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>* ' ir- W ' Z , / ' « 4 * .. > j *: * * VOLUME X CHOTEAU, TETON COUNTY, MONTANA, JANUARY 19, 1923 NUMBER >28 <*, The following joint memorial-has \been introduced in the senate by Senator H. T. Rhoads of this county: “Memorial to the congress of the United States, to enact such legisla tion as mäy be necessary to issue patents to farm units on federal reclamation projects in order that such farm Units may become taxable. “ To the Honorable Senate and House of Repersentatives in the ■Congress of the United States of America: “Your memorialists, the members o f the Eighteenth Legislative Assem bly of the state of Montana, the senate and house concurring, respect fully represent: “Whereas, during the past few years many federal reclamation pro jects have been established in the state of Montana, and the farm units thereof sold to settlers, and “Whereas, such settlers have es tablished schools and road districts on such projects, which depend for maintenance and support upon taxes levied for that purpose upon the property of such settlers, including the equity of such settlers in the said farm units, and “Whereas, by a recent decision of the supreme court of the United Slates (Irvin vs. Webb. U. S. Sup. Ct. 66 L. ed. 333) the said farm units have been held to be non-taxable until patents therefor have been is sued to the purchaser, and \Whereas under Uie existing laws o f the United States, such patents may not be issued until the final payment is made for such farm unit, ¡and “Whereas; .the .rnqney derived frorii taxation of the personal property alone on such, projects is not shflic-' lent to maintain the schools and roads i on a ranch nineteen miles north of There will be a dance at the Lavern Hotel January 27tli. A cordial invi tation is extended to all. Mrs. O. P. Schaefer and Mrs. P. J. Reed autoed to Choteau Friday for a visit with Hrs. Otto Wagnild. A number from here attended the dance in the school house at Farm ington on Saturday evening. Geo. Wright and family enjoyed an evening’s visit at the Reed home last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Ramsey have taken apartments at the Lavern I-iotel. Mr. Ramsey is\d’ay driller at the California test well. Nick Garich returned last Saturday from his trip to Great Falls, leaving his daughter, Mary, there in the doctor’s care. Mr. Watkins of the War Finance Corporation of Great Falls was in town on business Friday of last week. Mrs. C K. Malone and daughter left for Portland, Oregon, Saturday to spend the winter. Mr. Malone accompanied them part of the way. Otto Wagnild spent Sunday in Choteau. Few of the neighbors gathered at the J. Barnes ¿ome last Saturday evening and had the\ usual jolly time. Geo. Wright and family visited at the ranch home of Sam Agee Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Nelson and Hector Cooper motored to Dutton Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Murphy and daughters, accompanied by Mrs. Mur phy’s brother, Orville Simons, left for Neihart Monday where they ex pect to locate. S. T. Wiprud of Choteau was an Agawam business caller on Monday. M. E. Jones of Porter Bench was in town Monday, leaving the same day via auto for Bynum. Otto Schaefer and family visited at th‘e Geo.'Wrlght borne on Tuesday“ evening. R. S. Hart and family have moved 'established on said projects, there fore, “ Be it Resolved, that it is the sense of this legislative assembly, that the congress of the United States should enact such legislation as may be necessary to authorize the Choteau. Superintendent of Schools Edytbe Saylor conducted tests in reading, spelling and arithmetic in Agawam Tuesday afternoon. The ladies of this community gathered at the home of Mrs. Jake Issuance of patents for the farm units Gemar on Wednesday. A social af- on federal reclamation projects, sub ject to the final payment for the same, in order that taxes may be de rived tliereon; and ' ( “ Be it Further Resolved, that a copy of this memorial be forwarded to the senate and house of repre sentatives of the United States and to each of the senators and repre sentatives from Montana in con gress.” Among those from Choteau who attended the performance of “ Lady Billy” at the Grand Theatre in Great Falls were Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Taylor, Mr. and Mis. R. E Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Adams. New footwear for misses and beys. HIRSHBERG’S. ternoon was spent after which a de licious lunch was enjoyed by all. O. F. Schaefer and family, Geo. Wright and family visited at the ranch home of Hartwick Nelson on Thuursday evening. (By W. H. MjTick) The Teton boys and girls teams invaded Fort Shaw ^aturday night and took home the bacon to the time of 15 to 18 in the girls game and 18 to 14 by the boys. The outcome of neither game being in doubt after the first five minutes ot playing. The girls game was 1 featured by very close guarding, but superior speed and accuracy in basket shoot-, ing by Teton forwards, Martine and Gorham, soon gave them a substan tial lead which was never in danger. Out of the 8 points collected by Fort Shaw, only 4 were field baskets, while Teton scored 14 from the field. The high school quintet triumphed over Fort Shaw in a very fought game which was featured by rough playing. Teton’s excellent team work, in both offense and defense being the decid ing factor. No long baskets were made by either team on account of the low ceiling. Fort Shaw has an excellent team which has been victorious over some of the best teams in this district and only once beaten by Fort Benton and twice by Teton. On the other hand Teton has not lost a game this seas on arid will undoubtedly be a factor hard to beat for the district cham pionship. The lineup for the two teams was as follows:'-' Teton—Ed. Dow and C. McDonald, forwards; F. Anderson, center; W. Dow and S. Schmidt, guards. Fort Shaw—W. Jenkins and E. Campbell, forwards; E. Krug, center; M. Fjeld and U, Holmesland, guards. > Fk§ld- goa$^%x».Dow,. 6, W. Dow 1, Schmidt 1, Jenkins 1, Campbell 2, Krug 3. Free throws—E. Dow 2, Jenkins 2. Fouls—2 out of 3 for Teton and 2 out of 4 for Fort Shaw. No substitutes were used. L 5 KNIGHTS AND LADIES ENTERTAIN The Knights and Ladies Benefit association held their regular social meeting at the K. P. hall Wednesday evening. There was a very large crowd in attendance, 15 tables being used for playing 500. A fine lv.nch was served at midnight, aftei which card playing was disposed of and the crowd indulged in dancing untii an early hour in' the morning. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves to the utmost. r Statement of Condition of OF CHOTEAU at close of business Dec. 29, 1922 RESOURCES Cash in vault and in other banks — ...... $174,802.65 County warrants, real estate, etc .......... ....... 27,443.45 Loans and discounts 204,059.61 LIABILITIES Deposits ----- Undivided profits ____ Capital and surplus ... $406,305.71 -..$339,387.88 6,917.83 60,000.00 $406,305.71 V ,'y‘- i ■* Saturday night two games were played on the Fort Shaw floor. The Fort Shaw girls vs. Teton girls and the Fort Shaw boys vs. Teton boys. Fort Shaw was defeated in both games. Miss Williamson gave the Glee Club classes a snappy test a week before the semester examinations. Mr. Sweat, Victor Peterson, Roy Wiprud, Harold Crane, Clifford Sa+- eriie and Ben Slanger have returned from the vocational conference at Bozeman. Victor Cheetham joined the fresh man class last Monday. The program given by the commer cial and French classes last Wednes day was greatly enjoyed by bo'.Ji the students and the visitors present. Every one is glad the exams are over. Mrs. Stong has joined the high school faculty teaching only in the mornings. She teaches algebra I and history I. The senior normal girls have taken a kindergarden class of ten pupils. Fort Benton will play on our fl6or Saturday night. This should prove to be an exciting game, for neither of the teams have been defeated this season. Our basket ball team will go to Centerville to play on Friday night. A program will be given Thursday evening, January 25, by the French and commercial classes in the high school auditorium. Plays, Clever readings and special musical numbers will be given, making a very attract ive program. This entertainment will be given for the purpose of raising money to defray the expenses of the pupils sent to the district shorthand and typelng contests to be held in Great Falls some time during February. Thig is the first contest the north eastern district of Montana has at tempted and we are anxious for the commercial classes to be represented. Kindly remember the date and give your - support .by being present, Thursday evening, January 25, at 8 o’clock. Last Monday evening August Nel son, representative of the Montana Wheat Growers association who Is organizing a membership campaign among Teton county farmers, talked to-over forty members of the Choteau Commercial club urging that Choteau business men cooperate with the farmers in working out a solution of the \grain marketing difficulties as well as the marketing of other farm products. Mr. Nelson urged that the market ing of farm products be solved to tbe point where farming may be made attractive and profitable, the same as any other business. The purpose of the organization which he represents is- to control a large enouge propor tion of thè grain products so that the farmer may direct the flow of wheat tof.the markets evenly throughout the year, thus stabilizing the prices, and urged that the business men of Cho teau lend a helping hand toward this end. J. C. Morgan presided, calling for reports of the various committees. The question of publicity - was also taken’ up and a committee consisting of representatives of the Choteau Montanan and Acantha were author ized to wait upon the proper depart ment of the Great Falls papers to ef fect an establishment of relations whereby Choteau may profit to a greater extent through the news col umns of the papers. A discussion was also held as to th£ swimming pool and skating rink which was taken up in the last meet ing. » Mr- Morgan set the date for the next- meeting as February 19 th. The Misses Cora and Bertina Even- son of Saskatchewan, Canada, are visiting with friends and relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. John Fredinlund and son, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Kieffer and the C. Lindseth family were dinner guests at the Dan Lindseth home last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Forseth enter tained a large crowd of both young and old at their home last Saturday evening. The evening was spent in games and music. A delicious lunch eon was served a midnight. Every one reported a most enjoyable time. Miss Bernice Andrews, who is teaching at Claude, spent last week end visiting With her sister, Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. A. Kathman and son visited with homo folks last Satur day and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Kieffer autoed to Shelby last Friday. Miss Dorothy Lindseth spent last week end visiting with home folks. A large crowd attended the dance which was given at the Farmington school house last Friday evening. Everyone reported a good time. Mr. and Mrs. A. Swanbeck and fami.y visited at the DeRusha home last Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Ii. Evenson entertained a number of young folks at her home last Saturday evening. All reported a most enjoyable time. C. H. Porter, our genial . agent of the Great Northern, is paying a visit this week to his brother who is at Helena as state senator from Chou teau county. Cash and stamps estimated at $400.00, was the loot obtained by yeggs who blew and robbed the safe at th.s Dutton post office early Monday morning, according to Sheriff Wm. Reiquam, who was called to investi gate the case. W. A. Emerick, local photographer, accompanied the sher iff in hopes that finger prints might be photographed, but it appears that the job was not pulled by amateurs and that canvas gloves were used, thus obliterating all traces of fingers. The evidence indicated that the robbers entered tbe building with a skeleton key and forced tbe door leading to the office. The safe was blown with nitroglycerin and was covered with mail sacks to smother the noisie. Besides the money and stamps, a money order book, containing 200 blanks was taken, together with an unestimated amount of war saving stamps and war saving certificates. Tbe case has been assigned to Post Office Inspector W. J. Cooney of Great Falls, and up to this morning no further information is available. SMUT TREATMENT MEETINGS The meetings for taking up the treatment of seed grain for smut have be>en set as follows: January 28, 1:00 p. m. Harmony school at Dry Forks. January 29, 1:00 p. m. Pendroy. January 29, 7:30 p. m. Bynum. January 30, 1:00 p. m. Agawam January 30, 7:30 p. m. Farmington January 31, 1:00 p. m. Dutton.' January 31, 7:30 p. nr. Collins. February 1, 1:00 p. m. Ti--L. Gap. February 2, 1:00 p. m.: Community\ hall, Fairfield. February 3, 1:00 p. m. Commhnity hall, Power. February 4, 1:00 p. m. Vance school Spring Valley. February 5, 1:00 p. m. county agent’s office, Choteau. February 5, 7:30 p. m. Beck school, Beck community. At these meetings the smut disease will be thoroughly discussed, as to its nature, how it grows and its method of inoculation. Slides will be shown at these meetings to illus trate these points. A model treating machine is now being constructed by I. G. Lestrud and this will be at each meeting in order that farmers may be able to see how the machine is made. Every farmer interested in smut control should attend these meetings. Some parts of Montana are already having their wheat yields theated by this machine. The importance of the new treat ment over the one used at present is its absolute non «effect on germuna- tion. Formaldbyde has been known to have detremental effects on germ- ntion, especially when not used prop erly. METHODIST CHURCH NOTES Harry T. Stong, pastor Morning worship at 10:30. Sunday School at 11:30. Under the superintendency of Prof. Maurice Howard, the Sunday school work started off last Sunday in a splendid manner. We want to make each succeeding Sunday better. Come and help. Evening service at 7:30. Special song service at which Miss Harriet Larson will sing. Short sermon by tbe pastor. Choral rehersal Tuesday evening at 7:30. Led by Prof. R. A. Keyes. Jesus came into the world to min ister, rather than to be ministered unto. That same policy should dom inate every Christian and the whole church. In union there is strength,’ bo let us meet together .and in the spirit of prayer plan a program that will make for the betterment ot in dividuals and of society. House bill No. 1 introduced by Representative Joseph Oker of Lewis and Clark county, as an emergency measure was signed by Governor Joseph M. Dixon Tuesday. The bill will postpone the sale of property on which taxes for 1922 are delinquent until October 1st instead of last Wed nesday as heretofore. The bill was put in ahead of the legislative appropriation measures, but did not get through the house until the former measures had been given clear way. The bill passed the house without amendment on the floor and was transmitted to the sen ate, where it was concurred in Mon day, also without amendment or op posing vote with the exception of one senator who held the law to be un constitutional. Under the provisions of the bill persons who have paid their taxes' since December 1st, and who paid the 10 per cent penalty, are entitled to a refund and same may be ob tained by filing claim through the county commissioners on or before the first of June, 1923 The passing of this bill is quite a relief to the farmers of Teton county as grain cars during the latter part of November were not available and early in December the storms pre vented the hauling of grain, thus causing the farmers taxes to become delinquent. , Owing to the courtesy of O. G. Meadows, county treasurer, no pen alty was imposed until the books were closed for November which was on or about the 15th' of December. A similar law was passed by the legislature In 1921.-' Although--•the-- ten per cent penalty 1s removed those who did not pay their taxes before becoming delinquent must pay one per cent per month for each month' that they allow the amount to run. AMERICAN LÇGION SCHEDULE FOR 1923 Adjutant B. I. Packer of Choteau Post No. 6, American Legion, . an nounces the following program for the year 1923: February 13, regular meeting. Febrtiary 22, Washington’s birthday March 13, Regular meeting. April 10, regular meeting. April 21, Naturalization day. May 8, regular meeting. May 30, Memorial day. June 12, regular meeting. July 4, Indépendance day. July 10, regular meeting. August 14, regualr meeting. September 11, regular meeting. October 9, regular meeting. October 20, Naturilization day. November 11, Armistice day, cere monies and danme. November 13, regular meeting. December 11, regular meeting and annual election. Citizens State , Bank CHOTEAU , MONTANA OUR DIRECTORS: G. M. Coffey P. H. Crossen George F. Miller Wm. Hodgskiss James Eckford / We specialize in all dtpartments of Commer cial Banking and offer service consistant with safe banking. ■«y;
