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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1916
Page
5
A brief local notice lists a fresh young cow for sale by A. Brower of Farmington Montana. It mentions assorted small items and several social notes from the area, including visits, travel, illnesses, and a planned Willow Coulee Club picnic on Sunday May 28 with a call to bring lunch and carpentry tools.
Claude Townsend of the forest service visited from Augusta on Saturday. E. E. Leech A. E. Leech and Tt J. Thompson of Walier were in town for a short time. Mail service reopened at Reys Montana under data of May 17th. Robt Twiggs and his son Alber purchased the F E Moore drag line and took over the business Wednesday. Mrs Carlin and Mrs Ray Halladay will hold an Industrial food sale at the Chateau Mercantile Saturday. EF J Jefferson begins as assistant to the supervisor in the national forest offices. Price Townsend successor to Jefferson has gone to Missoula for new duties. Price Townsend mentioned in old Gallatin county boundary description. A sale of 400 acres on the Porter bench at $80 per acre. The purchaser is related to a longtime resident. Great Northern extension boosts local activity.
Readable items include garden tools and seeds offered by Choteau Hardware Co. W. P. Campbell has returned from Billings Montana. The county convention of the W C T U will be held in Choteau on May 21. Indian runner duck eggs for sale one dollar per setting. Obscure mentions: Beal and Givens families, Dr ONeil returning to Kalispell, Benson joins US Reclamation Service at Vieudou Creek Washington.
Chas A Franks of Bynum trades here Tuesday with Mrs Franks Mrs Schaefer and Mrs Auer. The store invites customers to learn a system for selling goods below competitors since they buy and sell for cash with no expenses. Shoes emphasized by O Hansen.
The United Lutheran Church holds a Montana convention at the Farmington church from May 30. Sessions run 10 am to 12 pm, 2 pm to 4:30 pm, and 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm with English evening sessions. Holy Communion is set for Wednesday at 10 am. Nine pastors from various parts of Montana attend. Lunches are served daily 12 to 1 pm by church ladies. A hearty welcome is extended to all.
Snow eight inches deep covers the Beaverhead valley following a three day storm. Winds earlier in the week were hurricane fast and warm, exposing seeds planted recently. Losses are uncertain, with winter wheat and alfalfa reported destroyed in spots. Sheepmen say lambing will be minimally affected as flocks are sheltered in tents and sheds.
B. Jones and family settled in Browning Montana. Chas Kroft and Chris Lindseth traveled to Great Falls on Monday. A. O. Ballard was an outbound train passenger Monday morning.
A. J. Cowell met his daughter Miss Helen Cowell in Great Falls after she returned from Berkeley University. Mrs Pauline Asiaksor, residing near Great Falls, bought lots in the Hobson Addition this week and will start a new bungalow construction soon.
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