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V O L U M E X C H O T E A U , T E T O N C O U N T % fÆ O N T A N A ,‘ J À N U A R Y 26, 1923 N U M B E R 29- The dry enforcement officers of ■state of Montana are to be investi gated by a committee of three mem bers of_the house who are empowered to 'expend not more than $500 in the investigation, as a result of the adop tion of a report of the house com mittee on Public Morals, Charities and Reforms submitted Tuesday, rec ommending such an investigation. The signature of every member of the committee appeared on the re port vjith the exception of Mrs. Facey of Phillips, .chainpan of the commit tee, who refused • tb- concur in the committee’s 'ilnding. ^^and Gillette of Valley, wbbis-iabsenL' The original report placed - no'^rekteictions on the expense that the^- investigation com mittee might incinr, hut Schamikow ■of Powell, a member of the committee investigating state instutions, pre sented the limitation amednment af- he had asserted that it was not fair to allow one committee $300 and another as much as it cared to spend. The bitter fight that was • expected when the resolution again made its 'appearance on the floor materialized ■and for several minutes it looked as . though the resolution would be rele gated to the discard. Such a comment came when Gul- •lidge of Prairie moved that action on the resolution be indefinitely post poned. A roll call was taken and the motion lost by five votes, the final count being 48 to 43. On a second roll call to determine whether the committee report be adopted the vote was 53 to 38 for adoption. Arguments Made The arguments attending the adop tion were along the same lines as the ones advanced when the propo sition first was presented and again at the public meeting at the Placer Rotei Monday night. Boorman, \one of the signers of the minority report when the resolution first came out of the committee a week ago, explained his change in sentiment by declaring -that recent developments had con vinced him that the need of some action was urgent. Bosley, who voted for the adoption of the report, but who was a signer of the original report, voted for in definite postponement of action as suggested by Gullidge because he thought that an investigation of this kind would get nowhere. Bricker another minority signer, voiced the ' same sentiments when he voted for indefinite postponement. That Dent corn can be raised in Teton county ha3 been fully demon strated by Phillip Bird of Choteau and Chas. Schmaker of Dutton. Sam ples of com raised by both are on display in the office of the comity agent. That raised by Mr. Bird is of the Pioneer Dent variety and that raised by Mr. Shumaker is of the Northwest Dent variety. The type of com for Teton county must be acclimated to conditions and must be of an early maturing type. This can- only be secured by proper selection in the fall of the early ma turing ears. 1vir. Schumaker reports that he has carried on this type of selection for several years and has made a marked improvement in his com. J. J. Burch .of Choteau and N. L. Pearson of Bynum, both of whom have carried bn com selection in the east, are procuring some regular Northwest Dent seed com and expect to produce com adapted to this ter ritory. , ATTENTIO N, OLD TIMERS Remember the Old Timers banquet and ball to be held on Friday, Feb. 3th, at the Woodman hall. As we cannot borrow dishes, we ask you to bring a plate and cup and donate to the society. If you cannot donate the same, please label and call for them after banquet. Invitations are now ready. If you are. eligible to mem bership, please send application to the secretary. MRS. JOHN LANE, Sec. METHODIST CHURCH NOTES Harry T. Stong, pastor Morning worship at 10:30. Morning worship at 10:30. The pastor will speak Of \-h>0 accomplish ments and program of the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals. ' Snday school at 11:30, Last Sun day there was an attendance of 180. We want you to make it 200 this Sunday. Evening service a 7:30. Song ser vice followed by a short sermon. All were nnich pleased with the solo sung by Miss Harriet Larson last Sunday evening. There will be another spec ial selection this Sunday. Choral rehersal Tuesday evening. ’ Ladies'TndustrtsLxtfitt^meet in 'the' cli’urch' parlors Wednesday afternoon. The Board of Temperance, Phohi- bition and Public Morals of The Methodist Episcopal church has paid represeniattves doing temperance work in twenty-one foreign countries. It circulates more leaflets than any other organization in America. It is headquarters for information on pro hibition questions for newspaper men, members of congress, reform workers and foreign investigators. At the present time this board is erecting a five-story white, stone building oppos ite the capitol at Washington, D. C. will stand as a symbol of Christian- ityAmericanism and of civic righte ousness. On Tuesday evening, February 6, at 8 o’clock there will be a musical pro gram given in the public school aud itorium by Great Falls artists, under the auspices of the local choral so ciety. PENDROY’ NOTICE t Preaching service at the Pendroy school house Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock by Harry T. Stong. Remem ber that time spent in the singing of religious songs, in true worship and in Christian fellowship is time well spent. * * * * i t * it it it it it it it it it it it it it Ü it it it it it it it it Ü it it if it it ü it it \ it it it it if it if it ü it •Xh ■ \ , l - ' - X v Music lovers of Choteau -will be. given a rare treat on Tuesday,; February 6th, when a company of Great Ealls|artists will give a concert at the piublie school auditorium. The program will be imde&the auspices of the' Choteau Choral Club .¿pd will Be direct ed by Prof. R. A .-i£eyes. Those .taking part are as follow s: : I Mrs. R. H ;.ffileom b y soprano. Mrs. E. F . ' Lyford, Contralto. .P r o f. R. A., Keyes, Tenor. Miss Margaret Babcock* Pianist. * * *« i* ■»i* •i* * * * * * * * * * i* * i* •5* •i* Statement o f Condition of OF CHOTEAU at close o f business Dec. 29, 1922 RESOURCES LIA B ILITIES Cash in vmilt and ’ D e p o s its ---------------------- $339,387.88 in other banks --------- $174,802.65 Undivided profits _______ 6,917.83 County warrants, real Capital and surplus ____ 60,000.00 estate, etc r ......... ....... 27,443.45 - Loans and discounts 204,059.61 $406,305.71 $406,305.71 - v . î ‘\ & l m • •• r t j ? rv—- Dance at Lavem Hotel Saturday evening the 27th. Everybody cordial- »/ ly invited.- Alf Wagnild of Pendroy was am Agawam visitor on Saturday. Rev. Neuman, Baptist minister of Bozeman, arrived here the first part of the week to visit with friends. Geo. Wright and family were guests at the ranch home of Hartwick Nelson last Sunday. Otto F. Schaefer and Martin Vigen transacted business in Choteau on Saturday of last week. J. B. Barnes and family visited at the A. M. Rongsta'd home on Sunday. Alf Wagnild and Jos. Lindseth autoed to Conrad on Sunday to spend the day with friends. „ Mrs., Gilbert, Agee^,visited at the homes“ of 5 Geo.. Wright and J. B. Barnes on Monday afternoon. Hector Cooper a prominent rancher of Porter Bench was a visitor in Agawam Wednesday. Drilling was resumed at the Cali fornia test well Wednesday morning after several days of pulling and re newing casing. H. L. Birchfiel, geologist for the California company, was in Agawam on business Thursday from head quarters at Shelby. Pete Laconett of Pendroy was a caller in our city the latter part of the week. A delightful surprise was tendered Mrs. Otto Wagnild by a crowd of friends on last Saturday evening in the hotel dining room, the occasion being her birthday anniversary. A one act comedy was put on by Otto Schaefer, Alf Wagnild and Joe Lind seth, and was proclaimed a splendid success by all those present. A dainty iunch, with the usual birthday cake with candles, was served at midnight. At the conclusion all vol unteered to be present for a year hence. Mr. and Mrs. DeRusha and family and Mr. and Mrs. C. Passmore were dinner guests at the Passmore home last Sunday. The Ladies Aid met at the John Edwards home last Wednesday after noon. A large crowd attended. Work in this line is progressing rapidly. Several of he Bench young folks attended the dance at the Cook school house last Saturday night. All reported a good time.. Miss Josephine Hynes spent last week at the A. B. Andrews home. A social meeting of the Luther League was held at the church last Friday evening. Luncheon was ser ved after the regular business meet ing. All reported a good time. MJ<?8 .Anetta Evenson' is now . em- ployed at the S. T. Wiprud hom e ‘in Choteau. A large crowd of both Choteau'and Farmington people visited at the oil well Sunday afternoon. Rev. Hougland will conduct Eng lish services at the church next Sun day evening, January 28. Everyone welcome. Mrs. Lars Nasset has been on the sick list for the past few days. Selmer Ness and Arlie Hanson of Fairfield visited with friends and rel atives last Sunday. Miss Martha Chalmers was on the sick list last week. Mrs. J. B. Connors made .a business trip to Great Falls last week end. Rev. and Mrs. Hougland and son, Theodore, were dinner guests at the S. Lindseth home Sunday. r Mrs. Vandewark has been out of school on account of Hln^s. Harmon Rhoads of the sixth just returned from Helena. / The report card8 will be given out this week. Margaret Morgan, Helen Cohoe and Lillian Speer and William Hess moved fom Miss Albert's class to Miss Dean’s. Joseph Cruze, 'Villia White, James Meagher and William Hess have been transferred from the second B read ing class to the second A. Mary Core has returned to school after a few days illness. Miss Seblist’s fifth grade received the quarter holiday for last month. The plumbing has been fixed and the water changed throughout the building. The children of the public school will resume their crusade work. The following pupils of the seventh grade have sent their papers in to the A. N. Palmer Co. for progressive pins: Alice Haugen Blanche Bennetson Lenora Edwards Dorothy Dunn Howard Jourdonnais, Beulah Thompson Ralph White. Thomas Dunn, ‘ who has been at tending school in Qanada, returned to the fourth grade. — By Eva Hirshberg. LIFE IS A DANCE TO MISS MAE MURRAY \I just took naturally to dancing. Why, as a ot, I was one of the most persistent in running alongside the organ grinder to get what fun I could out of: his music. And, whenever I hear music, I want to dance.” Mae Murray, star of “Peacock Alley,” the Tiffany production for Metro, presented by Robert L. Leo nard,. showing at the Royal Thatre FORESTER SAYS FOREST GRAZING FEES MUST BE PAID Persons grazing stock on the Na tional Forests will have their privi- ledges cancelled until all back fees have been paid, according to a de cision of William G. Greeley, chief forester. Because of the stringency in financial conditions throughout the country, grazing fe^s which are ori- narily payable in advance were in 1921 accepted in two payments, due July 1 and December 1. The same arrangement was made for 1922, and resulted in considerable assistance to stockmen who had been hard pressed financially during the two years’. At the end of 1922 many stockmen still owed for stock grazing and it now becomes a matter of pay- ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH Sunday Services: 11:00 a. m. Divine Worship. 12:00 m. Church School. 7:30 p. m. Evening Prayer. A very interesting service was held in the church last Sunday afternoon. It was the Admission Service of the Girls’ Friendly Society. Fourteen o f Choteau’s most enterprising girts^had. successfully completed .‘ dheir three month's probation, passed their ex aminations and presented themselves ready to assume the responsibility of membership in this exacting Christian., organization. ....The., girls were accompanied by the two older women, Mrs. W. J. Roulston and Mrs. H. E. Bush, who have been acting as associates to the girls and were so admitted, Mrs. Bush as branch secre tary and Mrs. Roulston as associate of this group of girls. Mrs. Roulston has earned high praise for her bril liant chaperonage. The fourteen happy girls are Lucile Baker, Helen Morgan, Lucile Morgan, Katherine McDonald, Ruth Yeager, Eleanor Taylor, Margaret Taylor, Violet Dow, Hazel Upman, Mildred Thompson, Dorothy Franklin, Eva Hirshberg and Helen Pike. The annual report of the treasurer of St. Step.hen’s Church, Mrs. J. C. Morgan, shows that for 192? the gross income amounted to $993.66 and that there is a balance of $24.25 with which to begin 1923, a good healthy condition for which credit i8 due the lnance committee, Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Cohoe and to the Guild. I The following clipping from the Montana Oil Journal shows that tyte Choteau field is being watched by \oil operators from all parts of the\ country: , “It is a matter of days, perhaps’ hours, and the-first drill will penetrate’ the Kootenai sands, first probable' producing horizon, on the vast CI kh teau structure, Teton county. This is the report brought back to Great Falls by E. F. Cpoley of the Montana Giant Oil company. Mr. Cooley says that the California Com pany’s No. 1 well on the Flying U ranch is now down 1,800 feet, in the ower Kootenai. The Campbell well near Farmington is down 500 feet after having had' much trouble with quick- sand. The Walter Bright well near Koyle is rigging up and should be ready to spud in next week. The Montana Giant well is making good progress, after having set cas ing, drilling at 1100 feet. This well is said by Mr. Cooley to show corres-; ponding sands in the Colorado 300 feot higher than the California well. This development may alter the geo- ogy of the field, as shown by present maps, he says. Mr. Cooley left immediately for New York, called there by interests which are under-wriing $100,000 of the stock of the Montana Giant com pany, he says. He has spent the past week in taking new leases in the Sweetgrass arch. He has secured 3,000 acres during the past week, he declares, including some tracts need ed to block up the company’s acre age. The Montana Giant now has 9,200 acres of land under lease, and is owner in fee simple of the tract on which the Montana Giant well is be ing drilled. KHARMONT W IN T E R W H E A T LOOKS GOOD Pete Sandmo, who has a small acreage of Kharmont wheat reports that during the last warm spell his winter wheat has shown up to a con- siberable extent and that no injury seems to have been done to the crop as, yet This what was furnished to Sandmo by the county agent and is being tried out as a demonstration Check plot with Turkey Red. FIN E PLAYERS IN CAST Here are the players in “The Val ley of Silent Men,” the new Cosmo politan picture released by Paramount which come8 to the Royal Theatre next Sunday. The list includes Alma Rubens, featured player, Lew Cody, who plays the male lead, Joe King, George Nash, Mario Mejeroni and J. W. Johnston. Mrs. Saylor, county superintendent of schools, is this week giving stand ard tests in reading, arithmetic and spelling to all above the 3rd grade. The Fairfield school will be used for .the Normal department of the high j BChOOl. Monday and Tuesday, thus told of the beginning of her dancing career, ing up or taking their stock off the The fact that I am in pictures j forest has never halted my dancing enthus- j --------------- iasm,” she says, “and now that I TWO TRY TO CROSS PACIFIC OCEAN BY AIRPLANE An attempt to cross the Pacific Ocean in a dirgible is depicted in “The Lotus Eater,” an Associated First National attraction starring John Barrymore and personally di rected by Marshall Neilan, which is coming to the Royal Theatre on Wednesday for a run of two days. Two men set out on the trip and vlien they see that the expedition is doomed to failure one drops to the water with a parachute and is picked up by a liner. The second dives out of the basket of the baloon into the water, and land8 on a tropical island. There he finds adventure, romance and love. The story if “The Lotus Eater” was |.| written by Albert Payson Terhune, and George Ade is responsible for the subtitles. Citizens State] Bank CHOTEAU, MONTANA have a picture like ‘Peacock Alley' that- gives me an opportunity to play the Parisian dancer, Cleo, I feel that I was bom for the role. t “I'm glad I was not bom in the days when dancing was considered wicked, for I cannot imagine living without dancing. To me life is a dance, a rhythmic vibration to the melodies of a beautiful universe.” In “Peacock Alley” Miss Murray plays the butterfly type of dancer, a girl of the Paris cabarets, who mar ries an American business man. The picture was directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The photography is by Oliver T. Marsh, the art settings by Charles Cadwallader and the subtitles by .Frederic and Frany Hatton. John Carlson of Bole spent Sunday In our town visiting relatives.’ OUR DIRECTORS: G. M. Coffey P. H. Crossen George F. Miller Win. Hodgskiss James E ckford W e specialize in all departments o f Commer cial Banking and offer service consistant with safe banking.
