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.VOLUME X CHOTEAU, TETON -COUNTY, MONTANA, SEPTEMBER 15, 1922 NUMBER 10 SONUS BILL SENT TO TOE SEMITE Without a record vote the house -approved Thursday the conference report on the soldier’s bonus bill. 'The measure now goes to the senate and with final action there it will be •sent to President Harding. There was only brief discussion in the house and only an indirect ref erence to the views of Mr. Harding -on the bill, Representative MondeU of Wyoming, the majority leader, ex pressed the hope that it would be come a. law. Chairman Fordney, of the ways .and- means committee, and Mr. Mon- -dell made the principal addresses in •support of the bonus and there was .no talking in opposition. Mr. Mondell said that while the bill did not meet the full expectations of the world war veterans, it represented the best possible compensation “under all cir cumstances and in view of the differ- -ence of opinion about it,” the major ity leader sought to send the meas ure back to conference for reinsection -in the1 land settlement provision, but his point of order was overruled by ’Speaker Gillett. Representative Hayden, democrat, Arizona, charged that there had been no effort by the conferees to reach an agreement on the house and sen- •ate land settlement provision because the conferees were opposed to land reclamation legislation. FIÜII 61 T NEWS Joseph Lindseth spent Sunday vis iting at the J. Otness home. Mrs. Ole Depner and Mrs. Linning called at the Evenson home last •Sunday. Miss Ruth Andrews spend last week end with home folks. Mrs. Henry Ness and Children, .Howard and James, of Fairfield, are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. J. Thorud. Miss Dorothy Lindseth, who is •teaching near Bynum, visited with 'home folks last Saturday. Miss Vivienne Nasset and Charles •Otness left for Spokane last Wednes day where they will attend school. Mrs. Dan Lindseth and Mrs. J. Thorud visited at the C. Lindseth \home Sunday. Mrs. Frank Hynes returned from the Choteau Hospital last week. Mrs. A. Dolalie and son visited at the J. Otness home last week. Mrs. H. P. Kruegar called at the Dolalie home last Sunday. Miss Martha Chalmers visited at the C. Lindseth home Sunday. ATTENTION DEMOCRATS There will be an important meet in g at the court house Saturday, ^September 16th, at 8 o’clock, for tb purpose of organizing for the fall •campaign. All democrats invited. COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE Maintenance of the steady improve ment shown in her condition for the last,three days gave attending phy sicians entire confidence Thursday that Mrs. Harding was well on the road to recovery from her critical illness. Issuance of the regular bul letins on the patient's condition was discontinued with only occasional re ports to be issued o the progress of her recovery, it was announced. An official bulletin last night reported that Mrs. Harding had spent the “best day” yesterday since her illness became critical. The hostess of the White House will not be able to give to the social life of the capital this winter the same interest and attention which her extensive program of entertain ment afforded last year. The enrollment this yea!r is far ahead on any previous year and will easily reach the two hundred mark when all the students arrive, many being delayed in registering on ac count of harvest. The first call for football candi dates brought forth thirty-three men including seven of last year’s veter ans. Actual practice has been de layed but will begin in earnest the latter part of the week. All the old players have been training on raw beef, and ten-penny spikes during the summer and are in excellent condi tion. The freshmen class is large this year, numbering fifty-six at present, and by the time all drift in this will be swellel to over sixty. A new system. .13 being inaugurated this year in regard to financing out side activities. Season tickets are being issued entitling a student to admission to-every thing except the junior prom and the “T ” club dance. These students tickets are priced at three dollars and it is hoped will greatly aid athletics besides being a financial help to the holder. Friday afternoon a holiday was de clared and all enjoyed a matinee dance in the gymnasium, as has al ways been the custom. The agricultural class is busy help ing prepare samples of grain and ex hibits for the state fair. The commercial department is to be given new and larger quarters in the normal training room. A parti tion is to be removed making a larg er and more up to date commercial room and will enable more students to take advantage of this course. A. W., Stephenson, instructor of the Montana Fliers, incorporated, will pilot a large plane at the Fairfield Project fair today and tomorrow. The plane will arrive on the grounds this morning and after giving an ex hibition will take passengers for short flights. > Patriotism and Business Every good citizen at this time should do his share toward strengthing the Federal Reserve Banking System which our govrnment has cre ated with its billion dollars of resources to stand back of its member banks and all their depositors You can contribute directly to the strength of this system, and at the same time secure its pro tection by depositing your money with eus, since part of every dollar goes directly into the new system, where it is always ready for you when wanted- This is a suggestion for prompt action. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHOTEAU Getting here just- the same E The Parent-Teacher’s association, held their annual reception for the teachers in the high school auditor ium Tuesday evening, Sept 12th. A welcome by Rev. Stong, solo by Mrs. R. E. Nelson, and violin selections by Marlon and Jafes Pridham was ap preciated by aU. A short business meeting proceeded the social hour at which time the fol lowing committees were- appointed to serve for the coming year: Program Committee:—Mrs. Ray, Mrs. Cohoe, Mrs. ' Pridham, . Mrs. Guthrie, Mrs. J. C. Taylor. * Social Committee:—Mrs. A. Moore, Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Ragland, Mrs. Mc- Glenn, Mrs. Monkman. Reception Committee:—Mrs. E. J. Hirshberg, Mrs. Cole, Mrs. O. Peter-' son, Mrs. McGregor, Mrs. Haugen, Prof. Ray. Emergency Committee:—Miss Na gle, Miss Steele, Mrs. J. M. Trescott. Playground Committee:—Mrs. Dow, Mrs. Core, Mrs. Cleland, Prof. Wil liamson. Membership ‘Committee—Mrs. Jen nie Green, Mrs. Jacobson, Mrs. Loon ey, Mrs. Gregory, Mrs. Rhoads, Mrs. L. E. Taylor. Ways and Means Committee:— Rev. Bush, Mr. Morgan, Dr. Stephens Parliamentarian:—T. H. Pridham. PUBLIC SCHOOL HEWS NOTES (Clinton Core) The school opened Monday with an enrollment of 224 pupils. The first grade heads the list with over 40 pupils. Miss Steele Is in-, structor. \r The second grade has an enrollment of 35 pupils with Miss Dean as the teacher. There are 26 pupils in the third grade with Miss Dougherty as in structor. In the fohrth grade there are 21 pupils with Mrs.- Vandemark as in structor. The fifth grade has 24 pupils with Miss Sebelist as instructor. The sixth grade has an enrollment of 29 pupils with Mrs. Craig as the teacher. In the seventh grade there are 27 pupils with Mrs. Ray as teacher. There are 24 pupils in the' eighth grade with Prof. Ray as instructor. Wednesday Prof. Ray visited three rural schools in this district. Mrs. Luce is the teacher of the Corson school with 9 pupils enrolled. Miss Birdelli Anderson is teacher of the Lake Basin school with an en rollment of nine pupils. Mrs. James Genger is teacher in Harris school with an enrollment of 11 pupils. The giant stride was put up Satur day and it was Used all day Satur day and Sunday so most of the child ren have blisters on their hands by now. The seventh grade are having gen eral review in fractions preparatory to seventh grade work. Both the seventh and eighth grades are studying letters. Both' business and friendly letters are to be studied, because no business can be carried on without writing letters. Owing to the large attenda.-e in the primary department, a new leath er will be added to take ohnige. Her name will appear in next «- c*s paper. Parent-Teachers had a meeting on Tuesday night at the high school. There was a short musical program and an address of welcome by Rev. H. Stong. Refreshments were served in the domestic science room. Owing to a conflict of other organizations in town, the Parent-Teachers meeting been changed to the first Monday of each month. Please remember the change as a. good program Ts\ being arranged for this year. RAILROAD STRIKE > El Col. Ferris of Collins was a Cho- teau visitor Tuesday to complete his papers so as to run on the Independ ent ticket against the two doctors. The Col. says that U he makes the senate h* will study inedlcihdr Washington, . Sept. 13.—Virtual settlement Of'the rail strike'as afffect- ing from 35' to..40~per-cent of the rail- rpads of the country was announced lafe ioday by Secretary o f Labor Da vis on the basis of reports from the meeting in Chicago of the general policy committee of the striking shop- craft unions. Mr. Davis added that he was in formed that the settlement would affect between 65,000 and 85,000 miles of track and in a formal statement declared that “with the settlement of the strike of 400,000 shop craftsmen assured, the whole industrial ma chinery of the country is ready for a forward movement unprecedented in our economic history.” Other labor department officials said they understood that a total of 52 roads would be affected by the settlement. The secretary said he was informed that the settlement covered the Sea board Air Line, the Southern, ihe Baltimore and Ohio, the Chicago and Northwestern and the Chicago, Mil- waukee and St. Paul. Other roads, including the Rock Island, he said, were expected to sign the agreement. The basis of the settlemnt as un derstood here follows along lines of a tentative agreement recently worked out by B. M. Jewell, leader of the striking shopmen, and Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio. N K. OF P. ELECT GRAND OFFICERS A T BILLINGS Officers of the grad Lodge, Knights of Pythias, elected at the convention held in Billings Tuesday are reported by R. M. Trescott,of this city, dele gate to the convention as follows: O. E. Shrode, grand chancellor. D. B. Hopkins, vice grand chancel lor. D. B. Price, grand prelate. E. O. Warden, grand master at arms. Lee Dennis, grand keeper of rec ords and seal. Arthur Perham, grand master of exchepuer. Farl • Wineman, grand/Inner guard. J. E. deCarle, grand outer guard. Following the election of officers a class of 27 novices was iniated by the D. O. K. K. These ceremonies were followed by a grand ball. The ses sion was held at the Commercial Club hall. At noon the Rotary club of Billings gave the grand lodge of ficers a banquet and in the evening a banquet was given to all visiting Pythians and Pythian Sisters by the Billings lodge. Mrs. H. B. Ashworth of this city represented the local lodge of Pythian Sisters. • The next convention will be held in GredV-fraiiij; . . . . . . , j , J , Fairfield expects to he the host to many, according to a report by G. A; Benjamin, irrigation manager and president of the fair association. Business men and farmers^of' the Fairfield district have spent much of their time in preparation for the af fair. The exhibits will be displayed in the community hall which has been decorated for the occasion. The la dies aid will serve church dinners of the old fashioned kind at a nomial cost. Many of the best exhibits in grain-and vegetables will he taken to the state fair. County Agent Clark son has been gathering exhibits the past week from the northern part of the county which will be displayed. The fact that Fairfield is situated on the Park to Park road makes it probable that the attendance will be large and the greater number of vis itors will go by automobile. GRAIN A T FAIRFIELD AVERAGING ABOUT 20 BUSHELS PER ACRE Fairfield has not yet felt any diffi culty in handling its crop, according to grain dealers. With storage space for some 70,000 bushels of grain in its three elevators, the present hold ings are' 5,000 bushels, and cars for shipment have been obtained as they were,.,need_ed. - . Wheat in\ this district is running about 20 bushels to the acre, accord ing to averages compiled by merch ants and elevator men from reports received from the farmers. The threshing is getting well under way and some of the grain is being moved to market. DUCK SEASON OPENS TOMORROW Tomorrow (Saturday, September 16th) local sportsmen will have their first opportunity to shoot wild game when the season for ducks, brant and geese opens. The limit for ducks is 20 per day with eight for geese and brant. Teton county has no open season for grouse, phesants or buck deer. The elk season opens October 15th and closes november 15th with a limit of one. RANKIN W ILL APPEAL BREWERY CASE Attorney General Wellington D. Rankin acting for the state of Mon tana, has filed a bill of exceptions in. the court of Judge Leslie in the ac tion of the State vs. the Montana Brewery, where it was contended tha* the brewery was breaking the pro hibition law, but in which the brew ery was found not guilty by Judge Leslie in a somewhat sensational trial of some six weeks ago. The bill of exceptions is preliminary to taking an appeal to the supreme court. Lloyd Hansen, who has been driv ing bus in the Yellowstone park this summer, arived home Monday to visit with his parents until the agri cultural college at Bozeman opens, which will be the 29th of this month. Citizens State Bank CHOTEAU ; MONTANA OUR DIRECTORS: G. M. Coffey P. H. Crossen George F. Miller Wm. Hodgskiss James Eckford W e specialize in all departments o f Commer cial Banking and offer service consistant with safe banking. ¿ ¡ ¡ a m A ì mnnwrmwi? : ím
