<p>Gary Schmidt of Kila places a bid on a double oven Saturday morning during the 48th Annual Creston Auction. April 5, 2014 in Creston, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
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March 26, 2016 7:02 p.m.
Firefighters' popular fundraiser reaches 50th version
The Creston farmers who cobbled together their first neighborhood auction 50 years ago to raise money for firefighting equipment could not have imagined how big the event would become decades later.