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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1929
Page
7
A Billings burial ground, Boothill Cemetery, holds mainly men who died violent deaths reflecting the era’s rough mix of firearms and liquor. Records show the site’s grim purpose and the perilous lives surrounding this frontier community.
The Coulson Boothill cemetery hosts tales from 1879 to 1882 of frontier violence. Burials include Nez Perce victims Clint Dill Milton Summers and frontier figures Muggins Taylor Dutch Charley and Judge Edward Fawkes. Accidents, fights, and a notable gun incident involving Alderson and Currier shaped its legend. The site was later preserved by I. D. O'Donnell and deeded to Billings.
A Montana summit of mayors and city attorneys in Helena chaired by Great Falls Mayor K B Mitchell endorsed a revolving fund for special improvement bonds and urged state action on zoning, contracting for public works, and auto driver licensing. The group pressed for annual tax collections and broader city control over improvements and delinquent liens, naming a five member committee to draft measures for the upcoming legislature.
The Montana national bison range in lower Flathead Valley grows from 40 to about 450 buffalo along with 100 deer 100 mountain sheep and 200 elk on 18500 acres. The range aids other wildlife and ducks and geese, with culling since 1924 to control overpopulation.
Planned February 22-23 at Winifred covers speakers from Bozeman extension service and other experts. Attendees include local farmers and interested residents, with sessions on farming practices and crop improvements.
The Northern Pacific prepares the world’s largest locomotive for freight service between Glendive and Mandan Montana. Weighing one million pounds and costing 150 000 to 175 000 dollars it delivers 6000 horsepower. It pulls up to 4000 tons on grades and uses 20 tons of coal and 14 400 gallons of water per hour.
A 100-ton ledge near South Baxter basin bears an inscription reading J. H. Bridger 1828 carved by Jim Bridger, whose life as trapper scout and guide shaped western migration. The piece notes Bridger’s burial in Washington Cemetery Kansas City and his enduring legend as a frontier figure and pioneer of the Great Plains and Westward expansion.
Grace Stone Coates of Martinsdale and William 4H. Holiday of Butte earn O Brien s Best Short Stories of 1928 honor rolls. Braithwaite includes Lew Sarrett Warren W. McLeod and James Marshall in recent verse collection. Coates has three poems in the American Mercury via H G Merriam of Missoula Frontier editor.
Robert J Myhrvold 35 of Chinook an IRS employee and former state board of equalization field man drank two poisons then jumped from a top floor Y M C A window in Helena. He died at a hospital after leaving a farewell note saying he had been slipping for some time.
A Beecher quotation condemns the urge to chase every innuendo and falsehood aimed at a man. It reflects on the futility of pursuing every insinuation and misrepresentation in public life.
A large steam locomotive operates its reverse gear by steam and is stoked automatically. It was designed to pull trains over mountain grades without assistance from other engines.
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