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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1905
Page
5
I offer 31 shares of water in the El dorado Co operative Canal Co for rent in Pua. I am Coie, Agent based in Choteau Montana.
Collins visitors include Frixel and A C Burbank new deputy in the assessor’s office. A bachelor’s banquet tonight at the town hall. a calico ball March 17 at Woodmen hall Chateau with supper at Beaupre house. Bruces head to Great Falls. Willis Norred joins E B Leech at Dupuyer.
W N Gaines of Shelby and H C Gaines of West Butte travel to the city to monitor the case of J W Speer, receiver for the Montana Co-Operative Ranch company, against Gaines in the Great Falls Leader report.
Thos L Thompson has shown notable improvement this morning after several days of serious pneumonia. The report brings relief to his many friends across the county.
Miss Agnes Hanson who had been seriously ill for several days was moved to her sister Mrs H F Bailey’s home on the Burton bench last week and is now reported considerably improved.
Attorney Phil I. Cole returned from Dupuyer where he represented Moritz Uhlich in a land contest against George A. Blair. Testimony was taken before Geo. W. Magee, U. S. Commissioner.
Mountain Meadow Camp No 234 WQO W will host a masquerade ball at Gordon's in Dupuyer on the evening of March 17. Good music and a good time guaranteed. Everybody invited.
The district court will convene at Chateau next Monday morning at 10. The first criminal case on the docket is the state versus Eid Challenger, charged with stealing rifles from a G N Ry car at Conrad several months ago.
Levi J. Burd of Browning filed a petition with the district court clerk to be appointed administrator of the Samuel C. Burd estate. The hearing is set for March 8 before Judge J. E. Erickson. James Sulgrove is attorney for the petitioner.
Work began this week on J G Bair's new frame building to replace the ore storage destroyed by fire. The 25 by 36 foot two story structure is being constructed by C W Wymer and H W Kelley.
A weekly update reports no new smallpox cases in Chateau or Teton county. All patients at the county hospital have recovered and will be released from quarantine next Monday morning. The likelihood of an epidemic in the area remains uncertain.
The Cheateau Mercantile Company offers a reversal scheme for February 13 1905 and extends it into March. Customers may bring counter slips from cash purchases to receive their money back, applicable to one day’s cash purchase in all departments including dry goods.
A Farmers' Institute convened at the courthouse in Choteau last Friday afternoon and evening. Attendees included farmers and locals interested in agriculture and stockraising. State board members I D O'Donnell of Billings Dr McClure of Helena and Prof Atkinson of Bozeman spoke along with local speakers, earning strong interest and appreciation.
Helena February 28 John P Schmit state land office registrar made semi monthly settlement with State Treasurer J H Rice depositing 10342 dollars into funds including school income 985016 permanent school 4800 university bond 70 normal school bond 53 agricultural college bond 130 deaf and dumb bond interest 25 capital building 229 agricultural college income 20 February total 17832 last quarter receipts 84369 a slight decrease from last year.
John McDonald a former Chateau resident aged about 35 died at Columbus hospital in Great Falls last Saturday after a brief pneumonia illness. His brother Hector McDonald, employed with the Conrad Investment Company near Conrad, is the only relative in this section. Funeral arrangements are pending and the body is expected to arrive in Chateau this evening for burial tomorrow afternoon. He was from a prominent Prince Edward Island family with many relatives there. He had lived in Montana for several years and had many friends who lament his passing.
Joe Dixon of Montana and Representative Mondell of Wyoming led a floor fight in Washington on Saturday to raise appropriations for public land surveys. They secured an amendment increasing the survey funding from 300000 to 400000 dollars, enabling about 160000 additional acres of land surveys in Montana this year.
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