Welcome Picnic Welcomes 400 New Bynum Settlers
An estimated 400 people attended a Chateau Lions Club welcome picnic for new Bynum project settlers at the mouth of Teton canyon. Transportation was provided for those without cars, with 12 Lions Club vehicles. The event featured free ice cream, lemonade, and coffee, plus foot races, balls games, and a women vs. women race. Winners across multiple age groups were named, and the day ended with praise for the Lions Club and a suggestion that the gathering become annual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Lions Club
Bynum
Teton Canyon
George Tennant
Bynum Project
Lions Club Committee
Chateau
Bert I. Packer
Choteau
Eileen Baker
Lester George
Kenneth Thompson
Raymond Baker
Evelyn Clarkson
Margaret Doughty
Elma Moss
Lucille Lee
Genevieve Burke
Wanda Moss
Wardell Moss
Jack Cherry
Henry Kregness
Ross Shook
Lemore Burke
Charles Cahoon
Charlie Black
Norma Tennant
Emma Moss
Charlie McDonald
G. Passmore
Farmington
Green
F. George
R. Gordon
Dick Fabrick
Harry BE. Adams
W. W. Smith
C. S. McDonald
Have You a Job for a Live Boy Scout
The Acantha offers to connect households with Boy Scout troops seeking summer work to fund a trip to camp in Teton canyon. Citizens of Choteau are urged to call and list any odd jobs, and boys are asked to register and update contact information so employers can reach them promptly.
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Acantha
Boy Scouts
Culbertson
Teton Canyon
Choteau
Larkspur Poisoning Blamed for Calf Deaths in Pendroy
County Agent Robert Clarkson traced the deaths of three calves owned by rancher Bert Jannisch to larkspur poisoning. He found the weed abundant in a run where the calves fed and cited Poisonous Plants on Ranges of Montana as a reference.
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Robert Clarkson
Bert Jannisch
Pendroy
Clarkson
Montana Experiment Station
Montana
Crossen Expects Big Crop from Yearling Woolies
P H Crossen local stockman expects an 11 pound or better average wool yield from his 1600 yearling sheep after shearing at his ranch south of Chateau. He bases the forecast on fleeces weighed with lightest at nine pounds and others from 11 to 14 pounds. The Crossen clip sold to Dewey Gould & Co Boston for 35 cents a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Crossen
Chateau
Wellenstein
Pendrey
Dewey, Gould & Co
Boston
Crossen
Coolidge backs civil rule for insular possessions
Rapid City dispatch reports President Coolidge favors vesting control of American insular possessions in a civil bureau within the interior department. He previously signaled support for civil over military authority and a talk with Governor General Leonard Wood of the Philippines reinforced the view. The White House note cites past commissions and Secretary Hughes reluctance toward state department control.
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Rapid City
So. Dak
Congress
White House
Coolidge
Interior Department
Leonard Wood
The
Phillipines
Government Commission
State Department
Army
Navy
Charles Evan Hughes
Action Against Tuman Dismissed on County Attorney Motion
Waven Tuman, held on suspicion of involvement in the February robbery of Ray R. Porter store at Bynum, had charges dismissed on Friday June 24 by Justice J. E. DeHaas after County Attorney Geo M Coffey Jr moved. Bail money was returned to the bondswoman through attorney T H Pridham. J E Murphy, linked to the robbery, pleaded guilty and received a penitentiary term but did not implicate Tuman. Stolen goods whereabouts remain unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waven Tuman
Ray R. Porter
Bynum
Justice of the Peace
J. E. DeHaas
Geo. M. Coffey, Jr
T. H. Pridham
J. E. Murphy
Tuman
Golfers Mark Balls and Prepare for Handicap Event
Golfers urged to mark balls with initials and deposit found balls at a central clearing house led by Eddie Core secretary of Chateau Country Club. J J Hannan store named port of missing balls. Ladies handicap matches set for July 24 with scores due July 20 and three nine hole rounds advised for handicap preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie” Core
Chateau Country Club
J. J. Hannan
Core
Clarence Reed Former Fairfield Resident Killed in Manito
Clarence Reed, a former Fairfield resident and railroad worker at Manito Illinois, was killed Tuesday afternoon June 28 in an accident. His sister Mrs Frank Allum and son Carl Reed left for Manito after a telegram requested family presence. another son Herman works on a ranch near Teton, eight children remain in Manito.
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Clarence Reed
Fairfield
Manito
Ilinois
Chateau
Frank Allum
Reed
Allum
Carl Reed
Herman
Ellis & Baskett
Teton
Teton County
Cole Bros
Montana Water to Irrigate 30 Million Acres Says State Report
Montana has enough flowing water to irrigate 30 million acres if stored in reservoirs. The 1919 drought showed 10 million acres could be irrigated, while outside the state the flow could water 93 million acres to six inches. About 1.68 million acres are irrigated now, with irrigation boosting state income, but potential remains largely unexploited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Commonwealth
Wool Sample From Alaska Showcased At Bank Display
Center McDonald of Stockmens State Bank presents a wool sample from an Alaskan sheep measuring eighteen inches, grown over three seasons. The wool, coarse and clean from northern rains, came via F N Askew who worked with Cascade stockmen on leased Aleutian island pastures near the Bering Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center McDonald
Stockmens State Bank
F. N. Askew
Teton County
Cascade
Alaska
Cascade Company
Aleutian Islands
Bering Sea
United States
Japan
Askew
Methodist Church Welcomes All With Patriotism Sermon
A community church invites attendance for Sunday school at 10 30 a m and morning worship at 11 30 with a sermon titled Patriotism That Counts For Most Minister Robert B Culbertson notes plans of young people to attend the Kings Hill Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Hill Institute
Robert B. Culbertson
Army Fokker Flight to Honolulu Reports Arrive
Radio reports from Honolulu and Oakland confirm the giant army Fokker plane carrying Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger landed safely in Honolulu. The pre dawn welcome was planned at Wheeler Field Schofield Barracks with thousands expected to witness the finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Maitland
Hegenberger
Pacific
Oakland
Honolulu
Hawaiian
Comander Byrd
Atlantic
Roosevelt Field
New York
Newfoundland
Paris
Army
Fokker
Oahu
Pacific Coast
Wheelerfield
Schofield Barracks
Portland
Ore
Federal Telegraph Company
Pierce
Lester Maitland
Albert Hopgenberger
Cleveland
California
Calif
Sonoma
Hawaiian Islands
Ernest Smith
Smith
Charles Carter
Lester J. Maitland
Albert Hegenhberger
Mason Patrick
Army Air Service
Carter
Edmund J. Moffett
Moffett
Richard Grace
Hollywood
Teton 4H Club Tours Great Falls Under County Plan
Teton county 4H boys and girls will join Cascade county clubs for an educational Great Falls tour on Saturday July 9. County Agent Robert Clarkson coordinates the trip with Cascade’s R. G. Cameron and the 4H Leaders Association. Events include tours of A C M Co smelter flour mills Royal Milling Co and Great Falls Meat Co with a luncheon and program at the smelter plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R Teton County
Cascade County
Great Falls
Robert Clarkson
R. GB. Cameron
Royal Milling Co
Great Falls Meat Co
Cameron
Court House
Central Avenue
A. E. Wiggin
M. Wangel Russell
Bozeman
Clarkson
Royal Milling Co. Mills
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New Bynum
First National Bank
Choteau, Montana
U. S. Liberty Loan
Methodist Episcopal Church
Byrd
France
Great Fales
F. Meat Co
Tryanny
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