Local News Highlights From Town and Surroundings
Local residents and visitors populate the notes with travel, meetings, and improvements. C S McDonald socialized in the malls while Mrs D D Cole prepares for the Ladies Industrial meeting on Wednesday Jan 31. T H Givens and wife tour Great Falls and Helena. Chester Maddox of the Beau pre spends a few days in the halls. Commissioner L C Marsh attends county officers convention in Missoula. A C Warner visits Great Falls for land office business. Mrs M A Wilcox stays with sister Mrs Rena in town. Rena in Great Falls. Rudolph of the upper Teton visits town on business. H Bemberger completes a two story addition expanding his south-town home. Ilo enlarges the house with four extra rooms. A H Doughty visits the Falls early in the week, then returns Tuesday and checks on Arthur Hirshberg at the hospital, reported as doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Bemberger
Ilo
A. H. Doughty
Falls
Arthur Hirshberg
Fire cisterns proceed with curb work nearly done
Progress continues on local fire cisterns with the corner of the public school grounds nearly finished aside from the curbing and cover. A report notes Miss Mary Read’s appendicitis operation in Great Falls Wednesday forenoon was very successful and she is recovering well. Frank Jefferson resumes forest service duties after a furlough, heading to Sun River station to work with Ranger Shick. Cyrus Cook returns from a year away, reporting better health and a stronger preference for Montana saumers over other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Read
Great Falls
Frank Jefferson
Forest Service
Sun River Station
Shick
Frank
Cyrus Cook
Arizona
Oregon
Idaho
Cyrus
Montana
Death of Mrs. Wallace in Alabama noted by Choteau friends
The Choteau friends of Mrs. Wallace mother of Mrs. W L Verge report her death at her Alabama home last Monday after an operation. Mrs. Wallace recently visited her daughter in Choteau and made many acquaintances and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Wallace
W. L. Verge
Alabama
Aid in Development Work Proposed for Foreign Land Info
The Northwest Development League urges federal action to publish multilingual land and farm opportunity information for arriving immigrants. A Senate bill, backed by Senator Brown of Nebraska, would require the immigration service to provide this data to new arrivals and authorize state access at ports to promote farming options. The proposal has support from the Secretary of Commerce and Labor and seeks funding and implementation through companion House legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Development League
United States
Senate
Brown
Nebraska
General Immigration Commissioner
League
Pray
Montana
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Notice of Contest for Homestead Entry Cancellation
Department of the Interior in Great Falls Montana issues a notice to Frederick C Wolfbaugh of Collins Montana that John E De Haas filed a contest to cancel his homestead entry for sections 29 and 32 in township 26 north range 1 west. Grounds state abandonment and lack of cultivation or residence. Contestant is asked to respond within twenty days after the fourth publication with a sworn answer and proof of service, or the entry will be canceled without further hearing. Data includes publication dates January February 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Toevertor
United States
Esntel Osler
Great Falls
Montana
Frederick C. Wolfbaugh
Collins
John E de Haas
Chateau
Teton County
South Hal
Montana Meridian
Frederick C. Uolibaugh
Unel
Garryman
Builbie House
Laereon
Oie
Aith
ER. L. Barnes
Qdd Fellows Install at Chateau Lodge No 11
Chateau lodge number 11 installed its officers at a Saturday meeting on January 13. New officers include N G A Smith V G E L Jourdonnais Sec Chas H Cocnor Treas J G Jackson Warden PF Foltz Conductor Kenneth McKenzie I G N P Truchat O G Red Mcleod RS N G C IL Perris L S N G C G Monkman RS V G H J MsGregor L S V G James Smith Chaplin C O Odenwald RS B S H W Kelly L B S C8 Parker
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Lodge
N. G
A. Smith
V. G
E. L. Jourdonnais
Chas
H. Cocnor
Treas
J. G. Jackson
PF. Foltz
Kenneth McKenzie
I. G
N. P. Truchat
O. G
O. G.—Red Mcleod. R.S. N. G
C. IL Perris
C. G. Monkman
RS. V. G
H. J. MsGregor
James Smith
Chaplin
C. O. Odenwald
H. W. Kelly
Parker
Notice For Public Land Sale Isolated Tract Great Falls
Notice is given that under the act of June 27 1906 the U S Land Office Great Falls Mont will offer at public sale at 10 oclock a m on February 24 1912 the nw4 ow4d and se4 awd4 sec 15 t 25 n r 2 w M M to the highest bidder Persons adversely claiming the land should file claims or objections on or before sale date J L Barniss Register C A Wilson Receiver First pub 1 18 12
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Great Salls
Mont
General Land Office
J. L. Barniss
Register
C. A. Wilson
Great Falls
General Jand
Ned Swd
Barnes
Register. Co. A
Wilson
Kirst Pub
U. S. Land Office
Montana
Congress
R. Sw
M. M
Bel Barnes
Legister
U. 8
Commissioner of the
Ned
E. L. Barnes
A. Wilson
General Land Onice
Swe
Public Land Sale Notice in Great Falls Montana
Public sale scheduled at the Great Falls land office on February 21 1912 at 2 PM for the s2 of section 10 township 50 range 7 west M M under the provisions of the act. Land office official Is L Barnes Register issues the notice with first publication January 18 1912.
Lucky Thompson Found After Twenty-Five Years Of Search
Zachary Taylor Thompson, long feared unlucky, is traced to a missing estate after his brother Winfield Scott Thompson died ten years earlier. The estate valued at about 200 000 was to pass to chai trust if not located by year end. A lawyer client of the executors finally identifies Thompson and reveals the fortune turning his luck around.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deaid
Achary Taylor
Taylor
Edward Prentiss Thompson
Winfield Scott Thompson
Chaii
Thompson
vaHed
Notice for Public Land Sale at Great Falls
Department of the Interior and General Land Office announce a public sale of land described as the ned net sec 14 t 26 nr 4 W in Montana. Sale set for February 20, 1912 at 10 am to the highest bidder. adverse claimants must file objections by sale time. E. L. Barnes, Register. A. Wilson, Receiver. First pub. January 18, 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Great Falls
Montana
Commissioner of the
General Land Office
Congress
Ned
We. M
Also Mentioned on This Page
C.S. McDonald
Ladies' Industrial
D. D. Cole
T. H. Givens and
Wife
Helena
Chester Maddox
the Beaupre
L. C. Marsh
County Officers’ Convention
Missoula
A.C. Warner
M. A. Wilcox
Rena
Mrs. Rudolph
Upper Teton
A. E. Rogers
Great Falls, Montana
Ask Gov
Haugen
Qdd
G. Barnes
iReceiver
E. J. Barnes
Ua. Wilson
LUCKY _ THOMPSON
Chancery Court
Zachary Thompson
Zachary
Dees
New York
Hongkong
Anna E. Frazier
Township
Range
Meridian
Y. F. L. Barnes
Pirst Pub
A L. Barnes
C.A. Wildon
E. &. Barnes
C. H. Connor
O. M. Nordhagen Merchant Tailor
Choteau, Montana
E.L. Barnes
Vpirst Pub
Ce pereHte
Kodak
W. A. Emerick
Choteau House
J. A. Baart
Veniences
J. M. Weaver
H.R. Thompson
Mont. Collins, Mont
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