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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1926
Page
7
The article recalls the woodchopper's crucial role in early Montana mining, powering coal mines, smelters, and mills in Butte and nearby camps. It notes reliance on cordwood over coke, widespread deforestation, and the rise of hydro power and coal use shaping industry and employment in the region.
Rev Dr. E. M. Cosgrove of Chicago was initiated into the Piegan Blackfeet sun god ceremony at Glacier Park in a sweat lodge rite led by Chief Arrow Head. He received a sacred stone stem and elk-skin war garment and was named Ponukanu Chief Elk. The event followed by a love feast, with Cosgrove noted as a long-time lecturer and former Helena Unitarian pastor.
The piece recalls the Giant Springs on the Missouri east bank and how it impressed explorers from Lewis and Clark onward. It traces Indigenous reverence, the rise of Great Falls from a single cabin to a promotional boom, and the early tours, scenery, and gatherings by the spring despite mosquito and snake presence.
Miles City plans a August 1 program marking the fiftieth anniversary of General Nelson A Miles and the Fifth U S Infantry arriving in Eastern Montana. George Miles and surviving Fifth Infantry members will attend and point out cantonment sites. A basket luncheon will follow with Mayor W Y Smith presiding.
The Falls City council considers an ordinance to retire police officers at 65 after 25 years or on duty related incapacitation with half pay for life. State lawmakers would extend pensions to widows and orphans of officers killed in duty.
One Missoula commissioner seeks abolition of the city attorney office and would hire a lawyer by the day for legal advice. A second commissioner backed a proposal to eliminate the office of city attorney. Neither proposal succeeded.
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