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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1914
Page
2
The rose is described as the earliest flower in record and its origin remains lost. Egyptian monuments show the rose dated around 10 000 C Ex. Atlantic City promenaders’ scant costumes are blamed on money saved after trip costs. The New York police find photographing on Sunday criminal.
Summer range for five thousand sheep with ample range and water. Will lease range or run sheep for season. For information contact S. L. Malone at Choteau Montana.
Teachers in the county will take examinations at Chateau and Conrad on April 30th and May 1st and 2nd. Nellie R. Brown County Superintendent announces the schedule.
Monterey is in the hands of the Constitutionalists after a five days battle announced from Constitutionalist HQ in Matamoros. Bells rang and Rebel enthusiasm swept Monterey as Rebel officers celebrate and aid General Pablo Gonzales in further moves against the Federals.
Governor Goethals places the Panama canal zone on strict war footing. Major Gerhardt is told to deploy two infantry companies to guard the Gatun locks and one company each at Miraflores and Pedro Miguel, with 100 rounds per man. Lock machinery is locked and soldiers camp near the locks.
Frederick J. Splitstone, formerly circulation manager for the Housekeeper Magazine in Minneapolis and now managing editor for Leslie's Weekly, has vanished in Mexico. The state department seeks his whereabouts after two months of field study. Rumors allege he was seized at Torreon.
A rebel report signed by General Cahillero, Tampico commander, to Matamoros headquarters states federation forces faced renewed attacks after insults to Americans. It claims the rebels captured the cemetery after a strong federal defense.
Admiral Howard reports the German consul at Mazatlan is using friendly offices to secure the steamer City of Sidney to evacuate all foreigners at Magatlan on the west coast of Mexico.
Washington April 27. A telegram from Arizona citizens asks Senator Ashurst for the immediate dispatch of regular troops to the Arizona border to bolster security and protect settlements amid ongoing tensions.
A Boston Transcript line notes that the convalescent makes those around him sick, reflecting a grim view of illness and recovery. The quip contrasts healing with contagion and frames convalescence as a social burden in a period source.
The Montana Stock Growers Association annual session in Miles City ended with officers elected for 1915. A resolution thanked retiring president Colonel F M Malone. Speaker Tom Stout discussed grazing homestead bills and public land policy. Recommendations urged railroad rate relief, land reclassification, and settler access to grazing lands, plus meat inspection and estray laws. Officers named Rolla Weren, Wallace Huidekoper, Wallis W. Territt, and D W Raymond.
Helena reports business and labor united in opposition to new distributing rates set by the Montana railroad commission. At a state capitol hearing in the house chamber, business leaders argued higher rates are preferable to harming carriers and slowing railroad growth. Labor contended rate cuts would burden wage earners and reduce carrier operations.
The Butte and Denver Chambers of Commerce request support to sue before the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce a uniform freight-rate system for the intermountain region. The issue was reviewed by the transportation committee.
United States commissioner of Indian affairs Billings Cato will visit Billings to investigate the proposed opening of 1,800,000 acres of Crow reservation. His report will influence the interior department stance on the movement. Southern Montana and Northern Wyoming supporters favor homestead entry over public sale.
Helena reports a mining revival as new mines open and experts visit from large concerns. The Helena Commercial Club targets 75000 dollars to prove local wealth, already over 50000 pledged, while Rimini sees a big strike at Valley Forge and plans for a Porphyry dike mine with a sixty-slump mill and possible 1 million dollar plant. Marysville Scratch Gravel and Trout Creek districts near Helena show heavy activity with hundreds of miners at work, signaling a return to the good old times.
Glasgow police pursue two trunks reportedly containing body parts of Sk A Keary. Detectives link Kenry’s missing team and a Toronto line crossing to the case. A. Nolan and wife arrested in McIntyre Michigan on theft charges. requisition for murder inquiry expected.
Crow riders Wilson Billings Red Fox Three Irons and White Horse travel from a reservation toward Denver then to Washington and New York. They carry Governor Stewart of Montana's letter to President Wilson and aim to present Crow views on opening lands to settlement and seek a share of proceeds. All are college graduates.
Dr. S F Way announces Montana section trail association annual meeting dates July 9 and 10 at Hunters Hot Springs. Hunters hotel manager McCain arranges for up to 1000 attendees. Delegates from Minnesota North and South Dakota and Montana travel by auto to Gardiner for a Yellowstone Park photo at the entrance arch.
Fred Bennion, famed University of Utah athlete and coach, has been hired as athletic director for Montana Agricultural College, starting September 1. Bennion has a strong Utah record in the Rocky Mountain conference and comes highly recommended by Bozeman officials.
George A. Cook, born in Bitter Root Valley, completed Montana Agricultural College studies in 1912 as honor man. He worked in irrigation and farming roles, earned a third class engineer license, and managed a 35 000 acre stock farm before joining extension service as crop specialist. He is described as industrious, skilled in livestock, dairy, horticulture, and greenhouse work. His wife is a farmer’s daughter and musician.
The piece notes Canadian use of Indian fire patrolmen for northern Manitoba forests. It mentions a Pennsylvania gun maker using veneer waste for stocks and Ghent supplying potted Araucaria Norfolk island pines, with the US importing about 250000 plants annually. It reports Tongass Alaska timber sales and self sufficiency, plus California officials finding Japanese chestnut canker similar to the eastern blight, warning of potential spread.
In the Brooklyn Eagle a curfew signal is hailed as the end of tolls dispute with President Wilson praised as the era’s champion bell ringer.
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