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The Choteau Montanan (Choteau, Mont.), 29 Feb. 1924, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053031/1924-02-29/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
r - r* '-*'!'** v? ■ m ;JK * *; r. -■■•>v ; ‘ ■ '* '\ ' T * - / , i . - .-;*;¡ - /\’-i* i. '•' 'V.J »V- •. '.. - ' \ '-..\-v-i \ ■..';& - l * - J VOLUME XI Ç H O T E A U , T E T O N C O U N T Y ,': ¡M O N T A N A , F E B R U A R Y . 29, 1924 N U M B E R 34 MONTANA IS DUE *5 l PRESENT PRICES ARE DUE TO ADVANCE SO O il^A Y S ■ T “ C. A. MCINTYRE 1 A revival of the sheep industry in Montana due to a higher market re sulting from big wool demands and many forced sales of last fall is cer tain, thinks C. A. McIntyre of Boze man, a prominent sheep man of that place, who came to Great Falla re cently on a bhylng .trip. Ewey are selling at a good figure ¡now and the price w ill advance with jthe season he .thinks. Others concur Jin McIntyre’s prediction, and among .them is Joseph Chievis, Great Falls .manager of the Pacific Hide, and Fur .company. . . . i 4-w-<-i ( .Many of the larger ranchers sold ipff much o f the young stock last fall ■but to offset (this loss the smaller farmers who formerly' depended main ly upon wheat are now going into Sheep raising on a small scale, said ■Chievis. A week ago his firm sold .a heavy consignment to a Boston house on which the net was 50 cents .a pound. Storage and freight took . up about five cents a pound. Market Gaining Daily i «if ; \\The wool market is now the best < bf any of the raw materials,” said • .Chievis. \There is a constant sell ing which has kept the market up and i t is daily gaining in strength.' Another reason why McIntyre looks forward to a good year i3 the excellent weather conditions of the winter which has enabled sheep men to carry their flocks ■ tbrQqgb' nrffh a . mmimha^iofrloasjarid. at'thevBame, ¿line < >-iceep ^ e n r ,iu *.i f ■era.'ha.Ye managed 4 o -cafe-foil ’* M ?f . * * y A-\ * • « ' bands'Without much feeding,“ and .as .*■» result sheep ;and,: lambs ,g r e ' now ' rated' at1110 pefc- cent- o f normal. . The Januaryv figures as ¿given by ’’ -'* • Geo. A^ Scott, statistician oLthe Mon tana- Co-Operative. Croj^ Reporting, \ ' service, was 109. The- figure, a year ago was 100, or. normal,. Good .Clip fct Sigh«... 1 A good clip of wooh.is also .expect ed as . w ell as ¿ .large ,, crop, oflambs^ - fo r the losses^ fromdis^ase and' other causes have heen almost, negligible. A ll reports indicate . that r. .there are 'sufficient amounts .of., feed to carry • Stock in satisfactory • .condition. tJTith the- exception \of the hfgft«1* regions 1 where stockmen are prepared to feed their' bands straight through tile win ter, only about one month* p f feeding has been necessary* There, are.,.only a' few localities wheapa late- spiting. . would bring about an .«j&gustiQjn of the- available feed,-while- many-, sec tions' apparently have more^ttian will '» \ be -n&eiied:' • < Montane wool brings-..ft greater • price,-from .three' to \• five oenta a • -pound fmore .than \^aahing^bn ‘Wyom in g or Utah.wool. \Washington Feb. 25.—Joseph '. M. Dizon, governor of Montana, and at one time leader in the Roosevelt Progressive party movement is being seriously considered for secretary of the navy to succeed Edwin Denby. Governor Dixon’s selection is known to have strong backing in some ad ministration puartens. He is a for mer United Stated senator and be* came governor in 1921. His term ex- pireg next year. Secretary Denby’s resignation.« is. effective Narch 10. • ------------- ---- — U. S. EDUCATION COSTS BILLION AND A NALF BESTED ON GRAND JURY 1 ] CHARGES IN SEATTLE . Chicago, Feb. 23.—Public education in the United States last year cost $1,500,000,000, J. W. Crabtree, secre tary of the national edcuation assoc iation declared here today on his ar rival to attend the national meeting of the association, “ and it will cost a great deal more than that annually to provide every boy and girt with a- well qualified teacher at leagfc six months of the year,” he added. Answering the charge that school expenditures have become a burden to taxpayers, he declared $2,111,000, 000 is paid annually for tobacco, $1,800,000,000 for candy soft drinks ice cream and $3,000,000,000 for “joy resorts and _ _____ «..... *rn i rìdijte¿ and, pleasure at Charged in a grand jury indictment witH 'accepting a $50 deposit when they'.kew or had reason to know \that the- Gilman.' State bank was insolvent A.. L. Bradley, who was pres and. C. W. Tewell, who was cashier o f ihe bank, were arrested in Seattle Monday on the request of James Barnes, sheriff in Helena. Bail :h^s, been' set at~$5,pQ,(). ‘“ The speclflc allegation Is thatiioa ^veraber_27, J.923, tbey_ r e c e iy^ jV [deposit of $50 currency from 1* J. I?ep^ard- ' . ’ * Indictment against the tw.o bank- ers,-each of whom was running a siii'ail store in Seattle, was returned Saturday afternoon. 0 - Unlike the Banking Corpo^tfdp case,' the grad jury did not Indict m- rectors of the bank who were not of ficers. The bank, was closed at Thanks- , Yj. * * Vs giving time and Bradley and' Tewe|l wpnt to Seattle January 1: Thejr Stores were selling groceries, cigars j ; P y t h i a n s t o . b o o s t FOR MONTANA .¿^Missoula, Feb. 23.—The aims of Pythianlsm and a short history of the organization were discussed by Lee Dennis of Helena, number of the state railroad commission and '.state keener, of, records and if;jaead\lp l the i&ajn thecastle<.ipn East Front street. ( .>Mr£ tennis 'declared, that Pythian spirit could: be |howa by boosting fpr Moptana.-prosperity rather than by Knocking the state. “We, as Bythi* ahsj. shimld .dp^everything in our pow er to. build, np Montana, and make it be .known as the great, and glorious state that f t really is,” he said. ' “ Let us strive to ',help, rather than to tear down,- jJjy'' jjo|xiii^g hands we can assist in m a ^ g /Montana greater and bet ter.” . tV . . Mr. i Dennis’ ; talk was the feature; address ,of the. program which \\.Was- ■mened by a short speecii liyi Chan cellor. Commander Harry Oat^a. ,A. yasseur a, voqal solo with dancing, F . LeClaire gave a piano soldi Ed*-Le and Ben Stowe a vocal solo: . ; •’ 'j^bscrabd - £or-,thè^ Cfaóteaú :Montanao. ’CulÍs^eádr^' '. '<[. ^ y?* r. . ' “.T WANTED :—-Hoist suitable for gar- ikge pdrpdsekl' -Gi^Wï- SABÁI^. Dutton 'í -f \ V--,.. ' ' : ' and' soft drinks. \ '“ We closed the bank voluntarily!^ said Bradley, according to a Seattle dispatch, “and made no attempt1 to get away. If the charges are iomething like a belief of the hank examiner that we should have closed.- tie bank sooner, we will not fig£t extradition,' but if the charges hid some kind of foolishness we will op pose, being taken to Montana.” Bradley said the bank owed $7d,00ff to banks in Great Falls, and in Min- jieagolis, .and that $200,009 was ..due it from, farmérs who could not \ppy pecausé o f several crop failures¿>^. The kindergarten children w ill leave the normal training room at the end of this week. 'fne Teton basketball five placed filth in the district tournament, hav ing defeated Vaiier by a-score of 22 to 23. it was rumored all over the district that Teton was the weakest team to compete in the tournament, but the first big surprise came when Harlem was barely ble to nose out by a score of 10 to 13 in the first game of the tournament. This game was fast and well played and the lo cal boys held the lead up utnil the last two minutes o! play ~ them the Harlem five rallied and caged a pair of baskets which resulted in their winning the. game. The next game was against thé Belt five, which had defeated Benton earlier in the week. The local boys started with a Jump, but did not find much trouble in de feating Belt with a final score of 31 to 16. The results .. o f the tourna ment were: First,, Big Sandy: 2nd, Great Falls, 3rd, Harlem, 4th, Havre, 5tb, Teton. ( ^ ( j j j i . | i i*i .RANCH HOUSE BURNED Frank Miller, prosperous rancher of the Dry Forks country had the misfortune to lose his home by fire Thursday night, February 21, at 10 oclock. The .fire was caused by a defective chimney. Very little of the household-furniture was'saved. Mr. Miller carried, some insurance on the dwelling. - - ■ • LOUIS WOLHE1M CREATOR. r, ^ ... \ „ .OF TYPES '\•* An*-a>ctor who ’has\ created unusual types- of. .character on. both stage anjl. screen Is Louis Woiiielm, co-starre^ With Henijj’ Hull and Doris Kenyon by J-. Packer.,. Read, Jr., _ ht his pro duction of \an original screen, story by jack Bpyle,\ “ The’- Last Moment” which' -is’- being*.-distributed by G o ^ wyn. “The Last Moment” will, be Screened at the Royal Sunday.- w g MAN vj J u b p r r u n s ' - ’ ^■RUE .TO OLDrlFbRM - Philadelphia, ..Feb. . 2 5 . — ' Em ma,. F : Ware of^this city startled the United S tat^ d^frict .court with the announcement she had \changed her v - — V*- t . f mind” regarding^ verdict she had helped, to return a juror. Friday Mrs. ^Waije ^igñed a verdict in a $150,000 damage suit brought by heiijs o ffo u r grade, .grossing victims against the Pennsylvania* ¡railroad-,■ in favor ot- thef railrdad cq^pany. . The verdict was reiached Friday ' *.s,w ' ti ^ nighlt¿,by.( thé jury and sealed, after whifch the (jUrors^went home. Satur- Üay 'when Jtidgfe' j . Whitaker Thomp son broke -thja-.seal, Mrs. Ware said S^e couldn’t sleep, all night because Bhe-helleved s h a voted the wronk way. t “I am sorry, but I do. , not agree •with the verdict,’’.^she said. In view of:. .Mrs. Ware’s action. Judge Thompson, lulled that the orig- toal. verdict, be.filed but that counsel for the plaintiffs would he allowed to file a OTotioq.-tq^hay.e it «et aside. v ’*■4— ALICE LAKE TO PLAY ROLE OF SHOW GIRL “ Hate,” Alice Lakeys -latest starring picture' for .¡Metrof - which* rxwnes io ll$o>iRoy^i .^he^trey. piL Monday and ^ e s d a y . 'mtfvide® th'Ut youthful sMi* one- off the* iu^t\-drS^tid'''toies of.,h^ir screen -ikre&r. It* is a photofiram*4; pheked- full bt HILL WON’T .QUIT G. N., Lo'uis W. H ill emphatically denied reports current- in financial circles that he contemplated retising from the Great Northern chairmanship. BIG GAME ON THE SUN RIVER PRESERVE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION Recent reports from Sun River in dicate that the elk herd of tht Sun River Game Preserve, which is the largest herd in the United States outside of Yellowstone Park, is win tering in excellent condition, accord- ing to a statement issued by the District Forester at Missoula. This elk herd numbers approxi mately 3500 head, and there ar.e also in the preserve many deer, mountain goat, and mountain sheep. Warm weather during the past two weeks has melted the* snow from the south slopes and ridge tops, thus exposing plenty of feed, and reducing the loss es which often occur from scarcity of food and severa cold. Forest Ranger Hendro.n, in charge of the Sun River district, has\ just made a thorough snow shoe trip ovOr the district. He reports that the two hunters t working under a co-opera tive agreement between the Mon tana Fish and Game Commission, the Montatna Livestock Commission and the Biological Survey are having ex cellent results, and killed four'moun tain lions for the first two days’ work. A number of coyotes, bobcats and lynx have also been destroyed. K. D. Swan of the District Office of. the Forest Service at Missoula la now in Sun R iver for the' purpose of securing additional information about the game of the region, and ecpeci- aliy for the purpose of securing pho tographs of game and predatdry an imals. - Grazing Permittees of (the. Lewis & Clark National Forest \ ’ Daring the .past two y e a « the for- est àetvicé has aradqctpd ;* ôthdy for ^ ;|urposq of- asceraining the com- any increase in grazing fees and will gladly receive any constructive crit icism or suggestions you may have to offer. I sincerely hope you can, find it possible to attend one of the meet ings outlined above. E. H. MYRIOK, Forest Supervisor. Ranger McVey from the Blackleaf ranger station arrived in the city Thursday to assist Rangers Fry and Hendron iin changing the location and rebuilding the government .tele- phone line from Claude to Chateau- along the main road. Messrs Goldeb and Hazel of Bynum and Heckman of Gilman are are assisting. The pole3 are being stubbed with creosoted poles that w ill Jast from 25 to 30 years, instead o f from four to five years, as would be thé case i f 1 untreated stubs were used, •JThe Deep Creek Livestock associ ation had their annual meeting at the local forest office last Saturday and elected the following officers- for the ensuing year: • . -- k ; ^ . . j- H. H. Higgens, president 7 - . Jamea Peebles, vice president P. E. Hodgskiss, secy-treasurer. Advisory Board, H. H. Higgens, J. T. Murry and James Peebles. The reappraisal of the association range on the Lewis & Clark national forest was presented to the associ ation, .for their criticism, by Super visor Myrlck and was approved as presented, on the basis tbat compar ison with Values o f leased rangé was sound and justifiable. The values are. considerably higher than those being charged now. and while the forester has already suç^ frènded. putting, them in effect Until the spring of 1926, on account of the adverse condition .that, t h e , stockmen: have^Uad to <mntend w lth during the éd a ■résolution-thaf_ farther ’suspen- action and suspense find\ gives am^le opportunity for & iss Lake's abilities as.an emotional aotrésâ:’ “ Hate” 'i s Maxwell ' K a r g è r \ production for Metro, ajihpte& by June Mathis form' a story fey wSdsworttf Camp.- ; Fok SALE:—Victory oats from .reff istered seed. Sample at county agents office,* Chcrteau* R. L._ CLEARMAN ' -’S/ - ?* ■ 1 - ~U. 'f--; - m .Statement of Gon^tìo^vóf* m CH O T E A U At Ciose%f ^ sincfis Dec€mber 3 1,1923| í ? ' W RESOURCES Gash in vault and LIABILITIES Deposits i f U/ undivided 1*1292,793.31 10,854.29 Coanty^warrants, real Cfi e8tatê^j&.m' ... . 25,43^17- - j.. ; C&pttil' Btóòk ¿\50 Leans and discounts ...¿..169,100.33 Ms STATE .GRAND-JURY FIliUStTES ITS LA80RS The Lewis and, Clark county grand jury,-.in session' since December l?y was scheduled to make its final re' port-Saturday Afternoon and then be disbanded«. The, report has to do with the condition of co'uxrty officers, prisoners .and. other county institu tions, Since.ihe, jury indicted against o ffic e « and. directors of the Banking 1 D «A i Corporation i t has returned no indict- meats; aad,„ has been engaged only with- general affairs. The grand jury. We» oonvened'-fey, the district judges,- Vii .H. Popnaan.. and A. J. Horsky. J, -R. Wine,' cOUnjty attorney, was the jury’s legal .adviser. ; MOON- AND. THE WEATHER .¡Modern science is unable to find apy evidence tfeat the moon affects, the weather to any appreciable ex tent; ahd unable.to conceive any reas on why, .it should. The belief in “ dry1 and “ wet” moons,..indicated by thé position, of the lunar crescent in the evening sky, and a host’ of other su perstitions associating the moon with t|te weather are merely Idle notions. Moonlight J b sometimes' said* tOi.be conductive . to frose,' the fact is that the moeniigfit nighth are also clear njghts, and -It Is ■the\ *abseace of the .(¿(«df,'.Uqt1.the ppéseace'Of the moon,. tha^r/îf^qt^^.tËé occurrence of frosts' W . ;p w ^ tjln g ;.i a tapüd low of heat tom x k * fluttui-’ PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS NOTES The sixth grade? worked' out a sand table project 'laat week. ' Betty* Webb;* Jane Guthrie and Jane Adams were absent from the fourth grade-last week, - Mrs. Walker wae a fourth grade visitor last'’wéek.' The eighth- gradé' just -finished' thei? wheat booklet and are now studying weeds. - Mrs. Ÿoung was -a fi«t:grad e 'V isit or last week. * ’ Margaret Tàylor wad .;at«ent “Tues day-afternoon. . . . . . . . . ' ' “ The school\ wüF sixm;.; * have . a nqw. flag pole up and in .Use.; '' Spring Is certainly*here because the boys are playings marbles. The \report cards .-¿came out this week. . . . ; The fifth grade - entertained \the school in assembly \rfednesday;* The eighth' graidé have been learn ing the Gettysburg' address.; and also part 'o f ’ the cons Station. • .The seventh gradé were -awarded a quarter hoildSy as: it reward\ for hay-. Ing .the highest \attendance for tfcjg sixtfr month: •* . A few* changes *of seats Have been made in. the eighth grade- and may result in some \feétEeif ’ work on,the part , of \ Bome'voï ‘ttié,' iiiémbeTS of the • ‘Vçi . ' / } ' ■ ' . I . . class. ranges; This . woMi hds now beefh completed and i f is m f desire to pre sent\ its result as affecting TEe\ ranges used by-^you au4-fQp- your \considera tion and' give every bile fu s in g na tional;' forest range an 'opportunity to know exactly .what' i s ’ being done. In order to make \ it as \• ;vcdnVenlent \as possible for the permittees,\ the fol lowing meetings w ill b‘e -held at 2 p. m. on the dates ih died bed: March 1, Ghoteku, * fo t- members of Sun River Livestock association. March 5, Augusta)\ for members of Augusta. Livestock' association. Marcfh 6, Augusta, open for Palis Creek. Livestock association and any other permittees not in any associa tion, who might wish to attend. March 8, Blaqkleaf R. S„ for any permittees who deBire to attend. March 10 or l?, open at ChoteaU for. any permitted who does not have an, opportunity to attend the other meetings or \desfre tn discuss it fur ther, . - The forest service desires to put .before the stockmen the reasons for * Hon Has not improved by that time, Mr. j . , A . Hazel Was in from Black- leaf Monday to \coinplete the pur chase of the Muddy Creek, Logging chance. The- sale is for a- period of five y e a « and comprises\ approxima tely 849:000 feet board measure o f which \68:5 per cent is Douglas fir. 23.5 per cent spruce and the balance lodgepole limber pine and balsam fir. The price paid for the stumpage ranged from- $2.00 to $2.50 per thous and depending upon the accessibility of the different tracts. Mr. Hazel already has a mill In operation and states that .he is ready to fill orders for lumber at any time. Mr.. S. E. Schoonover, assistant fis cal agent of district 1, of. the forest service located at Missoula, arrived Monday evening and will- be in thw local forest office this week making the regular financial audit of the -books-. 4 • The annual meeting, of xthe Sun R iver Livestock, association . is to be held In the supervisor’b office on March 1st. * i A Noble Am b ition , In “ The \iian; of* the Forest,” the newest Bénj. B. Hampton production of a Zane \Grey1 novel-,- -which; oqmes to thé 'Royal Friday and Saturday,— incidentally, 'it ’s /'A\ *Hodkinson .re lease— on wilt see how Milt Dale lived alone in the*\Vnountafn fastness es with only’ a Üu'gh-'blacjAtear and a tawny mountain 'lloir foi- compan- ' V \*- . , t ■ = • 1 y - ■ i •v;v^v/c L J lone. • ’))'• if\ wèàtfaâ' pèróHS^-hèle wiW be \a ¿¿i ire \ ■;School hoo¿® aàr*MaVch'^'îÏÎIÈ^^3Â-rii^oroheatra. The ambition off this institution )^ ;to Jus tify the: confiednec of its custoineirs, to be trusted because of its good judginent^ its faithful observance o f duly said its financial respohsibiiity. ' - . ; y Confèrences with the office^ b f this bank 1 , _ ItiL/ -^'*->1 - L l. ^I a m m a C H O Î E A U , M O N T A N A , , . Capitai» Surplus and Profils o m Ç65,i0Ô.Q0 *• *
