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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1920
Page
5
Commencement gifts should feature flowers with May 5th Mothers Day approaching and a noted shortage. Local notes include H L Halladay and wife returning to Choteau from California, S A McPhee back in town after winter travels, and Stanley R Foot with A F Bateman returning from Great Falls after business trips.
Miss Beulah Sprinkle visited Great Falls the first of the week. Rasmus Fagerli, longtime Bynum resident, visited the county seat last Monday. Mrs. T. A. Smith and Mrs. C. H. Porter traveled to Great Falls the week’s start. Eighth grade exams set for April 29 and 30 at the Choteau courthouse for schools closing then. Julius Hirshberg left Saturday for San Francisco to join his wife and baby en route to Choteau.
Local news notes Arthur Hirshberg’s business trip to Milwaukee and Great Falls. N Q Tuttle plans to keep his paper in Choteau on the road home from California. Judges, lawyers, and merchants visit Choteau for district court and legal business. Great Northern freight service from Great Falls to Choteau begins with same day delivery. Roy Franklin improves after illness. Cascade county marriage licenses issued and visits by J Sweat and Helen Sweat to Great Falls. Leaders Larson, McDonald, Eckford travel to Miles City for a political event and return for primaries.
Mr and Mrs Wm Hodgskiss Pat Crossen T O Larson Phil S Cole James Eckford E J Hirshberg and S T Wiprud were among the Chateauites who went to Great Falls Monday to attend the dedication of the livestock pavilion there the first of the week and most joined the Hook Em Cow special to Miles City.
Mrs. A P Spencer and her two young daughters from Rolla North Dakota recently arrived in Choteau after a month at the J C Taylor ranch near Bynum. They are guests of Mrs. J W Hall for a short visit with local friends.
Three Chateau public school teachers submit resignations and will depart next year. Miss Fletcher teaches music and art, Miss Irene Jones guides the fifth grade, and Mrs. Anderson leads the primary grades. Resignations accepted. board expects to hire capable replacements.
Mrs John Zimmerman of Fairfield visits her daughter Miss Louise Zimmerman at the Chateau high school. Jos Marsh of Deer Lodge arrives to take charge of the McCullough drug store, planning a soda fountain and jewelry shop, with fresh stock and a watch department. He intends to reopen the drugstore here now.
H. A. Chase, a rancher living between Chateau and Gilman, visited town this week while seriously ill. He is now reported as considerably improved. Sam D. Crawford has returned home to Dutton at the start of the week.
Chas H Davis, former Teton county resident, arrived from Washington to oversee his ranch and other concerns in the Bole area. Judge John J Greene of the nineteenth district court, serving Teton Glacier Pondera and Toole counties, returned to Chateau Wednesday evening from Great Falls after days of testimony in a Northern Montana case.
J. M. Roth of Pendroy, bank official and Pendroy Development Club secretary, visited the county seat Wednesday. He reports strong crop conditions on Porter Beach and foresees a bumper yield this season, adding Pendroy will soon have a local newspaper to publicize the town’s progress.
Fresh strawberries offered at 30c per box for Saturday if obtainable. Clyde Stowell and his mother Mrs J R Gleason visited this city this past week and left Wednesday for Whitefish escorted to Conrad by Joe Gleason. John Graves, longtime resident, visited his daughters in town and noted the worst roads he has seen in Teton county during his stay, having joined the old settlers association.
A large local gathering attended a Tuesday evening reception for Rev. William Elliott Episcopal minister of Chateau. The host, Mrs. S. H. Drake, hosted guests including church and non church members as Elliott continues to attract sizeable congregations with engaging sermons.
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