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• : . ' 4 ' X ' - '•'>' •• ' - M»|f , , . ' ' -A VOLUME X CHOTEAU, TETON COUÑTY, MONTANA, NOVEMBER 24, 1922 NUMBER 2a A. C. Warner Laid to Rest ’ Sunday -by K. of P. Lodge FOREST SERVICE During the past year thè forest service, United States department of Agriculture, constructed 724 miles of aninor roads at a cost of $540,868 and ,2959 miles of trails at a cost of $519,429. 380 miles of major roads were con- ' structed for the forest service by the bureau of public roads at a cost of $4,620,326. In addition 3007 miles of major and minor projects were main tained at a cost of $187,162, of which $65,336 was secured from local au thorities. 4294 miles of trails were maintained at a cost of $113,683.- This represents a total expenditure -for the construction of roads and trails during the year 1921 of $6,- 456,694, which includes $2,153,522 co operative funds secured from states and counties. Expenditures to January 1, 1922, for constructing 3,729 miles of major roads total $15,301,373, of which $5,- 681,451 are cooperative funds. Like wise 4856 miles of minor roads were constructed by the service at a cost of $2,752,970, including $773,922 of cooperative funds: To date $1,917,- 169 have been expended in the con struction and maintenance of 12,448 miles of trails. The total thus far expended upon equipment amounts to $651,608, while $920,134 was expended upon overhead and administration by the hureau of public roads and forest service. To date a total expenditure of $22,- 216,724 for the construction of 4786 miles of .roads, 67,11 miles of trails and the maintenance of 3007 miles of Toads and 5737 miles of trails has been made. - - - F went to Choteau A. D. Anderson last Saturday. Mr. Lathrop, Mrs. Bramer and Mrs. Thristler went to Choteau Tues day. George Therrien and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd went to Choteau Monday. Miss Aimee Wilson and Miss May Anderson went to Dupuyer last Sat urday to attend the show “The Cap and Sword.” R. D. Anderson went to Pendroy Wednesday. Mrs. Jim Johnson visited Mrs. Hil ler for several days. Mr. and- Mrs: R. D. Anderson went to Dupuyer Wednesday. Tom Manix went to Dupuyer on Wednesday. Mrs. Manix visited her sister, 3 On Sunday, kovember 19, 1922, oc- cured the funeral of Alfred C. War ner, who died on Wednesday Morn ing. At the hour of 12 o’clock the body was brought from the under talcing parlors of, Chas. H. Connor and taken to the K. of P. hall, where it rested in state, surro'unded by many beautiful and costly floral offerings. At two o'clock, the hour set for the funeral, the hall was crowded with members of the K. of P. lodge and Pythian sisters, as well as hosts of friends of the departed. It was Mr. Warner’s wish, that the funeral, should be in charge of the Knights of Pythias lodge, and in re sponse to this request, the Grand Chancellor of the state, O. E. Shrode, of Great Falls, was in charge of the impressive K. of P. services. He was assisted by several members of Cat aract lodge of Great Falls, as well as representatives from the military de partment, of which the deceased was a member.. Mr. Warner was dressed in his K. of P. uniform with his twenty-five year jewel pinned to his breast as he requested ip a letter left to Mr. E. J. Hirshberg. The pall bearers were all members of the local lodge and all old time friends of the deceased. They were Chas. Krofft, Jas. Sulgrove, Wm. Hodgskiss, Chas. Davis, A.- C. Bur bank and Tom Olson. Mr. Krofft being one of the charter members of the local lodge as was Mr. Warner. After the services in the hall the Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sis ters formed in line and preceded the body to the bridge east of town, and from there more than thirty cars followed he body to the grave yard. In the passing of. Mr. Warner Teton county loses ope of its. best citizens, a man who was liked and respected by all.who knew him, and now that he . has ’.reachedj the. other shore, we believe he will--be .greeted-, by the words, “Well done, my good and faith ful servant, well done.” L .U The first grade are having the Indian problem this week, , Emma and Thelma Dawson of the first grade have gone to Augusta; Martha Milton and Carolyn Carl son of the third grade have left the school. Marie Janszen of the sixth grade has gone to Monarch. ‘ * The seventh grade are having: debate in history. ‘ The - eighth grade are working to; ward their Improvement 'certificates in •writing. Mr. Ray had nineteen boys in gym class Monday evening. Every boy should try tot attend this clasf. Miss Steele of the first gAde is taking charge of the girl’B gymj class. The winners of the essay qontest for which Mr. Roulston donatsd the prizes were: Katharine McDonald, 1st; Helen Arnett, 2nd; and : Alice Haugen, 3rd. The program by the Eighth [Grade Citizens League is as folows: f Bible Character, Moses, Wm. Roujston Bible Character, Jacob, Giles Trescott Bible Character, Joseph, John Sal- mond. Reading, William Oleson. : Reading, Henry Crossen. \ Reading, Katharine McDonald.1 Debate,—The question was, Resolved that we should have a high- protective tariff for the best interests of the United States. Affirmative; Gwennyn Burch, Billy. Innes and Violet. Dow. Negative, Kathryn Dunn, Darwin Crane and Clinton Core. The debate was won by the negative. —By James Sulgrove. to Mrs. Dell Moyef ST. STEPHEN'S MISSION (Protestant Episcopal) 31:00 a. m. Divine Worship 12:00 m. Church School. 7:30 p. m. Evening Prayer. The interest in the studies in the history of the Man of, Galilee being held every Sunday evening is stead ily increasing. Attention of the pub lic is again called to the fact that this class is open to everyone, espec ially to everyone with difficulties concerning the character or teaching of Jesus Christ. Thanksgiving Day is again with us. This day is set apart by the national authorities annually for tbe purpose of returning thanks to God for the blessings of the year and to call upon Him for a continued extension of His gracious mercy.' In response to this appeal of the president, there will he a service of Thanksgiving in --------------- St. Stephen’s church on Thanksgiving ‘Ray R. Porter, merchant or Bynum, | Day at 10:30 a: m. to which every transacted business in Choteau on j citizen of Choteau is cordially invit- Thursday. „ I ed. 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 OF CHOTEAU BANK Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lindseth and family, and S..I. Syse were dinner gnssts at the John Fredinland home laslB l i n d a ^ . ' ' Fred Hanson left for Spokane last Tuesday morning where he will at tend school. ' Mrs. Chas. Dunn and Son of Great Falls are visiting with friends here. Rev. and Mrs. Hongland of Cho teau were dinner guests at the Even- son home last Sunday. Miss Mable Hanson called at the Dolalie home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dolalie visited with Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hanson at Boie last week. A social meeting of the Luthier League was held at the church Fri day evening. Luncheon was served by Mrs. L. Otness and Mrs. H. An derson after the regular business meeting. All reported an enjoyable time. Miss Ida Lindseth spent a few few davs in Great Falls last week. The Ladies Aid met at the Chal mers home last Saturday afternoon. Henry Hanson, who has been em ployed in Washington for the past few months, returned home last week. A number of Bench young folks attended the dance at Agawam last Saturday evening. All reported a good time. Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards and Jewell were dinner guests at the Evenson home Sunday. Mr. Depner finished threshing last week. B E I , I L E I The honor of giving the radio' ser mon for Armistice Sunday at the Cleveland Radio station was accord ed to Rev. L. F-. Haley, rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal church. Dr. Haley’s sermon, “The Battle of Life\ was broad cashed all over the country, and was heard in more than half the states of the union The following is clipped from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Nov. 13, 1922. “Two sermons were preached last evening by Rev. Dr. L. F. Haley to the congregation at St. Luke’s Epis copal church. Lake avenue N. W and W. 78th street. “He preached the first in person at the church. The second was preach ed in the parish house by radio from the H. H. Box broadcasting station. “In his radio sermon Dr. Haley spoke upon “The Battle of Life,” paying tribute to those who died in the war. “ ‘Tbs thofisajids who freely gave up their lives Jn the world war, he said, ' \died fighting for the cause of world democracy. It was as much a moral as political conflict. ‘ ‘Every battle really is a moral one. It matters not whether it is fought on the fields of France or in the great battlefield, of life.’ ” Chotean Commercial Club Hold Rousing 1 Meeting. Mrs. M. J. Carver has been on the sick list for several days ■with a se-‘ vere case of tonsilitis. Judge Roy E. Ayres of Lewistown was a business visitor in town Thurs day and was the guest of Judge John J. Greene. Mr. Douglass of Chicago, a repre sentative, o f1 the Milwaukee Land Co,, was in town on-business last -Friday. * _____ ___ ^ . 'v . A* '♦_* METHODIST CHURCH NOTES Harry T. Stong, Pastor Morning worship at 10:30. Sermon by the pastor. Sunday-school at 11:30. Musical program by the Commun- lity Choral Society at 7:30. j Choral rehersal Tuesday' evening, led bv R. A. Keyes. Ladies Industrial Wednesday after noon in church parlors. Prayer and Teacher Training Wed nesday at 7:30 n. m. Thanksgiving service in the church at 10:30 a. m. “ Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving. And declare His works with singing.\—Pa. 107:22. ! Miss Kate Derks 6ri' ' left Saturday for Great/Falls where she expects to spend some time shopping and .visit ing friends. % Frank R. Ramsey, day driller at the California test well, left for Great Fails last Saturday to attend to bus iness affairs a few days.- R. Wright of Great Falls was home a few days the latter part of the week on account of sickness. The danoa at the Lavem Hotel of last Saturday evening-was largely at tended and a splendid time reported by all. Nick Gerich and wife spent Sun day visiting at the Gso. Wright home. Alf Wagnild of Pendroy visited at the home of his brother, Otto, on Sunday and Monday. Henry Rougher left for Great Falls Wednesday to be gon/e several days. J. W. Elliott of the firm of Elliott and Callander, drilling contractors, was in town Wednesday inspecting the work of the California test well. The Montana Elevator Company shipped a car of wheat to Mankota, Minn., on Thursday. August Kropp of Brady was in town on business Wednesday. A. R. Thompson of the Overly Land and Mortgage Company of Conrad was transacting business her on Tuesday. Drilling at the California test well is progressing rapidly and at the last report they are down a depth of 985 feet. Paul Kropp who has been living on the Mary Truchot ranch, six miles south of here, for the past two years is now located on his father’s ranch near Brady. Martin 1’iegen left for Bynum on Tuesday, leaving there the next morning on the Great Northern for Great Falls. Gus and Albert Hanson are now employed at the California oil well. Mrs. Otto Schaefer and Mrs. P. J. Reed motored to Conrad Thursday afternoon. The Choteau Commercial Club, af-| ter a recess from last spring, met at a call from the president at the Beaupre Cafe on Monday evening at 7:00 o'clock. The first on the program being the filling of the inner man at a turkey feed. J. C. Morgan, the president, acting as toast master. After the dinner had been disposed of, the business of the meeting. was taken up. The secretary, T. A. Meagher, reading the minutes • of the last meeting. Supervisor’ Myrick of the forest service, wa scalled upon to give the government’s position as re gards a road up the Teton canyon. His stated that the government would stand half of he expense of building the road as far as%the *forest reserve and from there would defray all of the costs. During his address he informed the members that 700 loads of wood were brought out of the Te ton canyon this year. Georg© Coffee, oneof the..members of the oil committee, took the floor and explained that while the pros pects for oil were excellent, that hal-d work and attention to -business vwas more to be desired than living on oil prospects. • • Perhaps the most interesting talk of the evening was made by W. W. Smith, the proprietor of the Choteau Creamery, who informed those pres ent that during the past year he has paid the sum of $62,752 for cream to the fanners in this community. At the close of his address the club passed resolutions that none but Choteau products should be used in the future. This includes Butter, flour, .bread and other products man ufactured here. C. K. Malone made an address on the immigration question and his re marks were carried op by >Rey,. Bush who gave it as his opinion. 'that we could .get plenty of good citizen^ ,)n northern „Europe, but those o f ¿qotkQi- L -meeting that increase of settlers.'for this com- Mr. Brown of Helena, connected with the Montana Children’s Home Society, was a Choteau visitor this week, soliciting funds for the society by having the school children sell little paper hearts. Mrs. Frank Daggett is assisting in the county treasurers office during the heavy rush at tax paying time. ern Europe were not so desirabLs. At the conclusion of these remarks it was. the sense of the the munity should be from, the eastern portion, of tbe United States and not foreigners.' - T. O. Larson and J. C. Morgan testified as to the success they have had in burning the local coal, and ex pressed the wish that more use could be made of it. S. B. Robbins, irrigation man at Fort Shaw, gave an enlightening talk on irrigation, lie told how out of 38 families placed on irrigated land only three had been discouraged, while on dry land scores had to leave because of lack of water. Robert Clarkson, county agent, gave a brief address on the county exhibit at the state fair. The value of the showing was explained by the speaker when he told of the $150.00 donated by the county and a like amount by the commercial club, al most $200 was returned in prizes to the various individuals of the county and a balance of $84 was returned out of the original $300. The club Last Thursday evening the’ mem bers of the high school foot ball team were the guests of Mrs. Rhoads and Mrs. Dow to a banquet at the home, of Dr. and .Mrs. Rhoads. The table was appropriately arranged in the sliape of a “T” around which each player found his place marked with a place-card representing a cartoon of himself. These place-cards which were sketched by Geo. Archibald, were very unique and brought out some characteristic of each player. The guests were Bud McNeal, Creed Taylor, Happy Lindseth, Sigfried Schmidt, Clifford Satterlie, Waiter Dow, Ted McDonald, Veetle Stone, William Burns, Jack Sweat, Mr. Howard, Professor Williamson, Pro fessor- Ray, Dr. Rhoads, Dr. Bateman, Hank Hammond and William Hodgs kiss. Ed Dow and Brick Anderson could not be present. The speed and accuracy tests are being given this week for the No vember awards. The state teachers convention will meet in Helena during the Thanks giving vacation. The new books for the “Cherry- _ blossom” operetta have arrived. It is to be given before Christmas. Watch for the date. The first basketball game of the season will be given here with the Stockett-Sand Coulee team. We want a big turn out to watch our hoys win. Remember the date—Friday evening, December 1. The girls - have now been playing basketball for two weeks. Their first game will be [with the Conrad girls. Òur girls ¡h^-ve donated mqney enough ' to buy a hdtir basket ball. The high school students are to have a Thanksgiving vacation next week. The senior girls have been very- busy the last week decorating the normal training r room. Friday they will entertain thè junior girls with a thanksgiving program. This prògram Is to illustrate the out-growth of the lessons adapted for- children in the rural schools. Misp Margaret Nagle went to Fair- field Wednesday on business in con nection with the Red Cross, She re turned on Thursday. decided to subscribe $150 or more for next ypar. The exemption of the land in the Fairfield district from paying taxes was discussed and steps will Undoubt edly be taken in the future to correct this seeming error. Taken all in all, the meeting on Monday was one of the most success ful ever held, and the Montanan is confident that good results will soon be forthcoming. Chas.' Strand and Fred Doege left Thursday morning for Sunburst where they have a contract to erect some buildings. They will, in all probabil ity be gone several w«eks. H. G. Richmond, vice president of the F^rst Mortgage Loan co., was a business caller in town Wednesday. Mrs. Tom' Freidt entertained the Ladies Auxiliary at her home Thurs day afternoon: Citizens State Bank CHOTEAU, MONTANA OUR DIRECTORS: G. M. Cbffey P. H. Crossen George F. Miller Wm. Hodgskiss James Ecfcford We specialize in all dbpartments of Commer cial Banking and offer service consistant with safe banking. ‘ a V IV [v- kfr k h; m ii ■ K ' . V i % : ’- Vf Ì-Màl
