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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1923
Page
5
The notice lists faultless floor wax at 65 cents a full pound from Hirshbergs and various sale items like $1.09 sweaters and $6.00 wash skirts reduced to 1.00. It records visits by locals including Wallace Monroe and Dr. H J McGregor to Great Falls and other towns, plus job activity at the Carter derrick and new hire at Choteau Meat Company.
Citizens from Great Falls like Harold Forrest and Stuart Cohoe attend the junior prom. Supervisors and business visitors pass through Chateau and Choteau. Oil crews near Flume plan drilling after casing arrives while Aga wam test well is reported active near the Madison.
Mrs E N Haugen and family, from Hirshbergs, plan to move to Missoula this Saturday morning. Mr Haugen has resided there since last winter, and the group will establish their fortunes in the new location.
Montana congressman Scott Leavitt says the $250000 Indian education appropriation for public schools next fiscal year will aid Fort Belknap and Fort Peck reservation children. He cites assurance from B C Garber that the increase reflects funding needs and discusses related federal confirmations on leasing, land, and fort dismantling plans. Road and irrigation questions in Montana were also raised with federal departments during his visit.
Local items include residents return from Chateau and Great Falls trips, attendance at Teton County high school, and neighbors visiting Choteau. Notable incidents report lightning strikes destroying a home and a barn fire with a horse killed.
Lost four cattle branded JW on right ribs BAY. Reward for information. Address Earl Zimmerman Bole Montana. Co W Turns stockman west of Chateau shipped a car load to Stanford via Great Northern Thursday. Mrs E J Hirshberg and Eva leave for a month long trip including New York Niagara Falls and Washington D C. Percy Hodgskiss applies for final proof on additional homestead before 17. S Commissioner C H Ferris Monday. Rev H B Bush to preach baccalaureate at Augusta high school graduates next Sunday.
Miss Margaret Taylor hosts a theatre party honoring Alice Haugen who leaves for Missoula with her parents. Guests include Ruth Haugen Lillian Mozer Jessie Edgar Violet Dow Eva Hirshberg Lucille Morgan Katherine McDonald Mildred Thompson Patsy Pridham. Carl Beardsler and A Beardslee are at Kevin oil fields this week watching a potential oil well come in soon. Drillers work in the cap rack. a Losey well rock sample and centerer show no difference, with developments expected shortly.
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