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The Choteau Montanan (Choteau, Mont.), 20 Oct. 1922, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053031/1922-10-20/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
• *■ • ■¡‘ W ■ ■ à ' i ’ K, M ■ - c ® . . t -** ' v .;. • >; / r - v ?f- v‘o*-<r,i • * .. •' ' - - 5 - .. »r.V.t V O L U M E X CHOTEAU, TETON COUNTY-, MONTANA, OCTOBER 20, 1922. NUMBER 15* VEEGS BLOW SAFE B. K. WHEELER OFF L About three o'clock last Tuesday -morning residents.of Fairfield freigh- • toned two yeggs away who were at tempting to blow the safe of'the First National Bank of Fairfield. The two drifted into town about ¡twelve o’clock and immediately made •themselves conspicious by driving their Ford truck on the east side of the Community hall and then proceed ing to town on foot to look things • over. A young man happened to be visiting in the lobby of. the Fairfield Hotel, when on® of the fellows open ed the door and flashed a light around on the floor, then leaving. The young man watched the operations and shortly afterwards saw a light flash ed in the bank a couple of times, fol lowed in a few moments by a muffled explosion. Frank Hirshberg, cashier, ■was then notified and the two left for the scene of operations (after •getting reinforcements). Thè gang moved toward the door enmasse, not a gun in the bunch, with , moral courage their only means of defense. The fellow who was on lookout ran to the back door and said “beat it kid, there is a crowd of :men coming,” and the pair immediate^ ly departs. The lookout fired five shots from »a forty-five automatic as the two were escaping to their car. The residents, meanwhile, and not a gun in sight, hid behind the tumble weeds and grass. The bandit’s car was parked • at the concrete bridge about a half mile north of Fairfield. Entrance to the bank was made, by putting a case knife through thfe win dow sash and sliding the catch. The ■ door to the vault was opened by pul ing the knob with a rail spike puller, \Vhlch was stolen, with other tools consisting of sledg9 hammer, wrench and hatchet from the Milwaukee tool house. One charge of \soup” of nitro glycerine, was' placed in the tipper right hand corner of the safe by us ing laundry soap so funnell the 'crack while another charge was placed in the lower left hand corner. The safe was muffled in blankets and bed ding which were stolen from the Zim merman garage and the Fairfield garage. The charges were exploded with the inner and outer doors of the vault being closed. Inside the vault was chaos with pieces of steel, tom \bedding dollars, halves, quarters and nickels and dimes, together with bank stationery, drafts, cashier checks and broken glass. Sheriff Martine was notified and left for the scene at 3:00 o’clock and got trace of the only car going north on the way down. At daylight inves tigation was made and the sheriff picked up the car tracks north of the1 bridge near Fairfield and followed same to where they hit the highway on the road coming east into Bole. He then went north to Sweetgrass •where he overtook and \arrested two men giving heir names as Harry B. K. Wheeler, democratic candi date for the senate, apparently is willing to do anything for office. He and the big interests, which he so terrifically denounced two years ago, buried the tomahawk at the demo cratic state convention. Wheeler ac cepted the corporations and they took him into camp. But it seems they did not get everything from him that they believed they should have in ex change for their support. Lately, we are informed by mien close to the big companies, that Gov ernor Sam Stewart and Larry Dobell, democratic copper company bosses— Dobell is editor of the Butte Miner— demanded of Wheeler that be go out in his speeches and fight Governor Dixon, and stopport the candidates of the .big companies for the legislature. He,.was told that, unless he did that, Stewart would not go on the stump for him, and the Butte Miner would not support him. It is understood that Wheeler agreed to do something, but not as much as was asked. The Helena Independent, obiviously well aware of the demand on Wheeler, published a front page story purporting to report Wheeler’s address at Havre on Octo ber 11. The story said that Wheeler attacked Governor Dixon’s adminis tration, and urged the election of democratic legislative candidates. Some of the Independent’s statements were false. Wheeler rcommended the election of all democratic candidates on the ticket, but went no further. He only went part way for the cor porations. • However, it is evident that he is compromising all he can with the corporations and other special and \ijujivileged interests, and is doing his best to hold their support, while fool ing the laboring people, the union labor craftsmen, the farmers and others whose interests are opposed to the corporations. He is at the parting of the ways in this matter; between the devil and the deep sea, and is already making concessions to the enemies of the people. Is a man who will do this the sort tjiat the people of Montana want to send to the United States senate? (Frqm Miles City Star) WESTMINISTER CHOIR I \ ' {J:;^ ' O f First Presbyterisuo? p h u rch.of Great Falls C H O T E A U , F R I.' O C T . 27/ 1922, 8 P. M. High School Auditorium Program Now Tramp O’er Moss and Fell ..................................... Bishop Mrs. R, H- Willcomb To a Wild Rose ........................ ...................................J iacDowell Amorita --------------------------------- --------- - ------------------- Denza Ecossaises (Scotch Dance) . ...................... .................... Beethoven Margaret-Babcock Rev. Geo. Washington White, ,D. D. Ph. D. We Did, We Certainly Did 1.1 _______________________ Risher Lullaby .................... .. ..... ......... .................... ............. ............ Corbin Group of songs by F. L. Graybill When Daylights Going (Le Sonnambula) ...... .............. ....BelirJ 10 Gloria (From Twelfth Mass) ......................................... Mozart 11 Quest Est Homo (Stabet Mater) .................................... Jtossini Mrs. R. H. Willcomb-and Mrs. E. F. Lyford 12 Festavale Te Deum, in E F l a t ............................................. Buck 13 (a) Romance From the 2nd Concert (b) Obertoff Mazurka Mrs. G F. Splaine ... 14 Iflammatiis (Stabet Mater).- . ........................................... Jtossini Mrs. Willcomb and Chorus Thursday the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Connor died of dysentary. Funeral arrangements have not as yet been made, owing to the absence of Mr. Connor, who is in Chicago. The young couple have the sympathy of the entire community in their hour of sorrow. Plans for the annual roll call of the American Red Cross are flow complet ed. As the chapter is out of funds to carry on, it is hoped that every one will be liberal when called on to contribute. Idzinga and Claud Scheffer who are now in the county jail charged with the crime. . , Patriotism and Business Every good citizen at this time should do his share toward strengthing the Federal Reserve Banking System which our govrnment has ere. 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 The shop-work boys have received their books and will soon start to work on engines. The seniors gave a very spectacular full dress parade last Friday noon. The cause of so much fancihess, they say, was to advertise our first foot ball game, scheduled for Saturday, October 14. The football players received their new helmets and stockings in time for last week’s game. The boys are still patiently waitiffe for their jerseys,' which were ordered some time ^.gq. The annual snake\ dance was held last Friday evening.. As in former years it was a great success. A bon fire was built in the ptoblic square and the jink (camel) was burned. The freshmen boys were required to extinguish the fire that night and furthermore to return the next morn ing to clear the ashes away. Maynard Oliver started to school Monday. Thi^ makes a total of forty seniors. At the sophomore class meeting last Thursday the following officers were elected: President, Clifford Saterlie, .vice president, William Burns; and secre tary-treasurer, Myrtle Martine. 1 A few of the football players are limping around with \Charley Horses” as a result of Saturday’s fight with the Fort Benton team. Al though they beat us thirty-two to nothing, Coach Sweat is confident that we .will be able to beat them, or at least play a better game, in the return game. The typing I class, having mastered the keyboard was given the first speed and accuracy test last Friday. The restilts were very satisfactory. Margie Haugen headed the list, av eraging nineteen words per minute with but one error. W A R FINANCE BOARD CH IEF W ILL ARRIVE IN MONTANA OCT. 25 N. G. Bast, traveling auditor for the Gallatin Valley Milling Company, was in town last Thursday looking after business. Otto F. -Schaefer made a business trip to Choteau Friday the 13th., Three cars of casing and a car of boilers consigned to The California Oil Company have arrived to be used on the well site a mile southwest. Mrs. P. J. Reed and son Jack autoed to Choteau Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. E. L..,Jourdonnais of Choteau were guests at the home of Otto Wagnild over Sunday. . Ralph Wright, who is attending high school in Great 'Falls was home Saturday between trains. A' jolly crowd of friends gathered at the Standley building- Saturday evening in honor of Mrs. Lee Good of Great Falls. Dancing was the past time of the evening. Refreshments were served and all present report a pleasant time. Dr. and Mrs. Maynard of Choteau were in town Sunday. Jimmie Barnes and family motored to Choteau Sunday to visit relatives. Mrs. Gordon Monkman, one of our school teachers, spent Sunday with her husband in Bynum. Agawam experienced a heavy wind Sunday evening, followed by a light rain which turned to snow, lasting about two hours. T. A. Meagher of Choteau was in town Monday. John Trtichot of Choteau attended to business -matters here Tuesday. Mrs. Lee Good, who has been vis iting Mrs. Wm. Doyle, returned Mon day noon to the Falls. Nick Garich and Pete Derkson left Tuesday for Great Falls to be gone several days. Mrs. Newland and daughter of Por ter bench were in town Tuesday. Alf Wagnild, manager of the Mon tana Elevator Co. at Pendroy was here Tuesday evening. The Montana Elevator Co. shipped two cars of wheat to Spokane Tues day. Frank C. Hannum was in Town KHARM O N T W H E A T TO BE TR IED Teton County has just received, through the efforts of the County Agent, seven and one half bushels of Kharmont Winter Wheat, which is Just being put o'qt hy the Montana Experiment Stations. This wheat has shown excepu^joally well at the Ex periment, Station Farms and shows a considerable;- yield over other varieties of wheat which- are. being-used. The following are the results of the test of a four year period at the Mocassin Experiment Station: Varieties . Ave. Yield Turkey Red _____ ____ 15.7 bushels Kharkov .......... ........ ......... 17.2 bushels Montana 3 6 ... ....... ......... 17.2 bushels Kharmont . ........................ 2Q.2. bushels Thesb results •' show Kharmont to he a much better variety than any of the others: The wheat which we shipped to this county is to be planted at Dut ton anil Chateau' and these plots will bo used as a sotorce of seed for other plots next year. The w-hqat. which is planted at Cho- teau is being run with a check plot of Turkey Red. The comparative yield may ,be secured • for, this terri tory. 1 j 5 Irrigation Work Next Week. Blain Ferguson, irrigation special ist for Montana, will be in Teton County October 23 to 28 inclusive, at which time we will work on irriga tion problems in various communities of the county. Mr. Furgerson is putting’ special emphasis on the use of spring flood y/ater1 on the dry farms, ’Which will allow farmers to grow a -few acres of'' alfaifg. It is hoped that during his Visit that several^ placed worked d^ithjs^fall ••w(ri'bfe coiSpleted and will j ^ ^ e f f e c t / ' ^ ^ Do the farmers of Montana prefer to have another lawyer who has' the, support of the corporate interests of the state sent to Washington as their United States Senator, or do they want an experienced farmer in the senate who, as a member of con- grss the last four years, has been eVer persistent in his efforts to sup port the fanning industry in Mon tana. If the latter is the case Con gressman Carl W. Riddick, republi can nominee for the United States senate, should receive the solid sup port of the farmer vote at the No vember election. Plan to enjoy a good lunch and good fellowship after the concert on Friday, October 27th. Get your tickets to the choral con- oert from members of the Ladies In dustrial or from members of the M. E. Sunday school. The Red Cross wants all kinds of clothes, especially children’s clothes. Need a pair of men’s shoes, No. 9, for an old man CHOTEAU OIL FIELD TO BE BIG PR0: DUCER “The Kevin oil field is forging- ahead abotot as rapidly as possibe,” declared Gordon Campbell, disebverer of oil in northern Montana,. Who was a business visitor in Lewistown .re cently. “Rigs' are going up in every direction and more are being brought in as rapidly as they can be secured. The last time I counted • the wells being drilled they numbered about 60 and several more have been spudded 1 in since. If I remember rightly, there are 11 producers and plans of the operators contemplate a winter drilling campaign that will add many more to that number. Boosts Choteau Field. Mr. Campbell was asked about the new Choteau field, which is coming into prominence. \The Choteau field,’’ said Mr. Camp bell, “is even more promising than the Kevin field was before the first well was brought in. I have spent practically all summer surveying and mapping the field and have but re cently completed the work. The dips are much steeper and more pronoun ced than in the Kevin district and I look for much larger wells here. “The Choteau field is located be tween Choteau and Agawam and is easy of access and covers an im mense area. Since I have completed my geologic survey of this field I am more convinced that it will yield big ger wells than Kevin. The erosion there is about the same as exists at Kevin and the depth neoessary to tap the productive sand will be about the same. To Drill Test Well. “All the equipment for the test well to ’be drilled in the new field is on the rpad and should be there within th& neHtxSiew days. It Is a standard rig with 6;inch rig irons and everything else first class. The well will be spudded in with an 18-inch hole and will be pushed down as speedily as possible. “The Standard of California, Carter Oil Company and Gypsy Oil company are already sectoring acreage in the Choteau field and I look for much activity there immediately.” SILVER W EDDING Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Savory, of Du- puyer, celebrated their Silver Wed ding anniversary last Friday, October 6. Thirty friends, most of whom were old-timers, were present to help cel ebrate the occasion. The honored couple received many handsome gifts with hearty wishes for future suc cess, happiness and friendship. Mr, and Mrs. Savory were married in Dupuyer twenty-five years ago. Some of the old-timers, Mr. and Mrs. P. F. StDenis, Mr. and Mrs. Ben English, and Jacob Lauffer were guests at the wedding. The Savorys are well and favor ably known and have a wide circle of friends:—Valerian. iiv v/v,.. \ j Tuesday on tusiness. Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing di- c K Malonfi of th rector of the War Finance corpora tion, is in New Mexico, where he is conferring with the agricultural loan agency of the War Finance corpora tion and making a special investiga tion of the acute situation in the drought stricken areas of the state. At the conclusion of this investiga tion,* Mr. Meyer will visit other points in the west, including Los Angeles and San Francisco. From California he intends to visit Salt Lake, Chey enne, Billings, and Minneapolis. He will discuss with the agricultural loan agencies of the corporation va rious matters in connection with the agricultural and live stock loans made through them and will confer with representative western interests regarding legislation for the perma nent financing of the agricultural and livestock industries. , At Los Angeles, Mr. Meyer will confer with Fred H. Bixby, president of the American National Livestock association, and representative stock- men concerning plans for the perma nent financing of the llTestocy indust ry- -. k . the Muddy Creek Cattle Co., went to Choteau Wednes day noon. Wm. Reiquam, republican candidate for sheriff of Teton county, was an Agawam visitor Wednesday. AGNES AYRES TO BE SEEN IN NEW PARAMOUNT PICTURE “The Ordeal,\ the first original story to be written directly for the screen by W. Comerset Maugham, atothor of \The Moon and Six-pense” and \The Circle” will be the feature at the Royal Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday. It is a Paramount picture starring Agnes Ayres, Clar ence Burton, Conrad Nagel, Edward Sutherland, Adele Farrington, Lloyd Whitlock, Edna Murphy and Claire DuBrey, “The Ordeal” is the result of three month’s stay at the Lasky studio during which time Mr. Maug ham studied story methods in order that his story might the better fit existing screen , requirements. On completion he left for a four year's tour arotond the world and when last located was in the jungles of the Ma lay Peninsula^- Citizens State Bank CHOTEAU, MONTANA OUR DIRECTORS: G. M. Coffey P. IT. Crossen George F. Miller Wm. Hodgskiss . James Eckford We specialize in all departments of Commer cial Banking and offer service consistant with safe banking.
