Drilling Delays Stall First Willow Creek Well Start
Drilling operations for the Willow Creek structure again face delays with spudding of the first well from the Petroleum Exploration Company uncertain this week. Government permit holdups linger over technicalities, but officials expect a brief resolution. Meanwhile Choteau Oil and Gas Co plans two more carloads of machinery and presses ahead to drill its first test well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petroleum Exploration Company
Willow Creek
Choteau Oil and Gas Co
Choteau
Montana farmers form advisory council to aid new department
A Montana council of agriculture is formed by 16 farm and livestock groups to advise the new Department of Agriculture. An executive committee named includes George M. Lewis and W. B. Harlan. The group will draft by laws and serve as a clearing house on taxation, transport, and credit issues for farmers statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Council of Agriculture
Farm and Livestock Organizations
Montana
Capitol
Chester C. Davis
Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
George M. Lewis
Manhattan
W. B. Harlan
Como
EF. K. Bowman
W. M. Burlinghame
Great Falls
J. B. Veach
Davis
Farm Organization
New Principal Named for Chateau Grade School
At a board meeting of School District No. 1 in Chateau, Julian D. Ray of Columbus, Montana was elected principal for the coming year at a salary of 2000 dollars. He succeeds Earl Burgett who resigns to head a Montana Western College department in Helena. Ruth Sebelist of Choteau was elected fourth grade teacher. Ruth Dougherty of Hysham and Genevieve Parson of Hysham were added as sixth and third grade teachers respectively. Vacancies remain for the seventh grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Teau
Julian JD. Ray
Columbus
Montana
Ray
Chateau
Earl Burgett
Burgett
Taft
Montana Weselyn College
Helena
Missoula
Ruth Sebelist
Choteau
County agents to mail boys camp applications this week
Applications for the Boys Better Farming Camp will be mailed to all Teton county boys ages 12 to 18 by week’s end. The Fort Assiniboine event runs July 14 to 23 with full instructions inside the mailed folders and letters. Each community must pay its share of camp expenses, and the Farm Bureau will set a deadline at its next executive meeting for payment before others receive extra allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Fort Assiniboine
Farm Bureau Executive Committee
Mrs Bush of Collins Forms for Remodeled Poultry Houses
Mrs. George Bush of Collins has sent four forms to the county agent outlining the structure of several poultry houses. The forms will go to the Bozeman poultry specialist for remodeling advice. Countywide interest in the remodeling program is noted and June meetings are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bush
Collins
Bozeman
Smith
Bush
Notice to Sprinkling Contractors in Chateau Street Bids
Public notice announces the City of Chateau will receive bids for street sprinkling for the 1921 season. Bids must be on file with the City Clerk before 6 p.m. on the date stated. Specifications are available in the office of City Engineer John W. Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
P. m. Hic
Farmers sought to occupy quarter of Montana state house
A Montana official envisions relocating farm services to a quarter of the ground floor to better serve farmers. He notes limited funds restrict duties and calls for state help and ongoing contact with real dirt farmers, aside from the commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Farmers of
Montana
Mr. Davis
Department
Legion Holds Interesting Meeting At Hodgskis Hall
Pot No 6 American Legion met at Hodgskis hall Tuesday evening with about forty members present. Veterans from Spanish American and Civil War era attended as guests. Post Commander Ingwald Lestrud led the session in H. W. Bates absence. A Memorial Day service plan was discussed and a committee of Roy W. Pilling C James Smith and Charles Justice was named to arrange details. A lunch and smoker followed along with a boxing exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pot No. 6
American Legion
Hodgskis$ Hall
Legion
Ingwald Lestrud
H. W. Bate
Roy W. Pilling
C. James Smith
Chas. Justice
Trial of Butte Police Chief on Trial
Jere J. Murphy, chief of police of Butte and a 30 year department member, faced charges of incompetency and neglect of duty. Edith Clinch testified to liquor sales. A B Buskner detailed gambling and liquor sites. Trial proceeds with witnesses, commission limiting cross examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Jere J. Murphy
Police Commission
Edith Clinch
A. B. Buskner
Murphy
Great Northern to Close Bole Depot on Great Falls Line
State board of railroad commissioners orders the Great Northern Railroad to close the Bole station on the Great Falls Pendroy branch as an agency station. The carrier will employ custodians only at this and eighteen other agency stations to be shuttered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Great Northern Railroad Company
Bole
Great Falls
Pendrey
Great Northern
Mrs Hammond Infected With Influenza At Hammond Parlors
Mrs Hammond of the Hammond Beauty Parlors is seriously ill with influenza, hospital and medical attention sought for her condition.
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Mrs. Hammond
Hammond Beauty Parlors
John J. McNamara Freed After Nine Years In Prison
John J. McNamara, the dynamiter of the Lynwood Iron Works case in 1910, was released from San Quentin after nine years and five months. He left the prison with two friends meeting him at 7 p.m. and avoided interviews as newspapers pursued him in Sausalito before his boat to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin
John J. McNamara
Liewllyn Iron Works
Los Angeles
McNamara
McNamar
Sausalito
San Francisco
Kalispell Oil Stock Salesman Sentenced for Larceny
E. L. Murray an oil stock salesman was found guilty of grand larceny in Kalispell district court. He received a sentence of one to two years in the state penitentiary for selling non existent oil leases in Texas to local investors in May 1920. The Southern Oil Co. he claimed to represent did not exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispell
E. L. Murray
Murray
Texas
Big Southern Oil Co
Park committee thanks local clubs and donors for improvements
The park committee expresses gratitude to the Comercial Club Mon arch Lumber Co and the Chateau Hardware Company for park improvement contributions. Thanks also to Mr Cain and Mr Halladay for park work and other donors. A Beaupre social event drew a large crowd and funds. The Library committee lists recent book gifts from Mrs J W Ward and Melvin Walley and notes new titles placed aboard. Donations to the subscription paper are appreciated with books to Rexall for disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comercial Club
Monarch Lumber Co
Chateau ‘Hardware Company
Cain
Halladay
Beaupre
Mc‘Gregor
Rain Fills County Fields Boosting Prospects for Crops
Generous rains over ten days soaked the ground aiding sprouting of winter and spring wheat. Reports from Shelby and Lewistown cite about three and two inches of rainfall. A Alberta rainmaker Hatfield claims success, with farmers paying for inches of rain. local county worries about bills and continuing dry spells despite the welcome moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Lewistown
Glasgow
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Charles M. Hatfield
United Farmers’ Association of Alberta
Hatfield
Were
Teton County
High School Plans May Events and Graduation
The senior class presents The Professor's Daughter on Friday May 13 at 8 pm with a sewing exhibit 7 15 to 8 pm. Junior Prom decoration continues for May 18. Baccalaureate sermon May 15 by Rev H T Stong. Class night Monday. Graduation May 17 with Miss May Trump as speaker the salutatory by Miss Hattie Miller and valedictory by Miss Ruth Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Stong
May Trumpr
Hattie Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. R. Cresap
Dixon
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve System
First National Bank
John W. Hall
City Clerr
Great ‘Northern
United States
Total
State of Montana
County of Teton
W. B. Butchart
A. H. Doughty
State of
Chateau, Montana
Henry Radcliffe
E. J. Hirshberg
JULIUS _HIRSHBERG
Dynamiter
Sue
Eleanor H. Porter
Tiberius
Augusta Evans Wilson
Lord Dunsany
Marian Freare
Margaret Ashman
Harry Cas
Tleman
Uncle Sam
The
Rhine
Andrew S. Burley
Robert L. Drake
Boy Scouts
George Durston
C. W. Lead
Beater
Citizens State Bank
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