Rainmaking device amid thunder of storms across nations
Nikola Tesla claims a rain inducing apparatus while J Pierpont Morgan buys the Chicago and Great Western railroad for 812000000. A vast forest blaze threatens Coeur dAlene reservation. brush fires hit Canada's north. Walter Wellman fails again at reaching the north pole. Indy speedway fatalities total two on opening day. Indian lands opening registration runs Oct 4 to 20 with draw in late October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Standing Rock
North
South Dakota
Pierre, Lemmon, Lebeau, and Mobridge
Bismark
North Dakota
Choteau Visitors and Local Notices Highlight Week
Fairfield Janes Thorne visited Choteau on Saturday. Miss Norba Landswerk is ill with typhoid fever and her brother Melvin has recovered. Mabel Zimerman is on the sick list. John Shultz was a business visitor earlier in the week. Phil S. Cole and his mother Mrs. D. D. Cole spent Sunday at Cule Bros. ranch. W. J. Crittenden and family left for Bozeman. Charles Frey and Alice Zimmerman wed in Great Falls last Thursday. Musicians gathered at the bride’s parents’ home Saturday to offer congratulations. August Toubert visited from Great Falls for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norba Landswerk
Melvin
Mabel Zimerman
Phil S. Cole
Mrs. D. D. So
Cule Bros. Ranch
W. J. Crittenden
Bozeman
Chas. Frey
Alice Zimmerman
Great Falls
August Toubert
Mrs Waterman and party visit Ferris ranch after G A R encampment
Ida Ferris Waterman and her daughter Dana with Miss Gail Lutz arrived at the Ferris ranch after a Great Falls trip. Waterman, once in Montana, moved to Minnesota three years ago and has since worked in temperance fields across North and South Dakota. Dana became a stenographer in Austin Minnesota while Lutz is linked to Rev G W Lutz and the First M church. Waterman plans to resume North Dakota work in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Ferris Waterman
Gail Lutz
Ferris Ranch
Greatalls
Waterman
Dana
Montana
Minnesota
G. A.R
Minneapolis
North Dakota
North
South Dakota
Miss Dana
Southern Minnesota Normal and Business College
Hub
Austin
Minn
Miss Lutz
G. W. Lutz
Chateau
Lutz
M. 5
Sargent
Dickey County
Senate irrigation tour boosts Sun River project prospects
The senate irrigation committee visited the John Zimmerman ranch on Sun River bench after reviewing Fort Shaw and the headgate above Simms. Five senators led by Senator Carter, with Ballinger and reclamation officials, discussed arable land, funding, and possible start times for irrigation work, noting an expected appropriation within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Irrigation Committee
John Zimmerman
Sun River
Fort Shaw
Simms
Zimmerman
Chateau
Saen
Carter
Kint
California
Chamberlin
Oregon
Paynter
Kentucky
Warren
Wyoming
Newell
Reclamation Service
Savage
Robbins
Ballinger
Major Logan
Belknap
Great Falls
Herbert Strain
J. M. Burlingame
Register of the
Versantor
The
Malta Enterprise
Lower Milk River
Congress
Conrad
Water Users’ Association
Great Northern Up Sun River Route Planned
Great Northern engineers on upper Sun River are laying out a definite right of way line to pass the main range and enter Flathead country. A routing engineer surveys the area while a party of surveyors works behind him. Rumors say the Sun River route would offer a lower grade across the main range and may become the main line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Upper Sun River
Sun River
Main Range
Flathead Country
Great Falls
Directions for Preparing Exhibits at Teton County Fair
Prospective exhibitors should follow Dry Farming Congress guidelines for grain sheaf, forage, and seed samples. Include well filled grain heads, long straw, compact bundles, neat labeling, and dark curing. forage should retain leaves and color, with total bundles four inches wide. threshed grain should be 15 to 20 pounds and cleaned. vegetables must be fully ripened, washed, and dried in ventilated cellars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County Fair
Dry Farming Congress
Billings
Montana Insurance Bulletin Urges Fire Safety and Rate Revisions
The August bulletin from the state auditor notes rapid re-rating of 31 Montana locales since 1907. Builders are urged to follow updated fire regulations to reduce losses. Cautions issued against Merchants' Life & Casualty Co and German Commercial Accident Co. Bankers Life Insurance Co of New York denied permission to operate. National Life Insurance Co of Vermont was admitted in July, Sun Insurance Co of New Orleans licensed, with three others planning to apply soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Auditor’s
Montana
Merchants’ Life & Casualty Co
Minneapolis
German Commercial Accident Co
Sherrys High Class Entertainers Present Three Farces
The Sherrys offer three new farces Jackson's Honeymoon The Night Before Election and Willie's Visit with music dances and magic. Performances feature top vocalists dancers and comedians with A-1 music and a post show dance at Woodmen Hall on Friday August 7 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Willie
Woodmen U7
Do and Donts for Early Fall Hunting Season
The article outlines legal hunting restrictions for residents and non residents including allowed seasons for ducks geese and other game. It warns against hunting before or after specified dates and prohibits selling shipping and hunting without licenses or guides. It emphasizes complying with game warden regulations to avoid misunderstandings.
Hill Prizes at Omaha for grain and grass exhibits
James J. Hill offers gold prizes for best small grain and grass exhibits grown within twenty five miles of the Great Northern railroad in Nebraska. Awards cover spring and winter wheat, barley, peas, flax, corn, timothy, clover, and alfalfa in grain and sheaf forms with varied cash amounts. Exposition runs December 6 to 18 in Omaha and prizes range from 2 to 15 dollars per category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Hill
Great Northern
Omaha
Timothy
Brady Ditch Progress Report From Brady Irrigation Project
Work on the Brady Irrigation company's ditch advances despite weather and high water. Twenty five laborers and sixty to seventy horses push the 18 mile trench from the Muddy to Brady holdings. The trench is ten feet bottom twelve feet top two feet deep with future expansion plans. Interested parties include the Truchot estate T O Larsen Kenneth McKenzie and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady Irrigation Company
Truchot Ranch
Syrand’s
Brady
Truchot Estate
T. O. Lareen
Kenneth McKenzie
Examination Rules Change For Eighth Grade Tests
State board appoints W H armon R J Gordon J S Sargent to revise eighth grade exam rules. New policy grants passing at 75 percent in most subjects with adjusted marks for geography and physiology and a 63 percent prospect under certain total averages. Exams move to Civics history grammar reading arithmetic spelling physiology geography with two subjects per half day and no verbal explanations allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
W. JB. Harmon
R. J. Gondon
Helena
J. S. Sargent
Great Falls
Board of Examiners
Stage Driver Hammil Arrested for Express Money Theft
Stage driver known as Hammil was jailed after being caught with 185 dollars of express money missing around August 9. He was located at Charls Aubrey’s ranch forty miles north of Browning and arrested by Under Sheriff Ganong, then turned over to Deputy Richards in Colling. Hammil remained calm during arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hammil
Ganong
Chas
Aubrey
Browning
Chas. Arnoux
United States
Hagler
Hammil
Beantime
Richards
Cut Bank
Colling
Belleview Notes and Local Visits Involving Ward Household
Belleview reports Belleview Miss Rebecca Acton visiting at John W. Ward’s home. A Sunday Deep Creek fishing party enjoyed clear waters and success. Haying progress noted. ranchers expect to finish this week. Robert Twiggs’s nephew Mr Ridgeway of Ohio plans to locate here. Mr and Mrs Lane visited Ward Wednesday. Mrs C W Gray aims to join husband in Seattle early October. Mr Gray improves with coastal air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Acton
John W. Ward
Deep Creek
Robert Twiggs
Ridgeway
Ohio
Lane
Ward
Saypo School Dance Draws Large Crowd Saturday
A dance at the Saypo school house drew a large crowd Saturday night with everyone reported to be having a good time. A Saypo grounds baseball game against Belleview ended 9 to 0 in favor of Belleview. The community notes mention folks getting along well and keeping busy with haying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saypo
Belleview
Teachers Examination Scheduled in Choteau Montana
The next regular examination for applicants of teachers certificates will be held at the court house in Choteau Montana on Friday August 27 1909 continuing the following day if necessary Frances M Anderson County Superintendent of Schools dated August 5 1909
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Choteau
Montana
Mont
Frances M. Anderson
Various Montana Local Items From State Page
News items from Missoula and across Montana cover the Seeing Missoula auto bus, a one year anniversary, Huntley school fair, large forest area, society meetings, Gebo light plant, hog cholera serum project, St Thomas Orphanus home, capitol expansion bids, a Glendive wedding, a drowning accident near Sheridan, Lincoln county court adjournment, sentences for grand larceny, a fatal shooting at Divide, a Box Elder death by paralysis, a Armstead killing, insurance rate cuts for Great Falls, visits by railroad presidents, large land designations under the enlarged homestead act, Peyton memorial fund, state labor federation meeting, and prison labor plans with governors and officials visiting other states.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nicola Tesla
Wireless Telegraph Fame
J. Pierpont Morgan
Chicago & Great Western Railroad
Coeur d’ Ale 3
Francis J. Heney
San Francisco
Idaho
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Earth
Indianapolis
Fairfield
Janes Thorne
John Shultz
Mrs. Waterman
Irrigation. Com
Sorn
Alsike
Alifalfa
Brady Ditch
Saypo News
News of the
Missoula
Judith Gape
Huntley
Society of Montana Pioneers
Gebo
Lewistown
Hobson
Billings & Northern
Bitter Root
St. Thomas Orphanus
State Capitol
State Examining Board
Glendive
Sheridan
Lincoln
Frank Rylander
Miller
Divide
Dillon
Wm. Gifford Starr
Big Ranch
Box Elder Friday
Ito
Shattuck Doyle
Armstead
Joe Nevins
Doyle
Nevins
President Taft
Howard Eliot
Northern Pacific
J. J. Barling
Milwaukee
Secretary of the Interior
Peyton
Butte
Swan River Country
State Federation of Labor
M.M. O'Donnehue
Alex. Fairgreaves
Gov. Norris
Yoder
Galen
State Prison Board
Washington
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