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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1927
Page
2
A Chaucerian column discusses relatives and gossip, noting how kinship persists across distance. It cites Cal Coolidge and Charles Lindbergh as examples, pondering how fame alters who claims kinship, with playful contrasts between distant relatives and public figures.
The piece describes fearless wildlife in Yellowstone and Glacier regions and promotes Montana as a vacation hub for Pacific coast travelers. It chronicles a National Park Chevrolet tour starting in Los Angeles, visiting Zion, Grand Canyon, Bryce, Cedar Breaks, Salt Lake City, Denver, Lookout Mountain, Rocky Mountain parks, Pike’s Peak, Garden of the Gods, Royal Gorge, Mesa Verde, Glacier, Spokane, Seattle, Mt. Rainier, Portland, Crater Lake, Mt. Lassen, Redwood Highway to San Francisco, Yosemite, General Grant, Sequoia, and back to Los Angeles to complete a west coast national park circuit.
The piece argues against Montanans abandoning their native summers for California’s climate, calling California summers cooler and winters warmer. It ridicules climate sales pitches and notes California babies and infants’ clothing trends as proof of superior climate and vitality, concluding that native Montanans would not summer elsewhere.
The National Parks tour car piloted by Frank J. Maloney and C. P. Shaw passed through Choteau en route to Glacier Park and San Francisco in mid August. It visited Yellowstone, with stops at Mammoth Hot Springs, Artist Point and Inspiration Point, drawing praise from park officials and local Chevrolet dealers.
Mr and Mrs Jas T Robison and children John and Mary Ellen met President Coolidge at the summer White House in Rapid City South Dakota during a two week visit on their way east by auto. They traveled with a letter of introduction from Congressman Scott Leavitt and plan to spend a year in Tolland Connecticut with Mrs Robisons relatives.
Agnes L Chamberlain formerly Dailey of Great Falls Montana filed intent to make final three year proof to establish her homestead claim for W1%4SE% NEUSE Sec 31 and NWSW Sec 32 T25N R7W Montana. Proof to be given before the U S Land Office Register on August 30 1927 with witnesses Emil Durr A D McGillis Earl Della baugh and H G McKinley of Montana. First pub July 21 last Aug 18.
Arthur A Wells of Chateau Montana filed notice of intent to make final three year proof to establish his homestead claim on land in Township 24 North Range W Montana. The proof is to be made before the Register U S Land Office at Great Falls on August 15 1927 for the SW and EENWYX of Section 7 and Lot 1 in Section 6.
The poem laments a stubborn typographic error slipping into print and stunning the newsroom. It compares the blemish to a lurking worm that grows to a looming mountain size once ink hits the paper, provoking boss and reader outrage.
John R. Young James Peebles and George Moore all of Chateau Montana and J E Young of Stockett Montana referenced in probate filing. M D Nicholson Register notes first publication July 7 last August 4.
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