From the Old Files

The Augusta News, June 18, 1936

Some Grub Pile.

Ten thousand pounds of groceries were reserved for the G. C. C. Camp yesterday. For each boy it means 50 pounds of Groceries. 

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Chivari Stories

A very pleasant and enjoyable chivari at the ranger cabin at Willow Creek, the present home of MR. and Mrs. Allen Story, newly married. About twenty two friends from Augusta and their neighborhood. Of course the well wishes left behind tin cans and all the usual accessories of a chivari. Lacking rice they used coffee. As the newly weds had just put new linoleum on the floor the crowd could not dance. They had swell food and ice cream.

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Shearing Started.

The Sheep men are very busy these days preparing for shearers or are shearing. Among shearing crews in the county are Gephart Jack Quinn and Own Lunsford. Converse is shearing now and Mosher and Barrett will shear next week. 

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Achievement Day At Wolf Creek For Club Women.

The Lewis and Clark Home Demonstration Club held their Annual Achievement Day at Wolf Creek Jun 10 and many attended. A delicious lunch was served. Each club brought their own guest. Mrs. John Manix went as a guest of the Dear born Club of which the latter was a member when she and family lived at Sterns. Among the guests of the Helena Club were Miss Sadie Bryson, Mrs. Governor Holt, and Mrs. Will Akin. Each club put on a skit, mostly funny. The meeting is considered one of the most splendid meeting they have ever had. The natural beauty of Wolf Creek makes it an ideal place for such meetings. 

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Times-Leader, June 17, 1926

Repaired Road Signs.

Two service trucks of the Custer Battlefield Highway association were in Fairfield, Tuesday with a new crew of three men who made repairs on the markers along the highway. The trucks, which were enclosed, were gaily decorated and bore various legends advertising the Custer Battlefield highway. One of these read: “Its cheaper to travel than to stay home.” 

Ed. Note: The “Custer Battlefield Highway is what we today call Hwy. 89.

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Progress Toward Electrification.

Electric service for Fairfield is now in immediate prospect. The holes have now been dug and the poles distributed to them. The rest of the work should not require much time. The first steps have also been taken to provide street lighting. A meeting was held Monday nigh at which a representative of the Montana Power company was present, and considerable interest was developed. The lines are now being drawn for a local improvement district, and thereafter signatures will be secured. It is proposed to install four lights on Central Avenue and four on Second Street. The installation will cost only $100 and this will be spread over several years. The service charge is expected to be only from $1.50 to $2.00 per lot per year. 

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LOCAL NEWS

Following each of the recent rains, Maynard Genger, who has the road dragging contract for that section of the graveled highway extending east from Fairfield, has been hitching four horses onto his road drag instead of just the usual two and he has been doing excellent work. 

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Prize Dog Is Dead.

Some of our readers may recall that several months ago, John K. Standish, former Fairfield young man than managing a newspaper at the Broadus in the Powder river county, was awarded a German police dog by a dog fanciers’ association. The association had arranged an essay contest and this dog was the prize. It was awarded to Standish on the essay submitted by him which was a scathing denunciation of the dog poisoner. The final chapter in the incident has now been completed. The dog has died. When Standish left Broadus to go to Caldwell, Idaho where he is now employed he came to Broadus for a visit at the home of his parents and he left the dog there. The dog was kept chained for fear he would leave and he fretted continually and declined, so we are told. Then distemper set in and he died. The dog was valued at $200.

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Paper Sued For Damages.

The Choteau Acantha may be expected to grow chesty now. It has been sued for $10,000 in damages. This suit grew out of the publication of a communication by Dr. Batemen which Dr. Keller, another physician, claims injured him. Dr. Batemen is also being sued.