County Commissioners Proceedings March 1917 Chateau
County board met in Chateau Montana March 12 1917 with Chairman Henry Radcliffe and Commissioners Savory Ledgerwood. Minutes approved licenses examined bonds examined school districts created and contracts with Sun River project approved opinions audits and hearings scheduled for April 10 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co
First National
Sun River
U.S. Reclamation Service
Sun River Project
Ledgerwood
Reclamation Service
Fort Shaw
Mont
Department of the Interior
United States
B. J. Mathews
J. P. Conrad
Ic. H. Connor
Delos Dorn
Great Northern Railway
Cut Bank
R. A. Earhart
Ernest S. Ware
Walier
J. E. DeHaas
A. E. Moye
F.F. van Demark, Jr
R. L. Taft
J. W. Shields
E. L. Marriott
F. E. van de
Seniors plan Friday dance and class committees named
The senior class held a Monday meeting electing committees for a Friday dance. Tom Hopkinson and Grant Hodgskiss lead invitations. Leo Steele, Tom Hopkinson, Hodgskiss and Frank Collins handle decorations. Wilma Jones Ruth Daley Dewey and Leo Steele oversee refreshments. Frank Collins arranged the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hopkinson
Grant Hodgskiss
Leo Steele
Frank Collins
Wilma Jones
Ruth Daley
Dewey
Adalphia
Dietrich
Mary McNeely
Hazel Hane
Florence Daley
Mildred Forrest
Gladys Martine
Dorothy Longmuir
Myrle Trescott
Ethel Wallace
George Hall
Bertram Guthrie
Ruth Johnson
Alta Cohoe
Tom Lropkinson
Merrill Luther
Harold Forrest
Joe Radcliffe
Esther Olson
Ellen Cummins
Nan Burrell
Esthér Olson
Hildegard
Lindseth
Harrold Forrest
Oscar Lyon
Louise Willis
Wilson outlines broad wartime prep measures and cabinet plan
Washington reports President Wilson and his cabinet consider steps after Congress reconvenes to prepare for possible war with Germany. The plan may authorize use of armed forces, grant large credits, and push censorship and espionage laws, with debate on aiding Entente allies. Secretary Houston urges farmers to boost seed quality and disease protection to safeguard cereal crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
Germany
Houston
School notices list exemptions and athletics plans
A long list of students and exemptions for various courses is announced along with track season opening Tuesday, field conditions delaying events, and upcoming formal training on April 2. The Apollo club prepares commencement music as D L signs off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Hane
Dietrich
Apollo Club
D. L
Card of Thanks for Neighbor Support
We extend sincere thanks to neighbors and friends who aided us during the illness and death of our beloved husband and father. Mrs Jos Vanish and children.
Mrs G M Coffey Dies After Great Falls Operation
Mrs G M Coffey died Thursday afternoon March 22 at Deaconess hospital Great Falls after an operation by local physicians. Born January 17 1866 in Memphis Missouri she lived in Montana since 1890 and leaves four children George M Jr Mary Wallace and Clark. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 pm in Choteau with Rev W W Van Orsdel officiating and burial in Choteau cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Coffey
Great Falls
Coffey
Great Northern
Montana
Coffey & Wallenstein
Bynum
Chateau
Choteau Eastern Star Lodge
Choteau Old Settlers’ Association
Ladies’ Industrial Society
Choteau Methodist Church
Christian Curch
I. M. Cowell
Choteau
A. J. Cowell
Chas
Cowell
Marcus Ray Cowell
Prince Albert, Sask
H. W. Timothy
W. W. van Orsdel
Choteau Cemetery
Letter from Roy Putnam to Max Bishop in Montana
Roy Putnam, writing from Philipsburg Montana on March 26 1917, asks Max Bishop to continue his newspaper subscription for another year. He notes Philipsburg as Granite county seat high in the mountains and invites Bishop and friends to visit for good fishing this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philipsburg
Mont
Max B. Bishop
Chateau
Montana
Granite County
National Guard Called Out in Montana
Captain W L Verge of Chateau Company M reports orders from Colonel J J McGuiness that the Second Montana National Guard has been called out to protect property in case of war with Germany. Company M will recruit to 150 men, with 54 currently serving, as congress meets next week for potential further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Verge
Chateau Company M
J. J. McGuiness
Second
Montana National Guard
War Department
Germany
Chateau
Company M
Ww. L. Verge
Bert H. Rose
Harry A. Smith
Halvor Daley
Neely Armstrong
Glen Miller
Ole Halvorson
John Ferris
Grover Forgey
Grover Graves
Frank M. Sabados
Edward H. Smith
Noland Raymond
Chester Swetman
Geo. Dollemore
Chas. Dollemore
Lewis C. Donahue
June F. Collings
Sidney Mowry
Federal program to reduce gopher pest in Montana
A. F. Taylor of Washington reports will work in Lewis and Clark Fergus Cascade Hill and other counties this spring and summer under Montana State College Extension. Arrival is expected March 26. The campaign aims to show the value of county tax funded extermination efforts against gophers and prairie dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Taylor
Washington,d. C
United States Biological Service
Lewis and Clark
Teton
Fergus
Cascade
Hill
Montana
Montana State College
Sale Hearing Purports Odd Missouri Auction List
A dubious sale notice circulating in the press claims a Missouri auction will begin the next morning. It lists odd items such as 25 milch cows, 41 cultivators, 8 piano mares, a DeLaval ice cream attachment, and various farming implements, with more items promised before the sale. The narrator notes the government's ship dragging toward trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
McCormick
Poland
China
Women’s Club Notes Invite Reading Room and Talks
The next regular meeting is Saturday April 7 at 3 30. Mr Gorham will address the club on The cleanup campaign The county commissioners donated a court house room with light and heat for a public reading room. Local business people offer lumber hardware and shelving help. The club will soon set a time to collect books with a request for at least one book per donor. Mrs T O Larson gave the civic tea last week and Mrs Otis Mellon will host one this week. The teas have boosted the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorham
Court House
T. O. Larson
Otis Mellon
Palm Sunday at Episcopal Church Prompts Special Services
Rev. L. F. Haley notes Palm Sunday observances with morning prayer and Ante Communion, sermon on Heroism of Jesus. Post includes Sunday school, vesper, and choir processional. country parishioners urged to attend Easter services. Ladies' Guild meets Thursday. weekend junior meeting with Margaret Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Haley
Jerusalem
Lepiscopal Church
Jesus
Company M Called to Report for Active Service
The President has ordered the Sec ond Montana Infantry into active service. All members of Company M and Hospital Corps must report at the Chateau armory at once on March 29, 1917. Captain Walter L. Verge commands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second
Montana Infantry
Company M
Hospital Corps
Chateau
Walter L. Verge
Also Mentioned on This Page
County Board of Educational Examiners
E. E. Crawford
G. M. Moss
Fairbrother
E. C. Garrett
C. Garrett
Paul Jacobson
William Miller
Grace M. Thompson
Schoos
Annie Austad
Rs. Co
James Smith
Citizens State’ Bank of
A. B. Guthrie
G. MM. Coffey
J. B. Wellenstein
P. H. Crossen
William Hodgskiss
Pondera Valley State’ Bank
A. B. Ruthrie
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company
Ren
Toms Notes
Hi Hi Si Iej Ca
The
First National Bank
Federal Reserve
Oldest Bank
Teton County
Wallace Coffey
Mildred Forest
Hane
Lawrence Jackson
Roy Putnam
National Guard
Ship of State
Episcopal Church Notes
Junior
Margaret Jackson
Ladies’ Guild
J. C. Taylor
Citizens State Bank
Choteau, Montana
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