Ranchers Protest Open Deer Hunting Season Meeting Called At Courthouse
Ranchers and farmers in Teton county oppose the state fish and game commission decision to open a deer hunting season next month. A meeting is set for next Tuesday night September 19 in the courthouse at Chateau to discuss the issue as hunters from northern Montana are expected to arrive. The commission has declared a special deer season for October 15 16 and 17 in Teton county, raising fears of rifle fire near stock and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Fish and Game Commission
Chateau
State Commission
Harvesting Advances as Spring Wheat Yields 25 to 40 Bushels
Weather delays and frost slow Teton county grain harvest with spring wheat yields ranging 25 to 40 bushels per acre. Storage space limits, gondola car shortages, and limited railroad access hinder movement. frost and dampness affect early cuts. estimates project full harvest next week if conditions improve.
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Teton County
Dutton
Chateau
I. J. Ferguson
Chateau General Mills
Lion Swenson
Chester Corey
Anthony Spoelder
al Jaumette
Teton Confit
Lions Schedule Days of 49 event set for Sept 29–30
Chateau Lions announce the annual Days of 49 at the Legion pavilion on Friday and Saturday September 29 and 30. Members urged to wear Western garb and join the beard growing contest while Carl Wedum offers to stencil 49er shirts for volunteers.
Mrs V J Ward To Be Chairman At Church Meet
Mrs V J Ward of Chateau will chair sessions at a regional Methodist stewardship conference in Casper on September 19 20. The event gathers leaders from Colorado Wyoming Montana and Utah under the Advance for Christ and His Church program with Bishop Phillips and Dr Be Lamont Geissinger among organizers and speakers.
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Casper
Wyo
Denver
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Utah
Christ
C. A. Cromwell
Laurel
Mont
R. B Spencer
Fort Morgan
Colo
Walter Wampler
Salt Lake City
W. J. Ward
Chateau
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Glenn Randall Phillips
General Board
Chicago
BE. Lamont Geissinger
Y G Bee Highway Meeting Set At Choteau
The Y G Bee Line Highway association holds annual meeting in Choteau on Friday September 22 with Lions club hall start at 10 am President George Bing presides Reports from state highway department and U S bureau of public roads Refresher session with directorate and officer elections slated A lunch speech by P D Hanson regional forester and plans for the highway’s all oil road project are discussed All members and interested persons urged to attend
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Y-G Bee Line Highway Association
Choteau
L. E. Taylor
Gardiner
Yellowstone Park
Browning
Glacier Park
Kalispell
Chateau
Lions Club Hall
George Bing
White Sulphur Springs
Association
Bing
J. W. Staley
East Glacier
Kendall T. Steeves
Livingston
Texas Company Plans to Drill Thomas Place
The Texas Company joined the Pondera field activity with a well on the Chester H. Thomas lease, two miles southwest of the field’s core. The move follows Phillips Petroleum Co. wildcat success on the Freda Johnson lease, near the new Texaco site, likely spurring renewed exploration incentives.
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Texas Company
Thomas Place
Pondera
Texas Co
Great Falls
Texaco
Chester H. Thomas
Phillips Petroleum Co
Freda Johnson
20 Cent School Lunches Feed Choteau Students Daily
Choteau public school offers meals under the lunch program at 20 cents for students and 25 cents for adults. Federal aid helps fund the program feeding about 177 people daily with a weekly menu including mashed potatoes, stew, cabbage slaw, and fruit. Tickets available in 10 for $2 or 20 for $4 in advance.
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Choteau School
Choteau Public
Albert Schrock
Etta Anderson
Two Men Leave For Military Service
Teton county announces two local youths Dean Virgal Hofto of Dutton and Dale Nelson Paddock of Fairfield will depart for potential military service. They are scheduled to leave for Butte on September 24. The selective service board notes office locations have moved from the Byrne building to the Larson building on South Main.
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Teton County
County Selective Service Board
Dean Virgal Hofto
Dutton
Dale Nelson Paddock
Fairfield
Butte
Selective Service Board
Byrne Building
South Main
Larson Building
Southard Dies at Fort Harrison Veteran of World War I
Earnst N. Southard 57 of Alberton died Saturday at Fort Harrison after a period as patient there. Funeral services were held at Croxford’s chapel in Great Falls, with burial at Custer National Cemetery beside his son Capt. Clarence Southard, who fell in World War II. He was born December 21, 1893, in Fullerton Nebraska, homesteaded near Fairfield in 1931, and served in World War I. Survivors include his wife Dorothy two sons Calvin L. Southard and Lloyd R. Southard a daughter Eloise Burgmauler three sisters and three grandchildren.
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Earnst N
Doc) Southard
Alberton
Chateau and Power
Fort Harrison
Croxford’s
Great Falls
A. B. Holland
Custer National Cemetery
Capt
Clarence Southard
Southard
Ear Fullerton
Neb
Fairfield
Dorothy
Calvin L. Southard
Chateau
Lloyd R. Southard
Power
Eloise Burgmauler
Nancy Ostrand
Pasadena
Calif
John Ostrand
Broken Bow
D. B. Walters
Omaha
Many Openings For Work At New Hospital
Chateau A announces 18 job openings at Teton Memorial Hospital. Positions include boiler man and janitor, cook, assistant cook, cleaning woman, five registered nurses, seven nurse aides or practical nurses, bookkeeper and receptionist, laboratory and x ray technician. Applications via C W Burns. hiring handled by Lutheran Hospitals and Homes Society.
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Teton Memorial Hospital
Chateau
A. Bernard Gravdal
Hospital Board of Directors
C. W. Burns
Lutheran Hospitals and Homes Society
Woman's Club Opens 1950 51 Season Next Tuesday
The Chateau Woman's Club will hold its first regular meeting of the 1950-51 season next Tuesday September 19 at the grade school rather than the Lions club hall Officers urge all members to attend The roll call includes a five cent fine for non responders and prompts members to name a dream vacation spot The program features a travelogue with Mrs Emily Crary in charge
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Chateau Woman’s Club
Lions’ Club
Europe
Emily Crary
Reid Named Member Of Nylic Star Club For New York Life
Hu bert M. Reid of Chateau named a member of the 1950 Nylic Star club for New York Life. The Star club gathers top field force of 5,000 agents from the United States and Canada. Reid will attend Sept 17 29 educational conference at The Broadmoor hotel Colorado Springs Colorado with home office staff and outstanding agents. Mr and Mrs Reid will depart for Colorado Springs today.
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New York
N. Y
Hubert M. Reid
Chateau
New York Lifé-Tnsurance Company
Nylic Star Club
Dudley Dowell
New York Life
United States
Canada
Reid
Star Club
Broadmoor
Colorado Springs
Colo
Probation Officer Mrs. Withee to Attend National Conference
Mrs Clara S Withee probation officer of the juvenile department of the south district court departs this week for the Western District conference of the National Probation Association in Oregon She is to participate in the program and will return to resume duties on Sept 20.
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Clara S. Withee
Juvenile Department
Sth Judicial District Court
National Probation Association
Oregon
Withee
Castle Breaks Ankle in Scrimmage Sidelines Bulldog Halfback
Bulldog player Jay Castle, one of only two returning regulars, broke his left ankle in last night’s scrimmage and will miss the season.
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Jay Castle
City council plans Special Improvement District 23 in Sherburne area
The council proposes district No. 23 to fund a $5,500 sanitary sewer extension of 1,270 feet plus six manholes in Sherburne addition and nearby tracts. The plan, prepared by engineer Obert Peterson, funds via bonds or warrants with 10 annual installments at 6 percent interest. Objections must be written and filed with the city clerk within 15 days ahead of a Oct 2 vote.
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Sherburne
Chateau
W. L. Anderson
Augusta Koch
Eleanor C. Winth
Second Street
7Th Are
Anderson-Koch-Winter
1St Street
Looney
Sewe
Obert Peterson
City Hall
Oil Firm Drilling Devonian Well Near Collins
General Petroleum Corp. is drilling a devonian wildcat near Collins, past 1,240 feet, marking the third test on the Sweetgrass arch. The seismic high guides operations with completion expected in two to three weeks as the devonian section will be tested to under 4,000 feet.
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General Petroleum Corp
Collins
Montana Oil Journal
General Petroleum
Sweetgrass Arch
Power School Election Set This Saturday
Voters in School District 30 at Power will go to the polls Saturday noon to 8 pm to approve a $70,000 bond for adding classrooms and upgrading the Power school plant. The measure aims to expand facilities for modern education and accommodate more students. Gregory Jacobs, a Teton county welfare worker, has resigned and left for St. Louis to study social case work.
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Gregory Jacobs
Teton County
St. Louis
Driver Strikes Bobcat Near Yeager Ranch
Mrs. Harry Yeager of the west Chateau area struck and killed a bobcat while driving toward Choteau last Saturday night. The animal, a mountain mamma seldom seen outside its native habitat, died about three-quarters of a mile from the Yeager ranch.
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Harry Yeager
West- Chateau
Yeager Ranch
Choteau
No School Monday in Cho teau After Teacher Session
No school is scheduled in Cho teau next Monday for grade or high school students. An all day teachers session from county wide grade schools and high school teachers in physical education and music will be held September 18 at Choteau.
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Lions
Chateau Lions Club
Legion Pavilion
Carl Wedum
Eddie Howard
Leo Murphy
Range 7
A. B
Bud) Guthrie
George Jackson
Guthrie
V.J. Ward
FE. N. Southard
New Hospital
Woman’s Club
Bambi
Jace” Salmond
J. C. Salmond Ranch
Salmond Place
Mrs. Salmond
Castle
Council
Pre Yee
Werner Eneme
Tabbed
Bobbcat
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