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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1909
Page
4
Guthrie operates the local weekly newspaper in Choteau Montana printed each Thursday. The publication serves as the official county paper for Teton County and is registered as second class matter at the post office.
April 1909 editorial argues a Westward land rush and the spread of settlement across Montana. It notes farmers and stockmen adapting to plows and seeders, the Alkali basin project extending irrigation, and hopes for Burton beach and Muddy ditch works to water Brady country, urging swift completion.
Prospecting settlers flood the Greenfields beach and Lake Basin area as land opens near the Sun River irrigation scheme. many acres are already claimed and more homes rise. Investors worry about water access, price for government canal water, and limits on 320 acre homesteads under the new law.
The piece notes a backward chilly spring with snow flurries and coal chill ravages. It insists on avoiding contradiction, calling this spring shy and unready, and acknowledges the futility of urging any dramatic change.
The article argues rising wheat costs could push bread toward a commodity status, becoming a luxury or goal for coal distributors as food affordability declines.
In a letter from P I Cole of Chateau an officer of the Sun River Water Users Association states that the people of Teton county will send at least one delegate to Washington to cooperate with the Great Falls delegation. They seek an appropriation to open the Greenfield unit of the Sun River project with Great Falls’ support.
Dave Cooper, owner of a Porcupine ranch, received three carloads of horses Thursday from Conrad and sent them to his place with Leech Bros. of Dupuyer handling shipment. John S. Godwin, visiting from Elizabeth, spoke privately of weather implications, urging silence on his mental strain.
Department of the Interior publishes a notice for ALICE H HANSON in Great Falls Montana with registration and publication date 3 25 02. The notice records public availability and ongoing official actions by the United States.
Octavia SHxvpon formerly Octavia Brown of Whitcomb Montana filed to make final proof on Desert Land Entry No 1353 dated November 13 1903. The hearing is before Frank A Potente in Dupuyer Montana on May 23 1908. Witnesses named Michael J Lyons Carl Harris Joseph Sturpone and Henry M Jenson all reside in Dupuyer Montana.
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