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HAGERMAN Talk« About \The Man With One , Window\ at Chautauqua. A witty, philosoplilc and original lecture-talk on the man of restrict ed „menjal vision. Dr. Hagerman shows that the remarkable accom plishments ■ of the last' century, which have done moré for the world than all that weiít before, were due to an ever-broadening ■ylsion, and that if such progress FARMINGTON NEWS '^'WoT ITEMS ,V OF INTEREST? Baseball, 3 innings, captains, Charlie McDonald and Carl Bur bank. Tug of war, captains, John Lyon and Frank Salmond. Foot ball, Wm. Hodgskiss in charge, high kick and long kick. Broad jump - and hbp, skip and jump, John Carlson in charge. is to compound itself each-man and woman must beep their mental windows dean. He is one of the real \stars” of eastern Chautau- ' qua circuits— “a modern Abe Lin coln” 'as he is called. An easy speaker, full of humor, philosophy and good stories, Dr. Hagerman is a regular gloom chaser and blues * eradicator. You’ll want ,to hear what he has to say about this nar- • row viewpoint. Mrs',. Olaf Lindseth returnee! home from Great Falls Jas| Monday. . . v‘ | Joel Lindseth visited hom^ folks last week end. ■ i;f Mr. and Mrs. Keeley from North. Dakota are visiting-with -I-Mrs. Belle Lindseth while, on\ ¡a trip to the coast. Mrs. J. J.Otness, Mrs. A. DolS alie and son Arthur and Miss Alice Otness visited at the S/ Lindseth home last Tuesday. ; - Mrs. L. N. Hoagland visited at the Belle Lindseth home Iasi week end. Joel and Alice Otness autoed to Fairfield last Sunday to visit’ friends. Rocky Mountain “Telelag’’ will hold their yearly meeting; in Hanson’s Grove, Farming- ton, Sunday the 27th of this month. A good .program is ar ranged and delicious eats will be' served. ,j. Mr. Ole Wagnild and Mr., Gordon Monkman visited at the. S. Lindseth home last Tuesday^ - Miss Ella Thostenson visiteef at the Chris Swenson home for a few days last week. ‘ , Services will be held in thP Norweigen Lutheran church^ next Sunday July 20th. Every; one is welcome. Horseshoe pitching contest, John Wallenstein and G. M, Coffey, captains. Bean bag, Mrs. Jack Kerr and Mrs. Bert Trescott captains. Charades, if one can be figur ed out in time, suggestions are in order. ‘ - - , Sawing a board, Mrs. Charlie Connor in charge, ladies only. Swings, see-saws or some thing interesting for the child ren. Some old songs. Ben Bolt, Silver Threads among the Gold, Old Kentuvky Home, Listen to the Mocking Bird, Jesus Love's Even Me, Darling Nellie Gray, Arrah Wanna, I’ll Hang My Harp on a Willow Tree, God be With You Till We Meet Again, and perhaps others if suggested in time. The committees desire “ atil members with their families to come and bring a regular picnic feed and be prepared to eat. play, sing and b merry, and lend a hand in helping with officers and committees in one grand time. The district convention of the Rebekah lodge meets in the city today. A dinner will be ser ved at the Glenloyd this even ing, after- which the business meeting will be held in the lodge room. About 150 visitors are 'SURPRISE SHOWER- Se. GIVEN TO ..'CHOTE AUITES §£' ' -~ v - ' 1 The Beaupre Hotel was the /scene of a very enjoyable affair last Friday evening. Some- of Quite a number from here are attending the Epworth Lea gue convention, at Neihart and are reporting a good time. i- expected. from Great Falls, Belt Sand ; Couiee, Váliér,. Conrad Shelby and Cut Bank. Prominent Educa tor of Hill Co. Visits In Choteau Stanley Foot, county áttorney, was a visitor in H eiena; th$. first ,of the week.. the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Wal lace Weaver gave them a sur prise shower. The young couple Received many beautiful and ap propriate gifts. The instiga- ifors, Mrs. W. D. Streeter and Ted Hoagland, had; the dining: room decorated ’ in pink and white streamers and wedding bells. Dancing was the main diversion. A delicious lunch eon was served at midnight. Those attending were: Mr.sr and Mrs. Mauric Ward, Roy and Frank Wiprud, Dorothy L’ongmuir, Harriet and Alva Larson, Mary Elizabeth For-, rest, Grace Talifson, Mabel. Johns, Myrtle Mar tine, Sally Stephens, Dolly Graves, Marion and Phyllis Pridham, Myr- ha Cole, A1 Dalby, V. M. Steele Old Younce, Stewart Cohoe, Ted Hoagland, John Weaver, 'Clyde Kraber, George Jackson, Harlan Brown, Mr. and Mrs. J. :M. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. El mer Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. L. Thompson, Earl Klinklaw, Mr. 'and Mrs. W. D. Streeter, Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Wallace,. Ella Luch of Conrad and Mrs. J. C. Roberts of Great Falls. authority : ON FAR EAST GOING TO CHAUTAUQUA Dr. Homer B. Hiilbert, who comes to Chautauqua with two lec tures— “A Yankee In the Far East” anti “When East Meets West,” Is an authority on International . af fairs. In these intensely interest ing lectures he champions Ameri ca’s commercial rights In the orient and shows how the preservation of these rights is of vital importance to the economic welfare of this country. The oriental mind, so baffling to the average occidental, lft very, fa- II Ir 111 I ■ Vi-áfeíp' Il I I U L . * I PRQMINENT ARTISTS VISITS IN CHOTEAU Mrs. Leslie Dean and children of Conrad visited at the home of Judge Greene Thursday. Kay Cumae, ana G. (J. van Kirk, both of the. Associated Advertising Artists of. Amer- -Vi,ca, were in town. Wednesday evening, transacting business, on their return trip from Glac- niodel, are accompaning the art. '-V I ..,kiÄ - The Lewis & Clark national $ Forest again came very -, near -/Jij miliar to this speaker who lived in Korea many years uas em ployed by that govenVnent, was personal advisor and Washington envoy for the Emperor, and. pub lished the only Engl 1st) magazine in Korea. He knows Japan and China like .a book and has made the Siberian transcontinental trip five times. vstrators, cartoonists, etc. com bined into one concern. The eastern artists are now return ing to their headquarters at Baltimore, Maryland, via Cali- ornia. Mrs. Van Kirk and Miss Catherine Anderson,\'an artist’s Judge John J. Greene re turned the first of the week from the northern part of his district. He expects to ' take \his vacation during the next. ~;month or six. weeks. : Elizabeth Ireland, candidate for the republican nomination for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, was a visi tor in Choteau Wednesday of this week. Sh has had 5% years exper ience as county supt. of schools in Hill county, besides wide ex perience as , a teacher. Her platform is '‘Keep school ezpcn- dilutes within school incomes ” . This has been done in Hill county. Her record in Hill county is as follows : Raisd -the qualifications ol t'ie teachers beyond the mini mum .required by law. Increased .the length of the school' terms. Statement of Condition of FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHOTEAU A t Close O f Business June 30, 1924. RESOURCES Cash in vault and in other banks — .— 40,467.07 U. S. Liberty Loan Bonds 54,279.27 County warrants^ real estate, e t c . ----------------- 33,915.84 Loans and discounts 164,296.75 LIABfLiTVES D e p o s its .............. .......... — 230,374.13 ' Surplus and undivided profite ------------------------ 10,584.80 Capital s t o c k ----------------- 50,000.00 290,958.93 290,958.93 Kept rural, as well as city pupils in high sdhools. ' ■ Decreased the expense in the county superintendent’s office. Kept the voting of special levies, by the districts, to a minimum. Put the finances of the dis trict in such condition that all warrants on the general school fund will b paid at end of this school year. ier Park and BanifE Park in Canada. Mr. Guinan was for merly asociated with the Art Department of the Baltimare News, and is one of the leading illustrators and commercial art ists in the east today. Mr. Van Kirk is ’a show card writer and is known for his wonder ful creations and great execu tion of hs workmanship. The Associated Advertising Artists are a. body of most pro ficient commercial artists, ill-, ists on their tour, but they are planning on visiting friends in Calif, this summer. Clerk of Court Blanche M Jacobson issued a marriage lic ense to John Olson and Eunice Rowles, both of Great Falls, this week. Born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sh&quist of Fairfield a daugther, at the Choteau hos pital. (ft ARE YOU A MOLLUSC?” This Question W ill Be Answered by Clever Comedy Fourth Night of Chautauqua. Earl Burgett, state agnt for the Bankres Life Insurance Co. was a visitor in Choteau this week. The Post Tavern has installed a new player piano. experiencing a disastrous fir* when Ray Sandberg, of Choteau. H. J. Perrin of Bole and John A. Johnson of Great \ Falls.;; failed; to put their camp fire out when returning from a fishing trip to Basin creek. But for the time ly appearance of Vincent Pings, who is the fireman stationed in that locality, one of the most beautiful spots in the forest world would have been ruined and ceased to be a rest to the eye and supply the vacationist with exciting adventure with gun and roa for many years to come. The catastrophe was averted through the prompt action df Mr. Pings, who there started the wheels of justice rolling-, which resulted in each of the three defridants receiving a fine of $15.00 and costs. Supervisor Myrick stated that every violator of the state and federal laws caught is going to be vigorously prosecuted, since the last campaign to acquaint the public with the fire danger has evidentlj7- failed to reach all of the people. So far this sea son 65 per cent of the forest fires in the northwest have been, caused by some careless or thoughtless individual and the government officials are going to use every legal mans possi ble to b'rihg’ home to every for est user what their carelessness means in loss to the nation and local community. Jas. Sulgrove Files for Nomina tion of Judge We understand that our old time Republican friend, Attor ney James Sulgrove of Choteau has filed his nomination for judge of this district. He has lived here many years and al ways has been in active pract ice. He was the first county attorney of, Teton county when it included about all of the pres ent district. A clever study in psychology as related lo human traits or habits— is promised Chautauqua audienr-cs when the Clnrk-Browne Players of New York present that famous < »unedy \The Mollusc.” What Is a mollusc? Look it up in the dictionary— then look one up in your family or the neighbor's family. The 'indolent, ease-loving in dividual who lias a'knack of making others do the work— shoving off, responril :!xiy— and getting credit for other people’s endeavors. It was the njollusc-tendpncles of a cerinlrrMrs. Baxter that got four people into a jurab!«- of humorous and tragi« situations which caused this comedy to be delivered from the pen of Hubert Davies to the delight of London and New York theater goers. Davies has used no risque or suggestive situations— It is all as clean cut as an engagement diamond. Charles Frohmnn originally produced it. The press lauded It to the skies as “a gem of a comedy.” A bit of mental calculation will sum up these Off ures of success'as & good thing in the comedy line. A Noble A m b ition ^ The ambition o f this institution is to jus tify the confiednec o f its customers, to be trusted because o f its good judgment, its faithful observance o f duty and its financial responsibility. Conferences with the officers o f this bank are cheerfully given to those who desire seasoned and well-reasoned advice. Citizens State Bank CHOTEAU, MONTANA Capital, Surplus and Profits ¿ver $65,000.00
