Boom At Kevin Grows In Montana Oil Center
Enthusiastic Chateau residents return from inspections after news of the Gordon Campbell strike at the Rocky Ridge dome last Wednesday. Reports describe a booming town with property deals including a $12000 frame hotel sale and a $50000 offer to a 160 acre farmer.
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Kevin
Montana
Gordon Campbell
Rocky Ridge Dome
Rogers-Templeton Lumber Co
Campbell
Sweet Grass Arch
Tri- City
Kevin-Sunburst
Social hygiene meetings to be held at Royal Theater
Miss A Lian announces a series of social hygiene meetings at the Royal Theater next Tuesday March 28 under local and state health department auspices. Sessions at 2 00 for girls 14 and over 3 30 for boys 14 and over 7 30 for women and 9 00 for men with Dr F T Foard and Miss Mary Muckley as speakers and a film The Gift of Life shown with free admission.
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A. Lian
Royal Theater
State Health Department
F. T. Foard
U. S. Public Health Service
Mary Muckley
Montana State Department of Public Health
O'Donnell
State Department
Miracles in the Christian Scheme Sermon at St Stephen’s
St Stephen's Church Reverend H Bush preaches at 11:00 morning service on Miracles in the Christian Scheme with a church school at noon and an evening talk at 7:30 on the fourth address in the series about elements of Episcopal teaching. The Len ten season sees rising attendance in morning worship reflecting stable character of Chateau citizens and religion as a rock for character.
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ST. Stephen’s Church
Protestant Episcopal
H. &. Bush
Episcopal Church
Chateau
Brandon Attends Fordson Dealers Convention in Great Falls
Carl J. Brandon of the Power- Morgan store traveled to Great Falls on Tuesday to join Fordson tractor dealers at a regional convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl J. Brandon
Power- Morgan
Great Falls
Fordson Tractor
Public School Notes and Horse Race Tales for Local Readers
Fourth grade at the public school notes absentee Mrs. Vanderwark with Mrs. Foot filling in and a program planned for March 24 with admission 26 and 36 cents. Reports of boys practicing for track meet and operetta work plus two short fiction pieces The Runaway by Lloyd Green and A Narrow Escape by Helen Morgan about dangerous horse chases and a panther encounter ending with a rescue.
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Lloyd ‘Green
Gaul
Helen Morgan
Marie. Prevost
Boyer
Marie
Boger
Montana Moves to Cut Freight Rates Statewide
Montana Attorney General Wellington D. Rankin filed with the state railroad commission a suit to lower interstate freight charges. The complaint argues current rates are unjustly discriminating among localities and shippers, citing cost declines in labor and materials but maintained rates. The railroad commission has intrastate rate jurisdiction and can order reductions.
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Helena
Mont
Med
Montana
Fumel
State Railroad Commission
Wellington D. Rankin
Iontana
Butte Citizens Volunteer as Election Clerks and Judges
In Butte on Monday 112 residents will serve the city free as clerks and judges at the primary election. The plan aims to reduce debt without raising taxes. Rental for booths has been donated and 16 aldermen will be nominated with printing costs only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
of Butte
It Is Time to Reform Rural School Financing
A rural taxpayers group urges voters to elect qualified school trustees and reform school funding. The call cites rising per capita costs since unlimited tax levies began, delinquent taxes, exhausted funds, and poor management. It argues federal help is not needed and emphasizes prudent budgeting and election of capable trustees.
Local Business and Social Happenings in Choteau
Wiprud returns from St Paul and Minneapolis praising Montana’s business climate. Jessen surveys local high school facilities with Sayer and Meagher reporting Idaho buyers eying Montana. A Patrick’s dance at K of P hall draws 260 with music by Chateau orchestra and a comedy revue. Community notices include Guild meetings, fundraisers, and a March 31 Old Settlers dance at Woodman hall.
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S. T. Wiprud
Choteau Mercantile Company
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Carl Jessen
Choteau
Fairfield and
Power
Sayer
K. of P. Hall
Chateau
Catholic Ladies’ Auxiliary
St. Patrick's
Alex Longmuir
R. E. Nelson
Bernard O'Neil
Henry Hammond
George Jackson
Clark Coffey
Fred Anderson
Jimmy Pridham
George Opple
Teddy Moe
Wallace Weaver
Kenny Cameron
Bert O’neil
Dope On County Politics Ahead Of Montana Primaries
An article from Anaconda notes Dr Harmon T Rhoads seeks the Republican nomination for state senator from Teton county after two terms in the legislature. It also mentions EE Forrest weighing a run for county treasurer, Jim Collins urged for sheriff, B G Trescott for county commissioner, and Henry Radcliffe declaring for county commissioner in August primaries.
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Acantha
Harmon T. Rhoads
Teton County
Dr. Rhoads
Montana
Friends of
EE. D. Forrest
Forrest
Jim Collins
B. G. Trescott
Henry Radcliffe
Fairfield
Graks Still at Old Bynum
Sheriff Martine and Deputy Wm Reiquam found a still in a log cabin at Old Bynum on Tuesday morning along with two jugs a charcoal filter and a ten gallon keg The owner Martin Anderson was jailed in the county jail awaiting a hearing on illegal manufacture of intoxicating liquor He claimed no knowledge of the still and denied ownership
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Martine
Wm. Reiquam
Old Bynum
Martin Anderson
Yto Chateau
Anderson
DeHaas
Pa Ot Anderson
Choteau Scout Team Defeats Great Falls 20 to 12
Choteau's Boy Scout basketball squad finished an undefeated season with a 20 to 12 win over Great Falls Troop 8 at the high school gym. After a 10 to 6 first half, the Choteau team surged in the second half to seal the victory in a well attended game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Great Falls
Boy Scout
Rhoads Declares Candidacy for State Senator in Teton County
Notice to voters of Teton County announces Harmo n T Rhoads as Republican candidate for State Senator subject to August primary. He pledges economy in legislation and a tax program including inheritance tax and tax burden equalization in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Republican Party
Montana
Harmon T. Rhoads
Army Cutworm Threat Prompts Montana Advisory
County Agent warns of a widespread army cutworm outbreak likely in April and May 1922, with greater danger than any prior year. The army cutworm stays above ground, feeds at dawn and dusk, and can destroy crops if unmanaged. Farmers can use grasshopper poison with Paris Green as a substitute for banana oil. Boys and Girls Pig Club meeting held in Farmington with about forty youths. Clarence Carlson elected president. Grasshoppers spotted in Dutton as holdovers from last year.
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Montana
Bozeman
Farmington
Millin
Clarence Carlson
Dutton
Doege v Hodgskiss Foreclosure Action Filed
Civil action filed in the past week seeking foreclosure of a mortgage against Wm Hodgskiss and Margaret Hodgskiss as named defendants in the case docket with Clerk B M Jacobson.
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B. M. Jacobson
Fred S. Doege
Wm. Hodgskiss
Margaret Hodgskiss
Methodist Church Notes Highlight Busy Schedule
Pastor Harry T. Stong leads morning worship at 10 30 with a sermon The Friendship of Jesus. Sunday school at 11 30 Junior and Epworth Leagues meet later. Plans include baptisms at Easter and a master motion picture A Maker of Men. Pendroy service at 3 00 Sunday.
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Methodist Church
Harry T. Stong
Jesus
Epworth League
Inez Lindseth
Jadies Industrial
Julian MD. Ray
J. A. Wiley
Margie Haugen
John Eckford
Charlotte Looney
Gladys Slavens
O. R. Nelson
James Robison
James K. Shields
County Superintendent Announces Full Day Office Hours
County Superintendent Mrs. Edy the Saylor says starting May 1 her office will be open all day rather than only in the afternoon as before announced.
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Edythe Saylor
Interest in Willow Creek Developments Rekindled
Reports from the Kevin field reinforce the story of a valuable commercial strike at the Gordon Campbell well. The Petroleum Exploration Company orders four coal cars for Chateau, and transportation chief Snodgrass is expected back, signaling resumed work on Willow Creek holdings. Persistent rumors say J J Liberty and WW J McGregor of Chateau Oil and Gas Co are securing financing from Washington, though unconfirmed.
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Kevin
Gordon Campbell
Willow Creek
Petroleum Exploration Company
Chateau
Snodgrass
J. J. Liberty
WW. J. McGregor
Chateau Oil and Gas Co
Washington
Four Granted Citizenship by U S Naturalization Examination
Four applicants were granted citizenship before Judge John J. Greene in District Court on March 18 after examination by George W. Tyler U S Naturalization Examiner Seattle. Renhard Bernhard Swain Ira Thornton Ritenour Carl Gulbrandsen and Frank Kralicek, natives of Great Britain Norway and the Czechoslovakian Republic respectively, were the successful applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Tyler
U. S
Seattle
John J. Greene
Renhard Bernhard Swain
Ira Thornton Ritenour
Great Britain
Carl Gulbrandsen
Norway
Frank Kralicek
Czechoslovakian Republic
Correct Appraisal of County Printing Bid
The Choteau Moulinan complains in poor English that the county printing contract was awarded to the Choteau Acantha claiming a bid 16 percent lower. The Montanan argues that bid price is not the sole factor and credits responsibility promptness and workmanship. The Bynum Herald notes the decree may still involve Montanan readers in county printing.
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Choteau Moulanan
Choteau Acantha
Acantha
Montanan
Bynum Herald
Old Stuff and Propaganda in County Printing Debate
A critical assessment labels The Fairfield Times critique of county printing as old, childish propaganda. The piece argues editors seek to sway taxpayers while unlikely to inform, defending the commissioners against the rival publisher’s charges.
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The
Fairfield Times
Times
Judge Greene Heads to Great Falls After Brief Home Visit
Judge John J. Greene left Monday afternoon for Great Falls after a brief visit at his Chateau home. He had returned last week from California where he had gone to be with Mrs Greene who recently underwent an operation. Mrs Greene is reported to be greatly improved in health.
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John J. Greene
Great Falls
Chateau
California
Greene
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Oudy Robt
Clarkson
Otairer
Federal Reserve
First National Bank
Rankin
T. A. Meagher
Idaho
Teton County Colonization Co
Ladies’ Guild
Phil ST. Cole
Stewart Cohoe
E. J. Hirshberg
T. O. Larson
Mary Garden
Frank Howard
Hirshberg
Woodman Hall
Teton
Sons and Daughters
Sons & Daughters
Graks
Citizens State Bank
Stong
Pendroy
Willow
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