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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1914
Page
2
The February 11 1914 official paper notes a Lang birth in the Teton canyon and urges Chateau residents to buy locally to sustain town currency. It discusses Montana freight rate debates, calls for fair state commission investigation, and opposes both cut rates hindering service and excessive rates harming citizens.
Mildred Houck has been absent due to illness. The school schedules a Friday debate and a Lincoln birthday program with essays by Dolly Graves and readings by Rita Cohoe Harold Forrest and Ruth Zimmerman. Third and fourth grades prepare songs and readings, and a Valentine box event is planned for fifth and sixth graders.
Dorothy Pridham outlines plans to improve Choteau including new sidewalks, paved streets, wider thoroughfares, and removal of saloons. Proposals cover sewers, lighting, electricity, better phones and telegraphs, stores, factories, hotels, boulevards, water supply, grain elevators, mail service, shops, dairies, policing, a business college, and a hospital.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an uncured case of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Financial trust noted by National Bank of Commerce stating F 7 Cheney is honorable and able to meet obligations after 15 years of business history.
The passage expresses optimism for Choteau's future and a hopeful outlook on community progress and development. It reflects a forward-looking sentiment without detailing specific plans or events.
The Great Northern quoted 5.15 on Bear Creek coal but later found the old 4.35 rate in effect. After selling a car the railroad collected 4.35 and the dealer will raise lump price to 7.50 at the bin until the rate is settled. Trade is given benefit during the adjustment.
A. O. Pond reports a 36 pound weight loss since fasting. A. J. G. Bair returns from Great Falls. The Montana Agriculture Department issue arrives with valuable information. Articles of incorporation filed for Pondera County Abstract Co and Toole County Abstract Co. Lang Construction Co. rep J. P. Humphreys in Chateau for store front project. contract to be let Saturday. Young Ladies Sewing Club meeting postponed to February 17 at Miss Beale's with Mrs. Cowell.
Notice to all applicants that grazing permits for cattle horses and sheep in the Lewis and Clark National Forest must be filed at Chateau Montana on or before March 20 1914. Forest Supervisor Thos C Spaulding will provide fee information and blank forms upon request.
The Indian bureau reports 11 242 Indians in Montana with allotment funding proposed at 11 700 for Fort Belknap land division. It notes completed allotments on Blackfeet Flathead Fort Peck and ongoing work on Crow. New steps target Fort Belknap and Northern Cheyenne with partial allotment planned for Fort Belknap. Vital 1913 Montana Indian stats include births 401 deaths 369 tuberculosis cases 105 among children under three. Housing totals show 2 752 permanent houses and 384 tents. Hospital data cover one agency with capacity 11 beds and 236 admissions in 1913. Dr Murphy cites need for hospitals on Blackfeet and other reservations.
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