World at Large News Briefs Include Rail Rates and Trains
A compendium of items notes the national A R convention in Salt Lake City next Monday with reduced railroad rates. J Hill bronze bust unveiled in Seattle. Insanity claims against Thaw examined. Great Northern pays 13 percent dividend. A fatal fire destroys the county courthouse in Everett. Thaw daughter Evelyn Nesbitt receives annual support. Earthquake hits Central Mexico with heavy damage. President Pulliam’s suicide in New York. Spokane Coeur d Alene trains collision with many dead. Osaka Osaka city fire devastates amid wind. Glidden trophy won by a Pierce Arrow car in Kansas City. Spain chaotic with mutinous army and potential republic. Barcelona killings and terror echoes France. Great Falls Shelby rail service expanded with several connecting trains and flag stops. Interior dept restores 1200 acres of land for Sun River irrigation settlement entry after Nov 16.
Hill Offers 2500 Prize for Grain Contest Along Great Northern Lines
James J. Will, chairman of Great Northern, posts 2500 in gold for best grains and grasses grown along the railroad lines to be shown at the National Corn Exposition in Omaha December 6 18. About 200 prizes will be awarded by Prof C P Bull and Prof Thos Shaw with emphasis on wheat oats barley corn clover timothy and alfalfa hay plus speltz and field peas.
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James J. Will
The
Great Northern
Omaha
C. P. Bull
Minnesota Spricultural College
Thos. Shaw
Dakota Farmer
Efill
Mr. Hill
Lesides
Montana
South Dakota
Minnesota
Hill
Busy Week Ahead at Court House for County Officials
Starting today and lasting about a week the county commissioners meet at the court house with bids opened Monday for the county refunding bonds amid thirty inquiries received by County Clerk Garrett. The schedule includes tax levy fixes, road matters, and likely incorporation steps for the town of Conrad.
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Court House
Garrett
Conrad
Surveyors in Montana Seek Hudson Bay Divide Crossing
Two men claiming to be Soap engineers toured Babb Montana Aug 1 to inspect routes for crossing the Hudson Bay Divide and reaching the Great Northern near Blackfoot They planned a return to Browning within a week with a surveying party to work north from the Great Northern toward Swigrant Pass and meet a Canadian party near Kimball Great Walls Tribune.
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Great Northern
Swigrant Pass
Canada
Canadian Pacific
St. Marys
Kimball
Great Walls
Dangerous Runaway Carriage Injures Family Near Trachot Dane
A bolts failure on a carriage driven by C S McDonald caused a runaway wreck near Trachot Dane. Mrs Guyon and a baby suffered the worst injuries while the others endured bruises and shock. The horses escaped as the rig overturned and the party was taken to Sterling for care. Doctors Long and Bateman reported only bruises and shock, with the vehicle heavily damaged.
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C. S. McDonald
Montana Development League endorses irrigation and fair events
The Montana Development League adopts resolutions endorsing the Seventeenth National Irrigation Congress in Spokane August 9 to 15, the Montana State Fair at Helena September 27 to October 2 with Taft to visit September 28, and the Fourth Annual Dry Farming Congress in Pullman October 26 to 28, to promote irrigation, agriculture, and resource development statewide.
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Montana Development League
W. R. Allen
L. Norris
Teward
National Irrigation Congress
Spokane
Montana
Peleus
William Howard Taft
United States
Taft
Helena
Fair Grounds
Eighth Grade Examination Planned for Choteau
The next regular eighth grade examination will be at the court house in Choteau Montana on Friday and Saturday August 27 and 28 1909. Frances I. Son County Superintendent of Schools announces the schedule from Choteau Montana dated August 5 1909.
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Court House
Choteau
Mont
Frances
Son
Choteau Creamery Project Cleared for Start in Ninety Days
The Choteau creamery will open within ninety days with 5200 dollars of stock subscribed by about thirty local business people and ranchers. Promoter Mr Ingram from Helena said a builder will arrive from Pony to start construction as stockholders plan an afternoon meeting to organize, elect officers and set a site. The group intends to raise more funds to cover building costs and provide a small cash balance to begin operations.
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Iogratm
Helena
Pony, Mont
Ings
Ingram
Montana
Choteau
District Court proceedings light. naturalizations and cases listed
Judge Mwine chaired a light term with no jury. Notable actions include Julius Hirshberg winning 11631.50 against Chateau Milling & Power Co for foreclosure. Beers arraigned for grand larceny and jailed. Allie Peck released on bond. Naturalizations: Nels Anderson Paul Erickson Jock Hockema Tom Groot S L Potter. Daeley vs School Dist No 4: judgment for defendant, costs to plaintiff. Upcoming filings include several suits and disputes over property and payments in Teton and surrounding counties.
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Mwine
Julius Hirshberg
Chateau Milling & Power Co
Allie
Peck
Nels Anderson
Dupuyer
Sweden
Paul Erickson
Bynouw
Norway
Jock Hockema
Conrad
Holland
Tom Groot
Barmington
S. L. Potter
Sherburne Morsevs
Alice Burd Martin
Big River Diverted to Sun River for Irrigation Increase
Preliminary survey will dig a ditch a mile and a half long at the head of the North Fork of Sun River to divert Big River waters into the Sun River basin. The project aims to irrigate about 15 000 acres, with development plans to be discussed in Portland by interior secretary and Reclamation Service officials. H N Savage, supervising engineer of Montana projects, will be present.
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Sun River
Mathead
Main Range
Flathead River
Columbia
Pacific Ocean
Sunriver
Portland
Secretary of the Interior
Reclamation Service
H. N. Savage
Montana
Great Palls Tribune
Montana News Roundup Reflects Statewide Developments
News from Montana covers a record number of land fillings, mining tax opinions, Elkville opening in Miles City, registration shifts in Missoula and Kalispell, Taft's Helena visit, a Midvale townsite, osteopathic meeting in Bozeman, Huntley irrigation crop losses, Kalispell rifles win with Glendive second, national meet at Camp Perry, a fatal Wisdom shooting, Great Falls block sale to Butte Electric, Kendall ore findings, and aging mining company prospects in Helena.
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Too Great Falls Land
Attica
Montana
Compiany
Kalispell
Montana National Guard
Glendive
Camp Perry
Ohio
Teton County Patents Granted On Land Holdings
The following parties in Teton county have received patents to lands as designated Heirs of Amy B Clark 320 acres 24 37 L west Marthalda Evans 160 acres 2 37 1 west Telia Jenkins 320 acres 15 23 65 Maurice Spangler 160 acres 24 23 6 Thos Hurley 158 acres 6 27 6 west Geo N Campbell 160 acres 11 28 7
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Teton County
Amy B. Clark
Marthalda Evans
Telia Jenkins
Maurice Spangler
Thos. Hurley
Geo. N. Campbell
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