resident deputy sheriff at Dutton at a salary of $50 per month following a petition by thirty or more Dutton taxpayers. Murchie, a well known local, was recommended strongly for the post due to annexation of townships east of Dutton to Teton County.
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Dutton
Board of County Commissioners
Archie Murchie
Teton County
Chateau
Murchte
Montana 17th Assembly Laws Adopted With Budget Reforms
The 17th Assembly Laws edition is now at county offices after printer strikes delayed distribution. A key provision requires county officers to prepare annual budgets covering December 1 to December 1, forecasting expenditures and contingencies for finance and levy planning. Another act gives county commissioners full authority to set deputy counts and compensation for extra help within legal maximums.
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Seventeenth Legislative Assembly
Montana
Helena
Two New Members Employed for High School Faculty
The county employed two new faculty members at Teton County High School for the coming year. Pearl Beauchamp will head domestic science and Amanda Packer will lead the commercial department. The district reports difficulties finding teachers, with sixty applications in Chicago and unattracted salaries elsewhere. more hires are expected as applications remain on file.
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Teton County High School
Saylor
Pearl Beauchamp
Bozeman
Amanda Packer
Rapelje
Montana
Williamson
Chicago
Weather Summary From County Agent Clarksons Readings
Weekly weather readings courtesy of County Agent Robert J. Clarkson show daily highs ranging from 82 to 89 degrees and lows from 43 to 54 degrees. Precipitation totals are light with only 0 to 3 hundredths of an inch on several days and mostly clear skies throughout the period.
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Robert J. Clarkson
Main Bout Set for Legios Fourth of July Boxing Card
The main six round bout features Chicago Wildcat a world war veteran and Seattle Cyclone a seasoned fighter at the pavilion starting 1 PM moving from the high school site. Two preliminaries and a semi final of local prospects complete the card with admission one dollar.
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Legios
Wildcat
Chicago ‘Wildcat
Bordeau
IA. E. F
Collins Farmer Sent to Warm Springs for Insanity
Clark Corey a Collins area farmer was taken to Warm Springs after a violent mental breakdown. He had eluded family then was detained in Helena after evaluation as insane. Two deputies accompanied him due to violent behavior. his commitment leaves his family destitute with several young children.
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Clark Corey
Tetona River
Collins
Warm Springs
Corey
Great Falls
Helena
iFirst
Miss Nagle
The
Teton Red Cross
Fairfield Man John Zimmerman Attends to Chateau Business
John Zimmerman of Fairfield drove in to Chateau on Tuesday to handle business matters at the site.
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John Zimmerman
Fairfield
Chateau
Drilling to Resume Soon at Willow Creek Test Well No. 1
The Petroleum Exploration Company plans to resume work on Well No. 1 near Willow Creek in a few days after a bit stem broke and equipment delay. The well may reach about 1200 feet with Eagle rock formation not yet reached. No. 2 finishes 600 foot protection hole on Wollenhorst land and moves to a new site. No. 3 continues drilling a 500 foot hole on Tony Anderson permit.
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Mr. Newton
Transcontinental Oil Co
Mr. Sullivan
Chateau
S Barclay
Fort Benton
Willow Creek
A. B. Guthrie
Petroleum Exploration Co
Transcontinental
Petroleum Exploration Company
Casper
Wyoming
Eagle Rock
No. 2
Wollenhorst
No. 3
Tony Anderson
Dairy cheese making demonstrations by Professor Martin
County notes describe dairy specialist Professor Martin from Bozeman visiting Teton county on July 11 12 14 15 16 for cheese making demonstrations. Schedule lists Deep Creek Porter Beach Farmington T S Gap Collins with final arrangements by communities. Also reports the Beck Farm Bureau picnic with about five hundred farmers featuring a Dutton Fairfield ball game a local band and a late dancing crowd. Grasshopper poison efforts at Bole and planned control work at Dutton with sightings northwest of Choteau and near Agawam.
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Court House
Chateau Drug Co
Sterling Cigar Store
the Park
A. B. Guthrie
Chateau
Fairfield
Martin
Bozeman
Teton County
Deep Creek
Porter Beach
Farmington
T. S. Gap
Collins
Farm Bureau
Beck
Succes
Dutton
Bole
Choteau
Agawam
Diploma Winners Named In Eto County Examinations
Mrs. Saylor awarded diplomas to forty five students who completed eighth grade work and are ready for high school. Additional pupils from five districts may receive diplomas after transferring seventh grade credits. Names include Maggie Bakken Ben Slanger Dale Garrett Florence Thompson Alma King Thoralf Kolste Florence Howard Roy Maurer and others. Some records from East Farmington Cook Collins Fairfield River school and District No 6 are incomplete delaying final results. Anna Nassett had the county’s top average, with James Looney second. Verna Upman led seventh graders in geography, Helen Morgan second.
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Maggie Bakken
Ben Slanger Dale Garrett
Florence Thompson
Alma King Thoralf Kolste
Florence Howard
Roy Maurer
Eda Gregory
Willie Moser Nevin Shook
Alice Dennis Clyde DeRimple
Louie Osborne
Harry Moore
William Gray
Liaude Hodges
Edna Hampton
Carrie Zgodag
Elmer Allum
Edith Tempel
Evelyn Hansen
Eddie, Howard
Alma Hanson James Looney Beryl LaRue
Milton Carbaugh
Roy Bjork
Myrtle Martine
Olga Kregness
Beth Cleland Trene Johnson Clark Coffey
Harold Crane Lyal
East Farmington
Cook, Collins
Fairfield
River School
Anna Nassett
James Looney
Verna Upman
Helen Morgan
Lawyer Judson Findlay Visits From Great Falls
A. Judson Findlay, attorney for the Petroleum Exploration Company, drove up from Great Falls Tuesday on business connected with the companys work on the Willow Cree structure.
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A. Judson Findlay
The
Petroleum Exploration Company
Great Falls
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Teton — County Farms
Harry B. Mitchell
Ayreshire Dairy
Percy Abbey
Wells-Dickey Co
H. J. Keeley
Heyn-Keeley Studio
Paul Flint
Great Falls Call
R. N. Sutherland
Rocky Mountain Husbandman
G. O. San‘ford
U. S. Reclamation Service
Capital Trust and Savings Bank
St. Paul
J. Cooney
J. B.gergen
New York Life Insurance Co
James M. Burlingame
Federal Reserve System
First National
Bank
Assembly
Weather Report
Collins Farmer
Citizens State Bank
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