Turkeys for Sale by Hawley and Walley in Choteau
Forty spring turkeys weighing 16 to 20 pounds are for sale by Hawley and Walley of Choteau.
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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
10
Forty spring turkeys weighing 16 to 20 pounds are for sale by Hawley and Walley of Choteau.
Mrs B J Hirshberg and her child departed from Chateau yesterday morning for Los Angeles California to spend the winter months.
O. E. Holmberg of Fairfield was in the city last evening en route to Beardsley Minnesota where he has been called by the death of his father.
Guidance urges careful packing and plain addressing for holiday parcels. Send early to meet seasonal deadlines as many items bear restrictive markings such as not to be opened until Christmas.
The Post Office Department orders the discontinuation of the star route to Farmington Montana effective December 14 with service transferred to the Milwaukee route.
Pair of light bay bald-face horses from Ed Hirshberg ranch near Agawam. Each about 1300 pounds, well matched. $50 reward for return to Agee Bros. at Choteau.
Wn H Swadling of the Great Falls Building and Loan Association has been in Chateau several days meeting citizens and gathering encouragement to start a local branch in the city.
Savings certificates are exempt from taxation and yield 4 percent per year, compounded quarterly, with the average maturity amount reaching $5 by January 1, 1923. They are sold at banks and the post office.
The store offers a $25 doll and a $15 electric train as prizes for the first correct guess or the closest estimate of the number of beans in the jar. No purchase required. Registration encouraged. Beans counted the day before Christmas.
Kathryn Williams and Wallace Reid head the Morosco Paramout production Big Timber at the Royal with Alfred Paget Joe King Helen Bray and John Burton among supporting players. The article notes Sierra lumber camp adventures and a brief winter scene with drifting snow and a chinook wind raising temperatures.
P. H. Crossen left this week for Long Beach California to spend the balance of the winter with his family.
Mrs Chester Tufford and her children left Thursday morning for Kensal North Dakota for a few weeks visit at the homes of her brothers.
It is not too late to order Christmas photographs from Emerick, with available options and deadline reminders for holiday portraits and keepsakes.
Announcement invites families to purchase war saving certificates for youngsters. The program aims to instill saving habits and participation in national effort. Certificates available at the post office and at both banks.
Mrs P Bauma of Bole returns home from McGregor Bros hospital where she had been ill with rheumatic fever and is now nearly fully recovered after the stay last week.
Mrs Earl Fisher and her young son from Agawam were discharged from McGregor Bros. hospital last Monday. Her mother, visiting from Iowa, accompanied the pair home.
Robert Schroeder and Wm. Swedencky acquire the interest of partner N. P. Truchot in the Gash Meat Market. Truchot plans to move with his family to Portland, Oregon, next week.
The annual meeting of stockholders will be held at the First National Bank office in Chateau Montana on Tuesday January 8 1918 at 2 p.m. for election of officers and any proper business. E J Nirshberg secretary. Kirst publication Dec 14.
Fred A. Pike, 21, and Freda M. Placer, 21, both of Chester, are issued marriage licenses.
160 acres of fine farmland five miles southwest of Bole with 80 cropped acres and fair improvements offered at 25 dollars per acre if sold within 30 days. Weaver & Trescott Chateau. Frank McCabe departs Milwaukee for Scranton Pennsylvania for a 44 year return visit and a possible reunion with his old sweetheart. Loyal Order of Moose hosts farewell smoker for about a dozen Teton county youths entering military service as nearly 100 local men join the colors.
W A O Neil of Bynum visited the county seat earlier this week on business, accompanying his official duties and meeting with local officials.
Miss Lillian Crawford and Miss Beulah Sprinkle were visitors in Great Falls on Friday and Saturday of last week.
Henry Robison travels to Long Beach California for a several week visit with his wife who is staying with her mother and sister at that location.
Bert Christie left Wednesday for Spokane to visit friends and expects to be away about ten days.
Santa Claus visited Choteau last Saturday with hundreds of local children watching. Poor weather kept many away, but he promised the Choteau Mercantile to return next Saturday for a second meeting with townsfolk and visiting youngsters.
Since December 1 the Great Falls army recruiting station has enlisted 400 young men to fight Germany. A substantial portion, likely over one third, come from Teton county homes. Each day brings new applications from Chateau and Teton county men to join Uncle Sam’s forces.
At Friday morning county commissioners meeting Lucy Dennis awarded care contract at 95c per day for first six inmates 90c for next six and 85c for the third six lowest bid. She also lands pauper burial contract at $25 per death.
The Red Cross and the National Association seek 3 million dollars to fund a nationwide fight against tuberculosis uncovered by wartime needs. Montana details include state association led by Harry Cunningham, a Butte clinic, Galen sanatorium with 70 beds, 18 local hospital beds, and three visiting nurses. The drive urges public sale of Red Cross seals to educate soldiers, children, and workers and to expand care facilities.
H F Adams and W W Gregory residents of Chateau Montana form Montana Transfer Company. Certificate dated November 23 at Teton County with notary T H Pridham witnessing their signatures. Notary seal and commission expiry December 30 1918. First publication November 7 1917.
John Hawley expects to leave early next week to spend the winter in sunny California. Julius Steensen has returned home after undergoing surgery at McGregor Bros. hospital.
Ingwald Lestrud William Duffy Russell Davis of Bole Elmer Cardell Carl I. Sipe Thos Montgomery Frank Collins Vivian Connor Wm Hodgskiss Louis Larson and Clarence Yance left this section this week to join different branches of the United States army or navy.
Chateau Lodge No 1443 Moose announces a benefit dance at Porters Hall Bynum on December 21. Hollands Orchestra provides music for an pleasant evening with admission tickets priced at 1 dollar.
Mrs Alspaugh invites patrons to room 17 at the Commercial House. Earl Yeager departed Wednesday for Chicago after a telegram said his father Harley W Yeager underwent a serious operation in a Chicago hospital Sunday. The telegram did not reveal the operation, and relatives here did not suspect illness when he left Chateau the day before Thanksgiving with a shipment of sheep for the Chicago market.
Roll-Heighton Buell A Roll married Miss Pearl Heighton in Great Falls at the M E church parsonage. Rev. E L White officiated and both are well known with many friends sending congratulations. The Mysterious Miss Terry plays at the Royal Theatre December 19.
London reports Bolsheviki claims of a Don Cossack revolt led by General Kaledines with General Korniloff assisting. The Bolsheviki order immediate action to quell the uprising, while Mediation is forbidden. The Don Cossacks are portrayed as bold fighters with Serneiloff as a trusted ally. In parallel, Italian forces, aided by British and French troops, halt Austro German advances on the Asiago plateau. Front activity remains high along the Piave Brenta line as German assaults continue. Western front shows limited infantry action with ongoing bombardments near Cambrai Moeuvres and Banteux.
Spokane December 10 249 men were sworn into the U S military service yesterday. the army accounted for 213 enlistees including 191 from Montana cities 21 from Washington and one from Idaho the navy added 35 recruits.
In St Paul on December 6 officials hoped federal mediation would resolve the dispute between Twin City car lines and their workers. Representatives of over 200 local unions voted to adjourn their convention, delaying a general sympathetic strike for now.
Geneva dispatch reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Ludendorf on the Cambrai front with troops and artillery rushed to the area. Rhine traffic congested as mobilization continues and civilian travel prohibited.
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