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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1927
Page
1
Teton High School defeated Shelby 32 to 0 in the season opener on Chateau field. Despite weight disadvantage and early injuries, Teton built drives with end runs and lines, scoring in the second and fourth quarters and sealing the win with a final 32 point margin.
At its October meeting the council heard a proposal from James Eckford of Citizens State Bank to buy the Stockmens State Bank Building for a new city hall. No official stance was taken. A bond issue would be required and a petition from 25 percent of property owners would trigger an election. The city offices occupy rear rooms with only a verbal lease to next April.
The Catholic Ladies Auxiliary announces a bazaar on November 16 at the old Woodmen hall on Main Avenue. A baby show for 6 to 18 month olds will be judged by ballot. quilts will be sold and a fifty cent feed offered. A dance closes the event and all are invited to attend with their babies.
Mrs J H Byler wife of the Byler's Market proprietor suffered painful bruises in a Sunday automobile overturn four miles south of Chateau. The car flipped after hitting a culvert. Mr Byler and their son Floyd were uninjured. Mrs Byler was treated at Choteau hospital and sent home.
Best Saturday Teton will play her next game this coming Saturday against Belt on the Fairfield gridiron. The game is part of the A. O. U. W. annual session program at Fairfield. Ticket prices are 35¢ and 75c with activity tickets admitted on presentation. A large Chateau crowd is expected.
The Acantha reports 65 bushels per acre for a small Marquis field on the Juelfs ranch at Dutton. Supreme tests show higher yields than Marquis in Dutton territory with several growers noting 44 to 50 bushels an acre. Rust damaged a field at the Fiack ranch, and Dutton elevators have shipped 530000 bushels of wheat this season.
The board of county commissioners authorized a steel beam pile bridge over the Teton river near Dutton at an estimated cost of 3000 dollars, with 1000 dollars funded by Dutton business men. The action ends long local efforts boosted by oil field development and a petition from Dutton residents.
A large turnout in Choteau raises funds for the high school athletic program. Nearly one hundred season activity tickets sold, netting $250 to $300 for the treasury. Tickets cost $3 and cover all regular activities except the T Club dance and the Junior Prom. The pass also admits holders to the football game at Fairfield this Saturday when Teton meets Belt.
Teton county stock shipments set a seasonal record as the Great Northern sent 15 cattle cars and four sheep cars to Chicago and South St Paul while the Milwaukee unloaded 26 cattle cars for eastern and western markets. Sheep came from Ellis Baskett and C S McDonald for Swift Co. at South St Paul. Cattle originated at Bynum Pendroy with shipments by E J Sherman W J Irvin and Fred Lathrop Henry Jensen Walter Leimere and N P Hager.
A $25 contribution from Rocky Mountain Elevator Co to County Agent Robert Clarkson funds a moisture testing wheat apparatus at the county level. The check came with a letter praising his effort to provide farmers with accurate readings on wheat dryness to prevent spoilage in storage.
About 1600 young ewes changed hands in a Jefferson auction late last week between P. H. Crossen and buyers Dr. H. W. Bateman of Choteau and G. C. Stokes of Bynum. Crossen received 14 per head for the yearlings, noted as one of the best small bands in the region. The flock yielded a wool crop averaging about 10 pounds per fleece at shearing.
Two trainloads of Teton county cattle, 26 cars, left Choteau via Milwaukee for eastern and western markets. Twenty four cars were staff bought by Jacobson and Henry of Seattle, who will split at Great Falls, sending part east and part to the Pacific coast. The rest two cars were shipped by the Teton County Shipping Association to Chicago, with 58 head of mixed cattle from 14 shippers. Monday Milwaukee loaded three sheep cars at Agawam for Grass Range, Montana, bought by Webb Armstrong.
Relatives in Chateau learn that Mrs Myrtle Lovell 47 died Tuesday night at her Three Forks home after years of poor health due to asthma. Survived by husband and daughter Evelyn 11, plus brothers Charles Franklin and Roy Franklin and sisters Mrs Roy Putnam and Mrs Joe Evans. funeral planned for Friday with relatives traveling from Three Forks.
No. 1 hard spring wheat of 12 per cent protein brings 97c at Chateau this morning. Premiums on higher protein add seven to fifteen cents, yielding 1.04 for 13 per cent, 1.07 for 13.5 per cent, and 1.12 for 14 per cent. T. A. Meagher was a business visitor in Great Falls Tuesday.
The threshing tally tops 12 500 bushels with over 14 000 expected from 350 acres of Marquis spring wheat on the T O Larson ranch near Brady. Half the land is left fallow or prepared for next year after irrigation. Nearby Dave Nelson on 1600 acres projects 5 000 bushels plus from crops and the Oregon ranch is also cited for large yields.
Choteau Lions Club officers and executive committee vote to sponsor a skating rink for local children. A committee led by H F E Adams W W Smith and J E Hodgkiss will oversee the project and may secure the lots north of the Power Morgan Co store on Main Avenue. The group plans a ladies night for late October at the Masonic temple auditorium, date subject to change.
A marriage license was issued October 3 by Clerk Blanche M. Jacobson to Clark L. Stanfield of Chateau and Helen Bernice Mellwee of Great Falls. They married the same day by Justice J E De Hlaas in the presence of Mrs. Lillian Tryon and Mrs. Fern Gels.
County Agent Robert Clarkson reports that two more Teton county farmers, Fred Dutro and Carl Marinson of Fairfield, have added their names to the list now taking advantage of the service enjoyed by members of the Teton County Cow Testing Club.
At a regular meeting the Chateau Woman's Club formally endorsed a county library campaign and pledged to transfer all Chateau library assets to the county if a county system is decided. A kickoff education effort included a visit to Fairfield to discuss the plan with the local club and review Montana library law and its successful implementation in neighboring counties. Delegates were chosen to attend the State Library association convention in Lewistown and the District No. 7 convention in Shelby.
Early instalment payments bring in over $3,000 to the county treasury, said County Treasurer Otto Waentld. Personal tax notices are mailed, with real property notices due by the 15th, first instalment due November 1 and delinquent on November 30.
Chick Grimsley of Bynum, noted trapper and guide, was seen in Cha teau yesterday while traveling to Great Falls on business matters.
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