James Johnston Killed in Auto Upset Near Worland
James Johnston 72, longtime Dupuyer rancher and father of Mrs. James Blakeslee of Choteau and Robert Johnston of Wind River Wyoming, died after a car crash ten miles north of Worland. He drove a model T alone, no witnesses, found unconscious. skull fracture led to death about 90 minutes later. Fatigue suspected after a 530 mile drive in a day and a half. no mechanical defects found. Born August 4 1862 in Aberdeen Scotland, he married Margaret Wilson in 1865 and had ten children. Survivors include two children, four brothers and one sister in Scotland and the U.S. Funeral held at Dupuyer Methodist Church with burial in Dupuyer cemetery.
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James Johnston
James Blakeslee
Choteau
Robert Johnston
Wind River
Wyo
Dupuyer
Worland
Johnston
Chateau
Robert
Indian Service
Blackfeet Reservation
Wyoming
Alex
Cut Bank
John
William
Scotland
Milwaukee
Chas. G. Roberts
G. A. Morrison
Walier
Edwin Dover
B. A. Roll
Cora Cohoe
Carl Enbody
Dave Anderson
E. A. Savory
Joe Bisness
Sam Wilbur
Milo Sabin
City Council Approves Refunding Bond Issue
The council authorized selling refunding bonds totaling 5000 to refinance street bonds due May 5. Bonds issued in 500 denominations will run 10 years, with interest up to 6 percent and possible early retirement within five years. Bids soon. some building permits granted and homestead shack moves denied. F W Smith and C H Malcolm seek reelection to council. Fred Barribal seeks city treasurer. municipal election set for April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lurns
Imove
F. W. Smith
C. H. Malcolm
Fred Barribal
Recreation Council Meeting Set for Friday in Chateau
The Te ton County Recreation Council will hold a Friday evening session at the Chateau high school auditorium. By num leaders Mr and Mrs F R Swensen and Mr and Mrs Del Green will lead the program with attendees from several communities. Refreshments will be funded by all but By num and Farmington. The meeting will also cover the recreation al school in Great Falls March 29 to April 2 and a larger county quota request amid possible reductions elsewhere.
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Teton County Recreational Council
Chateau
Bynum
F. R. Swensen
del Green
Farmington
Great Falls
Mar
Teton
Agawamas
Choteau
Agawam
Fairfield
Great Alls
New County Nurse Arrives to Meet Girls in Chateau
Miss Kathryn Brynne a Providence hospital Seattle graduate and public health nurse arrives to lead public health work in Teton county She will hold clinics visit schools and advise parents Under a cooperative plan she will organize Little Mothers League chapters open to Seventh and eighth graders and high school girls A meeting is set at the grade school in Chateau this afternoon at four o clock to organize
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Kathryn Brynne
Providence Hospital
Seattle
Public Health Department
University of Washington
Teton County
State Board of Health
Montana Tuberculosis Association
Brynne
Little Mothers’ League
Chateau
Alterations in AAA Program Sought by Montana Wheat Group
Montana wheat contract signers in Teton County urge changes to the AAA wheat allotment, favoring some compulsory control. They seek base acreage adjustments for fallow and alternate crops, half of cultivated land as base, parity pricing for domestic needs, and licensing to restrict selling beyond allotments while stopping in bond milling. The group represents about 1595 signers covering 2 223 000 bushels.
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Montana
Washington
Chester C. Davis
AAA
Henry M. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Teton County
Farm Board
Fairfield Drainage Improvement Bids Opened on Sun River Project
Bids for about 24 miles of open drain on the Sun River project were opened at the reclamation headquarters in Fairfield. Eight bids were submitted with the lowest by P. G. Rowland of Salt Lake City at 350,420, followed by Tomlinson & Arbrit h Construction Co. of Great Falls at 353,640 and Lease & Leigland of Great Falls at 353,670. Utah Construction Co. of Ogden bid the highest at 72,780. The lowest bids will be sent to Washington for contract award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun River
Reclamation
Fairfield
P. G. Rowland
Salt Lake City
Tomlinson & Arbright Construction Co
Great Falls
Lease & Leigland
Utah Construction Co
Ogden
Passenger Bus Freight Track Now Operating Between Great Falls and Browning
Great Falls coach lines begins daily bus service between Great Falls and Browning despite a heavy snowstorm. A parallel Great Northern freight truck runs daily to Dupuyer, with Sunday service, while Milwaukee railroad maintains a four day a week mixed train. Mail handling shifts to bus routes with designated pouches and revised post office procedures.
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Great Falls
Browning
Tue
State Railroad and Public Service Commission
Great Northern Railroad
Dupuyer
Chateau
Milwaukee
Coach Lines Company
G. C. Core
Tenth annual Farm Feed draws 500 at Teton County HS
The Mardi Gras card party at St Luke's Social Center faced a severe storm yet drew 500 attendees for the tenth annual Farm Feed at Chateau High School. Capt. C James Smith won a band worked quilt, Miss Margaret Nagle won a cake, and Mrs R N Lear topped 500 high score. The event featured bridge and auction games, a floor show with songs and tap dancing, a noon meal served by 60 home economics students, a community sing, and a later dance with Mrs Cora Cohoe’s orchestra. County Agent Fred Willson praised the effort and Evelyn Mattmiller led meal preparations with 48 home economics students assisting.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
St. Luke’s Church
C. James Smith
Margaret Nagle
R. N Lear
C. GO. Davis
G. W. Seufert
Merry Life
Garnetta Barnhill
John “Chick” Sur- Charles Cohoe
George Loomis
Johannah Hirshberg
Sadie Sulgrove
John Peterson
Gordon Holmes
Hazel Trescott
Norma Tennant
Mary Core
Teton County
Fred Willson
Teton County High School
Chateau
Evelyn Mattmiller
Cora Cohoe
Mattmiller
Willson
Alice Campbell
Pendroy
Vilate Stott
Bynum
Helen DeRusha
Farming
Farmers’ Union
Joplin
Montana
Miss Oona Stautz to Meet County Home Demonstration Leaders
Miss Oona Stautz a home management specialist from Montana State College will meet county home demonstration club leaders at the Chateau courthouse next Wednesday March 13 from 10 30 a m to 4 p m The third in a series on kitchen management she will present a small exhibit of homemade kitchen furniture Husbands of leaders are invited to attend The following day County Agent Fred Willson will escort Miss Stautz to homes in the county to view recent kitchen and home management improvements Including Diamond Valley homes and a meeting at Power
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Oona Stautz
Montana State College
Chateau
Court House
Miss Stautz
Local Lions Guests of Great Falls Club
Seventeen Lions and Lionesses from the Chateau club and Cascade visited the Great Falls club Tuesday evening. A dinner dance and program were held in the Rainbow hotel's palm room. Chateau attendees included Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Bateman and eight other couples.
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Chateau Club
Cascade
Great Falls
Palm Room
Rainbow Hotel
Chateau
H. W. Bateman
A. E. Taylor
L. H. McLean
Clarence Looney
Frank Stearns
B. I. Packer
M. K. Luther
John Hentges
H. E. Adams
Belt tops Racketeers in tight Cascade league bout
Belt defeats Choteau Racketeers 46 to 44 in a close Tuesday night game amid cold weather and a sparse crowd of about 25. Loomis returned to score 21 for the locals, Evans led Belt with points, and Zile clamped down on defense as both teams traded leads throughout the contest.
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Belt
Cascade County
Tn Choteau
Loomis
Great Falls
Evans
Zile
Dinty Moore
Earles
If Weet Eneeereeserses
Davis
Corrninenschaftabmanay
A Core
Rg Bt
Santreee
Holmes
Leland I
Serene
Klimas
Jewell
Miss Gertrude Byler to Visit Choteau
S H Tiyler will travel to Great Falls Sunday to meet his sister Miss Gertrude Byler and bring her to Choteau for a brief visit. They have not met since 1912. She is a Methodist missionary in Hora Saka Japan and has studied in Illinois for two years. Her journey continues to the Orient, sailing from Seattle on March 15.
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S. H. Tiyler
Great Falls
Gertrude Byler
Choteau
Hora Saka
Japan
Illinois
Orient
Seattle
Soil Blowing and Tillage Discussed in County Meetings
J E Norton substituted for Sam Sloan at three county meetings this week to discuss soil blowing and control methods. He reviewed tillage practices, cited Havre data on May versus July fallowing, and promoted strip farming as the permanent remedy. County plans a one day tour to Glacier county near Cut Bank to inspect strip farming, with about 50 farmers already expressing intent to join.
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J. E. Norton
Moccasin
Judith Basin
Sam Sloan
Montana State College
Chateau
Power
Dutton
Sloan
Mr. Norton
Havre
Glacier County
Cut Bank
Teton County
Fred Willson
Two Elimination Flag Contests Held Friday
Two elimination flag contests were held last Friday to select participants for the county contest on Friday March 8 at Dutton. Winners advance from Fairfield and Dutton for seventh and eighth grades reaching Shelby for the regional contest. Names include John Shouquist Dorothy Moore Warren Daley Doris Price Margaret Mehl Louis Tackes Ruth Mofie Vernon Dreyer.
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Dutton
Fairfield
Shelby
John Shoquist
Dorothy Moore
Choteau
Warren Daley
Doris Price
Margaret Mehl
Louis Tackes
Plainview
Ruth Mofie
Vernon Dreyer
Mainview
Back From Washington DP Sees Irrigation Bill Hope
Fabrie returned from Washington where he lobbied for irrigation projects approved by the Montana water conservation board and Montanans Inc. He believes the public works bill of four billion eight hundred eighty million will pass this week.
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Washington
Frabrie
Washington, D. C
Montana Water Conservation Board
Montanans Inc
Library transfers add new titles from weekly shelf shift
The past week saw transfers from the pay to the general shelf including Thirteenth Street by Natalie S Lincoln Susan Spray by Sheila Kaye Smith Two Make a World by Peter B Kayne Shep herds in Sack Cloth by Sheila Kaye Smith Hans Frost by Hugh Wal pole Brothers in the West by R Raynolds The House of Fear by Robert W Service Readers praise The House of Fear as the best mystery yet while library hours are Wednesdays 730 to and Saturdays 3 to 5
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Thirteenth Street
Natalie S. Lincoln
Susan Spray
Sheila Kaye-Smith
Peter B. Kayne
Sheila Kaye- Smith
Hans Frost
Hugh Walpole
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jas. Johnston
Blakeslee
Council
Recreation Council
Mont
Leaves Falls
Mail Service
Teton County HS
Clarkson
A. W. Walker
T. J. Looney
Peter Gaare
Bruce Garlinghouse
Beverly Gruerney
Edmond
Ted Morhardt
Alfred
H. D
Local
Lions Guests of
Club
J. Norton
Library Notes
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