Time Capsule: From the archives of local weeklies
BERL TISKUS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 1 month AGO
Reporter Berl Tiskus joined the Lake County Leader team in early March 2023, and covers Ronan City Council, schools, ag and business. Berl grew up on a ranch in Wyoming and earned a degree in English education from MSU-Billings and a degree in elementary education from the University of Montana. Since moving to Polson three decades ago, she’s worked as a substitute teacher, a reporter for the Valley Journal and a secretary for Lake County Extension. | September 12, 2024 12:00 AM
Flathead Courier, Sept. 4, 1924
Teegarden to run as Independent
Great Falls, Aug. 30 – Sam W Teegarden, candidate for U.S. Senator on the LaFollette progressive party organized here by Mr. Teegarden, David Watson, and others six weeks ago, and who issued a call for a state convention some time ago in accordance with law, this morning announced that the convention was held in Great Falls last night, was an executive session, that were representatives present from seven counties, and that the following are the minutes of the proceedings:
The LaFollette progressive party was reorganized by changing the name to the Independent Party of Montana. Sam W. Teegrden was unanimously nominated for U.S. senator.
Boost the fair
The community fair at Polson last year was one of the best exhibits of fruit and farm products in the state and surprised even people living right here. Although not large the quality of the exhibits was remarkable and brought much favorable publicity to the valley.
This year the fair has been enlarged to a county-wide fair and Flathead Project exhibit so that the display will be much larger and more representative of the various resources of the county and project.
The other day at Whitefish, a man who is an acknowledged authority on the fruit industry stopped the writer on the street to inquire when the fair would be held in Polson this year. He was here last year and was amazed at the stuff he saw.
“We’ll be there this year again.” he said.
There is no question but that the fair is a worthwhile enterprise and if the people of the county generally get behind it, this year’s exhibit should be a winner.
Marriages ahead of divorces in state
Missoula – The Department of Commerce announces that, according to reports received in Montana for the calendar year 1923, 5,300 marriages were performed and 1,274 divorces were granted. For the calendar year 1922, 5,228 marriages were performed and 1,206 divorces were granted.
It would appear that matrimonial ventures usually are successful in Lake County, “the Garden of the Rockies,” as few divorces were reported from this land of romance.
ARTICLES BY BERL TISKUS
NRA Finals rodeo brings cowboys and cowgirls to town
The Northern Rodeo Association Finals are on this weekend, Oct. 22-24, at the Majestic Valley Arena in Kalispell. Rodeos start at 6:30 p.m. each night with the doors opening at 5:45 p.m.
Ronan City Council hires grant manager for Friends of the Children project, continues wastewater project work
At the business-packed Ronan City Council meeting Oct. 14, Ronan city attorney Clif Hayden reviewed the Friends of the Children grant administration contract, project administration plan, interlock agreement, and the city’s contract with the Montana Department of Commerce, taking questions from council members as he went through the documentation.
Mission Valley barrel racers compete in Great Falls
More than 280 barrel racers converged at Montana ExpoPark in Great Falls from Oct. 2-4 for the state finals of the Montana Barrel Horse Association, including several Mission Valley riders.