Crash on Great Falls highway injures four near Chateau
A collision on the Great Falls highway south of Chateau injures Mrs. Chas Berglund with a fractured arm, Mrs. Emily Bird with a scalp wound, and Holly Biddle with a lacerated hand. Jeffrey Phillips and Laverne Berglund were bruised. Both cars lacked lights. Berglund treated at Choteau Hospital and Bird released after dressing. The truck driver Biddle owned by Art Tesch caused the crash after Phillips reported failing lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Berglund
Emily Bird
Holly Biddle
Chateau
Great Falls Highway
Biddle
Bird
Jeffrey Phillips
Young Phillips
Laverne Berglund
Choteau
Bergland
Young
Phillips
Annual All County Field Day Set For April 30
The 1927 all county track meet for Teton county district schools is scheduled for April 30 with scholastic tests a week earlier on April 23. Contests include spelling arithmetic map drawing silent reading dramatization and stock judging for grades 5 to 8. Forest Service prizes for an essay and a poster on forest conservation will be awarded to students in the 6th to 8th grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Anna E. Stafford
Montana
Robert Clarkson
Stafford
Forest Service
Lewis & Clark Forest Office
Augusta
American Legion
Choteau
J. Kent Midgett
Supreme Wheat Faces Major Test in Teton County
Supreme wheat a new spring variety touted for higher yield and equal quality to Marquis will be tested in Teton County this season. County Agent Robert Clarkson reports over 40 farmers signed up for registered Supreme seed, planting about 600 bushels across many communities including Chateau Power Fairfield Choteau and Pendroy with numerous growers listed and additional registered Marquis purchases countywide.
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Supreme
Marquis
Teton County
Robert Clarkson
J. A. Baart
Chateau
Nick Ludowissi
Power
Ole Okeness
Fairfield
Leslie Bush
Bole
Vincent Vance
Spring Valley
Hughie Robinson
Choteau
J. I. Burch
Joe Dusa
J. B. Toenyes
A. Kuhnert
C. J. Cutz
I. C. Kiesler
W. L. Andrews
R. S. McClinican
Collins
Wm. D. Reiquam
Hanson Bros
Agawam
Adolph Moser
Wendell Petri
Harry Young
H. H. Wuest
Henry Welst
Hartwick Nelson
Earl Woods
Dutton
C. A. Johnson
W. D. Jones
Harris Bennett Marriage Near Chateau
George Harris and Ella Bennett were married Tuesday morning at the Peters home with Rev. Robert Culbertson officiating. The couple will live in Sun River canyon while contractors finish the Hannan Gulch bridge, after which they will settle there. Harris owns a ranch near Fairfield and has lived in Chateau. Bennett previously served as housekeeper for the Doughty home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Haring
Ella Bennett
Chateau
H. C. Peters
Robert B. Culbertson
M. E. Church
School Awards for Track Meet Points and Cups
Awards will go to schools with the most points across events with scholastic points and athletic points combined. A one teacher school may win the cup for the meet’s top points. Power may retain the cup as permanent if victorious again. Individual and team honors include medals banners and ribbons for top finishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Power
Teton Men Face Federal Fines in Great Falls Court
Four Teton county men appeared in federal court in Great Falls on prohibition charge violations. Ed Swingley’s case was dismissed while Frank Shelmerdine received a $25 fine after pleading guilty. Danc Stewart Jr. and Charles Shelton were fined $150 and $200 respectively, given 40 day jail terms, and placed on one year probation after changing pleas. Judge Charles N. Pray oversaw the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Great Falls
Ed Swingley
Frank Shelmerdine
Danc Stewart, Jr
Charles Shelton
Gene van Wert
Charles N. Pray
Death of Mrs. Maggie Berringer in Great Falls
Mrs. Maggie Berringer of Collins died Thursday morning in Great Falls after a brief illness. She was 38 and survived by husband Benjamin Berringer and three children, Melvin, Hazel, all of Collins, plus her mother Mrs. Charles Linden of Fowler and siblings Ethel Linden, Harry Linden, Mrs. Louis Berringer, Mrs. Emily Giesy, Oscar Linden and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Maggie Berringer
Benjamin Berringer
Collins
Melvin
Hazel
Charles Linden
Fowler
Louis’ Berringer
Ethel Linden
Emily Giesy
Harry Linden
Oscar Linden
Brady
Mrs. Berringer Dies After Illness and Surgery
Mrs. Berringer a well known county resident had been in poor health and underwent an operation in Great Falls. Relapse after a hospital visit by her husband and children led to death. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in Conrad, with burial in Conrad cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Teton County
Conrad Cemetery
Camp Fire Girls Hold Grand Council Celebration in Great Falls
Fifty three Camp Fire representatives from Chateau attended a Grand Council Fire and birthday luncheon in Great Falls last weekend marking the movement's fifteenth birthday. The group thanks sponsors and citizens for car travel and train fares, and notes a $31.05 check from Hugh Wypper. The event funds may start a camping fund for next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire
Chateau
Grand Council
Great Falls
E. J. Crary
Board of
Sponsors
G. C. Core
C. W. Burns
C. S. McDonald
Hugo Horst
John J. Greene
H. W. Bateman
Clinton Core
James Eckford
Camp Fire Movement
Hugh Wypper
Fairfield
Camp Fire Girls
Choteau
Montana Tax Receipts Rise 14 Percent Over 1926
Income tax returns due March 15 show Montana receipts up to March 19 at 672 159.81 compared with 586 515.64 a year earlier, signaling ongoing economic improvement. Corporations drive the gain while individual filings lag due to exemptions and extensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
C. A. Rasmussen
Internal Revenue
Rasmussen
Co Edto Rasmussen
Chicago
Father of J. C. Morgan Dies at Helena Home
Lewis T. Morgan age 76 died at his Helena home after years of illness and a fractured leg earlier this month. J. C. Morgan of Chateau and five surviving siblings were at his bedside. funeral at Helena Masonic temple with Rev. Walter B. Spaulding delivering the sermon. Burial in Forestvale beside his wife. Born in Philadelphia in 1850, he came to Bozeman in 1886 and later worked with the Hecla Mercantile and Banking Co. at Glendale before moving to Helena in 1902 to pursue mining interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis T. Morgan
Montana
Helena
J. C. Morgan
Chateau
Mr. Morgan
Masonic Temple
Helena Lodge No
Sugar Beet Boosters Inspect Bynum Area for Growth
Land in the Bynum area suitable for sugar beet growing was inspected last Thursday by Revn Leed secretary of the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce C D Greenfield agricultural development agent for the G N with headquarters at Helena and George Barlow field man for the Utah Idaho Sugar company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bynum
Revn Leed
Great Falls
Four Great Falls Boys Caught With Stolen Car
Four Great Falls youths aged 15 to 18 were captured by Teton County officers after stealing a Buick sedan from J. E. Bell of Montana Power Co. The car stalled on the Dupuyer road and the boys were brought to Chateau, later turned over to county authorities. They faced theft charges with bonds set at 1500 dollars each.
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Malone Spur
Agawam
C. K.malone Ranch
Middle West
Teton County
Milwaukee
Montana
Sioux City
Great Falls
TETON
J. E. Bell
Montana’ Power Co
Cascade
Collins
Dupuyer Road
Bynum
Chateau
Bob Gordon
Guy Palagi
Wm. Fenton
Chas. Ireland
Victor Hutton
Patrick Freeman
Ryan Mercantile Co
Dupuyer
Pendroy
Gordon
Billings
Choteau
Wellenstein
Washington
Pendrey
Bell
Palagi
Larson One of Three Senators In Montana Impeachment
Montana senate convened in Helena to hear charges against Secretary of State C. T. Stewart. Senator T. O. Larson of Teton was one of three senators who sat in the state's only previous impeachment trial, involving Judge Crum. Three other current jurors were in the 1900s house when Crum impeachment charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larson
Montana
Senate
Helena
C. T. Stewart
T. O. Larson
Teton
Crum
Stewart
House
Two Former Chateau Men Nominated in Great Falls Primary
Two Chateau men won Republican nominations in Great Falls city primary elections. Bert P. Christie was nominated for police magistrate and Harvey Read for alderman of the fourth ward. The finals are set for the first Monday in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Great Falls
Tribune
Bert P. Christie
Harvey Read
Mary Read
North End youths plead guilty to sheep pelts theft
Herman Bramer 22 and Clarence Hammond 17 of the Blackleaf area pleaded guilty in Justice J. E. DeHaas court to stealing two sheep pelts from rancher Fred Latrop. Bramer fined 25 dollars plus costs. Hammond, a minor, to be handled in district court by Judge Greene. Pelts sold to Roy Moye for 4.50, Bramer receiving 2.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Bramer
Clarence Hammond
Justice Court
J. E. DeHaas
Fred’ Lathrop
Blackleaf
Bramer
Hagmond
DeHaas
C. James Smith
John J. Greene
Roy Moye
Teton Receives $5,772 1927 Auto License Payment
County Treasurer Otto Waynild received the first 1927 distribution of automobile license funds totaling $5,772.00 from Austin LB Middleton, register of motor vehicles, marking the county’s share of the year's first payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton
Teton County
Otto Waynild
Austin LB. Middleton
Register of Motor Vehicles
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Supreme Wheat
First National Bank
Liberty Loan
LRAL
RESEI
Falls
Ben Berringer
Conrad
North End
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