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\ • .V'46- •> ÏV , . .Mt,»;*s\‘ P»,, ;v,; ..... Ì U h M e l e n a . r* ' -* > * »* n AttWtf U í'1 . TV V / \’1** ■ ’ VOLUME XI CHOTEAU, TETON COUNTY, MONTAÑA, SEPTEMBER 28, 1923 •NUMBER 12: Cutbank, Sept. 26.—Fred Mock, as sistant car foreman for the Great « 'Northern railway here was killed .and Miss Lora Richards, of this place narrowly escaped a like fate Tuesday «-evening, while they and some friends \were on a hunting party. Mock, to- / gether with Ernest Crerar, Joe An- «■derson, Lora Richards, Dorotheaa Halvorson and Della Leech, the lat- \ter of Bynum, went to rock coulee 'about five miles north of the W. P. Yunck ranch, where the men of the party divided, crerar. in one direction and Mock and Anderson in another with the intention of ronhding up some ducks. Crerar was successful .and shot, one duck and returned to the automobile where the young ladies Were. The car was started, the entire party going to where the other two men were. On their arrival they in formed Mock and Anderson that Crerar had shot a duck and that the fowl was in the rear of the automo bile. ^Mock and Anderson walked to the side of the car, placed their guns against the auto, leaned over the door to see the bird. The two men were j stated, close together and just' as they bent oyer Mock's gun was discharged, the shot entering his left breast, practic ally tearing his shoulder from his body. He was carrying' an old .fash ioned -double barreled hammer gun and it is thought ' in placing it against- the car the hammer hit the running board thereby cocking it and that when the men- pressed against tlhe car where the guns were, they pressed the trigger in some manner. Miss Richardson who was seated on that side of the car where the men were viewing the duck received slight wounds in the head, two of the buckshot narrowly missing her right temple and eye, the felt hat she wore being perforated with the shot. The injured man was rushed to the Cut- bank hospital, a distance of 18 miles, where he received medical attention. H§ later died. Miss Leech was not injured. Martial law will be invoked in another county in Oklahoma, Thurs day, Gov. J.? C. Walton announced Wedesday night. The name of the county was not made public but the executive Said a delegation • headed by the mayor of one of its cities had called on him with a request for mil itary protection. Three counties,- Oklahoma, Tulsa and Creek, are now under a decree of absolute military rule, although the troops never have occupied Creek county. • ■ Charging that the Ku Klux Klan \dominates one third of the counties in Oklahoma and has a big Influence in many others,” Governor Walton declared: ' \Martial law over the state' will continue until this legislative bunch gets off my back and we can get into those counties to straighten ou the klan officers and klan courts so that every citizen, ‘ regardless of race, creed oi* color may enjoy the rights to which they are entitled under tjhe constitution.” “The .legislature,” the governor re shall not meet.” ’ Legislature Tries to Meet- Undaunted- by their defeat Wednes day by'military, forces of the state, who drove them from the capitol a,f- I ter they had assembled and filed no tice of their meeting with the secre tary of state, members of the lower house of the state legislature pre pared Wednesday night for the next the initial step in this direction is the To procure for the department of, the interior first-hand information relating to a movement by water users on thé Sun River project for an. extension- of -the area under the ditch, D. W. Davis, commissioner- of the' federal reclamation bureau and for mer governor of Idaho, began a two^ day tour of the district Thursday. Accompanying him is a party- of other reclamation officials and representa tives of the Great Northern railway.' The primary purpose of Commis sioner Davis mission is to meet the water users on the Greenfield and Mill coulee, portions of the project; with an idea to making recommenda tions on their recent petition for the formation of an irrigation district. Under the present arrangement, the, government owns the works that have been completed on these sec tions of the project and deals with each water user individually. In pe titions now on file with the interior department, the water users asks .that the Greenfields and Mill coulee'sec tions be embraced in a regularly organized district, sa that their bus iness with ' the government may be conducted in a more comprehensive anr better ordered manner. The Greenfields and Mill coulee portions of the project embrace 100,- 000 acres1 on the north side of Sun River, and 40,000 acres of which works have been completed. The ultimate objective is to procure wat er for the remaining 60,000 acres, and ‘•-.Water npw available for the por- tion'.of the project involved comes wholly from the flood - flow of Sun ' > • \ River for May and June. A more permanent supply for ♦ the land now under the ditch, as well as a shpply siifffcient for the 60,00 acres,- can be ■procured only by the creation of ad ditional storage. Appropriations- nec essary to the construction of a pro posed storage dam would be made by congress and would follow the crea- tiont'of the T move in their attempt to meet and consider the official acts of Gov. J. C. Walton. A statement by Representative W. D. McBee, a.’ leader in the assembly J move, declared that the proceedings at the-state house constitute-a meet ing of the house, notwithstanding its interruption by troops acting under orders of Governor Walton. Prevented from meeting or even caucusing, the house member’s Wed nesday night pinned their hopes for protection against the military auth-. orities upon the efforts of a legal committee which is preparing court proceedings to mark the next stage in the conflict. creation of the consideration. district now under district now petitioned for'ffind the completion of intermed ia t e details. ., A Site for a storage dam that would supply the Greenfields and Mill coulee portions' has been selected four miles aboye Diversion dam, on the north fork-of Sun -; River. Additional con struction needed to Irrigate the en tire\; 100,000 acres north of the river would-be the enlargement of the 38 miles1 of main canal to twice its pres ent capacity and the completion of a lateral system for the 60,000 acres now, unwatered. The proposed dam wpuld itself cost $ 3,000,000 and re quire three years to build, and it is estimated that five years_ would be needed to complete all the construc tion^ . On his present visit, Commissioner Davis will thoroughly familiarize him self with the project and form an opinion as to its possibilities. It is understood that he will ¡have partic ularly in mind the government’s .in terests as an investor and devote es pecial study to economic phases of the project that would associate IN G. I. sms LOUIS HI. HILL St. Paul, Sept. 26.—Millions of mqn and women throughout the North west --and other parts of the United States are interested vitally and per sonally in the profitable operation of tihe Great Northern railway because they are among its owners and are partners in its operation and devel opment, it is emphasized in a state ment by Chairman Louis W. Hill ’ of the board of directors. Many persons realize their interest in the success of the railroads be cause of their dependency on them for the tranportation of freight and passengers but undoubtedly there are many who are unaware that they are partners, and owners in a sense, al- A short lived rumor went the kounus^ in w asuingion uie other aay mat a special session of congress Would be called soon to deal .with tihe larmers' prooiem. An eutir&^eabinet meeting was uevotea to tfiislljubject» which uas been upper most ftt the«1 minds of President Coolidge and\ Sec retary Wallace for’ some time. Senator Borah, soon after his re turn from Idaho, spent two hours dis cussing the agricultural situation with, the -president. He reports President Coolidge as being fully alive to the situation and trying to work out a solution, but being against calling congress back to Washington with out a practical remedy to offer. though they hold none of its capital j Senator Borah says the situation west stock shares, said Chairman Hill. | of the Mississippi is the worst he has Among the latter are millions ofjeVer seen or read about. Like the holders of life insurance policies and ; president, however, he is of the opin- depositors in saving banks. Their j jon ijiat jf a workable plan out of the pocketbooks are affected directly be-1 difficulty can i,c offered before call-- cause most of the large life lnsur-|ing a congressional session is is not nnce companies have money invested i nt)j- n^ely that having the legislators 5n Great Northern securities, he point.jn Washington would alleviate mat ed out. When the railroad is pre- j jers vented from selling its commodit> j President Coolidge has let It be transportation—-at a reasonable profit, jcnown before submitting any then the investment of these men J proposed solution of the farm Bitua- and women is jeopardized. j y on congress in December he will Answering the question, Who owns J ;uiiy consider the views of all blocs, of the slight tlie Great Northern?” Chairman Hill said: “There are outstanding 2,494,730 -vv, . J. * shares of^Gfeat Northern stock, of the par value of $100 each. Each themselves with the advancement of j share represents an equal ownership large sums of money. , in the property of the Great Northern .‘railway and each share has an equal THE COMMUNITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (Robert B. Culbertson, Pastor) Clarence Hynes, who has been vis- The Ladies Industrial spent Wed- iting friends raid relatives here for nesday sewing in preparation of «he the past three weeks, left Sunday for1 bazaar. Misses Harriet Larson an for his home at Spokane, Wash. -Mary Elizabeth Foirest sang Tie Mr. find Mrs. Nylius visited at the ¡Lord is My Shepheid foi Sun ay Swenson home Sunday afternoon. ¡morning service. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lindseth and [ Morning service at 10:30 a m; children, Bustor and June, spent j Subject-\Jesus in Modem Thought. Sunday at the C, Mr. Wade of North Dakota trans-, acted business at the Lars Nasset! Lome Inst Friday. ¡ieet \Did God Punish Japan? Miss Elnora Lindsetli. who ■ is I change of hour of service, O. Lindseth home, j Special music by the choir. - Epworth League at 6:45 p. m. Evening service at 7:30 p. m. Sub- Note Have you If not you are wel- with home folks. '.¡come to our services. Most of the fanners on the bench j Services at Bynum Sunday at 3 p. are now through with their tliresh- (m. ^ grasshoppers leaching ’school, spent tlie week-end!a church home? ing. Although the damaged the crops a little, they are fairly ’good. LOST:—Car crank. Reeward •return. H. D. Cameron. for Statement of Condition of L OF p u r . . - L i i V A A T T kU At Close of Business September 14,1923 RESOURCES Cash in vault and in oilier banks — ..... County warrants, real ■estate, etc.........— ..... . Loans and discounts LIABILITIES .... 87,215.14 __ 27,198.42 __ 190,564.17 304,977.73 Deposits ....... ........ Capital and surplus ..-..244.977.73 _ 60,000.00 304,977.73 m e m b e r ' federai , reserve ^ ^SYSTEM. The seniors will have’ their first dance Friday night in the high school gymnasium. Bud McNeal, Gideon Udine and Russel Oliver entered the senior class Monday. The freshmen boys came to school Friday morninf with their rakes, and hoes and spent the fifth and sixth periods cleaning up the football field. Grace Talifson entered high school Monday to take the normal training course. Senior Annual Picnic Friday morning just as the sun was peeping over tlie hills to begin its day’s journey, thirty out of tlie thirty-one hale and hearty seniors gathered on the steps of T. C. H. S. to cast aside the care ofstudies to revel for one never-to-be-forgotten day in the simple joys of nature; one, but who was missing? They waited and waited. Then lo, who was that sauntering toward them as if the world were hers? It was Mae- gie Jackson, only one-half hour late. At las they started, more enthusi astic than ever. They arrived with out mishap in very creditable time. The first car snorted in at eight o’clock; the next at nine.. At eleven Mrs. Harriet Radcliff Morgan and her load of luckless youngsters arrived breathless and dirty, exhausted from a ten mile hike in the. dust, from tihe place where her Ford had hit a rock under the steady guidance of its driver and with a last despairing cofigh had retired from active ser vice. During the day, seven girls, thing- ing the water of the Teton looked shallow, tltho somewhat swift, found out, to their sorrow, that “things arc not what they seem.” They tried to wade across and, as h result, spent the rest of the afternoon drying themselves. Grace Anderson sprained her ankle frvina to descend a mountain in jumps, and Sophia Dennison disting uished herself forever after in the eves of h er fellow classmates by fear lessly killing a rattlesnake. Nothing else of note occured to bar their simple innocent joy in the ex ploring of nature's great outdoors. Mealtimes were enlivened by ¿hatches of “Barney Google.” \Kiss Máme, Kiss Papa” and other such factions and <lh i.sions republican. majority. It is believed that this will help unite the majority party into a workink organization, al though considerable talk hinges around the plans of the democrats, with the aid of the \republican .lib erals.” Political observers recall that Sen ator LaFollette and Representative Finis James Garrett and Cardoll Hull had considerable to ,do with develop-. A car fell and broke Bruce An drews’ leg so he was unable to enter school until Monday. Mrs. J. T. Robison and Mrs. Lee Brown were visitors of the second grade this week. Howard Allum entered school on Monday morning. Lenora Edwards returned to the eighth grade Wednesday morning, making a class of twenty-four. Mrs. Lee Wolfe was a visitor of the fifth and seventh grades Thurs day afternoon. The eighth grade held a meeting last Friday and organized a club. They adopted “The Eighth Grade Citizens League” for a name. Earle Woiser was elected president of the league, Kenneth Pike .vice president and Lavina Ward secretary-treasurer. Earle Weiser appointed a committee of three to make a program for the next meeting, October 5. The club hold their meetings on Friday every two weeks. The oighth grade went to the fair at Fairfield. Mr. Ray told the pu pils how to judge the different kinds of vegetables and animals. The children wish to thank the parents who donated cars. Some of the eighth grade pupils attended the football game between Choteau and Simms. Choteau won. The eighth grade are now eagerly waiting to play the freshmen. voice in all stockholders’ meetings including those for theeloction of di rectors. - \On -December 31,- 1922, these shares were owned by 44,314 menJmen^s leading to the republican split and women in all walks of life, and in 1!)S1 Garrett is slated to be the by organizations and institutions. ! minoi.itv leader in tUe sixty.eigbth There were 24,416 men shareholders, I conyre.ss. what they may be able to 18,113 women, 1,616 insurance com- j accoinpllsll in the way of embarras- panies and miscellaneous corporations | ,nr ri.Psiflent coolidge as they did and 169 hospitals, charitable bodies, j Mr Taft durJng the latter half of Ms religious and educational-- institutions. jone_term adminlstration remains to ‘Distribution of 1he°0 holdings Is | wide, 28,449 holding them Lorn one . to 20 shares each and 12,579 holding! 20 to 100 shares each. Only 3.28G ] held more than 100 shares each and the. average holding was only 56.2 shares each. “Dividends have .been paid on .hie stock since 1891 and from 1900 to 1921, the dividend rate was 7 per cent per annum. In 1922, this was reduced to 5ui per cent and in 1922 to 5 per cent. Many persons in the territory sorted by the Great North ern are among its largest sharehold ers, and therefore are affected direct ly by its ability to pay a return on capital invested. “Most of the large life insurance companies have money invested in ! bo scon. FOR SALE Residence and three lots on North’ Main street, $3,000. Inquire of Mrs. Chas. Connor, Choteau. . For Rale:—Second hand pirino in excellent condition. Inquire at tho Montanan office. Gieat Northern securities. There fore, nearly ereryonc v.-lio holds a iifo insurance policy, and many de positors in savings banks, are part ners in the operation and develop ment of this railway, and their liveli hood is partly or wholly dependant •.n j its ability to pay.” U & .mDition FOR SALE:—Eight head of work horses. D. F. McGorty (One Armed Shorty) enlivening songs which floated out! upon the clear mountain air. At five o’clock the seniors had weinie roast. They were bewailing the fact that professor was not there (he having been kept at home ’ by various and sundry duties) when who. should appear thru the bushes but he, himself. He was greeted with three rousing cheers, after which he gave them a speech of ap preciation beginning; “Thanks for the'*cheers, brft where’s the eats?” They started home soon afterwards and if you don’t believe they had a good time, just ask Mary Cunning-, ham. (She’s been in bed ever since) J The ambition of this institution is to jus tify the confiednec of its customers, to be trusted because of its good judgment, its faithful observance of duty and its financial responsibility. Conferences with the officers of this bank are cheerfully given to those who desire seasoned and well-reasoned advice. itizens State Bank CHOTEAU ; MONTANA Capital, Surplus and Profits over $65,000.00
