Bynum Irrigation Project Wins Finance Approval
The Bynum Irrigation District has secured official OKs from finance officials led by G C Myers of the Farm Mortgage Corporation of Billings. The firm will purchase bonds, with R H Fifield named engineer in charge and Phil I Cole the project promoter. Construction planning begins, with headquarters to be set and local crews engaged, marking four years of effort toward starting work before the freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bynum
G. C. Myers
Farm Mortgage Corporation
Billings
Bynum Irrigation District
Myers
R. H. Fiefield
Cole
Pow Wow annual ready for printers at Teton County High
The Pow Wow annual for Teton County High School is at the printers. The book will be bound in Castilian Morocco with gold lettering and 100 pages of ads. It includes 29 illustrations and detailed summaries of school activities, music, dramatics, athletics and student organizations. Two hundred seventy five copies have been ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Acantha
Morocco
Montana U to Honor Famous Western Artist Russell
The University of Montana will award Charles M. Russell a Doctor of Laws at June 15 commencement. Announcement came from Judge W B Rhoades in Great Falls. Russell is renowned for paintings of the old west and is the fourth Montanan honored with this degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Montana
Charles M. Russell
Great Falls
W. B. Rhoades
Montana State Board of Education
Russell
Missoula
Montana
The Law Forbids at Royal theatre Friday and Saturday
Baby Peggy stars in a gripping tale of domestic tangles and infatuations with an exceptional Universal Jewel cast. Robert Ellis Elinor Fair Joseph Dowling and Winifred Bryson lead the supporting roles as the film arrives this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby Peggy
Universal Jewel
Royal Theatre
Robert Ellis
Elinor Fair
Joseph Dowling
Winifred Bryson
Benefit Night for Chateau Scout Troop Play and Dance Planned
A village benefit tomorrow features the three act comedy Hurry Hurry Hurry at the high school auditorium with cast led by Mrs A B Guthrie. Proceeds fund a Boy Scout summer camp in Teton Canyon. Tickets on sale. curtain at 8:15 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
W. H. Gregory
Lodge
A. B. Guthrie
Jack Crandall
Floy Hooker
Floy
Sophia
Froney
Tedte
Hupery
Isat
Bing Hodgskiss
Rita
Steve
Alta Ledgerwood
M. G. Carver
Robert Clarke
Hooker
Olive Butchart
Teton Canyon
Schools Close for Summer in Chateau After Year End
Last Friday marked the close of summer vacation for both high and grade schools in Chateau. On Monday the doors were locked and the streets quiet as teachers gathered their effects to depart for homes or summer courses. Miss Ruby Miller hosts a teachers farewell at her Rock Creek summer camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Ruby Miller
Rock Creek
Misoula junior attends graduation exercises in Chateau
Miss Alva Larson, a junior at the state university at Missoula, spent last weekend in Chateau for the graduation of the Class of 1925 in which her sister Miss Harriet Larson served as vice president and valedictorian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Larson
State University At
Missoula
Chateau
Miss Larson
Harriet
Memorial Day Parade and Services in Choteau
Choteau observes Memorial Day with a parade at 10:00 A M led by the American Legion Post No 6 and a firing squad salute over graves. Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows join the procession to the cemetery for simple memorial services and grave decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
American Legion
Chateau
I. G. Lestrud
Court House Lawn
Legion
C. James Smith
Knights of Pythias and
Odd Fellows
C. W. Drake
Nat Collins
Chas. Torrance
George Richards
John Billings
Robert Twiggs
James Wallace
Patrick Heany
Schuyler Carson
Dan Grant
Chester Maddox
Carl S. Johnson
Ben Williams
William A. Duffey
James Gibson
Hiram Baker
Charley Jones
John O. Nelson
James Caldwell
Dr. Smith
Bonneville Corp
Geo. Fuller
Junior Prom Closes Graduation Week at Teton High
Commencement week for the Class of 25 ended with a Junior Prom at the Teton High gym. Four hundred guests enjoyed a ballroom transformed by crepe lattice, lanterns, and pink rosebuds. The event featured a rustic band stand, student performers, and a full night of waltzes and fox-trots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton High
Mildred
Forrest
Helen Gorham
Jane Guthrie
Jane Adams
Hedblom and Jackson Wed in Great Falls Rectorate
Erick Hedblom of Fairfield and Miss Margaret Jackson of Chateau united in marriage last Saturday at the Episcopal rectory in Great Falls. The bride, lifelong Chateau resident and a 1924 normal school graduate, taught in county district schools. The groom, a decade resident of Fairfield, is chief electrician for the U.S. Reclamation Service and heads Hine construction in Sun River canyon for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Keller
Erick Hedblom
Fairfield
Margaret Jackson
J. G. Jackson
Choteau
Chateau
U. S. Reclamation Service
Hedblom
Sun River Canyon
Hine
Merchants Observe Memorial Day in Chateau
Merchants of Chateau will observe Saturday May 30 as Memorial day with stores closed so proprietors and employees may join the American Legion in honoring fallen comrades. American Legion program details appear elsewhere in this paper. J F and C T Kavanaugh publishers of the Shelby Promoter were Chateau visitors en route to Great Falls on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
American Legion
Messrs
J. F. and
C. T. Kavanaugh
Shelby Promoter
Great Falls
County Superintendent Prepares Grading For County Exams
Closing of county schools for summer does not relax duties for the county superintendent and assistants. They will judge and mark about 1200 examination papers from seventh and eighth graders, with two-board review per paper, aiming for mid June returns though some papers from Teton county teachers will go to Helena and be adjusted by July first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Heroes Past and Present Sermon at M E Church
Robert B Culbertson leads a Sunday schedule with 10:30 Sunday school for all ages 11:30 morning worship sermon Heroes Past and Present 7:15 Epworth League 8:00 evening service music by the youth choir Farmington service at 3:00 PM a cordial community welcome to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Young People’s Choir
Farmington
Pendroy Items and Local Happenings
Mrs. Jay Barrette and daughter Jessie moved to Great Falls while Edward Wormley and family left the restaurant to occupy the vacated Barrette home. The Coleman residence on the Water road burned completely last Friday with almost nothing saved. A baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. Pete Laconette at Conrad hospital on Friday May 22. Billy Jones party hosted thirty children at Sandy Jones home with a lawn lunch. Ladies Aid meets with Mrs. Carl Gulbrandsen on May 28. Miss Mary Kittenger, teaching at Red Lodge, visits her sister Mrs. J A Swanson for a few weeks. Harley Brewer bought a new Ford sedan this week from local dealers Talbert and ou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Barrette
Jessie
Great Falls
Edward Wormley
Coleman
Water Road
Pete Laconette
Conrad Hospital
Sandy Jones
Billy Jones
Ladies’ Aid Society
Carl Gulbrandsen
Mary Kittenger
Red Lodge
J. A. Swanson
Harley Brewer
Talbert
Old Timer recalls early oil activity in Teton county
A visit by Frank Pike to Choteau recalls mineral claims filed 1898 to 1904 by Pike Gleason and Doody in the St Marys Lake and Swift Current areas. They sank a test well in 1903 or 1904 yielding samples, the first in the future Kevin Sunburst field, with the derrick later submerged by Swift Current dam irrigation. Pike later became a rancher near Libec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisit
Choteau
Frank Pike
Glacier Park
Mr. Pike
Chas. Gleason
Dan Doody
Court House
Messisike and
Doody
St. Mary’s Lake
Swift Current
Teton County
Montana
Milk River
Forest Trails in Lewis and Clark Forest Hit by Winter Winds
Forest supervisor E. H. Myrick reports trails in the Lewis and Clark Forest are in poor condition after winter storms. Crews will number at least thirty by June 1 for trail work telephone line construction and fire prevention. Fire danger rises in Willow Creek without rain in ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis & Clark Forest
E. H. Myrick
Myrick
Mr. Myrick
Birch Creek
G. A. Fredrickson
Blackleaf Station
Chateau
Birch Creek Range
Willow Creek
Willow Creek District
Fry
Gates’ Park
Forest Service
Missoula
Montana
Washington
Glacier Park
G N Relief Agent Weds Dutton Girl in Choteau
Last Saturday at the M B parsonage in Choteau Rev Robert B Culbertson joined Miss Katherine Peterson of Dutton to Vernon Kemp of Choteau in marriage. Kemp, issued a license by Clerk B M Jacobson, serves as relief agent at the Great Northern station during the regular agent C H Porter’s absence on sick leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. N
Dutton
M. B. Parsonage
Choteau
Robert B. Culbertson
Katherine Peterson
Vernon Kemp
Kemp
B. M. Jacobson
Great Northern
C. H. Porter
Teton County Baseball League Opens With Four Teams
Tetom county baseball fans will see four teams compete for the county championship in a 24 game schedule from June 7 to August 30. Choteau Bynum Power and Dutton will start the series with contests at Bynum and Dut ton. Managers include H E Forrest and Robert Neal with W H Gorham to be urged as Chateau manager. Admission is 25 cents with 60 40 gate split and players all county men with no salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tetom County
Mr. Neal
Bynum and Dutton
Harry Jones
Power Aggregation
W. H. Gorham
Chateau Nine
C. G. Harris
Bynum
G. Co. Core
Chateau
Chas. Otesa
Farmington
Teton County
Oregon Man Booster For Montana Gra s ses
Oregon dairyman H S Parsell from Pilot Rock arrives in Cha teau with 316 head of registered bucks to pasture at the TH. oe ranch one mile west of Cho Mr Parsell will introduce bread to Reton county flock. J E Sullivan of Pendroy buys Delane stock to run with his bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Oregon
H. S. Parsell
Pilot Rock
Chateau
Smith Livestock Sheep Company
Pilot
Rock
J. E. Sullivan
Pendroy
Delane
Lander Co Sues Fay for Mortgage Foreclosure
Civil action filed in the Clerk of the Court during the past week lists E. J. Lander Co. as plaintiff against Joseph L. Fay et al seeking foreclosure of a mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Jacobson
E. J. Lander Co
Joseph L. Fayot
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Bynum. Project
O. K. OF Finance
Charlie Russell
SCOUT
First National Bank
Chetenu, Montana
U. S&s. Liberty
American . Legion Post
Ee Vn
Hedblom-Jackson
Education Board
M. E
Pike
Loubec
TETON
SUMN
Oregon Man Booster
Montana Gras&sses
Delano
Citizens State Bank
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