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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1917
Page
1
Public notice warns Montanans to prevent fires under state sections 8768 8769 and federal criminal code of March 4 1909. It details penalties for negligent and malicious arson and for leaving fires unattended on public domain forests and Indian lands.
The schedule shows Rev Haley visiting towns for July with services in Red Cross Tall at Bole Choteau Episcopal church Lake Basin schoolhouse Porter schoolhouse Valier Glacier Park Cio teau and Dutch locations including morning and evening services.
Choteau Lodge No. 1443 Loyal Order of Moose organized under state director A. R. Ableman. Charter list includes 75 applications, 47 in the class. new members initiated include Robert C. Wood Archie Richardson W D Streeter Earl Graham Danbury and many others. Officers elected: Dictator C A Cowell Vice Dictator Clarence Looney Prelate Bert Christie Secy Roy Carson Treasurer W E Howard Sergeant-at-Arms Richard Myers Inner Guard Ray Edgar Outer Guard Henry Nyhns Trustees George Burrell O M Johnson L T Thompson. A banquet followed at the Commercial Hotel with a full program of songs dances and talks on the order's good of the order.
The pastor will preach morning and evening next Sunday. Morning text is Psalms 130 1 Out of the Depths Have I Cried Unto Thee O Lord. Annual conference marks end of year and will convene at Lewistown August 15. Five Sundays remain plus a little over a month to finish year work.
President Wilson issues a proclamation to draft the National Guard into the U S Army on August 5 to enable deployment to Europe. Northern and eastern regiments will be mobilized July 15 and 25, with 14 camp sites chosen across southeastern, southern, and western departments for sixteen divisions. The two confirmed camps are Linda Vista, California, for the nineteenth division and Palo Alto, California, for the twentieth, encompassing Idaho Montana Oregon Washington and Wyoming.
A published list shows volunteers registered on June 5 1917 under the conscription act who have since enlisted. It includes Patrick M Campbell Bynum app seaman Walter Kimble Davis Cut Bank infantry Gordon Davis Conrad U S Navy William W Durkee Cut Bank U S Navy Joseph H Harris Chateau infantry Charles Luthi Conrad field artillery Ed Schumacher Power infantry William H Smith Manson infantry Rupert W Ward Kalma navy Raymond Earl Wise Bynum app Alphonse E Colpaert Walier field artillery Edward Erickson Conrad infantry
In Browning on July 3 4 and 5 about 1500 Piegan Indians gathered on the camp ground for the Fourth of July festivities. A medicine lodge was raised the evening of the 3rd followed by sacred dances. Visitors included W W Van Orsdel and his brother Fletcher Van Orsdel, with Brother Van having long ties to the tribe and religious services among them.
The July commissioners meeting authorized a surveyor’s assistant at 125 dollars monthly and other assistants at 65 dollars daily. Deputy sheriff salaries were raised and a Dutton deputy set at 50 dollars monthly. Health Officer McGregor recommended a county visiting nurse to inspect sanitary conditions in schools and homes. District No. 60 was created from district 5 on the Burton bench, and J. H. Barnett was named military intelligence officer for a statewide military survey.
The ladies of the Red Cross host an ice cream social and rally at Bole on Friday night July 13. All are welcome.
Letters sent to Chateau Montana chapter chairmen outline continued strict accounting for war funds. A vast data request seeks branch names officers and locations. Local auxiliaries urged to send officer lists to J C Morgan promptly for compliance.
County Superintendent Grace M. Thompson awarded eighth grade diplomas to numerous pupils from schools across Teton County after the April May and June 92 percent examinations. Read lists include Chateau Milford Wearley Guthrie Rains Timothy Yeager Andrews Cleland Delaney Hall Haugen Heaby Martine Miller Pridham Trescote McNeal Hazel etc. Dupuyer students Geo Magee Lepper Russell Embody await final papers delayed in mail.
The new school law requires district clerks reports by July 20 with trustees due August 1 and teachers reports overdue since July 10. District financial reports must be posted by July 20. The school year now runs from July 1 to June 80.
A national defense program held at Chateau on Wednesday evening drew praise for its informative talks and entertainment. Rev Bennett of Great Falls presented a patriotic address, Mrs Whitcomb demonstrated canning, and Prof Whitcomb spoke on better farming.
The Clerk of the Court Jacobson reported marriage licenses issued in the past week. John Orton and Lena Matt of Browning. Wm Rose and Josephine Night Shoot of Cut Bank. Wim J Heckford of Lewistown and Petronella Hopitzaun of Poxer.
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