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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1926
Page
1
County Treasurer Otto Wagnild reports Helena drafts totaling 15873.05 allocated to Teton county funds from oil production license tax inheritance tax oil royalty tax and gasoline sales license tax. Oil license tax 425.78 and oil royalty tax 427.12 go to schools. Inheritance tax 7217.56 to schools. Gasoline license tax 7803.19 to road fund.
County Agent Robert Clarkson records a weekly rainfall total of 1.95 inches from Sunday evening September 5 to Sunday morning September 12. About 1.31 inches fell in the 48 hours from September 5 to September 7, with the remaining .65 inches occurring on Thursday and Friday. Precipitation since yesterday afternoon not included.
After days of promising weather harvest and threshing began again in parts of the county but rain yesterday slowed progress as temperatures dropped, threatening a repeat of last year’s snowstorms. So far crop damage from harvest moisture remains slight in Teton County.
Dr J F Ashley longtime Collins resident died after a stroke and was laid to rest Sunday at Highland Cemetery. Services at W H George chapel used First M E church music with a Great Falls quartet. Many Teton county residents attended as relatives in Berkeley California and a Kansas sister could not travel due to illness.
The Chateau Woman's Club will hold its next meeting on Tuesday September 21 in the library rooms. All members are urged to attend.
A patron sold a bed and springs from a Want Ad placed in The Acantha last Thursday morning. The advertiser returned Friday, reporting three more inquiries and selling the bed by 9 am. The note praises the success of the Acantha Want Ad and invites others to try it.
After a Monday hearing before Judge John J. Greene in district court, Jose Ralston, once a prominent local resident, was adjudged insane and committed to the state hospital at Warm Springs. He was transported there that afternoon by Under-Sheriff J. L. Billings. Ralston, recently working in Glacier park and Flathead county, had returned to Chateau last week and is described as tubercular and ill. He reported delusions of being gas attacked at Kalispell and a local hotel. The ruling followed examinations by Dr. H. W. Bateman and Dr. B. B. Maynard.
The Teton County Shipping Association sent 58 head of mixed cattle in two cars from Chateau and Rose to the South St. Paul market on Tuesday morning. County Agent Robert Clarkson notes the shipment as the seventh of the season and promotes cattle grading meetings led by government expert J. K. Wallace.
Henry C. Denison aged 58 a longtime rancher in the Farming ton area died Tuesday at the David Davidson ranch after an illness that began last May. He came from Missouri to Montana in 1913 and is survived by his wife and twelve children. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 PM at the M I church in Chateau with burial in Choteau cemetery.
Congressman Scott Leavitt, second Montana district, voiced a campaign keynote at Helena as temporary chair of the state Republican convention. He praised administration economy, attacked Democrats, and backed farm relief and reclamation efforts. Toomey followed, lauding Leavitt and Republican candidates, while the convention opposed repealing state prohibition laws.
The School District No 1 board approved purchasing a four lot tract north of the J E Malmin residence from George F Miller for 150 dollars. The land will be used as an athletic field for grade school children with no play apparatus planned yet. Routine business and claims auditing formed the rest of the meeting.
Great Falls Montana September 15 Ralph Lowry moved from McKay dam Oregon to Sun river irrigation Fairfield to supervise Gibson reservoir Beaver creek Sunriver canyon He relieves H J Gault who moves to Orland California project Gault will depart Fairfield air field Thursday Low bid for Beaver creek dam came from Utah Construction Ogden Utah and Washington to award to them according to George O Sanford Sunriver project manager
Two grand nights will bring the Days of 49 to the Legion pavilion and Chateau on September 24 and 25. The entire county is urged to fill up the gas tank, load the family, and attend the big show.
Of 175 head of cattle tested in Montana during July by veterinarians of the State Livestock Sanitary Board and the U S Bureau of Animal Industry, 47 were found infected. More than 321,000 cattle have been tested in the state since the work began.
Community notice invites patrons and friends to a reception for teachers at the high school tomorrow evening at eight o'clock. The Women’s Club committee seeks a representative turnout to welcome instructors and pledge support for the schools.
The fourth annual North Central Montana Corn and Livestock Show and 10th annual 4H Boys and Girls Club Fair will be held at the Montana Livestock Pavilion in Great Falls on September 30 to October 2. Entries restricted to several counties with a larger premium pool of 3500 dollars and new dairy classes. Contact County Agent Robert Clarkson or Great Falls Chamber of Commerce for entry blanks. Admission is free.
Funeral services were held last Saturday at two o'clock for Leona A. Straight infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas Straight who died Friday morning after illness of several weeks The private services were at the grave with Rev Fr Timothy Moroney officiating Burial was in Choteau cemetery
Fairfield plans a September 18 celebration in Sun River Canyon for the Beaver Creek dam contract letting. The day features Cascade vs Fairfield baseball, outdoor activities, a Scott Leavitt speaking program, a community dinner at six, and a dance in the big hall. Augusta joins Fairfield in staging the event with Project Manager Geo. O. Sanford active in promoting.
Hans Nielsen, a transient from the northern oil fields, drove a Chevrolet onto the curb at the court house circle. The impact damaged three wheels and bent fenders, leaving the vehicle half on the lawn and half in the street while the driver escaped uninjured. Traffic signs HAD recently redirected around the circle, but the crash was the first since posting.
A moose hide coat owned by W. J. Wright, a ranch hand, was recovered by the sheriff after being worn by the escapee Comes-at-Night. The coat, stolen weeks earlier by Dick White Man, was identified by Under-Sheriff Billings during a transport through Chateau and is now held for Wright, said to be working on a Pendray-area ranch. Comes-at-Night, an escaped convict from a Glacier county sentence for train wrecking, was captured near reservation lands and returned to Deer Lodge.
Premier Benito Mussolini survived a bombing in Rome when a bomb hurled at his car failed to explode before he passed the device. Several bystanders were seriously injured. Italian authorities accuse two young Italians, abroad returnees via the Alps, of acting as tools for anti fascist groups in Paris.
Following a club meeting the Chateau Woman's Club announced new committee appointments for the year and planned printing of the year book. Officers are President Mrs. T. A. Meagher and Vice President Mrs. H. W. Bateman with other secretary posts filled. The year includes Flower Show September 6 and monthly programs through May 3 including ref erendum explanations and historical talks.
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