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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1916
Page
8
Correspondence from a corps of writers covers local items in and around Teton County. Community notices include events, brief updates, and reader contributions from multiple towns and neighborhoods.
Local notes report Arthur Davidson has a new motor cycle and Jesse Metz will carry Chateau mail for two weeks during haying. Several social visits occur around Chateau including Mrs John Hannon and Miss Helen Taylor with Mrs J W Kerr and others.
Local notes report a residential project near completion by Louie Jackson finishing work for Mr Pike. The community notes include travels to Chateau Great Falls and Sloan and a wool sale trip to Great Falls by Chas Davis and Wm Wallace. A dance drew a fair crowd and several families visited, with July 29 registration deadline urged for voters.
Mr and Mrs John Olstad entertain at their home with Miss Katherine Hartney of Dupuyer visiting from the university summer school in Bozeman. The event marks birthday week at Gerrit.
Janszen home hosts birthday celebration for Mr and Mrs Janszen. Anton Holm builds an addition to his residence as Henry Hanson carts lumber for a new granary. A daughter arrives for Mr and Mrs John Bjork. Walfred Johnson returns to S T ranch after floods. Mrs O P McElmeel makes a business trip to Great Falls. Irene Jones visits schoolmates. Janszen visit Chateau hospital. Sexton Show company official visits. Community club and Wiseman district mothers entertained. Bole merchants fix August 18 celebration. Register for August primaries by July 29.
Agawam items note visitors from Great Falls and Fort Benton. Mormon elders baptized children at the Canfield home. Mrs. Gewald of Fort Benton visiting Otto Wagnild, who is her daughter’s mother. A dinner for 24 hosted by Frank Hannum and daughter Imogene. Families travel for mountain outing. Milwaukee trains expected by Sept 1.
Rapid growth in Fairfield with new buildings under way including Cunningham’s restaurant Broom’s garage and a planned grist mill. Fred Schoenseigel begins a fine new building. Meat Market nearing completion and a large lodging house planned. W C T U entertained with seven new members. Sunday school attendance 61 and church attendance 80. local notices of visitors and gatherings plus a Fairfield baseball victory 4 to 3 at Chateau.
John Langwald began construction on a new ranch house north of town. Miss Ruth Young and V. Vance aut oed down from Spring Valley Sunday returning the same day. F. Oulton of Chateau has breaking done on his ranch southeast of town. Miss Maude Williams and her father and Sam Schruman spent Sunday at the Williams home near Sloan.
Rev Paul M Adams of Wesleyan University spoke at the Collins school auditorium on Sunday. A Woodrow Wilson rally planned for last week was delayed until Monday evening due to Chateau delegates' mud hole delay until 10 pm. Miss Olive Selin visited Collins last Thursday campaigning for county superintendent.
The piece argues that Montana businessmen, not abstainers, favor prohibition for economic reasons. Liquor is said to reduce efficiency and waste money that could fund development and civic needs. It notes Russian wartime vodka revenue concerns and suggests national revenue would rise if wasteful spending ends.
Prohibition must be national to be effective says some. Montana is described as the third largest state with 543 miles by 280, population about 625,000 as of Jan 1 1916. The first railroad reached Montana in 1883 and the state has 41 counties.
For sale large selection of vegetables and garden plants offered by Wm Lantz of Box Elder Montana. See page four for details.
Five year old heavy set light bay gelding, weight about 1050 pounds, branded C on left neck. $5 reward for information leading to recovery. Maynard Genger, Fairfield, Montana. 30-tf
W F Scott offers direct farm loan service from Helena Montana. Prefers beach grain lands south of Chateau area or nearby. also considers loans on raw wheat or grain lands. Personal inspections with no delays, no commissions, or red tape. Provide land description, location, loan amount, purpose, and general borrower information in the first letter.
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