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VOLUME X CHOTEAÚ, TETON COUNTRY, MONTANA, NOVEMBER 3, 1922 NUMBER 17 ï J. M, Baker, president of the J. M. Baker Elevator Co., died at the Cho- teau hospital last Sunday afternoon 'following; an operation for internal injuries received in automobile ac cident some two weeks ago. Mr. Baker was a patient at the hospital for several days T 1 Last Monday evening Congressman Carl W. Riddick, republican candi date for United States senator, talked for an hour and a half to a crowded after the , bouse at the court house hall. Voters accident but for the past week had' from the surrounding country turned been up and around and attending to , ou^ jn gO0dly numbers and a conspic- business as usual. He was taken back dous was the large dumber of to the hospital last Friday where it was discovered that internal lesion t women in attendance. Mr. Riddick aroused the enthusiasm of his audi- liad developed into peretonitis and enc0 and Was cheered again and an operation was performed Sunday again< Dr> Harmon T. Rhoads, repubf -afternoon. Ilican candidate for state senator pre- JameB Baker was bom at Spring Bided< .Valley, Minnesota, August 31, 1882; i Congressman Riddick claims that and his early manhood was spent in ' is M t ^ orator> but his talk was -Minneapolis in the employ of a whole- |Qne Qf th0 most forceful ^ convinc. sale furniture house. He was married ^ ever heard county. 0 ne very noticeable thing was that the congressman did not flay his oppon ent nor try to belittle him as the opposition is attempting to do against Mr. Riddick. “The Harding administration needs no apology. The people need only to know what is being done to appreciate the tremendous tasks faced when the democrats laid down the reins of gov ernment and the splendid accomplish ments which have since been achiev ed,’’ said Mr. Riddick. “As a repre sentative of Montana I was in con- gres and participated in this great work of construction, and in making my campaign about the* state I have been telling the people in a plain, straight forward way what the cir cumstances were when the republican administration, took charge, how the difficulties were met and what has been accomplished in constructive legislation.” - The congressman in -his address spent no time in petty matters, or re sorting to matters of a personal nat ure.- He makes constructive falks along lines in keeping with the high office to which he aspires. His prin cipal emphasis being on the legisla tion for the betterment of the people that has been passed by the present administration. to Miss Clara Hancock of West Hope, -N. D., in 1907, and to this union two children were bora, Lucille aged 14, and Lynn aged 7, both of whom sur vive. In 1910 the family moved to Mon tana, settling on a ‘ homestead near Dutton. In 1913 Mr. Baker took charge of the Fax-mers Elevator at Bole. He next took charge of the Gallatin Valley Elevator at Fairfield and in 1919 moved to Choteau to as sume charge of his recent business. Mr. Baker was a member of Cho teau Lodge No. 44, A. F. & A. M., as well as Teton Chapter No. 25, R. A. ■M. He is survived by his wife and two ^children, his father, M. E.. Baker, and sister, Mrs. Sample of Spring Valley, Minn., also a brother, G. W. Baker, •of Ambrose, N. D. Mrs. Sample and G. W. Baker arrived in Choteau on Wednesday. \ 'Funeral services were held .nt the home Thursday afternoon at 2:00 and were in charge of the Masonic body. Ttev. Bush officiating. Burial was made in the Choteau cemetery. Featuring special musical enter tainment, sectional meetings for\ women on November 10th and 11th and a generous agricultural program on which will appear some of the best agricultural authorities in the north west, the educational program to be held in connection with the first an nual northern Montana corn and po tato show which comes on November, 9, 10 and 11 at Malta has been ten- atively outlineda and will doubtless' A. C. (Uncle Al) Warner, present treasurer of Teton county and up for re-election, needs no introduction to the voters of Teton county. He is an experienced and efficient account ant and gives the office the same •careful and conscientious service \that \he would his own private business. A vote for “Uncle Al” November 7th is a safe bet for further efficiency and economy. Democrats galore, 75 of them, and a few republicans from courtesy sake attended the democratic meetings here Wednesday afternoon and even ing. B. K. Wheeler, democratic can didate for U. S. Senator, spoke at the court house in the. afternoon, as did Stephen J. Cowley. Judge J. F. O’Connor of Livingston and some of the county candidates spoke in the evening at the high school. Milo Sabins oFDupUyar is recover ing -tff the Choteau Hospital from in juries received when a threshing rig went through a bridge at Dry Forks. BENEFIT DANCE On November 11th, the patrons of school district No. 21, will give a dance at the community hall at Fair- field for the benefit of the schools of the district. Besides the bonded indebtedness of the district there are now between four and five thousand dollars in warrants registered against the dis trict, and as a result of a supreme court decision last spring, very little of the land of the district is taxable. It has been necessary to retrench a great deal but with the strictest econ omy it may take considerable time to get on a cash basis. Banks have agreed to carry teacher’s warrants and the patrons hope to raise enough by this dance and supper to provide the coal and other supplies necessary to ran the schools this year. 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 (9 I Bñí OF CHOTEAU I - prove to be one of the biggest di-aw-.1 ing cards of the show. Corn, hogs and potatoes are the, three subjects that wiU be given, special consideration and judging; from the speakers that have been se-. cured it is evident that the program as a whole will be one of the best that has ever been offered, to north ern Montana. The first program will be held in connection with the show will begin promptly at 1:30 p. m. on Thursday afternoon, November 9th, and will be given exclusively to hogs, to be handled by I. D. O’Donnell of Billings, one of the most successful hog growers in the northwest and Prof. C. N. Arnett of the livestock department of the .state college.On Thursday evening Mr. G. H. Haney of the International Harvester company will talk on diversified farming and a series of corn movies will be con ducted by M. E. Stabbins, Valley county agent. Friday afternoon will be devoted exclusively to com with M. L. Wilson of the state college as the principal speakei’. A sectional meeting will also be held at the same time and will include subjects of in terest to farm women. The program of the show which will probably at tract the widest attention will come on Friday ^evening with Chester C. Davis, commissioner of agriculture, ■and M. L. Wilson of the state college as tho principal speakers. Saturday afternoon will be given over to pota toes and crop improvement work with F. M. Harrington and A. J. Ogaard of the state college as speakers and'a second sectional program for women will be held at the same time. A dis tinct meeting of the Montana Seed Growers association is scheduled for Saturday afternoon and the corn Bhow will officially close with a dance to be given by the American Legion on Saturday night. Special musical entertainment is being prepared by a committee ap pointed by the Malta commercial club and all of the principal programs in connection with the show will be en tertaining as well as educational. Practically all of the details incident to the show have been disposed of and plans have been completed for taking care of large crowds at Malta on November 9, 10 and 11. A large-num ber of people from outside points are expected as a result of a recent action of the Great Northern Railway in granting reduced rates to and from' Malta from November th to 12th in clusive. K. R. SMITH BUILDS ‘ POULTRY HOUSE K. R. Smith of Farmington has re cently secured blue prints from the county agent’s office for building him a new poultry house. Accoi-ding to Mr. Smith the building will be com pleted within the next week. This is the second house of this design that has been built on the Burton bench this summer, the first being put up by L. J. Otness of Farmington. These houses were designed especially for Montana weather conditions and are exceptionally warm. These two men have entered in the State Poultry Demonstration Farm Project and during the year beginning November 1st They have agreed to keep complete records of the flock for the entire year. The poultry specialist at Bozeman with these rec ords each month will keep in close touch with the birds and do every thing possible To see the birds pro duce as heavily as possible under the winter conditions. It is expected\ that these demonstration farms through out Montana will bring out interesting information regarding housing and feeding of poultry. HODGSKISS ATTENDS POTATO INSPECTION SCHOOL J. E. Hodgskiss has just returned to the county after a three days’ schooling in H e lena preparing him se lf fo r the potato inspection work in this territory. M r. Hodgskiss re port* spending a strenuous three .days and a&y# there hi a great deal 1TTIHC THE Thursday and Fx-iday the teachers give the pupils -the opportunity of showing them how intelligent tliey are. Thus come the quarterly exams. Mr. Williamson, speaking to Char les Rhoads in Ceasar class: “Charles, what kind of marks are you getting?” Charles, “Huh, the marks I get in .Caesar don’t show.” The school\ wishes to take this op portunity to express its sincere sym pathy to Lucille Baker who lost her father last Sunday. The advanced folk-dhncing class has learned most of the steps of the “Irish Lilt.\ They expect to give a public demonstration soon. The glee clubs have started on the musical comedy, “Miss Cherry Blos som,\ which will be given the latter part of this semester. Since the seniors have a study hall df their own, where they can be care fully watched, they are better dis ciplined. Coach Sweat is trying to get a game scheduled here for Saturday, November 4, but it is undecided as yet. Mauri os Ward has entered the bookeeping class. The junior normal training girls have been making plans for oral and silent reading lessons for all grades. These plans have been followed by demonstration lessons, the girls act ing as teacheis. Several very interesting lessons in reading have been observed in the public school this quarter by the junior girls. The best game of the season was witnessed by a very small crowd Saturday. A seemingly sure defeat was changed into a decisive victory. Teton made the fix-st touch-down by falling on a kick-off that went over the St Mary's goal line at the begin ning of the game. Ed Dow kicked goal and added a point St Mary's raoed the ball on their 50-yard line and their left and got away with a long pass for a touch down on the first play. An end run agtlid£V3°kt. ’Tetuii.- .j&elved but fumbled and St. Mary’s recovered with a series of line bupks and a long pass, and so St. Marys made its last touch-down, then failed to'add the point when Ed Dow blocked a drop kick. Teton received and fumbled being recovered by St. Marys who earned the ball to Teton’s two yard line with a series of line bucks and end ruxxs. St. Mary’s ball first down and a goal to gain. The cx-owd agreed that this was the turning point of the game. Teton held the visitors for downs and the ball went across .and was punted out of danger. At the end of the first quarter, Walt Dow inter cepted a pass and ran 20 yards before being stopped. This put the ball on St. Mary’s five yard line, the ball was carried over by a tackle play. After it had been brought to the two yard line Ed Dow kicked goal making Te ton one point in the lead. Teton kicked to St. Max-y’s. End of first half. Ed. Dow got away with a pass for a touchdown early in the first half, after1 the ball had been carried to the St. Mary’s 10 yard line but by a -50 yard ran. Walt Dow recovered on a fumble from St. Mary’s: Ed Dow failed to kick goal. Walt Dow added another touch down. Ted McDonald received a touch-pass in the fourth quarter and scored a touch dowxx. McNeal made the last score on a tackle play. Line up: Ed Dow and McDonald, ends; McNeal and Rhoads, tackles; Stone and Ferris, guards; Snxidt, center; Anderson and Walt Dow, half backs; Taylor, quarter, Saterlie, full back. Touch downs: Walt Dow 1; Ed. Dow 1; McNeal 1; McDonald 1; Rhoads 2. Substitutes: Bums for Saterlie and Roy Wiprad for Stone. Final score: Teton 40, St. Marys 13. T. So unscrupulous are the democrats in this, campaign, in ilxeir efforts to elect Wheeler senator, and to defeat Carl W. Riddick, republican nominee for United States senator, that they have been ridiculing Riddick because\ of his reverses In fanning in this state, owing to drowth, hail and other conditions that- prevented him from getting crops.:?- • i Thousands and thousands of Mon tana’s best and most loyal farmers have been through the same exper iences,, discouraging and heart-rend ing\ in some cases as they are. They will appreciate what Mr. Riddick had to withstand. In Fergus county Mr. Riddick tried to buy a ranch of 2000 acrçes, and he suixk all the capital he had and tolled for a long period try ing to pay for this ranch. Hundreds of other faripers in this state have tackled the same kind of a problem, and been defeated by the same untoward’ agencies of nature that defeated Mr. Riddick. Riddick eo'uld not succeed in gettihg this farm, in the face of the dry years, hail and insect pests which took what -crops he raised. However, undaunted and sure that Montana is destined to be a gneaj. fanning state, he did not give up, but entered another farnxing undertaking by contracting to buy 320 acres of land in bis borne county of Fergus. He is buying this land at px-esent, and while the title still remains in the name of the vendor-, he is paying on the land and hopes eventually to own it. In this matter he is again like thousands of Montana farmers who are doing the same thing. Wheeler is a Butte law y e r ,w e a lthy' man. He knows nothings of-the ‘farmer’s diffi culties, and is not interested primar- ly, as is Riddick, in farm conditions. In this respect the elctlon of Riddick as senator means that the farmers of Montana will have a real friend in the senate. The election of another lawyer, such as Wheeler, will not mean much to them. On election day the farmers will be wise to choose the man who ‘under stands their needs, and -will do every thing to advance their interests. In this respect Riddick is supreme over Wheeler. Last Tuesday the Standard Oil of California spudded in with a 15-inch bit at its test welT a mile and a half southeast of Agawam. Oil is being used for fuel and a crew of five men are in charge of operations. This lig is one of the best and is capable of thoroughly testing the field. Produc tion is thought possible at about 1600 feet. more to potato grading and inspection than he anticipated. Anyone in Te ton county wishing their potatoes in spected before shipping are now able through the efforts of Mr. Hodgskiss to have this work done here. Call at the Broullette Bakery and take a loaf of bread, home with yon— it is good. ---------- --------------------------------- •J $597.96, Teton county’s share of U. S. oil royalties collected by the state treasurer for the year ending June 30, 1922, was received last week and apportioned to the several school districts of the county according to dally attendance, teaching position and years of acci-edlted high school. No citizen of Teton county will take issue with the statement that Dr. H. T. Rhoads will make a splen did state senator. By every rule which governs the selection \of men to represent the people in the legis lature, Dr.\ Rhoads has the qualifica tions we all woxxld like to see our representatives have. He is com petent in every way. In addition,, and this is a mighty strong point, he has had experience in the house of representatives and has taken a high rank in that body as one of the most capable of all who had membox-ship. The people of this county should not become bewildered at this limn, nor should ihry refuse to exercise thei- good judgment in making their selection of state senator. All s ns Mopoxanda i* being used in so many wn?e that it is hard not to bo- c i v a li tie muddled, but his news paper suggests to its readers that they refuse to be inffuenced by any other coixsideratlon than fitness for the office. We confiedntly believe that if our citizens ixse their own judgment that Dr. Rhoads will be the choice by a large majority. 1 Not only ’.3 Dr! Rhoads so w.jll qual’fied for llie position by x-cason of his attainments and his experience in the legislature, but from the per sonal and the home tie point of view, he has every claim for suffrage. When we look back over nearly a fouilh of a centuary which he has lived here, none can look over that period and point to a single moment when Dr. Rhoads was ought but one of. the' very best of good citizens and when his every Interest was wrapped up in the gi-owth and development of the ebunty w;hich w call home. And during^tliat period he has at all times ’taKetu-a great interest .in the' work of community lipbuilding. His record as a physician in this county Is one of the most splendid in his profession. It is probably not far from facts when the statement Is made that at some time or other dur ing his long and useful career as a minister of health he has visited the home of nearly every citizen of Teton county, a relation which has brought him into personal Contact with all of his neighbors in a most intimate way. He has stood the test. Do you realize what a man of such splendid qualifications and such tried personal relations means to our community? 'Can we do less than give him our fullest and most enthusiastic slipport? Of course it is made to appear that there is a big fight on in this cam paign between some contending po litical Interests. We all know, hero in Teton county, \that Dr. Rhoads be longs to no faction, that be is a man’s man, and that he will at all times do what he thinks the right thing to do. This is just the kind of a man that the people want to represent them at Helena. A vote for Dr. Rhoads for state senator is a vote for fixe best in terests of all the people of Teton county, regardless of any faction or other interests other than the com-, mon interests of all of us. I I Citizens State Bank CHOTEAU, MONTANA OUR DIRECTORS: G. M. Coffey P. H. Crossen George F. Miller Wm. Hodgskiss James Eckford We specialize in all dfeparfcments o f Commer cial Banking and offer service consistant with safe banking. #9 ^ ....... • ■ \ * - <*. , , JSb ..yv
