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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1913
Page
1
A petition filed with the county clerk seeks the formation of a new Toole County from parts of Hut and Teton counties to be named Tern county. The board of county commissioners set January 8 as the hearing day. next week the hearing advertisement will appear in the paper.
Quarterly book reviews were extended for a few days due to book access. Adelphia meeting produced a strong program with club swinging and alcohol flame effects. The Teton game schedule shifted as Cut Bank postponed. basketball result Teton 40 Conrad 8. Zoon class dissected frogs. ether anesthesia observed heart action for 1 2 hours postmortem. The Kaimin and junior papers will be distributed weekly. Christmas holiday notes mean two weeks without notes.
Last week the district court clerk issued marriage licenses for Stephen J. Rigney age 32 and Ethel M. Lewis age 82 from Cut Bank. Also listed are Frank H. Duff age 27 and Minnie Ferguson age 17 from Walter, and Howard Edmund Richard age 30 with Annie Smith age 26 from Vater.
Archdeacon S D Hooker of Montana will preach at the Episcopal church in the morning and evening. It is hoped many attend. Rev Haley conducts services this week in Valier and Conrad.
The circuit court of appeals holds Congress controls water power on public lands and federal regulations supersede Utah 1866 rights. Utah Power and Light must obtain permits under the 1896 act for rights of way on public lands in Cache National Forest, confirming federal authority over energy rights.
Joe Kipp, about 65, died Friday at Browning from pneumonia after a three day illness. He was a prominent figure on the Blackfeet Reservation and a widely known man of his word. Funeral at Browning Sunday drew one of the largest crowds in the area. He served as Fort Shaw post guide in 1869-70 under Col. Baker, participated in the Piegan massacre aftermath, later became a leading figure of the Piegan tribe. He was a Mandan half breed with a white trader father from the 1820s at Fort Buford. He once ran mercantile businesses at Browning and Blackfoot and owned large cattle and horse herds. He leaves two sons and a daughter by his first wife. his second wife Maggie Wetzel died years ago.
The source notes the New York Times advice given to John Lind during his Mexico mission. It frames the guidance as cautious and prudent, emphasizing careful diplomatic handling and prudent steps amid uncertain prospects.
Washington reports address by HK A Sterling of the American Forestry Association at the national conservation congress. He says after virgin US timber is exhausted future supplies will come from private lands and that private forestry has been limited to small, profitless operations but is moving toward systematic long term management and fire protection.
Fragmentary text asserts that natural regeneration, guided by principles, can be advanced as economic conditions allow, improving forestry practice and art. It emphasizes applying guiding concepts within feasible funding and policy limits to strengthen American forestry methods.
An informal gathering of about 36 Chateau residents at Weaver's hall on Monday formed a committee to organize a social club. Cowgill was named chairman with James Eckford as secretary and the five member committee to report on December 22 at 7 PM.
James McDonough in county jail attempted to saw bars to escape. He was caught and chained for the night while awaiting transfer to the state penitentiary. He had been sentenced Tuesday to 15 years for robbing an old prospector in Choteau months earlier.
The O. E. S. held a Wednesday evening meeting electing W. M. Mrs. J. S. Cain Patron E. S. Crawford Ass t Mat Mrs. B. G. Trescott Secy Mrs. H. W. Bateman Treas Mrs Gibson Cond Mrs. Robinson Ass t Cond Mrs. T. O. Larson Adah Mrs. Coffey Reuth Mrs. Jameson Ester Mrs. Bair Martha Mrs. Haugen Electa Warden Mrs. Cain Sentinel Mrs. Hodgskiss
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