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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
14
Dennison a a Great Falls contractor was a visitor in Chateau the first of the week. Homer Rowland and wife together with Mrs. L Humble of Bynum were visitors at the county seat last Sunday.
Local advertisement announces an extra good hot blast parlor stove for sale along with assorted extra good furniture from E H Ganong likely seeking buyers in the neighborhood.
Tailor made suits claim savings of five to ten dollars. Miss Myra Pierce visited relatives in Cheoteau and returned to Agawama. Mrs. H B Ashworth, recently hospitalised, has recovered and gone home. J S Tufford of Coffey Creek, carpenter, arrived and will reside here. John R Gleason and wife arrived from Wisconsin via Helena and state fair. she likes Montana and Chateauan country, and will be welcomed.
Dr and Mrs Henry Beaupre and daughter Edna arrived at Chateau on their way home from the state fair. Mrs Beaupre and Edna plan a week to ten day visit with friends before the doctor continues on. John Kathman and wife of Farmington returned home after a month touring Wyoming Nebraska and Colorado deeming Montana best of the lands visited.
For rent two rooms inquire at this office. Born on Tuesday October 2 1917 to the wife of Dr W J DeCoursey a daughter.
Local notice states you can skip sending off for overshoes this year by using O Hansen’s quoted prices. The message prompts readers to compare costs and save this season.
A. H. Barr was a visitor in Great Falls at the start of the week, returning home Monday after a brief sojourn.
Twenty head of good range horses offered for sale averaging 1000 to 1300 pounds. Inquire of Angus Rose for details and arrangements.
Mrs. Harry E. Belcher formerly of Blackleaf and long time Sullivan hotel operator in Shelby has assumed leadership of the Weiss hotel in Great Falls this week.
160 acre farm one fourth mile from Collins with 130 acres broken and solid buildings. For particulars inquire Fred Gewald at the Rocky Mountain Elevator in Choteau.
Miss Louise Eidem of Red Wing Minnesota accepts a position as stenographer with Citizens State Bank in this city. Miss Hidem is sister of Mrs Owens wife of the Milwaukee agent here.
Donald Bacorn of Burton beach country has enlisted in the U S army and will depart next Sunday with the third contingent of Teton county’s quota for the new national army. They will leave for Camp Lewis Washington to begin training.
H C Wollert who bought two Hobson addition lots has begun a five room California type bungalow. The design features a floating low profile with buffet kitchen, well arranged closets and hot water heating.
David A Smoky DeTour of a ranch four miles west of Choteau left last Monday for a two months visit with his parents and relatives in Ashuelot New Hampshire. He has not been east for about fifteen years and may bring back bear stories for the locals.
A gondal teacher from Chester is the guest this week at the home of Geo F Miller west of town. Also noted is Harry Miller of the Washington State National Guard on furlough visiting his parents near Choteau. A pocket book with $20 and papers was lost on Choteau streets on Sept 22. return to Montanan office for reward.
H L Stafford a prominent rancher from fifteen miles west of Chateau and Miss Anna K Anderson Kalma school teacher were secretly married in Lewistown on Tuesday drawing surprise from many friends.
Deputy Sheriff Jas. Collins returned from Cut Bank with two prisoners sentenced to county jail. Chas. Ennis received 90 days in jail and a $20 fine for disturbing the peace. Tony Bronkoski was fined $50 and jailed 30 days for petit larceny.
R M McGlenn of the Montana Oil Co is in town from Great Falls to say goodbye to relatives and friends before leaving Sunday with Cascade county for Camp Lewis. He jokes his Berlin slogan promises to capture Germans to exhibit here.
Ill health forces Grace Sloan, teacher of the primary department, to resign from the Chateau schools. Miss Rasmussen of Cut Bank is chosen as her successor and began duties last Monday. Sloan left Thursday for her sister's home in Denton, and friends wish her a speedy recovery.
Sewing work guaranteed by Mrs. Robert Armstrong of Choteau. Choteau Hardware Co. offers big reductions on harness and collars. George Seebeck and family joined Miss Minnie DeCheyne on a Fort Shaw auto trip last Sunday. Max Seebeck sprained an arm at the public school swing on Tuesday. H. W. Kelly, recovering from a paralysis stroke after ten days at McGregor Bros. hospital, was seen out yesterday.
Mrs. Emily Truchot, visiting with her children nearby, returned Thursday to Portland Oregon. A farewell party was hosted last Tuesday at the home of Mrs. A C Burbank with many Chateau friends in attendance.
C R Ellis of the Chateau Mercantile Co has been named chairman of the grocers in Teton county to work with Mr Hoover of the U S Food Administration on food conservation. He will travel to Great Falls immediately to learn duties and then organize county grocers upon his return.
Capt Walter L Verge of Co M now at Billings guards bridges on the Northern Pacific line and arrived in Chateau on furlough for a few days. He says the company plans to train at Charlotte NC soon but no date is set. The men are tired of guard duty and hope to go to the front.
Andrew Knutson, a prominent local farmer, was kicked in the face by a colt last week. The blow opened a long gash above the eye, requiring several stitches. He was treated in Fairfield by Dr. Hunter and is recovering.
The False Friend stars Robert Warwick and Gail Kane with entertaining acting and a dramatic plot. Warwick plays a college football half back turned attorney who falls for Kane's character, the judge's daughter, as a rival schemes to remove him. A startling climax brings happiness to the lovers.
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