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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1920
Page
1
The county clerk’s books show 2275 voters registered in Teton County eligible to vote in the upcoming presidential primary. Voters are listed by precinct across the county.
The First M E Church under Pastor Harry T Stong invites members to a Sunday sermon at 10 80 am on essential preparation for an Easter blessing. Sunday school follows at 11 00 am with a goal to double attendance by inviting a friend. Evening services begin at 7 30 pm with daily meetings through the week led by the pastor and Rev Baldwin preaching Monday.
Strain Realty Co. sues William F Hartman George E Hotaling Frances L Hotaling Marian Hotaling Doris Hotaling and Gale Hotaling to foreclose a mortgage. Also John S Lane files suit against Edward Berup his wife and all others claiming an interest in disputed land to quiet title. Montanan 2.00 per year.
Géo Lindseth returns from Bonner and other trips. Caspar Peterson moves to Metz house for summer. Beatrice De Rusha resumes school after illness. Inez Lindseth, Ed Anderson children attend Farmington school. Dorothy Lindseth sidelined by tonsillitis. Connor and Horge visit Connor ranch for year’s farming. Mata Kathman visits from Great Falls en route to Kalispell home. Geo and Dorothy Lindseth visit Hynes. Gerhard Rathman returns from Great Falls. Mrs Carl Franks and baby back from Agawan. Equity Cooperative Association directors meet at Farmington elevator. L. G. Torkelson to return soon after Iowa winter visit. wheat and spring crops planned. T. Klette and Gertrude Edwards visit John Edwards. Gregor Tangen inspects for canal company as repairs planned. Ernest Arnesmeyer assists on mail route. new car expected soon. School election set for April 8 with 2 to 6 pm polls. Oliver Manseth rents Carl Hanson farm for two years. H. C. Nyhas returns from Great Falls Auto Show.
Mrs A O Johnson of Wolf Point Montana has three children under five. A Red Cross nurse Miss Blanche Townsend started a home hygiene class and arranged to care for the children while she attended the training, asking a neighbor to watch the house.
P J Thomas cashier attests the bank statement for the Montana bank showing assets including overdrafts cash items and time deposits totaling 77 236 68 with liabilities and profits noted. Notary Albert Wickland swears to the document on March 10 1920 in Teton County.
Miss Belzer missed all week with tonsillitis while fifth grade leads in attendance at 100 percent last week. Earl Bennett joins the class as a new pupil and Earl Wiggin injures himself with matches but recovers. Chickenpox hits the Ashworth family with Ruth Yeager as patient. Donal Collins travels to Great Falls for year’s work. Lew Walley to Farmington. Teachers attend a convention. 60 educators enjoy a school maams banquet at Beaupre Cafe. Parents Teachers association plans an event at the high school Friday honoring county teachers. Verna Upman, Helen Morgan and Marion Butchart celebrate the top grade with Verna leading at 95 percent.
Vivian Martin stars as a typist who becomes officially engaged to her aloof employer for business reasons. A former lover disrupts the scene, creating comic crisis in the photoplay to be shown Sunday at the Royal Theatre.
Jos Stonehouse of Bynum has accepted a position as a shoe salesman with Chateau Mercantile Co. He arrived in the city this week and started work.
Last week the quarterly exams were given with few exemptions. Senior class members prepared for Hamlet while the senior play rehearsals progress. Martha Chalmers and Dorothy Anderson are ill. William Eliott joined the senior class. Domestic science discontinued hot lunches. The school year’s extra days nearly complete and the Annual goes to press with photos ready.
B A Cleland, previously with Houck & Cleland and most recently at Chateau Mercantile, has taken a position in the grocery department of Jos Hirshberg & Co. The Bynum irrigation district formation hearing is set for Monday March 22 in district court, with objections to land inclusion likely. objectors should attend with counsel.
Weather report notes a lease offer for a 200 acre ranch seven miles east of Power on a crop payment plan. Inquiries directed to Louis Thompson in Choteau Montana.
County teachers gather for a two day session in Choteau with a long list of attendees from Choteau Farmington Bynum and other towns. Dr Sheldon E Davis of Dillon spoke on teacher shortages and education quality urging recognition and better pay for educators. A dance for teachers is planned and local residents react to the school system. Grandpa Yeager recovers and moves to Bynum for convalescence.
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