Fairfield Fair Weekend Program Announces Two Day Event
Fairfield Times pages outline a two day Fairfield fair with a full schedule of events. Highlights include a public address by George W. Webster, stock judging, dairy demonstration, baseball games, air shows, radio concert, and evening dances. A variety of races and contests offer cash prizes, with music by the municipal band from Great Falls.
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Fairfield
Fairfield Times
Teton County
The
Times
George W. Webster
State Dairy Department
Fairfield Vs
Simms
W. A. Stephenson
Montana Flyers, Inc
Cascade
Ford Auto Race
Iist
Great Falls
Notice to Acantha Subcribers In Arrears
Acantha subscribers in arrears must update payments this fall to continue receiving the paper. The publisher notes previous leniency during drought and crop failure, but with a better crop this year, payment is requested. Your label shows paid-through date. those in arrears as of January 1, 1923 will be dropped from the mailing list.
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Acantha
1922 Long Growing Season in Teton County
County Agent Robert Clarkson reports 1922 yielded a 104 day growing season in Teton County, 14 days shy of the county record set in 1906. Last frost occurred May 24 and first frost date was September 65, with 77 days in 1909 the shortest frost-free span. Total rainfall for the year ending August 31 was 10.02 inches, 7.58 inches in spring and early summer, and spring months contributing over 75 percent of the annual total. Winds tended west across the period.
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Robert Clarkson
Teton County
Jack Frost
Clarkson
Crossen Ranch Sweet Corn Heads Toward State Fair Showing
Stalks eight feet tall and bearing ears of above average size mark the Crossen ranch on the Burton bench as a leading producer of Golden Bantam sweet corn. Grown under irrigation, the crop is a prime example of Montana’s best. The county will select the finest dozen ears for entry in the Helena state fair class, with potential for a stalk corn class to feature Crossen’s product.
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Citizens State Bank
P. H. Crossen Ranch
Burton Bench
Montana
Helena
Government topress seed loan collections nationwide
Congress funded seed loan programs totaling 3.5 million dollars over two years with many loans in Montana. Due to last year’s crop failures the Agriculture Department delayed 1921 loan collections and extended terms into fall. Now both 1921 and 1922 loans remain, secured by first liens on 1922 crops, with proceeds from grain sales to repay the loans. Lists of county borrowers and policy details have been mailed to banks and elevators.
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Congress
Montana
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Choteau Man Loses Auto by Theft Recovered After Three Days
A five passenger Buick touring car owned by G. M. Coffey was stolen last Wednesday night from in front of the Park hotel in Great Falls. It was found parked on Central avenue Saturday with no damage or missing items except about five gallons of gas. The thief or thieves remain unknown.
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G. M. Coffey
Park Hotel
Great Falls
Duck Season Opens Saturday in Montana
Montana hunters can start September 16 with open seasons for ducks geese and brant. daily duck limit 20 and eight for geese brant. Grouse season runs October 1 to 15 in select counties with blue ruffled grouse and native pheasants. Elk season Oct 16 to Nov 15 allows one elk in specified counties.
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Helena
Montana
Fallon
Yellowstone
Deer Lodge
Carbon
Park
Sweet Grass
Musselshell
Rosebud
Fergus
Flathead
Teton
Pondera
Glacier
Madison, Park
Lewis & Clark
Gallatin
Missoula
Oil field expansions tied to railroad line crossing into Canada
The Seo Line railroad plans to extend from Whitetail in Montana to Sweet Grass at the border, signaling opening of the Kevin Sunburst oil fields in Toole County. Geological surveys begin in spring. eight hundred miles of plow and scarifier work expected. Imperial Oil prepares a Calgary refinery of 2.5 million dollars, employing 500 workers for six to eight months, underscoring confidence in oil prospects on both sides of the border.
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Shelby
Mont
Toole C County
Seo Line
Facific
United States
Whitetail
Sweet Grass
Dominion
Imperial Oil Co
Standard Group
Calgary
Imperial
Methodist Church Notes Rev. Stong Prefaces Sunday Schedule
Morning worship at 10 30 theme Child Discipleship Sunday school 11 30 Epworth League 7 00 Evening worship 8 00 Epworth League study Tuesday 8 00 Ladies Industrial Wednesday Bible study 8 00 Pastor to meet Boy Scouts Friday 7 30 The article also includes a poem urging readers to praise the living.
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Epworth League
Helen Gorham
State Institute
Dorothy Haugen
Harriet Doege
Uriel Andrews
Ladies Industrial
Boy Scouts
First Parent-Teacher Meeting Held at High School
About fifty PTA members and friends gathered Tuesday evening at the high school for the first meeting of the year to welcome new teachers and plan the months ahead. Mrs Dune McDonald presided with Rev. Harry T. Stong giving the welcome address. Violin duets by Miss Marian and Jim Priahm and vocal solos by Mrs. R. B. Nelson complemented the program, followed by a luncheon in the domestic science rooms.
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Parent- Teacher Association
Friends
Dune McDonald
Harry T. Stong
Miss Marian
Jim Priaham
R. B. Nelson
Iuuiich
Local notes from Farmington and vicinity
Clarence Stinson heads toward George Tuel and Elmer Daley while Gregor Tangen tours Fairfield. Misses May and Grace Groot enter Chateau high school as eight threshing outfits work nearby. Myra Pierce visits from Spokane. Mary Bouma teaches in New Mexico. Luther League meets. geologists active. cattle killed by lightning reported.
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Clarence Stinson
George Tuel
Elmer Daley
Gregor Tangen
Fairfield
Wm. Chalmers
O. Forseth
May
Grace Groot
Chateau
Myra Pierce
Spokane
Wash
Mary Bouma
Burton Beach
New Mexico
Evile
Lake McDonald
Washington
Idaho
Cal Binford
Stevenson
H. R. Thompson
Alden Larsen
Steve Lindseth
Luther League
Fred Smith
Great Falls
Crary
Oskness
Farmington
Ruth Andrews
Martha Chalmers
Miss Anderson
Local visits and movements in Choteau region noted
Numerous residents and visitors from Great Falls Fairfield Dutton and Conrad appear in Choteau for business and social visits. Armistice Day plans discussed by Chateau Post 6 American Legion. A car accident near Chateau cemetery caused minor injuries and windshield damage.
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L. H. Hamilton
Great Falls
Frank J. Curtis
Minnesota
L. C. Gillette
Fairfield
Chateau Hospital
Lloyd Hansen
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone Park Transportation Company
W. H. Bennyhoff
Great Falls Tribune
C. R. Dawley
John Leslie Paper Co
Minneapolis
Choteau
Conrad and
Walier
Jack Barnett
Conrad
Barnett
Pondera County
Chateau Post No. 6
American Legion
Legion
H. W. Bateman
Somers
Montana
Choteau Hospital
C. James Smith
Smith
Salmond
James Eckford
J. M. Baker
A. DeYong
Ann Eckford
Lynn Baker
Eckford
Dutton Road
Chateau Cemetery
Chateau Woman's Club Baked Bean Lunch Election Day
Advance notice that the Chateau Woman's Club will serve a baked bean lunch from 11:00 to 2:00 on election day November 7 in the Bair building.
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Chateau Woman’s Club
Bair
Announcement of new fall fashions and fabrics by Mrs C Looney
Mrs. C Looney invites ladies to view a sample line for fall and a fine assortment of curtain materials linens and handkerchiefs. Call and look them over at your convenience. 11 31.
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C. Looney
Rumor of Big Oil Land Deal Near Bole
Reports from Chateau say Wm. Wallace of Cascade ranch near Bole may have sold deeds with Texas Oil Co. for 3400 acre property in exchange for title to 1700 acres and 2 percent royalty. Leases cover thousands more north and east. rigs expected. No confirmations yet as no records filed and interviews unavailable. Leasing active across the region with Montana Giant well said to be drilling at about 100 feet near Flume.
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Chateau
Wm. Wallace
Cascade Ranch
Bole
Texas Oil Company
Mr. Wallace
Wallace
Court House
Agawam
Teton County
Montana
Flume
Public School Opens With 224 Pupils And New Teachers
The public school opened Monday with 224 pupils across eight grades. Classes include Miss Lillian Steele in first grade and Prof Julian Ray teaching eighth. A Parent Teacher meeting was held Tuesday night and moved to the first Monday each month.
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Lillian Steele
Lillian Dean
Ruth Daugherty
Opal Vandewark
Ruth Sibelist
Harrison Craig
Julian T. Ray
Julian D. Ray
Stong
Ray
Tia Luce
Carson
Sbirdella Anderson
Lake* Basin
James Genger
Harris School
County Campaign Expenditures and Ballot Ties Reported
The tally shows many candidates filed affidavits with zero expenditures while several listed small amounts. Ties for democratic nominations between Mrs. Saylor and Peterson for superintendent and Carey for surveyor were drawn. Some offices remain vacant on the ticket as law limits post primary candidate naming. County Clerk W. H. Webb notes vacancies persist on the general election ballots.
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Teton County
Henry Radcliffe
John A. Sweat
Senate
Victor M. Steele
H. L. Stafford
E. J. Stone
A. C. Warner
Obert Peterson
I. S Martine
Geo. W. Magee
T.A. Meagher
J. L. Gleason
Stanley R. Foot
J. E. DeHaas
Byron Carson
W. S. Connor
J. L
H. T. Rhoads
Wm. Betquam
J. B. Bohling
J. P
Saylor
Peterson
Clyde Carey
Carey
Surveyor
Party Central Committee
W. H. Webb
Advertising Rates and Mirth in a Morbid World
A dated humor piece portrays a bachelor duped by a nonadvertising dealer after receiving a letter misidentifying a relative. A tale at a convention mocks ad writers and ends with a quip urging readers to ditch crepe for a welcoming newspaper notice.
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Mary Jones
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Fairfield Fair
Crossen Ranch
Federal Reserve Banking System
Federal Reserve
First National Bank
Seo May Taz Yoole County
Methodist Church
T O. Larson
W.W. Cole
Wallace Frost
Agnes Dailey
L. J. Ringen
Donald Kerr
Dutton
A. K. Mozingo
Weather Report
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