Victim of Auto Smash-up Sues For Large Sum
Oral Champion of Fairfield sues Ben Scott of Great Falls in Teton district court for 5000 dollars in actual damages, 120 dollars medical fees, 5000 dollars exemplary damages plus costs after a July 1 1928 collision on the Great Falls Chateau highway near Bole. The suit cites speeding intoxication and failure to aid as motives for the crash that injured the Champion family. George M. Coffey Jr. represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Oral Champion
Fairfield
Ben Scott
Great Falls
Great Falls-Chateau
Bole
Scott
Alen W. Champion
Justice Court
C. H. Ferris
Champion
George M. Coffey Jr
American Legion Prize Essay Contest Announced
Bert I. Packer announces a national American Legion prize essay contest for ages 12 to 18 on Why America Should Prohibit Immigration for Five Years. First prize 750 dollars. entries due by October 12, 1923. essays limited to 600 words. winners receive medals or certificates and can apply cash prizes to college scholarships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bert I. Packer
Legion Post
Americanizations Committee
National Legion Council
Saylor
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
National Americanism
American Legion
Indianapolis
Indiana
The
Choteau
Acantha Appeals For Japanese Earthquake Relief
The Choteau Montana paper joins the Salvation Army Montana Division in raising funds to aid Japan after the recent earthquake tidal wave and fire. Readers are urged to contribute through the paper or directly to Salvation Army headquarters, with acknowledgments to be sent via the Acantha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Salvation Army
Acantha
Choteau
Teton County
Japan
Army
Phoenix Block
Butte
Choteau Acantha
Choteau Montana
United States
Chateau P T A organizes for year's work
Short sessions and a reception opened the Chateau High School parent teacher association year. Committees were formed by Chairman McDonald including Program, Membership, Ways and Means, Social, Emergency, Reception, Playground, and Parliamentarian with members named. a special meeting on September 17 urged all parents to attend for child welfare topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Parent-Teacher Association
McDonald
Phil J. Cole
T. H. Pridham
C. McDonald
Bertie Williamson
Ruth Andrews
Frederica Medley
Wm. Butchart
J. C. Morgan
C. P. Crane
C. J. B. Stephens
R. F. Williamson
Edythe Saylor
J. C. Taylor
Ard Moore
Julian D. Ray
EB. L. Jourdonnais
Clarence Looney
Lee E. Brown
Hunters Watch Your Step as Teton Spring Creek Bird Preserve Opens
With hunting season near, sportsmen are urged to review the Teton Spring Creek Bird Preserve boundaries described in the recent legislature bill. The ten square mile area near Chateau and Choteau carries strict penalties and bans on hunting trapping capturing and killing birds within its limits. A permit from State Game Warden Jackways is required to discharge firearms or disturb birds except for predator control. A full game-law explainer appears inside the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Teton County
Teton Spring Creek
Teton
Spring Creek
A. C. Bur‘bank
Jackways
Montana Newspaper Association
Sixty Harness Entries At Montana State Fair
The Montana State Fair at Helena September 25 to 28 has 60 horses entered in harness events, triple the previous year. Entries include Montana, Colorado, North Dakota and Wyoming horses with purses for men’s and ladies' relays, rules on saddles and riders, and entry closes September 17 with fees of 25 dollars for men and 10 for ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Helena
Moore
Colorado
North Dakota
Wyoming
Marriage License Issued for Hines and Hjernstad
A marriage license was issued on September 8 by Clerk B. M. Jacobson to Leonard J. Hines of Brookings County South Dakota and Alpha Hjernstad of Ballings Montana. The couple wed the same day by Rev. R. B. Culbertson at the Methodist church parsonage in Chotedu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Jacobson
Leonard J. Hines
Brookings County
South Dakota
Alpha Hjernstad
Balings
Montana
R. B. Culbertson
Methodist Church
Chotedu
Choteau to have radio booster night through Tribune
The Great Falls Tribune offers Choteau a community radio night via KDYS with a 45 minute program of music and a booster talk on local advantages. Mayor Coffey to deliver the talk. Mrs. Smith directs musical numbers. date to be announced after confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls Tribune
Choteau
Tribune Broadcasting
Herbert M. Peet
the Tribune
T. A. Meagher
KDYS
Tribune
George M. Coffey Jr
W. W. Smith
Great Falls
The
Kdys Radio
Coffey
County Agent News Notes by Robert Clarkson
The August weather summary shows precipitation of 2.20 inches, second only to August 1906, with temperatures near average. No frost at Chateau station for August, totaling 94 frost-free days this season. State Fair entries improve, with Ben Gordon and Hart Brothers among returning exhibitors and Rambouillet sheep from Los Angeles Sheep Co. sought. county seeks gardeners and grain for State Fair exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Station
Teton County
Ben Gordon
Hart Brothers of Power
Los Angeles
A. J. Cowell
Chateau J
Acknowledgment of Book Donations by Women’s Club
The library committee of the Women’s Club acknowledges donations of twelve bound volumes from Mrs. F. S. Doege, Howard Doage, Kenneth Ragland, A. DeVone, and H. L. Stafford. Items include Fiction and Students' reference from St. Nicholas Magazine to Great Falls Public Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
F. S. Doege
Howard Doage
Kenneth Ragland
A. DeVone
H. L. Stafford
St. Nicholas Magazine
Great Falls Public Library
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Celebrate 72nd Anniversary
The local lodge will mark the 72nd anniversary of the Order of Rebekahs in its Connor building hall on Thursday evening September 20. All Odd Fellows and their wives and all Re Retane and their husbands are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Rebekahs
Connor
Odd Fellows
Notice to Hunters on T. H. Givens Ranch West of Chateau
Positively no hunting will be allowed this year on my ranch west of Chateau. Any person caught carrying firearms on my property will be prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Fairfield Sun River Project Fair Opens With Crowds Expected
Fairfield Times reports the annual Sun River Project Fair opens tomorrow for two days of sightseeing exhibit judging sports and amusements. Events include baby clinic prize awards exhibit judging by Blaine Ferguson and F B McSpadden tennis tournament horseshoe pitching flower judging airplane show passenger rides by L A Hoyle a picture show Dempsey Firpo bout wireless results Saturday features finals horseshoe band concert Fort Shaw baseball race pony races and a big dance with a seven piece orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Téton County
Cascade
Fairfield Imes
Blaine Ferguson
F. B. McSpadden
Chateau
Community Church
L. A. Hoyle
Great Falls
Community Methodist Episcopal Church embraces community ministry
At a Tuesday official board meeting the church was renamed The Community Methodist Episcopal Church and aims to be a community church under Methodist supervision. Services: Sunday 10 30 A M sermon Life's By Products solo by Mrs Culbertson church school 11 30 A M Bible study class for high school students and all high schoolers welcome evening service 8 00 with song and a 16 minute sermon. Services at Bynum 3 00 Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Church
Chateau
Culbertson
No Car Shortage Imminent Say Local Agents
Local agents for the Great Northern and Milwaukee railroads report no imminent car shortage for Teton county grain shippers. They say roads can handle traffic without delay until the peak late fall, and orders for cars for elevators or individuals have been promptly filled. George Oppie left for Great Falls to join his parents Mr and Mrs J W Oppie located there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Great Northern
Milwaukee
George Oppie
Great Falls
J. W. Oppie
Agreement Reaches Grain Storage and Wheat Delivery Terms
The state and line elevators agree to store and ship wheat delivered until December 15. Cancellation of warehousemen licenses is withdrawn as elevators resume storage on the usual basis. Early farm deliveries to J. M. Baker Co. show average yields likely lower than prior estimates with No 1 Dark Northern and some choice grades reported by manager Shirley Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Eleator Companies
J. M. Baker Co
Shirley Wallace
Wallace
Nights of Pythias Attend Grand Lodge Meetings in Great Falls
Knights of Pythias Rathbone Temple and Pythian Sisters from Choteau attended grand lodge sessions in Great Falls Monday and Tuesday. Official delegates included Dr. C. J. B. Stephens for Choteau Knights and Mrs. Leila Ashworth for the Pythian Sisters, with multiple local members listed for both groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge
Great Falls
Chevalier Lodge
Od Rathbone Temple
Chateau
Cr. J. B. Stephens
Choteau Knights
Leila Ashworth
Pythian
Choteau F
J. 3B. Stephens
Local Man Chosen to Attend National Farm Congress
J E Hodgskiss of Chateau has been named by Governor Joseph M Dixon as one of sixty Montana delegates to the seventeenth annual national farm congress in Kansas City Missouri October 10 to 12. Hodgskiss, a rancher near Choteau and Bozeman Agricultural College graduate, has long led local farm efforts and serves as secretary of the Teton County Farm Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Hodgskiss
Chateau
Joseph M. Dixon
Montana
Kansas City
Missouri
Union
Hodgskiss
Cole and Younce Load Wheat on Cars at Claude
Phil S. Cole and Old Younce thresh nearly one thousand acres of wheat north of Chateau and load threshed grain into cars on track at Claude. One car sold to Seattle for $1.04, another being loaded, four more awaiting cargo. Most grain expected to grade choice or fancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil S. Cole
Old Younce
Chateau
Claude
Seattle
Also Mentioned on This Page
First National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Teton-Spring Creek
Robert Clarkson
T. H. Givens
Sun River Project
Robert B. Culbertson
National Farm Congress
Cole
Younce
Citizens State Bank
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