Glasses fitted and furnished in Choteau
A local notice states glasses fitted and furnished at an office on Main street in Choteau Montana.
01 Aug 1907
Page 1
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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
1
A local notice states glasses fitted and furnished at an office on Main street in Choteau Montana.
Saturday evening about 9 o clock John Wilson and John Chouquette escaped from the county jail by digging out through the wall. They used a 37 inch diameter water pipe as a poker to break the concrete and move stones. Wilson had just finished a Deer Lodge term for horse stealing and is wanted by Canadian authorities. Chouquette had been bound over to district court on a horse theft charge.
A community solicits new names to replace Freezeout for the bench and reclamation service. A list of 32 proposals is posted with votes rewarding top picks 5.00, 3.50, and 1.50. Names include Wheatcamp Paradise Good Hope Tetontown Graviton Farmerland Kilraven Canal Heights Dizon Fairview Harmony Carter Fairfield Sunflat Black Earth Plateau Freezone Wheating Wheatfont Wheatside Wheatview Wheatzone Wheatbench Wheatcroft Wheatplains Greenville Greencroft Greengrange Greenfields Robbine Goodenough Constantine. The public is invited to submit more names over the coming weeks.
Dupuyer hosts a close first game with Dupuyer leading around 10 to 8 when rain halted play and bases were loaded. A following match in Bynum ended 27 to 13 with Bynum dominating.
P A Walter visited the Genoa Indian School in Nebraska and secured pupils Angeline Mary Lorman Bruno Basil Laurenz Eva St Germain Louis Youpee Dolphus St Germain and Louise Laurenz. The children will depart this fall for a three year term.
For sale a large set of dairy equipment including a 200 gallon self heating cheese vat four-screw press multiple cheese knives churns bars and tubs and a 2 horse power vertical engine. Equipment is in excellent condition and priced to sell seen at Mrs Kirkaldies ranch North Fork Sun River seven miles from Augusta for details contact Mrs E F Kirkaldie Great Falls or Mrs Chas W Gray Belleview Mont
At Ditch Camp editor visits Alkali Basin ditch under Engineer Weed. Four to five mile stretch nearly completed from Teton river to basin with minor plow work left. Dam excavation progresses with blue clay and bed rock reached. head-gate area and outlet being shaped. About twenty teams and thirty men currently, with workforce to rise later. dam to be 300 feet base, 60 feet high, 20 feet wide top. plan includes two ditches from reservoir and high line ditch 25 feet above Ralston house.
Mrs H L Halladay left last Friday to join her husband in Rochester Minnesota where he expects to undergo an operation soon. Mrs J L Collins attended a Willow Creek school meeting returning home Sunday. Haying has begun. Mr F Miller of Augusta moved his family to the Pings ranch for the coming year. Harry came home Saturday evening but the partner Mr A Le Hoy and daughter are spending a few days in town. Mr and Mrs Henry Radcliffe have been engaged to look after affairs at the Halladay ranch.
Mr Stelling representing a buggy company visited Farmington on Tuesday. Peter Wold from Great Falls visited the Waynild family. Henry and Mrs Davidson hosted a large crowd Saturday night. Joseph Johnson expects to depart for Washington soon. The Farmers Co operatives Canal Co ditch rider led pleasure riders along the Eton River Tuesday. Beach farmers plan rapid grain threshing this fall as four steam outfits are ready. Paul Zaidema broke a horse leg last week. Farmington Telephone installs cross arms east of town. ten miles of line built with expectations for full service by fall. Chateau boys defeated Farmington by a large margin Sunday. Rev Australd of Helena will preach here Sunday.
Resolutions of sympathy by Chateau Circle No 256 honor the memory of Mrs. Emma Franklin who died July 17 1907 The circle expresses condolences to her husband and family and drapes its charter in mourning for thirty days A copy of the resolutions is sent to the bereaved family and the local paper and recorded in the circle records Committee members Marcarer Brooks Josephine Beaupre Nature R Brown
The era in Korea after a signed agreement with Japan, the Korean emperor’s abdication, and global naval power ranking debates with Britain first and the U S second or third. U S naturalized citizens risk loss if dwelling two years abroad. native-born citizens cannot lose citizenship by neglect. Rural mail routes rise with Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana leading route counts. Canada’s manufacturing growth noted. Fires in New York City claim twenty lives and million-dollar losses. Senator Pettus dies at Hot Springs, Alabama. Heywood found not guilty in Boise. Pettibone and Moyer to be tried despite verdicts.
Notice is given of the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Ton Co operative Reservoir Company of Choteau Montana. The meeting is at the town hall Choteau on Saturday August 10 1907 at 2 o clock p m for electing trustees and other business. Carios WaAkFIELD President James Sulgrove Secretary.
Around June 20 a work team horses strayed or were stolen from the Conrad Mont ranch. A black mare weighing 1100 to 1200 pounds bears a horizontal bar O G on the left shoulder with the bar above the O. A bay gelding of similar weight has a bar quarter circle on the left shoulder. Ten dollars is offered for information leading to recovery. Ep. Tanner.
Horses for sale in Dupuyer Montana. Parties desiring to purchase work horses or horses for other purposes are advised to call on or address B. Be Leech.
The Montana railroad commission ordered ~20 percent cuts on Great Northern routes from Havre to Helena and Butte with smaller changes on other legs, effective July 24 25. Tax valuations rise statewide with Silver Bow leading gains. four counties show declines. Perry Kencerly acquitted on Blackfeet reservation assault charges. Moyer bail posted by Butte Miners Union amid murder case. A railroad switcher attack near Havre killed the fireman and injured others after a derailed plan allegedly commanded by God.
Dr H Beaupre of the Choteau Business Men's Association reports a telegram from Sacramento urging Choteau to prepare exhibits for the interstate irrigation congress exposition in September. The note notes 24000 in trophies and prizes and calls a meeting for August 12 at the Beaupre House to consider participation and county exhibit opportunities.
Townspeople hear that a model creamery benefits farmers and stockholders with a liberal dividend policy. The Townsend Star notes it took effort to build the butter factory, but cash from milk is used to support operations and sustain cow investment. The butter yields strong market prices and remains a money maker for milk suppliers.
The next regular examination of applicants for teacher's certificates will be held at the court house in Choteau Montana on Friday August 30 1907 continuing the following day if necessary Nellie R Brown County Superintendent of Schools announces the county exam.
Local Wanter seeks girl for housework while Cash Bazaar offers 25 percent discount on waist patterns. Cattle sale lists 100 head with various ages at H W Yeager Belleview. Estate and school projects include high school basement improvements and Trinity Lutheran church cornerstone ceremony planned for Aug 4. Also listings for properties near Choteau and Dupuyer with cattle branding 7 H and a Crown Orchestral Grand piano plus household goods for sale.
A letter to Dr Long indicates H L Halladay was examined at Mayo Brothers Institute Rochester Minn. The diagnosis locates the problem in the right kidney and removal is likely. The operation may have been planned for last Saturday with no update yet. He endured severe pain one night after arrival and was given opiates.
C E Trescott ships his newspaper plant to Boulder Montana where he will soon launch a republican paper. A veteran printer and editor with work in Illinois Iowa and Montana plans to bring extensive experience and a strong readership to the Jefferson county community.
The weather record shows daily highs and lows for July 1907 ending July 31 at 6 pm. Warmest day was the 11th at 86 degrees. Total precipitation: 1.37 inches for July 1907. H. Cole, Voluntary Observer.
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