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Likewise , the. time lock inechanism was found „ to he nuinjured, the /failure of the bank, officials to open the safe on the day following the robbery being due to a slight warping of the safe . from heat when the robbers burned a hole in the top with an acetylene torch. . - - - - In' the opinion of Mr. Martin, the work on the.- safe by the yeggs was (purely an act of vandalism as it was ?thelr evident intent to expand the .•safe with heat and ruin it beyond re pair. In -this, however, they failed, 'as did their efforts to get away with ’the contents of the safe. Findirig 'their time too limited to burn open ■'the safe— which would require an •expert with actylene apparatus from «eight to sixteen hours— they appar ently acted upon the fiendish im pulse to destroy the safe. , Mr. Martin, after a careful in spection of the damaged safe, advised that it could be repaired and made as good as when new, and this he ac complished to the netire satisfac tion of the bank officials. The safe •'door which is so delicately adjusted ’ 'as to be sensative to a variation of 'the slghtest degree, was refitted, this •expert work requiring many hours of •patient effort on the part of ' Mr. Martin. The hardest steel files, of which more than five dozen were used on the job, were quickly ren dered useless for the work when put in contact with the manganese steel of the safe. However. Mr. Martin succeeded in adjusting the door to its normal position and with the as sistance of Gilbert Barr with an acetylene torch the hole in the top of the safe were neatly filled and when the painter has finished his work the safe will be as good as when new. Mr. Martin,' after following the trade of a jeweler for several years, entered the Diebold factory and there mastered the mechanism of the num- •ersou. products of. the company, in cluding. the latest.,'models.,.of . .fire and burglar phoof safes. In his work, which takes him over a dozen west ern states, he frequently follows the wake of hank (yeggs, and comparing the operations of the burglars in our local bank with hundreds of other similar cases, he believes the work here to have been that of novices. Expert criminals, according to Mr. Martin, rarely attempt the opening of the Diebold manganese safe when they know a bank has such protec tion, but occasionally novices tackle such jobs, meeting with failure in getting into such safes in nearly ev ery instance. The loss to the insurance com- 934,OOS bushels, the average for the 1917-21 period. The yield last year was 25 bu?hels i“er acre, while tiie five-year average h»s been 13.9 bush els. It is estimated ihat 77 per cent of the total crop matured well this year, compared with 80 per cent last year, and 80.4 the five-year average. Much corn >was planted, late last spring, and while nearly all matured well in the important eastern and. southeastern counties, some of the north and north central counties was caught byifrost. From a feed stand point,the crop has been very satis factory Potatoes. Based upoh aa average yield of 110 bushels per acre, a production of 4.070.000 bushels of potatoes is esti mated for this year, compared with 5.796.000 bushels for laBt year, and 4.449.000 bushels, the five- year av erage.- The yield in 1922 was 126 bushels per acre, and the average 103 bushels. S ugar Beets. The harvesting of the large crop of beets was further delayed by more rain, but it seems that the great ef forts being made to get all of the beets out of the ground before heavy freezes was successful. Beets con tinued to grow late in October, which added materially to the total ton nage, but it is reported to have low ered the sugar content. Production Estimates. The summary of the preliminary estimates of the other important crops for Montana in 1923 follows: Spring wheat, acreage 2,713,000; average yield 15; production 40,- 695.000 bushels. Winter wheat, acreage 367,000; average yield 17; production 6,239,- 000 bushels. Oats, acreage 612,000; average yield- 34; production 20,808,000 bushels. •. ,. Barley, acreage 82,000; average yield 25; production 2,050,000 bush els. Beans, acreage 23,000 average yield 15; production 346,000 bush- Try To Sell Four Million Helena, Nov. 19.—'Central and nor thern Montana produced the finest ROOM FOR MORE VETS All ex-service men afflicted with active tuberculosis as a result of military service should accept treat ment in Hospital No. 72, Fort Har rison, near'U&lena. This institution recently was converted from an ob servation hospital to a tuberculosis treatment hospital and now has every facility for treating cases of this kind. Col. W. R. Leverton, the of ficer in charge, is himself an ac knowledged expert on the treatment of lung diseases and he is ably as- sited by a competent corps of doct ors, nurses and attendants. Tubercular men make a sad mis take when they fail to avail them selves of hospital treatment, accord ing to the medical division of the Veteran’s Bureau at Helena. U. S. _ _____ “ Experience has taught us that active m e 1U3S IU UUO m s u u u i w u v m - pany will be much less than at first tuberculosisj L m » ThP nnn- anticipated. The lock on. the outer vault door was replaced by the ex pert. The inner door will be re placed with a new. one.' Nearly all of the safety deposit boxes were ruined when the robbers pried the boxes open, carrying away the con tents, while of no value to them, was all they received for their trouble. NOVEMBER CROP REPORT Statistics Show Com Crop to Largest in History' of State be The largest crop of corn in the state's history, the best flax crop since 1918, and a much smaller po tato crop than last year, are shown in the November crop report issued this week by the Montana Co-opera tive Crop Reporting service. Com With an average yield of 26 bush els per acre for the state, the pre liminary production estimate for the state is 9,700,000 bushels, as against '5,475,000 bushels for 1922, and 1,- combated in the home. The con stant supervision and attention of skilled specialists is needed and these things are provided in hospitals only. We should like to have every ex-service man in Montana who is suffering with active tuberculosis incurred in the service, to apply for admission to our hospital at Fort Harrison.The conditions there are ideal for the treatment of this dis ease and the facilities are ample to take care of all who seek admission. There are now 300 beds at the hos pital and of this number, 250 are reserved for tubercular patients Men whose lung condition may be con nected with army service may enter at any time. Others should file their claim through one of our field rep resentatives, a legion or Red Cross official or with our office at Helena District.” Ben McDonald was here this weel looking after business interests. Mr McDonald and family have recenti moved to Poison, Montana. Statement of Condition of FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHOTEAU At Close of Business September 14,1923 . RESOURCES Cash in vault and - in other banks . -------- County warrants, real estate, e t c . --------------- LIABILITIES Deposits 87,215.14 Capital and surplus ...244,977.73 . 60,000.00 Loans and discounts . 27,198.42 .190,564.17 304,977.73 1 T • I ' ¿Tí - - 304,977.73 Otto Wjagnild, Jim Barnes and Nick i Gerish were business callers in Cho- teau on Friday. Miss Mary Rucher returned - to' Great Falls after spending several days here on business conducted' with her' ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moloney and children of Gilman,1 were guests of jjer brother, Geo. Wright, over Suu-, day. Joe Torgerson and Go'dfred TorgeiV son were passengers on the Milwau kee iraln Monday for Great Falls. Ole Holland, of Ohoteau, arrived here Wednesday to spend several days with his cousin, Otto Wagnild. Arthur Wlest is the proud owner- of a new bicycle. Santa Claus is coming early. Hanson Bros, have taken the con tract and hav«' started to move the Monarch Lumber company store to Pendroy. Mrs. L. B. Kay and son, Morris,1 of Fairfield, spent the week end at the P.' J. Reed home, Mrs. Otto Wagnild returned from her visit in Choteau on Friday even ing. Mr.Tand Mrs. Otto Schaefer, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Barnes and family au- toed to Pendroy last Sunday after noon. Sheriff Reiquam, of Teton county, was in Agawam vicinity on business Wednesday. -Mr., and Mrs. O. E. Kull, former watchman for the California com pany,^left for California on Monday to spend the winter; Mrs. P. J. Reed entertained at a turkey dinner on Sunday evening. Covars were laid for Mr. and Mrs. A. J. /Sohwab, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Kay and Morris Kay,' of Fairfield, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Reed and Jack Reed. Jim Barnes was a. business caller inis Pendroy on Wednesday afternoon. AGAWAM SCHOOL NOTES On account of stormy weather the first of the week, a few absences ap peared, on the register. Everett Greding was absent last week, being confined to his bed from an attack of la grippe, but is now in regular attendance. 1 The Agawam school is proud to learn that their seventh grade pup il, Emily Agee, took first prize at the potato show at Choteau. Due credit is given the agriculture class who as sisted in selecting and sending them. As a result of a deportment con test which ended the middle of this month, May Agee received first pride in a close race. A contest in language composition was had last week between the fifth, sixth and seventh grades. Emily Agee, of the seventh grade was unan imous winner of the best poem while the first pride in story writing was given Nick Gerich; Jr., of the sixth grade after considerable discussion. least-number of absences. ' Susie Bums is sick with tonsilits. inward Allum is back, to school after:, an absence of three weeks.1 :\Spqnyttn &nd Fraapis Wolfe have withdrawn from school and aro inov- ijng ’to Wausau, Wis. \'-Remember the date, November 28. Theire will be a ¿Mgrain given by the .public school. '-«Earl Weiser has . come back t6 school after an absence of five weeks cMrs. Cain was a visitor of the first grade Thursday afternoon. *r**£>V • ' •• VjtThe sixth grade took their quarter hplrday for October for having the duetto sickness. . .Eva Thompson has come back to school after an absence of one week. This is Educational yeek and most of the rooms are making posters. .-A- meeting was called to order by President Howard Jourdonnais and the/officers were elected. : Xienora Edwards is back to school after.one week’s absence. \The eighth grade are finishing their poultry project. .Gordon Holmes is out of school on account of sickness. Ruth Moore is out c|h ,acoount of sickness. —Ben Sirginson Peter Windham. Boone...... Boyan Boone .... Hortense Allen- Pat- Mulcahy - Mrs; Mulcahy Slog Salee .... Butler ............ •Burglar ............. Malcolm McGregor .... Coleen Moore :..Ernest Torrence .... Claire Windsor ....James Marcus ....... Beryl Mercer William Orlamond ........ Gerald Pring ......... Edward Peil ......... Leo Willis Gus/,- ................. Director: Allen Holubar Author: Winifred Wilson Continuity: Carey Wilson As$, Director: .Harry Bocquet Cameraman: B. C. Haskins Art Director: Cederic Gibbons First prize ($10,000) winner, Gold- wyn-Chicago Daily NeWs Scenario Contest. Selected fromo ver 32,000 manuscripts submitted. Special at the Royal Wednesday and Thursday. Representatives of the various communities of Teton county met in the county agent’s office the first of this week and decided to try out co operative selling of turkeys for the Christmas market. A committee con sisting of J. E. Hodgskiss, chairman, Chas. Davis, J. J. Colvin and Dr. J. A. Sweat of Dutton; will take charge of the work. Under the plan, as out lined, the farmers of the county hav ing turkeys to sell will sign up with the committee to market a certain amount of turkeys and these turkeys to be delivered on two or three spe cified dates during the week of De cember 3rd to 8th. Turkeys will be delivered in Cho teau unpacked and as they are de livered they will be graded and weighed and packed in barrel ready for shipment. An attempt will b' made to have purchaser on ground and turkeys to be paid for as deliv ered. This is not assured, but it is what the committee is trying for. Barrels and head wrappers are be- Maintenance of wonderful discipline in a school of 25 pupils temporarily under the control of a girl of about eight years acting as a substitute teacher, is one of the marvels relat ed by C. A. Jessen, state high school inspector, upon his return to Helena from a trip through the northern part of the state. The unusual experience befell Mr. Jessen when he visited the school at Power. There he found a school room con taining about 25 first and second grade pupils, who were in -charge of the young girl who . was conducting the recitations with perfect decor um. Noticing the teacher absent, Mr. Jessen said he was told she had been ill since the day previous. He followed proceedingly silently and said he was amazed at the manner in which the child conducted the school room, using the same tactics she had seen followed by her teacher, with gratifying success. What struck Mr. Jessen forcibly was the perfect discipline which pre vailed. It was a splendid example of the result of social training which the pupils evidently had received from their teacher, who no doubt had in mind that her pupils should bo trained that they might assume a proper place in life in later years, a plan Mr. Jessen says is being strived for generally in public schools but some »times rarely accomplished. It was the belief of the supervisor that the teacher had left the child substitute in charge when she was forced to be temporarily absent be cause of illness.—Tribune. M rs. Gladys Brown is the teacher of the school above mentioned. Miss Myran Cole, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phil I. Cole, of. this city, ing ordered by the committee and will be on hand on day of shipment, j has recently received the honor of In doing that the committee is ac-! unanimous election to membership cepting considerable financial re sponsibility and* they should receive the support of all turkey raisers in the county. No prices have been received for Christmas market as yet, but some indication of what this market wil1 be should be in the committee’s hands next week. E. L.'Jones, of Bole/ spent Satur day in the city. - in the Alethean literary society at Cornell college,- and will be initiated soon. Membership in a society is a much-sought honor in student circles at Cornell, since it implies good scholarship and attractive personal ity on the part of the pledge. The societies take an active part in campus life, and represent a goal to ward which' every freshman strives during the first year. milling wheat in the state in 1923, according to milling tests of Marquis wheat exhibited at the state fair, the results of which were announced Monday Iby B. T. Moore; secretary of the state fair. Out of 22 entries of a bushel of Marquis wheat by each exhibitor, first place went to Neill Bros., of Windham, Judith Basin county, whose entry tested 98.9 points out of a pos sible 100;' second place to J. * R. Jones of Pendroy, Teton county, whose entry scored 98,3, and third place to T. H. Tow of Big iSandy, ChOUteatl county; wd^h a score of 97.7. The state faii* management had of fered a grand Sweepstakes special of $150 for the best bushel of Marquir wheat, test weight 58 pounds or bet ter, to be judged from standard o milling values on a basis of quantity and quality of gluten, flour yield and other factors that fix actual com mercial value. The exhibits were to be judged by a committee of millers and the $150 was to be divided su follows: First, $50; second, $40; third, $30; fourth; $20; flifth, $10. In addition, the Sands Bros, store at Helena, of fered $25 for the first and $10 for second. The sample submitted by Neill Bro thers of Windham, which won first place, tested perfect as to purity grade, percentage of dry gluten, qual ity of gluten, percentage of protein, color of flour; loaf volume, color of bread and texture of bread, and scor ed 14.7 for test weight, 9.4 for yield of flour and 2.8 for percentage of ab sorption, giving a final percentage o 98.9 or only 1.1 per cent short o’ perfect. Among others who placed, but whe did not get Inside the money was L. G. Passmore, of Farmington. Mr, Passmore’s wheat scored '90.1 points. Later advices received at the coun ty agent’s office are.to the effect that Mr. Jones’ wheat placed second at the Portland Hay and Grain show. HONEY BEING USED AS AS ANTI-FREEZING COMPOUND We read in the Powell (Wyoming) Tribune that the beemen of that lo cality have found a new demand for their honey crop in supplying local garages with a mixture of honey and water which is being used with success as an anti-freezing mixture in automobile radiators. The mix ture is made by using about half water and half honey the ingredients being boiled until a syrup is made. It lias proven that the syrup will withstand a temperature of forty de grees below zero without freezing. KATHERINE MacDONALD “WHITE SHOULDERS” STAR Local admirers of Katherine Mac Donald “the American beauty,” will find more than an ordinary degree of interest when their favorite star conies to the Royal theater next Monday and Tuesday as Virginia Pit man, the heroine of “White Should ers,” a new ¡First National attrac tion. At the head of this article appears the design of the Christmas seal of the National Tuberculosis associa tion foe 1923. The Montana Tuber culosis association, working in con*- junction with the national body, will endeavor this year to sell 4,000,OOjk^ of these attractive little penny seplsr?/- anticipating_that„everyone wil.l'“buy':v them and place them on their .Christ- ' • mas packages and on privaté^'ebrres-/;' pondence during the sale 'cairiphfgik.', which begins on Thanksgiving day/'-.. Ninety-five per cent of the money raised in Montana from the seal sale^ will be used to combat the dread dis ease in the state under the direction!: of the state association. Last year nearly 3,500,000 of the seals were distributed. The number has been, increased this year because there Is an increasing demand for the work of the association In the state. To those who are not familiar with the work, it may be interesting to know how the funds are spent. Among the important activities of the Montana association are: Supplying public health nursing service. Modern health crusade for schools. Providing health literature for schools and other organizations. Distribution of tuberculosis lit erature. Providing preventive clinic work such as dental, tonsil and adenoids. Supplying milk for undernourished school children. The Montana Tuberculosis asso ciation was organized in 1915. The death rate in that year from tuber culosis was 1.8 per thousand. In 1922 the death rate had been re duced to .65 per thousand. In 1922 there were 391 deaths from tubercu losis. Had the 1915 death rate pre vailed there would have been 784 deaths. The Montana Tuberculosis association which is financed by the Christmas seal sale has been a great factor in saving these human lives. Our county and oar community will share in the bénéficient woHt which deserves our most hearty sup port. At the Presbyterian mansfe in Great Falls, on Thursday, November 15 at 4:30 p. m. occurred the marriage of Miss Margaret Josephine Walters, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Waltres of Fairfield to Mr. James Hyssop of Lethbridge. The ceremony was performed by The Rev. Leo Totten, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Great Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Walters, Father and mother of the bride, being present at the wedding ceremony. Following the wedding the happy couple took a west-bound train for Spokane, Wn„ Portland and Red mond, Oregon, expecting to visit at the latter place with a sister of the groom during a three weeks’ wedding trip. The wedding is the result of a happy romance that had its origin in Canada some months ago, when the bride, then residing with her par ents in the Canadian province, met the young man of her choice who is a member of a family of well known and substantial pioneers of southern Alberta. The bride removed from Alberta to Fairfield with her parents last March. Mr. and Mrs. Hyssop will return to Fairfield after their western trip and will then go to Alberta to make their home on the groom's extensive-ranch located near Lethbridge. A Noble Ambition 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. Citizens State Bank CHOTEAU, MONTANA Capital, Surplus and Profits over $65,000.00
