Beach notes and town news from Chateau area
Local items report residents including John Bouma and Herman Lindseth with canal work, house calls, visits, and new purchases. Several trips to Brady Great Falls Iowa and Fairfield are noted along with social events, dances, and a Farmington Chateau baseball game 9 to 5. Obituary mentions Mrs Slanger's mother in New York and the death of Howard Kathman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaz
P. Claudy
John
Bouma
Maxwell
Herman Lindseth
Farmers Co-operative Canal Cn
Dan Ledgerwood
Chateau
Bonnieview
Henry Schrader
Floyd
Ruth Bartsch
Mary Longmuir
Brady
Bartsch
Longmuir
Mabel Hanson
Fairfield
Hilbert Munson
Ae Ed. Bollerud
East
Andrew T. Austad
Adrian Poothysen
Schrader
Hildegarde Lindseth
Ruth Tweet
John Rathman
Great Falls
Nels Austad
L. J. Otness
Frank Sparks
Eleanor and
Melen Lindseth
Poothuysen
Ruth Bartseh
Richard Reiding
Dickey
Choteau
Oscar Carlson
J. J. Dickey
Iowa
John Kathman
Ernest Arnesmeyer
Milwaukee
Mr. Kathman
Power
George Slanger
New York
Charles Schirmer
Little Howard
Jake Otness
Farmington
Eldorado Ditch Co
Bryant Truchot Cleared for Reserve Officer Post
Friends report Bryant Truchot passed a physical examination with one hundred percent and has filed for reserve officer status. They anticipate a fine officer and express pride in his accomplishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant Truchot
Bryant
Shooting Fish in Guiana Indians Use of Bows and Arrows
Indians in Guiana still hunt fish with bows and arrows and use blow-guns and poisoned darts for birds and small animals. Bows of letterwood five feet long, arrows five to six feet, with steel points or socketed heads for large fish. A harpoon-like line pulls in fish by a toggle head. birds use feathered arrows. Hunter stands naked except for a loin-cloth, calls fish with a hand signal, or lures them with pods and seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiana
A. Hyatt Verrill
Harper's Magazine
Agawam Visitors and Local Family Calls Across Town
Agawam residents discuss weekend visits with Mrs Hannam and Mr ONeil and family. Grace and Florence Talofson traveled to Fairfield to visit Aunt Mrs Tweet. Hannams and relatives went to Rosbond County to locate land. W C T A met with Mrs Nyberg to organize Red Cross work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannam
William
Talofson
William O’neil
Grace
Florence Talofson
Fairfield
George Tweet
Frank Hannam
Rosbnd County
C. A. Nyberg
Red Cross
Power Items and Social News from Power
Warm week drives residents to cool spots as car trips to Sun River and Spring Creek, camping in Sun River canyons, and fishing trips become common. Local church attendance was high with Rev. Kumnick visiting Farmington next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun River
Spring Creek
C. Morgan
Chateau
Bok
John Rathman
Arensmeyer
Farmington
Kumnick
Fred Gill
Wheatland
N. D
L. C. Carver
North Dakota
Miles City
Gill
Stella Armstrong
Bozeman
Great Falls
Oscar Gilmer
R. H. Witzgerald
F. B. Oson
South Dakota
M. Fields
Fairfield Beach
Steere
M. G. Carver
C. F. Elisbury
Vern
L. A. Meagher
G. G. DeJong
C. J. Brandon
Sun River Canyon
The Many Kinds of Owls and Their Nightly Foe
The piece describes about two hundred owl species from tiny to large fierce birds like the golden owl and hawk owl. It notes daytime daunt and nighttime prowess, nesting in hollows and towers, diverse appearances, and some owls doing more good than harm for humans.
Notice for Publication of Time Appointed for Proving Will
In the District Court of Montana Teton County the estate of James McLain, deceased, is set for proving the will on August 3, 1917 at 10 a m in Château. Sophia McLain applies for letters testamentary and any interested person may appear and contest. Dated July 11, 1917. Paul Jacobson, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Eighth Judicial District
State of
Montana
County of
Teton
James McLain
Said Court
Chateau
County of Teton
James MacLain
Sophia McLain
Paul Jacobson
Troubles of Wives Prompt Lively War Talk in New York
Gen Sir Sam Hughes recalls a London boarding house meeting between a Canadian soldier's wife and a South African soldier's wife. The South African wife laments long ostrich farm absences while the Canadian wife notes her husband being away two weeks at a time on a lark. The anecdote underscores wartime separations faced by spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Hughes
Canada
New York
London
South Africa
Schopenhauer Meets Lady Byron in Zurich Table D Hote
In Geneva Schopenhauer dines daily at a table d hote where famed visitors sometimes sit beside him. Once Lady Byron ate nearby and the host teased him asking if he knew who sat next. Schopenhauer regrets not telling her to be rude, fearing a rebuke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schopenhauer
Geneva
Lady Byron
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F. M. Rails
Great Falls, Mont
Arthur D. Johnson & CO
E. J. Liptak
General Insurance Agency
Choteau, Montana
Truchot Ranch
Zie
H. T. DeMaranville
Chateau, Montana
Wees
Durham
E. H. Ganong
White
H. Bamburger. Cum
Bath
Strabane
Chateau Garage
Acantha
Samuel Henry Haas
First National Bank
Hartman & Hotaling
Merchants Cafe
R. J. Bonin
McDonald Block
Paul Mathis
T. H. Givens
J. H. GC
Emerson Automatic
Chas. F. Suiste
Agawam
Farmers Co-operative Canal Co
Chateau Land & Loan Co
Minneapolis
E. McCullough
Mont
Jerry Siccema
Avery
Smith
Haskell
T. S. Gap
Mary C. Taylor
C. Morge RR
Certe
Odenwald Bros
International Commission
Philippines
Berlin
Iowana
Registra. Co
Red Shed
Chateau, Tion
Oregon
California
United States
Grant Lands Locating Co
Portland
Thos. Gray
Chamberlains
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