Tax Collections in Teton County Show Healthy Revenue
County Treasurer Otto Waynild reports strong tax performance through Nov 30 1925 with 67260.97 in delinquent and current real estate taxes paid. Real estate taxes billed for 1925 totaled 364140.82 with 163557.37 collected by Nov 30. Personal property taxes for 1925 show 14249.79 collected of 16443.89 billed, leaving 1036.00 delinquent after Feb. January and February real and personal property collections reached 83028.28. The county general fund stood at 96935.94 and the bond sinking fund held over 9000 with about 3000 more to transfer. The Billings firm Farm Mortgage Corporation paid over 67000 to cover Bynum District delinquencies.
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Teton County
Otto Waegnild
Ttal
Waynild
Billings
Bynum
Farm Mortgage Corporation of Billings
Bynum District
School Board Appoints Judges for April 3 Election
Chateau district officials named Ard Moore, Jas. S. Innes, and Floyd Clark as election judges for April 3. W. B. Butchart will not seek re election after completing a three year term, while James T. Robison plans to run for the three year seat. No other candidates have announced.
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Board of Trustees
Chateau
W. B. Butchart
Jas. T. Robison
Ard Moore
Jas. S. Innes
Floyd Clark
Soo Son Returns To Active Management Of Cafe
Soo Son, pioneer Choteau restaurant man, returns to active management of his cafe after a winter rest in Choteau and Helena. He will operate the cafe as a restaurant only, discontinuing the bakery feature, and invites old friends to visit starting today.
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Choteau
Helena
Soo Son
Ed. Dennis
Angus Bruce A Great Falls Passenger Yesterday Morning
Angus Bruce, a Great Falls resident, was aboard a Great Northern train yesterday morning. The incident details remain unclear as authorities review the timetable and passenger manifests.
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Angus Bruce
Great Falls
Great Northern
Teton Boys Triumph Over Fort Shaw on Local Court
Teton boys won 36 to 6 while the local girls fell 21 to 16. Fort Shaw came with both teams. girls faded after Q1, while the boys dominated from the start, 24 to 0 at halftime.
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Teton
Fort Shaw
Teton Girls
Teton Boys
Fort Shaw Lads
Girls Hoop Tourney At Augusta This Weekend
Augusta hosts the second annual girls basketball tournament featuring teams from six towns including Teton Fort Shaw Stockett Power Augusta and Simms. Nine games run Friday and Saturday with a dance after the final game. Admission 50c single 1.25 season for adults and 25c single 75c season for students. A championship banner and best sportsmanlike player prize will be awarded.
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Augusta
Augusta High School
Teton
Fort Shaw
Stockett
Power
Simms
Methodist Church Sunday Services and Meetings
Sunday school at 10 30 a m morning worship 11 30 sermon on Prayer special music by the choir O Lord Rebuke Me Not Farmington services at 3 pm Epworth League 6 45 pm evening service 7 30 sermon The motive that makes life worth while Ladies Industrial meets Wednesday March 24 Boy Scouts meet Thursday 7 pm
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Farmington
Epworth League
Ladies’ Industrial
Boy Scouts
Junior Normal Training Girls Demonstrate Geography Lesson
The seventh grade geography demonstration uses the problem method this week. The operetta Belles of Barcelona is progressing and will be performed soon. Lucyle Dornblaser and Verna Upman teach at the Pearson school this week.
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Barcelona
Lucyle Dornblaser
Verna Upman
Pearson School
Assessors Field Force Roams Teton County for Tax Year
County Assessor Jesse Gleason leads a team across Teton County this week to inventory taxable property. Taxable values are largely one third of full values, with livestock taxed at one third and cash assets at seven percent. Field deputies cover Fairfield Spring Valley Chateau Belleview Farmington Bynum Power East of Dutton Bole Collins and other communities. appointments pending for Blackleaf Duton Pendroy and Agawam.
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Teton County
Clude
Gleason
Fairfield
W. J. Crittenden
Spring Valley
C. B. Turnbull
Chateau
B. G. Trescott
Belleview
Sun River
J. R. Young
Farmington
Casper Peterson
Bynum
R. McNutt
Power
W. L. Andrews
Dutton
F. W. Schultze
Bole
C. A. Austad
Collins
A. O. Reiquam
Blackleaf
Dutton, Pendroy
Agawam
Ray Halladay Heads Young Timers for Next Year
Ray Halladay was elected president of the Sons and Daughters of Tetons Oldest Settlers at a business meeting during the annual celebration at Woodmen hall. C D McDonald was named vice president Mildred Forrest secretary Otto Waynild treasurer Mrs Lee E Brown chairs advisory board with other members to be appointed. Seventy couples attended despite bad weather for an evening of dancing and a generous buffet prepared by Mrs C H Davis.
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Ray Halladay
Sons and Daughters of
C. H. Davis
Foreclosures Highlight Civil Actions In Recent Filing
The Clerk of the Court reports several civil actions filed this week. Foreclosure cases involve trustees of Charles J. Spratt estate versus T J Williams and others, plus Rocky Mountain Fire Insurance against Edwin Myrland. First Trust Bank sues Johannes Juirk et al, and Wm Rieckhoff sues Harris Truchot and Michael sky. A H Gray sues Circle Land and Cattle Co.
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B. M. Jacobson
Charles N. Spratt
Thos. Smullen
Charles J. Spratt
T. J. Williams
Ted Mudder
Rocky Mountain Fire Insurance Co
Edwin ‘Myrland
First Trust & Savings Bank
Johannes N. Juirk
Wm. Rieckhoff
James K. Harris
John Truchot
Paul Michaelsky
A. H. Gray
Circle Land and Cattle Co
Adams Oil Co plans artificial ice plant in Chateau
Following a poor winter for ice harvesting H E Adams of Adams Oil Co announces plans to install an artificial ice plant with capacity to meet local needs. He was in Great Falls on business for the proposed installation on the current oil and coal premises. Chateau faces reliance on external ice supplies due to limited winter weather.
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H. E. Adams
Adams Oil Co
Adams
Great Falls
Chateau
Montana
Two Women Escape Serious Injury In Freak Auto Wreck
Mrs. Phil I. Cole and Mrs. C. H. Porter escaped serious injury last Friday morning when a Dodge coupe driven by Mrs. Cole overturned on the Great Falls highway south of Flume. Porter suffered bruises to the head and shoulders, but both occupants were otherwise uninjured. the car sustained only a bent radiator cap and a dented fender.
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Phil I. Cole
C. H.porter
Cole
Great Falls
Flume
February temperatures and snowfall report
County Agent Rober tlackson records February at Chateau with a mean of 26.77 degrees. The coldest day reached near freezing, and a day hit 62 degrees. Snowfall was 11 inches for the month with total precipitation .07 inches.
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Robertlackson
Co-Operative Weather Observe
Chateau
Ummary
Fean
Clarkson
Arnbed
County Agent Urges Wheat Seed Testing in Teton County
Montana County Agent Robert Clarkson urges farmers to test seed wheat before spring planting. Storm-damaged grain shows low germination in some lots, with test results ranging from 62 to 180 percent. Farmers can obtain mailing sacks or send samples to the Montana Seed Grain Laboratories in Bozeman or test at home using a simple germination method.
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Mers
Teton County
Bunty
Robert Clarkson
J. Clarkson
Ers
Montana Sed Grain Laboratories
Bozeman
Dudley Secures Erection Contract for Teton Service Station
Dudley of Great Falls owns the contract for the erection of Teton Service Company's new station here and it is expected to work on running the foundations this week. Work on the whale warehouse is progressing rapidly with C. W. Wymer in charge of outer work.
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Dudley
Great Falls
Teton Service Company
C. W. Wymer
Sub contractors making dirt fly on Bynum district
Sub contractors under Winston Bros Co on the Bynum Irrigation District project push earth moving after a winter lay-off. Engineer C. C. Carey returns from Minneapolis and expects water to be released into the reservoir on March 25. Canal contractors Harry Liddle E. A. Arnett Dan Ledeger wood set to start or resume work next week. The reservoir dam near completion with gate in place and 120 feet of outlet pipe poured. Dragline contractor R. E. Woodden suffers a crushed finger but hopes to save the fingertip and continue work.
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Winston Bros. Co
Bynum Irrigation District
C. C. Carey
Chateau
Minneapolis
Carey
Harry Liddle
Chinook
D Canal
E. A. Arnett
D. G. Enenwood
Dan Ledegerwood
Conrad
Two Petitions Filed For May City Election
W E Howard and Dr H W Bateman filed mayoral nominating petitions for Chateau’s coming city election. Bateman ran on the Republican ticket and Howard on the Citizens ticket. No aldermen candidates have filed yet. two seats come open with terms expiring for Crary in Ward One and Jackson in Ward Two. The election is set for Monday April 5.
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W. E. Howard
H. W. Bateman
Chateau
Dr. Bateman
Mr. Howard
Citizens
Board of
Aldermen
E. J. Crary
John G. Jackson
High School Grounds to Be Seeded to Grass This Spring
The high school grounds, graded and planted with shade trees, will be seeded to grass this spring. A committee of C. W. Burns and W. H. Gorham was named to supervise seeding. The board accepted the resignations of Jack Sweat and Miss E Granger and appointed Gorham to the teachers committee.
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C. W. Burns
W. H. Gorham
Bok
Jack Sweat
E. Granger
Public School Notes Highlight Student Activities
The bulletin lists student roles in the junior sewing club with officers Helen Redman Madge Looney and Myrtle Bushman, reports on grade programs including Life of Henry Ford and Henry Ford and His Industries, and notes Spanish American War talks by Mr Snider. It mentions orchestra growth with cello and trap drums, spelling progress, Dutch sand table projects, and a humor note about Byron Rogers Can on compared to On Honor Honest exchange.
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Robert
Bobby
Mamie Jones
Helen Redman
Madge Looney
Myrtle Bushman
Erma Young
Henry Ford
Elsie Hirshberg
James Meagher
Opal Moore
Jane Adams
Jane Guthrie
Snider
Dalbey
Acantha
Florence Trescott
Mary Core
Byron
Fairfield barber dies after grain truck incident
Dave Mozingo a 54 year old Fairfield barber su cumbed to injuries from being run over by a grain truck driven by J C Genger near his shop after a day long mood decline linked to liquor The tragedy occurred in front of the Mozingo business The body was shipped to Kempston Indiana for burial and no other motive was given beyond possible mental distress from drinking bout.
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Dave Mozingo
Fairfield
Chateau Hospital
J. C. Genger
Mozingo
Fairfield Times
A. K. Mozingo
Chateau
Kempston
Indiana
Boy Scouts Honor Court Adds Map Making Class
Mr Moir assistant Scoutmaster led a map making class last Saturday. Eight boys joined a demonstration map making hike. Chateau Troop No 1 members are listed by rank with Second class Gordon Holmes Lee Hirshberg Billy Bateman James Morgan Robert McGregor Ariah Moore Tenderfoot Clinton Core Thos Moore Ernest Eader Evan Thompson George Radcliffe Albert Doughty Julian Stenson Darwin Crane Charles Cohoe Emil Kramer William Olsen Donald Davis Helmer Evenson Sammie Crockett James Anderson Leslie Burns Glen Boettcher Joel Edwards Robert Petri Frank Kramer previously earned First class and now assists as Scoutmaster and works on merit badges.
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Moir
E. J. Crary
Chateau Troop No. 1
Boy Scouts of America
Gordon Holmes
Lee Hirshberg
Billy Bateman
James Morgan
Robert McGregor
Ariah Moore
Clinton Core
Thos. Moore
Ernest Eader
Evan Thompson
George Radcliffe
Albert Doughty
Julian Stenson
Darwin Crane
Charles Cohoe
Emil Kramer
William Olsen
Donald Davis
Helmer Evenson
Sammie Crockett
James Anderson
Leslie Burns
Glen Boettcher
Joel Edwards
Robert Petri
Frank Kramer
Sullivan Visit Hits Choteau From Pendroy
Mr and Mrs J E Sullivan of Pendroy were Choteau visitors Monday.
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J. E. Sullivan
Pendroy
Choteau
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CAFE
Cohoe
Crittenden
Jourdonnais
Davis
Evenson
Bennett
Crane
Moore
Ravalley
Culver
Olsen
la Valley
Roger
Tinker
Fink
H. Morgan
L. Morgan
Butcher
Tokerud
Pike
Lindseth
Mauer
Fort
Methodist Episcopal Church
Robert B. Culbertson
Choteau, Montana
Liberty Loan
R. E. Woodden
Public
Berricides
BOY Scout News
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