Commissioners Proceedings of Avery Line 4
Official records list payments and expenses for the Avery Line 4 commissioners. Items include supplies, printing ballots, election services, sheriff and deputy costs, and various county office expenditures.
26 Sep 1918
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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
1
Official records list payments and expenses for the Avery Line 4 commissioners. Items include supplies, printing ballots, election services, sheriff and deputy costs, and various county office expenditures.
Mr. and Mrs. Plummer donate $2.50. Mrs A Je Flynn becomes sewing department chairman. Members and officers appointed for clothing for Belgian relief and garment shipping. Linen shortages prompt request for show ers. Teton County quotas listed. Membership expiration notices discussed. Sewing and gauze room workers named with dates in September and early October.
A short Choteau Commercial Club meeting elected Dr H J McGregor president to fill the vacancy from B S Merritt. The group planned lyceum course arrangements with tickets set to go on sale next Thursday October 3. A committee led by Phil I Cole, Jom Eckford and M C Dietrich will oversee the course.
A cable received by John A. Gleason from his brother Jesse on Wednesday notes that the Tétoi county boys in France are doing their part to whip the Kaiser s army, indicating continued involvement of local soldiers in World War I action.
Paris dispatch reports Jesse Gleason, in active fighting since American offensive began, has come through without a scratch and sends a hopeful cablegram to his relatives. He mentions thirty prisoners and asserts his safety and credit amid the fighting.
Leo McCaffery of Fairfield was sent to Camp Lewis on Wednesday. Harry F. Benzon of Conrad was sent to Fort McDowell California on Tuesday. Benson will be employed as court reporter in judge advocate work. Ashton S. Stillman was sent to Boulder Colorado to enter the mechanical school. Questionnaires for ages 19 to 87 are being mailed to registrants this week and all will be sent by Saturday, September 28. Recruits for marine corps and navy will be filled the same as for the army.
The November 1 start date replaces October 1 due to printing delays from the Fourth Liberty Loan. Notices have gone to unpaid subscribers and many have responded. Some farmers unable to pay back dues may prepay for a year if they call or write. about 600 of 1200 subscribers are currently in arrears.
The first Lyceum course arrives in Chateau next Thursday October 3 with five numbers under the Commercial Club. Season tickets are priced low to guarantee access and support an educational entertainment plan for both children and adults.
A meeting of the Chateau Parent-Teachers' Association is set for Tuesday evening at eight o'clock in the high school auditorium. All members are urged to attend as this first meeting of the year will cover important business.
A corrected record lists Woman's Club contributions for war relief totaling 210 cash for Belgian materials 74 58 clothing 41 furlough house fund 34 82 December comfort kit 20 46 May 1918 64 75 to general Red Cross from tin foil 96 and 77 from junk 96 None of these items exceed standard wartime support and the notice clarifies an earlier error of 2 28 versus 228 52 in donated amount.
The Woman's Club and community volunteers organize a salvage campaign collecting junk metal rags tires rubber and brass for the Red Cross. Volunteers urge careful disposal at home and pledge future town wide drives to gather waste from ranches and households.
Our school nears a hoped for 100 mark set by Principal Diettrich. New students Tom Radcliffe George Clarkson and Jack Radcliffe register. Corson school visitors Miss Little and Miss Florence Daley observe. County agriculturist Mr Ognard lectured on soil moisture theory and practice.
For sale or trade 160 acres in Alberta Canada described as land with no crop failures. Listed by T. A. Meagher of Choteau. Appears as a classified notice from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper. No further details on price or parcel boundaries provided.
The War Department, aided by the American Red Cross, calls for rapid enrollment and registration of twenty five thousand nurses for army and navy service. Nurses and related personnel must complete questionnaires detailing training and willingness to serve with a deadline of October 15 1918. Local chapters should appoint committees and establish registration booths in listed towns including Agawam Bole Brady Bynum Collins Chateau Conrad Cut Bank Fairfield Farmington Pendery Power Manson Williams and Valier.
Seed grain loan applications continue with October deadlines for winter wheat by October 5 and county submission by October 1. An extension of ten days is allowed for winter rye. Threshing demonstrations led by S M White of the U S Food Administration will test machines and crop-saving adjustments, citing Kansas wheat savings. Reports on threshing yields are required by law with penalties for noncompliance. Vaccination demos for blackleg run by Dr Moran invite community participation. Permanent county agriculturist Robert Clarkson arrives to assume duties while the writer remains county agent at large.
Court sessions run 9 30 a m to noon and 2 to 4 30 p m. Questionnaires should be returned in the court room. Lists show crews by date with morning and afternoon shifts from Sept 24 to Oct 5, including substitutes Bonin F R Anderson Rev Hall Rev Haley Flynn Adams Morgan Logan Dietrich and Burgett on Saturdays.
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