Weather notes and price changes in a Western town
Friday morning brings a clear day after a night semi blizzard with a raw northwest wind. Snow in the Rockies signals irrigation water for summer. Travel to the Falls shows fewer people on the road and higher shoes cost two dollars more than two years ago. Freight rates rose six percent last week. Wheat prices dropped about two cents a bushel while industrial wages have more than doubled since the last war. Prices for magazines rose to ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockies
Falls
Liberty
Saturday Evening Post
Camden
N. J
Avcly Street
Post
Price raises and a columnist reminisces on fifty years
The writer recalls the Post price rise and personal earnings from decades past in Camden New Jersey. He notes the role of advertising for papers and reflects on his long column run now entering its fourth year, joking about iconoclasm and a wartime childhood among a Cliveden set.
Red Cross seeks knitted garments for hospital Afghan
The Red Cross asks for used knitted garments to be ripped out and repurposed into afghans for soldiers in hospitals. Deliveries may be made to D. W. Hutchinson's home or left at area schools in Farmington.
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Red Cross
D. W. Hutchinson
Farmington
Commissioners Oppose Indian Land Purchase Plan
The Teton county board opposes a proposed U S Interior Department plan to buy Floweree ranch in Teton County to create an Indian reservation for landless Indians. The resolution cites tax loss, higher levies, and unfair county impact, noting opposition from local irrigation districts and the public. Copies will be sent to Montana senators, congressmen, and federal officials.
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Teton
Board of County Commissioners
Teton County
Montana
United States Department
Mentor Office of Indian Affairs
Greenfields
Fairfield
Mont
Fort Shaw
Hill
Cascade County
Board of
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Reclamation
Lions Hear Update on Rationing Program Delays
Lion club members heard H. M. Daley outline tire and sugar rationing plans with W. J. Shirley noting sugar registration handling. Despite four county registration days, sugar rationing start was postponed due to printing delays the largest such job, with four day county calls to declare on hand sugar and 28 week ration books.
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Lions Club
H. M. Daley
Myr. Daley
W. J. Shirley
John Dunckel
Emerson Miller
Government Printing Office
Gasoline price drop at service stations follows Continental油
Gasoline at all service stations declined by 3 cents per gallon on Tuesday. Continental Oil Co reportedly started the lower price and other firms matched the move.
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Continental Oil Co
CCC Youth Injured From Fall Of Pole Near Teton
Robert Wester of Hoagland Montana a CCC crew member working on a forest service telephone line up Teton can yon was hospitalized at Chateau with both arms broken after a 20 foot fall from a pole Wednesday morning. He and the wire caught in his safety belt caused the plunge and wrist fractures were diagnosed with no other injuries reported.
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Robert Wester
Hoagland
Mont
CCC
Forest Service
Teton Canyon
Chateau Hospital
Wester
Montana
Motorists Slow on Buying 1942 Plates in Teton County
County Treasurer O G Meadows reports 1577 passenger car plates issued in Teton to date, vs 1708 last year at the same time, a drop near 131. Truck licenses total 976, with drivers licenses at 2668. latecomers faced a $10 fine to avoid arrest after the March 1 deadline.
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Teton County
O. G. Meadows
Dance to Feature Young Timers Annual Frolic
The Young Timers annual frolic at the Masonic hall in Chateau Saturday night March 21 features a 5 piece band Tormentors and decorations. Dance starts at 9 30 with tickets selling by those in charge. Mrs Carrie Bagley leads the midnight lunch and promises quality fare.
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Masonic Hall
Chateau
Carrol Maynard
Carrie Bagley
Allocation of Common School Interest and Income Fund
County superintendent announces the allocation of the common school interest and income fund among the county's elementary districts. The per capita levy is $0.262044.
Red Cross Combines Fall Roll Call With War Fund Drive
The American Red Cross postpones its 1942 Fall Membership Roll Call and plans to merge it with the next War Fund campaign in early 1943. Chairman Norman H. Davis said the move funds wartime needs and conserves volunteers. War Fund subscrip tions reached 61,172,000 with a goal of 50,000,000. 65,000,000 expected in March. There will be a Wi-Mo-De-Si meeting Friday evening at Mrs Kona Zgoda’s.
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Washingon
D. C
American Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
Central Committee
Davis
Red Cross
Evre
Kona Zgoda
Wildlife films headline at Teton sportsmen banquet
About 80 Teton county sportsmen and dignitaries attended the Moose hall banquet last Saturday. E L Kleffman was elected president, George OHare secretary, replacing outgoing officers. Speakers included forest supervisor R T Ferguson and wildlife official Alban Roemer. film reels showcased Bowdoin lake refuge birds and Sun River wildlife, plus Pike Lake pike fishing and a Glacier Park trip.
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Teton County
Moose Hall
E. L. Kleffman
H. M. Daley
George O'Hare
Howard Cunningham
Daley
Green
State Game Department
Bowdoin Lake
Sun River
S. C. Rumford
Great Falls
Pike Lake
Babb
Glacier Park
Tickets Ready For the Annual Farmers Fun Feed
Tickets for the 17th annual Fun Feed at the high school on Thursday March 26 in Chateau are available countywide. Ticket sellers include local residents and the county agent's office. unsold tickets must be returned by Monday March 23 with program numbers noted. The event committee plans music and promises fun for all attendees.
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Chateau
Dave Swenby
D. B. Crane
Ebert Malone
Glen Inbody
Magnus Bolland
Math Schaefer
Walter Dauwalder
Fred Phillips
P. H. McClelland
Ed. Savik
Bert Stott
Roy Hanberg
Henry Davidson
Glenn Baird
Leo Zins
Leonard Rice
Arnold Ho
Prizes Awarded Cubs For Bird Houses
Under Cubmaster A. J. Moore the Chateau Cubs met Tuesday to judge birdhouses built by the boys. Tommy O’Neil won first prize, Gilbert Depner second, and Wallace Murray third. George A. Carroll awarded defense stamps to the winners. The houses will be displayed at the Montana Power Co. office and sold to raise funds for defense stamps.
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A. J. Moore
Chateau Cubs
Arnold Hanusa
Whitney Scarboro
Tommy O'Neil
Gilbert Depner
Wallace Murray
Geo. A. Carroll
Montana Power Co
Heavier Lambs for the Army Announcement
The Quartermaster Corps announces lamb carcasses weighing 30 to 60 pounds or standard cuts from this range will be accepted for issue or sale to troops. The order raises the previous 30 to 40 pound top limit for Army contracts, effective immediately until further notice, but does not apply to lamb for Army retail markets where 30 to 40 pound limits remain.
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Quartermaster Corps
Army
Farm Loan Assn Directors to Meet in Great Falls
A joint annual stock holders meeting of the Rocky Mountain National Farm Loan Association and the Great Falls Farm Loan Association will be held Tuesday March 17 in Great Falls. Sessions start at 7 P.M. at the Methodist church. Directors include H H Wueet of Agawam Al Udin of Fairfield and Ernest Arensmeyer of Chogdan.
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Rocky Mountain National Farm Loan Association
Great Falls Farm Loan Association
Great Falls
Peat m
Methodist Church
H. H. Wueet
Agawam
al Udin
Fairfield
Ernest Arensmeyer
Chogdan
The
Mountain Association
Sugar Rationing Dates Delayed For Final Instructions
The Teton County Rationing Board governs sugar rationing with H. M. Daley as custodian of materials. Final instructions delayed delivery, postponing registration dates. superintendent W. J. Shirley and rural teachers will handle registration. Distribution of War Book No. 1 stamps unclear. Publicity to follow. Truck tire certificates allocated by arrival order and essential needs. March 1–20 retread and recapping rules apply. no passenger car services on March B. List shows allocations for Arthur Weist Agawam. Bartley Bros. Inc. Bynum. Emma Bornholdt Dutton. Millard Johnson Dutton and Teton county. O. M. Johnson Power. Howard A. Smith Dutton.
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Teton County
W. J. Shirley
Arthur Weist
Agawam
Bartley Bros. Inc
Bynum
Emma. Bornholdt
Dutton
Fred Woodward's Father Dies at 96 in Iowa
Fred Woodward received a wire Saturday morning that his father D. W. Woodward of Lewis Iowa had passed away. He was 96 and the last of the really old pioneers of that locality to go. Fred left Saturday afternoon for Iowa to attend the funeral and plans to return home Saturday.
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Fred Woodward
D. W. Woodward
Lewis
Iowa
Fred
Glacier Park buses have enough tires for season
Glacier Park Transportation reports sufficient tires for this season as Fred Noble, manager, says prospects for future seasons depend on factors beyond control. He expects a good season with vacationers favoring inland resorts over ocean destinations amid rationing rules.
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Glacier Park
U.P
Glacier Park Transportation Company
Fred Noble
Farewell Party for D. M. Bell Family at Trinity Lutheran
Trinity Lutheran members and friends held a Surprise farewell party at church parlors on Tuesday evening for Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Bell and children Dixie Lee and Stanford. Rev. Bernard Grandal presented a traveling bag. Mr. Bell spoke of gratitude and regret at leaving Chateau and the community. The event included group singing, a piano solo, games, and a luncheon prepared by the ladies.
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Trinity Lutheran Congregation
D. M. Bell
Dixie Lee
Stanley
Robert Gronberg
Weldon Swansen
A. Bernard Grandal
Bell
Chateau
Community
County Seeks Applicants For Welfare Department Jobs
Applications have been received for junior caseworker intermediate clerk junior clerk intermediate stenographer and junior stenographer positions. Examinations will feed under the state merit system and applications must be in before midnight of the deadline.
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County Welfare Department
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Cliveden
Wisconsin
Lions Meeting
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Ser Menseeqeeseneonee
Teesaeereee
Nescomeren
Sereemeene
Rebekahs
Omegh
Farm Loan Assn
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