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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
5
A firm announces it will operate strictly on a cash basis after January 1 1918 to cut prices by about 2 to 33 1 3 percent on every dollar of merchandise bought. The plan aims to aid the public by eliminating credit costs and reflecting the government’s cost-lowering suggestions.
Christmas night Moose Lodge event raised funds for the Red Cross with receipts between sixty and twenty dollars. The report lists extensive Red Cross shipments and knitted goods including hospital garments and sweaters, plus volunteers at the sewing department and upcoming meetings at the courthouse.
Civil cases filed include Fimma Nevills versus Mrs FL D Hanks and Arthur D Johnson versus Christopher Hagness both with abstracts of judgment on December 20th. Other filings list Boorman Power Lumber Co. against Walter C Betts, B R Watson against Lloyd Bobnett, George Bedford against Oscar Montross, and Baird Harper Lumber Co. against Walier Elevator Co. plus Strain Brothers against Chas Burnett and Rogers Templeton Lumber Co. against John Shields with liens or judgments. Local notes mention Agawam schoolhouse program, holiday visits in Iowa and Oregon, and Red Cross leadership changes.
Valentine Kirsch returned fron Butte last Monday. Frank Young visited Great Falls Monday to spend Christmas with his parents. Joe and Valentine Kirsch also went to Great Falls Monday and returned Tuesday. Mr. ONeil fractured his leg last Friday by a falling timber and is recovering. Mrs. Jos Deranleau and son Francis shopped in Cho teau Saturday. Miss Eleanor Dietrich spends Christmas vacation in Cho teau.
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