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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1910
Page
1
The funeral of Lewis Savik was held at the family residence just south of Bynum Saturday at 10 o clock a m. Rev. H A Prescott led the service. A large crowd attended and followed the hearse to the Chateau cemetery where the remains were interred shortly after noon.
Jos Bean a well known Dupuyer horse raiser died last Saturday in a Great Falls hospital after a long life as a frontier pioneer. His remains were taken to Clemons for interment.
F H Federhen J S Commissioner Justice of the Peace and Votary Public endorses fire insurance matters in Montana. Local records show the official positions and affiliations guiding public safety and insurance oversight in the state.
The fall referendum on a Montana tax amendment could curb state advertising and funding for education and public services if rejected. Projections show current revenue in the general fund at about 1.26 million last year and an estimated 1.40 million this year, with potential changes tied to assessed property values and a 230 mill levy only if certain thresholds are met.
Bynum Ewina Grinnell of Missoula visits her aunt Mrs Weyman this summer. Rev Father McCormack and a brother visited Cashman ranch last week. Mrs D Witharne of Radersburg arrived to visit Kid Stonehouse's family. Robert Golding and wife moved to Bennett Gelding's ranch for haying. Paul Haugen and niece Miss Peterson arrived from Norway. Mrs Iverson of Great Falls attended the funeral of Lewis Savilli. Auction sale of N O Saterlie and R L Stonehone well attended. Lena Saterlie arrived to spend the summer. Haying is in full force locally.
New Outlook piece cites Roosevelt urging a direct primary law for New York. Banquet in St Louis to back Governor Molk as presidential candidate appears successful though no names are given. Miss Jane Addams earns Yale master of arts, first woman honored by the institution. President Taft signs orders withdrawing vast coal lands. Robert H Taft injured in automobile incident blamed on him according to Massachusetts highway commission.
Hinsdale Montana July 7 10 Mr Chas S McDonald Chateau Montana Dear Sir Mr I C Leedy General Immigration Agent Great Northern Railway advises they plan to enlarge the exploitation of Montana agricultural resources especially Northern Montana As director of the state fair pledge your county exhibit for next state fair to be used by Great Northern for this purpose The display may be shown at Dry Land Congress National Irrigation Congress Great Northern Exhibition Room St Paul and other places They will need substantial material to cover the ground Please have your representative gather the exhibit and advise me promptly Wooldridge director for Valles Co
Mr. G. W. Christie and his son from Haverhill Mass visited Lowry for several days to buy horses and to interview the district school board trustees about a school for the new settlers. They praised Chateau and its surrounding lands.
The piece states there are 21 720 000 milking cows in the United States worth 702 945 000 dollars, with dairy products valued at about 1 000 000 000 dollars annually. It highlights dairying as vital to soil fertility and farm prosperity, noting improvements from modern creameries and higher product quality boosting consumption.
At a Friday afternoon meeting at Citizens Bank, Chateau residents organized a fire company. J N DeHaas was chosen foreman and fire warden, with Paul Jacobson and A M Walley as first and second assistants. Jas Eckford serves as secretary treasurer. petition to county commissioners seeks town limits and a special tax for fire apparatus.
The Acantha offers about a thousand free pamphlets on vericulture and allied topics. Available at Acantha cities or mailed within the county upon request, by number only and free of charge. Selected titles include Potato Diseases, Irrigation, Poultry, Garden practices, and more.
Fairfield A L Maurer of Great Falls visits family at Blue Ribbon ranch. J B Maurer hosts brothers and kin. Carolus of Kendall buys ranch and plans move. Shultz sells property to Showquist of Kendall. Adams horse ranch hosts July dances and Fourth of July festivities. Beach visitors include Cowell Young Wagner Norris and Cole. Beory Radcliffe and son Joe join from Choteau. Whitend families attend the big dance and July events on the bench.
The Carey irrigation plan along the Teton river is deemed not feasible by government and geological surveys. Montana state officials are given 90 days to argue feasibility, otherwise the Carey project lands will be rejected. Brady town and tributary areas suffer from the land hold-up as negotiations continue.
Mrs Mindy Thormas Loyce will present the Hennypeckles with local talent in a musical and humorous program in Hodgsxiss hall Chateau. Rehearsals are nightly and tickets are on sale at Drake's drug store under the Industrial society auspices.
C M Hayward of Great Falls reports the Independent telephone firm is upgrading the Montana system after acquiring Montana Telephone holdings. A ten-man force is in the field with plans to standardize service within five weeks. Work continues on the Bynum line and a marine along the Great Falls to Conrad railroad, linking northern towns and Auguatanu. Couch is president.
A senate committee reports that rising living costs stem from rapid industrial growth drawing food producers into consumers roles. Other factors include modern business practices, freight rates, and marketing tactics. Farm goods show the largest price increases, with labor unions and tariffs discussed as misattributed causes.
News covers a Great Falls 12 year old boy Herbert Schroeder shot and killed, a National Educational Association meeting in Boston naming University of Montana President Durniway as vice president, six bootleggers captured at Plentywood with fines and jail sentences, three census enumerators jailed for padding reports, census re Tak e rechecks, and Mark Neary widow of J A Neary to receive 325000 from Yellowstone County for a railroad death verdict affirmed by the Montana Supreme Court.
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