Memories for the Week of October 12, 2016

100 years ago

October 12, 1916

Phillips County Fair big success

The directors of the First Annual Phillips County Fair were right in postponing the days of their big show until this week, as it turned out to be on the best weeks of the year and consequently they had bigger crowds and more exhibits.

The fair grounds at Dodson are located a few yards north of the station on a fine piece of ground which the Fair Association has gone to the expense of improving. A large and substantial grandstand was erected, and the entire half-mile race track fenced as was a portion of the outside enclosure. The room under the grandstand has been fitted up for the display of the fancy work and school exhibits.

A feature of the fair daily was the livestock parade and it was greatly admired by the large crowd in the grandstand and lined up along the fence. It showed that Phillips County does not have to take a backseat for any of the older counties in raising of blooded stock and our farmers and ranchers.

Malta School Notes

1918 elected the following officers: President, Gladys Robinson; vice-president, Douthit Wood; secretary, Thelma Wuest; treasurer, Bessie Southwick.

Local Tidbits

A fellow running an old army game at the Fair met with disaster Tuesday when County Attorney Wolfe happened in on the scene and not only pinched the fellow running the game but the two fellows playing it. They were taken down to a justice of the peace who assessed them $5 each and costs with the instructions to pay and then beat it. They did.

A pretty good story came to light yesterday morning when it became known that a poker game that was in progress the night before was held up and the participants relieved of their cash. The story went like this: A stranger dropped into the game and after playing a few hands noticed who was writing checks and who was using cash, leveled a gun on the players and told them to cash in, which was done without delay or parley. Not much use playing for the money when they can get it without. No one has heard to make a whimper about the hold up.

75 years ago

October 9, 1941

No Hunting Deer in County

Deputy Game Warden Harry Cosner wished to call the attention of hunters to the ruling of the Montana Fish and Game Commission that there shall be no hunting of deer in this county this season. Pamphlets which were issued earlier this year stated that hunting would be permitted in Phillips County, but after careful consideration of game conditions here, the commission rescinded its original ruling.

Cosner says that there are fewer deer on the Missouri River bottom than ever before and that this newest measure is of the utmost necessity in order to increase the number.

Yuh Don't Say!

Chance

Visitor: "We are getting up a raffle for a poor man. Won't you buy a ticket?"

Sweet Thing: "Mercy, no, what would I do with him if I won him?"

Probably

Dinner Guest: "Will you pass the nuts, Professor?"

Professor, absent-mindedly: "Yes, I suppose so, but I really should flunk them."

50 years ago

October 13, 1966

Koss buys grand champion

Charles Koss, south country rancher, bought the grand champion Hereford bull at the Northeastern Montana Hereford Association sale held Monday in Malta. Koss paid $875, top price of the sale, from the champion animal.

This week at the Villa

Burt Lancaster and Lee Remick star in the The Hallelujah Trail and Ann Margret and Michael Park star in Bus Riley's Back in Town. Wednesday night will be "take a chance night" and all general admission tickets are 25-cents.

JV's beat Harlem 19-0 Saturday

The Malta JV's bounced back from a 13-0 loss to Chinook in defeating Harlem JV's Saturday 19-0.

Mark Jones scored twice on long pass plays from Mark Hughes and Jim Nevrivy. Nevrivy scored on a five-yard quarterback keep and kicked one extra point.

Malta's starting defense was made up of Robert Brandon, Byron Ereaux, Larry Olson, Vic Lefdahl, Jim Mans, Loren Burroughs, Brant Chaney, Mark Jones, Paul Gilbertson, Mark Hughes and Robert Humbert.

25 years ago

October 9, 1991

Drama first, speech fourth at Fort Benton

The Malta High School Speech and Drama Team traveled to Fort Benton this past weekend, placing 1st in Drama and 4th in Speech. David Curtis and David Low took 1st place honors in the Humorous Duo Event, John Roberts placed 1st in Humorous Solo, Brian Lotten and Matt Pugh placed 7th in Humorous Duo and Becky Pugh placed 8th in Humorous Solo.

In the Speech events, Tony Roberts placed 3rd in Humorous Oral Interpretation of Literature and Jori Poulton placed 5th in Memorized Public Address.

10 years ago

October 11, 2006

A street by any other name...

County Commissioners are seeking permission from the City of Malta to either change the names of 1st and 2nd Ave in the Hillcrest Subdivision or drop the word East from the addresses on those streets.

The problem: The computer being used for the enhanced 9-11 system won't accept the Hillcrest addresses because there are also last and 2nd Avenues elsewhere in the city. The city council didn't favor a name change.

Street Talk

Question: Who was Christopher Columbus and what did he do?

Shay Garfiled: "He was a sailor and he tried to find spices for the king and queen."

Tyson Wlodowski: "He was a sailor and he was like . . .men were trying to kill him . . .so he got a new group."

Kristi Grandlund: "He was a very nice man. People liked him a lot. He got dead. He was famous because a lot of people knew him."

Kolbe Murray: "Noooooo . . . I think he was a president."