Farmington County Notes On Beets Butter and Community Life
Farmington area reports butter prizes at a farmers short course in Chateau with Mrs. John Carlson winning first. Sugar beets remain a major California industry with large acreages and ten factories, while the local cooperative canal meeting is postponed. Social visits, church services, weather forecasts via the Helena bureau, and school activities fill town life with debates, programs, and prize events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
Chateau
John Carlson
Olaf Forseth
Kumnick
Dutton
German Lutheran Church
California
United States
Alaska
Choteau
Sydney Rosengren
Rosengren
Nels Johnsons
Florida
Edward Queynemoen
Collins
Hol. Anderson
Farmers Cooperative Canal Company
Miles City
Olaf
Jianson
Hanson
Christ
Dan Lindseth
Olaf Lindseth
Bobby Bruce
Brady
John Brekke
Alfred Hanson
Fairfield
Bertha Davidson
Longmuir
Lars Nasset
Ivor Nasset
Charlies M. Pierce
Charles
Jack Kerrish
Mary Longmuir
Jake Austad
Henry Davidson
Marshfield
Oregon
Tonopah
Nevada
Albert Reiding
Goiter
T. L. Gap
George Slanger
J. C. Moran
J. W. Kerr
Ladies’ Aid Society
Chalmers
Cornelison
Butte
Grace Reiding
Richard
Community Notes From Bynum and Nearby Towns
Social events and visits populate the week in Bynum and nearby. Mrs. Watkinson hosted a party of young people. guests included Miss Luther Noble Zeb and Mess rs Connor Armstrong. Visitors reported include Mrs. Chas Franks in Chateau. Ray R Porter’s Dakota and Twin Cities trip. Verna Armstrong’s Great Falls business visit. K C Stonehone’s Chateau visit. P P Swanson’s Shelby trip. Dr. Dixon’s Conrad trip. Mrs. Elmer Rowland resigning for ranch life. Pug Connor’s Choteau trip. I B Note Miss Noble and Miss Luther’s Choteau run. Cast for Prairie Rose chosen. play set for March 31. Arthur Campeau visited Chateau for dental work. Shamrock Café sees new management Dave Humble and Geo Heaps. A. C. Schaefer in Great Falls. W D Jones watched Birth of a Nation there. Cashman ranch party honored Misses Cashman. Ladies Aid to meet in Methodist church basement. Sheriff Miller and County Attorney Greene passed through en route from Dupuyer. Grain shipments rising as town looks to future market. bids opened for a new school seven miles west. John Saterlie serves as district clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkinson
Luther Noble
Zeb
Messrs
Connor
Armstrong
Chas, Franks
Ray R. Porter
Dakota
Twin Cities
Verna Armstrong
Great Falls
K. C. Stonehone
P. P. Swanson
Shelby
Swanson
Swanson & Ueckle
Dixon
Conrad
Elmer Rowland
Pug” Connor
Choteau
I. B. Note
A. C. Schaefer
W. D. Jones
Cashman Ranch
Cashman
R. R. Porter
Reader
Miller
Greene
Bynum
Dupuyer
John Saterlie
Grange
Henry Radcliffe
Chateau
Sam Ness
W. J. Crittenden
Andrew Austad
John Zimmerman
Beaver Walls Penn
Louise
Henry Young
Thos. Cook
Harry Odenwald
Dr. DeCoursey
Fairfield
Paul Tweet
Oscar Knutson
Boyd Young
Si Stowell
Bole
Peter Neal
Henry Ness
Tomena Thorrud
Nora Alrick
Reuben Eastwood
Peter Gaare
Andrew Knutson
Chas, Freyd
Community Notes From Choteau Farmington and Bynum
Sunday and Monday visitors fill Choteau area with names like Kale home residents L J Otness George Chalmers and Clarence Carlson. Farmington hosts a school moot as Dorthy Longmuir attends Farmington school. Ray Powell plans a trip to Arkansas to see his mother while Will LeRoy visits Bynum. Willie Schoppe ships a wheat car to Equity in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry van DeRiet
Kale
L. J Otness Hassad
Choteau
Young Torkelson
Saturady
Ee George Chalmers
Clarence Carlson
Wea Wit Dorthy Longmuir
Bynum
Willie Schoppe
Equity
Minneapolis
Belleview News Roundup of Visits and Weddings
Mrs C W Gray plans a two to three month stay at her Gilman homestead with daughter Mary while sons Wilson and Robert run the ranch. The Matrons and Maids met at J W Ward's residence with guests and praise for a fine gathering. Myron J Cady brought his bride home and a dance followed at Frank Cady’s. Jake Schaeffer hosted relatives from Great Falls. Ruth Malone spent days in Chateau area while Jim Johnson left for Dupuyer and Jim assumes reserve duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Gray
Gilman
Mary
Wilson
Robert
Bessie Gray
Wardledge
J. W. Ward
Bard
Nat Collins
White
Hazel White
Myron J. Cady
Mike
Frank Cady
Jake Schaeffer
Great Falls
Ruth Malone
Chateau
Jim Johnson
Dupuyer
Sanderson
Jim
School Exhibit Feeds Attendees After Pleureptic Illness
E J Steves suffered a serious pleurisy attack. The Ladies Aid served coffee, sandwiches and cake at the school exhibit on February 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Steves
Ladies’ Aid
Fairfield Grange entertainment delights community
A Fairfield school entertainment drew over a hundred attendees with praise for participants and the teaching staff. Locals report multiple trips to Great Falls for screenings of The Birth of a Nation and social visits, with a Fairfield Grange meeting held Saturday evening and several new members invited.
Strabane Residents and Local Notes
Strabane Wm Webb is finishing touches on his Strabane homestead. Dr S McDonald returns to his ranch after a visit in California. Yeager schoolhouse leap year dance was a grand success. A son born to Mr and Mrs Jack Nesbit on February 17. Gus McDonald passed a horse to Mrs Chas Parker. Mrs Grover C Parker visits Choteau for dental work. Mr and Mrs Barney O'Brien visited Choteau last week. E D Jackson left for eee tee ae eee eee wee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strabane
Wm. Webb
S. McDonald
California
Yeager
Jack Nesbit
Gus. McDonald
Chas. Parker
Grover C. Parker
Choteau
Barney O'Brien
E. D. Jackson
Annual meeting of Cha teau Rod and Gun Club set for March 7 1916
The Cha teau Rod and Gun Club will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday March 7 1916 to elect officers for the ensuing year and conduct other important business. Full attendance is desired. John M Chapman president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Rod & Gun Club
J. M. Chapman
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Dr. Price
Farmington School House
West End
Burton School House
Ed. White School House
Central School
Weather Bureau
Ilelena
Doble
Martin Cochran
Cormangay
Alberta
Delmar
Rathman
Waterman
J.C. Moran
Ernest Arnesmeyer
Jay Peterson
Aliaseon Youg
Sophia Lindseth
Herman
Oscar
Kathman
Jake Otness
Pete Otness
Allan Gamble
Prof
Grucnacher
Dorothy Dinwidde
Farmington School
Ben Dundson
Harry Holm
Jesse Metz
Jitte Son
Bowman
N. C
Iowa
Minnesota
Washington
Tenney
Helena
Jones
Lucile Dalstrom
Miss Merrill
Avis’ Bailey
Whatchet
Mr. Jones
Eleanor Jones
Miss Lewis
Mr. Schwert
Evangeline
Miss Tatten
Walter Edwards
Verna Moe
Marian Reiquam
Lillian England
Cleta Walker
Lucile Fitzgerald
Lara Bailey
Clyde Baquet
Douglas
The
Boorman Mercantile Co
Miss Anderson
Moulton
Earl van Horn
J. C. Ferris
Burton Beach
Snyder
Alven Hall
Clark
Connins
Great Northern
Lewis
Schwert
Belleview
Coming Company
N. G. M, Net
Capt
Bob
National Guard
Leonard Wood
L. L. Mills
Warlinclay
M. “Garrison
NAVY
Josephus Daniels
Locke Craig
Man
Bob Reynolds
Governor’s Horse Guard
U. S
Royal Theater
Sun River Springs
W. S. Wood
R. M. Farrington
Sali
Mont
Putnam & Looney
T. A. Smith
Cowgill
Acantha
Co. G. Wilcox
Bole, Mont
Josef Thorrud
C. P. Crane
Allen
C. W. Twitchell
Pioneer Life Insurance Co
N. D
Highland Co
Gaiata
Montana
Chester
George Sears
J. J. Daley
O. J. Nordhagen
A. H
Gamble, Chateau
Harvey of
E. F. Rheams
Cleiv
T. S. Gap
Henry Grassman
H. L. Downsink
Palace Bldg
Minneapolis, Minn
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