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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1914
Page
2
Announcements under this heading list candidates for various parties for the primary election. Publication will continue from now until the primary date AHERN 25 1914. The rate is five dollars.
James Innes announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for county assessor. He asks for support in the race to manage property assessments and local tax duties.
E. D. Forrest announces his bid for the office of county treasurer in Teton County pending the Democratic voters primary on August 25, 1914.
County attorney candidate T H Pridham announces his bid for the Republican nomination in Teton County Montana. He pledges a "A Square Deal" to all voters and urges public support.
A candidate for county clerk in Teton County on the Republican ticket seeks support for the August 25 1914 primary election. The message includes remarks on campaign counsel and references various humorous and editorial quotes from period newspapers.
Captain Charles W. Van Way reports higher prices for aged remounts as costs of rearing a colt climb. The Fort Keogh station now pays 160 dollars for mature five year olds, with 700 to 1000 head planned for winter. About 140 staff including 60 riders run a gentling program producing better mounts across three remount stations nationwide.
The Forest Service reports a 918,798 allocation for July 1, 1914 to June 30, 1915 to protect 23 million acres across Montana Idaho north of the Salmon river and parts of North and South Dakota. Headquarters are at Missoula. About 550,000 will be spent in Montana with plans to start work immediately and revise if Congress acts.
Billings church delegates to the Epworth league convention argued for an hour over a local moving picture show. The choirmaster held an open hymnbook and led the group in Faith of our fathers living still as they sang and asserted devotion over entertainment.
A large Fourth of July celebration in Clyde Park featured races, ball games, and a basket picnic with several hundred guests. Fort Yellowstone ball team played Shields Valley, with a second game booked for Sunday July 5.
Butte Local No 1 of the Western Federation of Miners resumes business after officers fled during a meeting that was broken up and the hall dynamited. Many members signed the new membership rolls as the old list was lost in the blast.
Prof. Alfred Atkinson of the state agricultural college at Bozeman met in Clyde Park with Fred C. Sumner president of the Montana Seed Growers association to lay plans for the 1914 convention.
Miss Grace Fuller, mourning Thomas Darling, attempted suicide at Dodson cemetery during his burial. She collapsed into the open grave and is seriously ill in a Malta hospital, not expected to survive.
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