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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
4
Report from Congress notes a June 29 1906 naturalization law barring any person without final citizenship papers before September 28 1906 from voting in November. Also mentions Lee Mantle and Jos Dixon seeking U S Senate if Republicans win, urging party unity for success.
The Acantha lists candidates C. A. Cearson Conrad Henry Ryan Dupuyer John J. Miller Cut Bank and L. C. Marsh Shelby as potential Republican nominees. No favored contenders are declared and the paper urges fair representation from all county regions in the three commissioner seats.
Judge J E Erickson informs Clerk Sterling McDonald that new naturalization rules take effect around Sept 27. Citizens must file early, as final papers for voting require ninety days notice, or they will be barred from the fall election.
Notice from the Great Falls land office lists desert land filings by Charles Burns of Lowry Montana and Zeulie D Weln of Dupuyer Montana with proof dates in September 1906. Witnesses include Thomas G Thompson Angus M Rose Murdock McLeod and Charles W Burns. An advertised list from Chateau post office rounds up letters for week ending Aug 11 1966 with names John B August Lade Frank McDonald Otis Wildie Harry.
In Dupuyer Montana farmers cut hay as grass lags, Sundays bring crowds for lemonade and fishing at Dupuyer and Sheep creeks. The school trustees struggle to find a competent teacher as meetings grow heated. A horse injures itself during shoeing but appears fine otherwise, with a possible meningitis risk. Alfred Harris returns from Helena to visit family. Katharine Stone finds a hell diver near the Catholic church and releases it into Dupuyer creek. Reveille and taps originate locally with calls for work and cattle.
A black Natal woman charged with drunkenness used a legal technique claiming private property exempted her from the act. The police dropped the initial charge but kept liquor possession as a separate issue. She argued the liquor was inside her body, but the prosecutor later proved otherwise and she was convicted after the bottle emptied.
Public land notices filed by Dena Talifson of Bynum and Alfred Vigen of Bynum Montana for desert land claims 7931 and 7932. They seek final proof before U.S. Commissioner A O Warner at Chateau, Montana on August 7 1906. Torias Tallison submits claim No 15 for irrigation and reclamation. Other residents Halvord Thompson Ote Thompson Eugene Pierce and Charles Sulsie appear. J M Burlingame Register. First pub July 19 1906.
Sheriff Kenneth McKenzie announces a judicial sale of property owned by Lawrence Davis. The lands include blocks in Hamilton’s addition Chateau and Hazlett’s addition Choteau Teton County. Sale set for August 2 at 6 p m at the court house front door with cash payment.
Notice from Great Falls Montana announces that the heir of Carl R. Hanson seeks to prove residence and cultivation for the Hanson homestead entry No. 12743 in section 2 and 11, township 11 south range 4 west. Proof will be made before U S Commissioner James M Wilcox in Shelby Montana on Sept 24 1906 with witnesses Henry C Wilkins Out Bank Mont James A Johnson James Miller and Alphonse Bonnet.
The Teton fair returns to Chateau grounds with events slated for September 18 19 20 and 21 1906. Officials invite residents and visitors to enjoy exhibits contests and local entertainment during the extended fair week.
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