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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1906
Page
1
A column tone piece muses on the coming railroad era and the imagined future of Chateau with bold civic visions. It blends social satire with a vision of growth in Teton county including streets, institutions, and diverse residents. The narrator laments political folly while praising progress and utopian prospects.
E G Case a Canton Center mail carrier in Connecticut, serving sixteen years, touts Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as king of all cough medicines for croup and colds. He says it gives certain relief with no bad after effects and is kept at home. C A Drake sells it.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Carter wins push to fund and build the St. Marys irrigation project linking St. Marys lake with Milk River after water returns to U.S. soil. Plan aims to irrigate over 1,000,000 acres in Montana and invite new settlers, with work to resume in spring.
Two more indictments from the federal grand jury were made public naming former U S Marshal Joseph P Woolman of Helena and Grand B Christian of the Sun River country for allegedly fencing government lands in Teton county. Both defendants appeared as readings were waived and bail bonds set at 1000 dollars. Also read were cases including Daniel Warren of Butte for obscene letters, horse stealing on the Flathead and Blackfeet reservations, arson, altered money orders, raising a treasury note, and other charges. Pleadings scheduled for Saturday.
The state association of assessors, meeting in Missouri, set valuations for livestock for the coming year. Range cattle at 16 dollars per head, 2-year-olds from 12, yearlings 9, beef cattle 3-year-olds at least 25, dairy cows not set, sheep at 3, buck sheep 25 and up, Angora goats at 3 and up, hogs 4 dollars, Montana horses excluded from a fixed value due to varying prices.
No opium or harmful drug in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and no danger to children. The long established medicine, over thirty years popular for colds, croup and whooping cough, is pleasant to take and trusted by families. Sold by C. H. Drake.
The Inter Mountain Educator notes Gallatin remains led by original principal George B. Swan while Teton Powell Granite and Carbon show long stability. Custer Fergus Flathead Jefferson Park changed principals once. one district had four years with new leaders and only two others changed this fall.
The week ended January 3 1906 at 6 am recorded a sequence of temperatures with daily highs and lows. Data shows notable cold spells and a few milder days as reported by the local weather station.
Town hall gathering to discuss the Sun River irrigation system powering 200000 acres, 1500 new farms, sugar beet factories, creameries, and rail expansion. Residents urged to sign petitions, fund a Washington committee, and push construction this spring. Notables Mr S B Robbins and Col J W Searls expected to attend.
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