Montana Power cuts lift rates across 15 towns in county
Montana Power and the Public Service Commission agreed on rate reductions effective Nov 15, affecting 147 cities and 15 natural gas towns. Residential electricity drops run from 8 to 5.5 cents per kilowatt hour, with commercial lighting down about 17 percent. Natural gas service charges are eliminated, cutting overall bills and promising the lowest gas rate in the nation for Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey
Montana Power Company
Helena
Chateau
Dutton
Teton County
Montana Public Service Commis
Missoula
Montana Ver Company
Commission
Jerry J. O'Connell
Montana
O’connell
Bowers Sentenced to Two Years for Forgery
Ben Bowers pleaded guilty to a forgery charge before Judge R M Hattersley. He drew two years in the state penitentiary and was taken to Deer Lodge by Sheriff Billings. The forged checks were on C Ki Malone for fifty dollars. He had recently been returned to Teton county from Cheyenne Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Bowers
State Penitentiary
R. M. Hattersley
Conrad
Bowers
Deer Lodge
J. If Billings
C. Ki Malone
Teton County
Cheyenne
Wyo
Former Chateau Girl Dies in Shelby Funeral in Great Falls
News of the death of Mrs. Elmer Denison at Shelby came with regret. The deceased, former Miss Freddie Collins, was a waitress at the Beaupre cafe for about three years. She married Elmer Denison last summer and is survived by her mother Mrs. Nesp lre Collins and two sisters, Mrs. Emil Jackson of Spring Valley and Mrs. Harry Anderson of Amesia. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Merrill mortuary rose room in Great Falls, with Rev. Paul Dierberger officiating. interment in Highland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Denison
Shelby
Freddie Collins
Beaupre Cafe
Chateau
Nesp Lre Collins
Emil Jackson
Spring Valley
Nora Collins
Y-B
Harry Anderson
Amesia
Merrill Mortuary
Great Falls
Paul Dierberger
Highland Cemetery
Cascade Visitors Bring Family Ties to Local Gathering
Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Bellingham of Cascade visited Sunday with their two sons William and Roscoe and his mother, joined by Mr. and Mrs. A. R. B. Guthrie and Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Winner. Mrs. Bellingham is Ted Hawley’s sister and John Hawley’s daughter, a Cascade pioneer. She is a 1910 Teton County High School graduate. Dr. Bellingham has long practiced dentistry in Cascade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
R. B. Bellingham
William
Roscoe
A. RB. Guthrie
H. A. Winner
Teton County Education Costs and Tax Valuations
The article compares per pupil costs and tax valuations across Teton, Pondera, and Stillwater counties. It notes Teton’s higher per pupil costs but lower levies due to greater taxable valuation per pupil, with Teton about $5 400 per elementary pupil versus $4 200 for Pondera and $3 600 for Stillwater. It cites census data showing farm property values and average agricultural land value around $9.00 to $10.78 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pondera
Stillwater
Teton
Teton County
Drunken Driver Fined in Great Falls Justice Court
Kenneth Weir of Great Falls was fined $100 in the justice court of J. G. Jackson after being arrested late last week by City Marshal Tom Neely. The complaint charged him with operating an automobile while intoxicated. Weir paid the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Weir
Great Falls
J. G. Jackson
Tom Neely
Weir
FOR SALE Items and livestock advertised locally
For sale listings include alfalfa hay and milk cows from Teton Implement Co and a 1932 Chevrolet coach with heater in perfect condition from Jas Sulgrove of Choteau. Ground barley at 1.25 per hundred with free delivery to Choteau for orders over 1,000 pounds from J B Conner. Four purebred ram bouillet bucks, ages one and two years, listed by Walter Chalmers of Farmington Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
Wm. Schoppe
Joe Mozer
Choteau
Fred Woodward
Russell Melion
Acantha
Teton Implement Co
Chevrolet
Jas. Sulgrove,Choteau
J. B. Conner
Walter Chalmers
Montana
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Irfield
Imate
Libby
Fi Roos P Products
Jonathans
Sunny Jim
Nash
Fin
Sauerkraut
Blue Star
Lge
Swansdown
Montco
Teton Financial
Pollock’s
S. Maccany
Porter Ranch
M. Finder
Geo. Porter
Bynum
F. G. Coyte
Cottage
Rice Auto Court
Rawleigh
Pondera County
Dept
Minneapolis
Minn
Ellis & Baskett
Gorham Block
Charley’s
L. E. Taylor
W. W. Cole
Fairfield
Mont
R. E. McAllister
Davis Ranch
Bole
Texaco
Ellsworth
Citizens State Bank
Larson
A. Diamond
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