Great Northern Railway Progress Toward Chateau Arrival
Division Engineer C. D. Hickman reports the Great Northern expects a Chateau arrival within six weeks if weather cooperates. Choteau to Power covers 29.2 miles with 16.5 graded and 144000 cubic yards of dirt left. four outfits and 10 teams are active. Choteau to Bynum spans 14.8 miles with one mile graded and 20 teams, plus 165000 cubic yards remaining. 30 more teams anticipated this week. Rail and ties are arriving daily as work speeds up with additional crews.
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C. D. Hickman
Acantha
Great Northern
Chateau
Choteau
Power
Bynum
Montana Agronomy Professor Resigns to Manage Large Ranch
Prof Alfred Atkinson head of the Agronomy Department at Montana State College Bozeman has resigned to accept management of a large ranch owned by the J B Long Investment Co at Great Falls. The company holds 13000 acres near Stanford in the Judith Basin. After nine years on the Bozeman faculty his departure will be a less keenly felt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Alfred Atkinson
Montana Strate College
J. B. Long Investment Company
Great Falls
Stanford
Judith Basin
Atkinson
State College
Mayor Lease Takes Office in Great Falls on May Fifth
Forest officials announce a leadership shuffle with Forest Supervisor Scott Leavitt handing Lewis and Clark duties to Thomas Spaulding. Leavitt will assume Jefferson National Forest duties June first from Great Falls, Idaho, and plans to relocate with his family soon. He travels briefly to secure housing before his move.
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Scott Leavitt
Lewis & Clark National Forest
Thos. C. Spaulding
St. Joe National Forest
St. Maries
Idaho
Leavitt
Jefferson National Forest
Federal Building
Great Falls
Chateau
Machinery Hall at Panam Expo Shows Rapid Timber Use
In San Francisco on May 5 the Panam Pacific Exposition project reports weekly timber needs of 283000 feet to finish Machinery Hall. For the week ending April 19 only 280000 feet were added. The peak build rate may reach 350000 feet weekly. The structure uses 400 tons of steel in bolts bars and shapes. The heaviest column weighs 28 tons and the heaviest truss 10 tons. Total building length is about one thousand feet and width 400 feet. Three north south peaks rise 134 feet high with 120 feet clear. 418 men are employed including 203 carpenters 165 laborers 38 iron workers 8 pile drivers and 4 locomotives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Choteau City Council Adopts Ordinances 1913
The Choteau Montana council and mayor convened April 24 and approved oaths of office with meetings set for the first Mondays. Ordinances passed cover posting requirements, ward division by Hamilton Street, license and penalties for dogs, poll tax, and general city cleanup, with J E DeHaas named police judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Hodgskiss
James Eckford
A. C. Burbank
Upavan
Gorham
Winance
Hodgskiss
Burbank
Upman
Hamilton Street
J. E. DeHaas
Ordinance for publishing and recording town ordinances
Ordinance 1 establishes the method to publish and record the town of Chateau Montana ordinances by laws and resolutions and provides proof thereof. It prohibits alteration or destruction of any ordinance records and prescribes penalties for such acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Montana
Chateau
The Heiress of Hoetown Friday Evening Show
Cha teau residents attend a high class entertainment Friday evening May 9 with a large cast including Jimmie Blake Power Jack Wright Crawford Jane Stoney Mary Darling Shannon Doolittle and many chorus members. Acts include Hoetown Postoffice Baptist Church and musical numbers with several duets and group performances. The curtain rises at 8 45 and promises a polished program followed by postcurtain attractions.
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Chateau
Jimmie Blake
Power
Jack Wright
Crawford
Jane Stoney Boy
Miss Carson
Mary Darling
Shannon Doolittle
Stuckey
Ezra Stoneyboy
Innis White Blackstone
Carson
Corporal Cannon
Read
Count Picard
Cain Congressman Drybottle
Robinson
Betty Wood
Public school folding cup puzzle combats forest fire
In Portland on April 30 authorities from Idaho Washington and Oregon back a Western Forests and Conservation Association project to supply 300000 pupils with a foldable cup puzzle. The four stage folding toy shows fire growth from carelessness to destruction and teaches forest preservation and sanitation rules.
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Portland
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Western Forests & Conservation Association
Retirement of A B Guthrie Ends Notable Editorial Era
The Cut Bank Pioneer Press notes the retirement of A B Guthrie from Chateau Acantha. Guthrie seldom produced weekly pieces but when he did he wrote with poise and dignity, reflecting a judicial temper and strong business honor. He contributed six years to the community and earned widespread respect.
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Teton County
A. B Guthrie
Chateau Acantha
Guthrie
Theaan L
Comunooper
Businges
Cut Bank Pioneer Press
Teton County Board Proceedings March 1913 Special Session
Proceedings of the Teton County Board of Commissioners from a March 1913 special session in Chateau Montana. Actions include road supervisor audits, appointment of high school trustees George F Miller Phill Cole William Cowgill, bond approvals, warrants for railway crossing, care for destitute sheep herder, and county funds deposits. Also road petitions, view reports, and county fair note.
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John Alegiler
George F. Miller
Phill Cole
William Cowgill
County Free High School
Chas. Linden
G. N. K’y Co
Collins
Sal Railway Company
Citizens State Bank of Chateau
KB. A. Forrest
G. M. Coffey
Wellenstein
Crossen
Wm. Hodgskiss
Special March Term actions in Teton County Montana
Proceedings from the Mon- Seis Special March Term 1913 in Chateau Montana record adjournments and road hearings. They note new road petitions, bridge repairs on the North Fork Sun River, awards for fencing, and plural county bonds contracts. The board appoints road supervisors, adjusts precinct boundaries, sets pauper burial prices, and schedules a final adjournment sine die.
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Toint
Radcliffe
Luton County
Covington
Lewis & Clark County
North Fork
Sun River
Board of County Commissions
Seton County Montana Special April Term Proceedings
Board met in special session April 22 1913 at Chateau Montana to approve agreements for 1913 bridge plank and lumber road work. They ordered transfers to the contingent fund approved liquor license renewal for Wm J Olliire and surveyed multiple road and bridge projects including new roads changes and hearings set for 1914. Adjourned sine die with warrants authorized for county expenses and road fund disbursements.
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Gustave
Bansun
Dupuyer-Vatler South Road
Teton Bridge
Choteau-Hellview Road
Werk
Justin Wagnner
Farus
Shelby
Call Thine
S$ North
Rumage
Toole
Ly O'Vlovka
Kuard
Sine Dle
Garrett
Chateau
Montana
Board Metal 104
OG CG. Marsh
Henry Ryan
Henry Radcliffe
Pondera
Borard
Hit of
Cowgill
H.W. Bateman
Board of Health
A. St. Gowell
JE. Webb
A.B. Divvirie
Doud
Edward J. Wirshberg
Thommas
Larson
Ulirshberg Brothers
Wankers
B.D. Forrest
Creasurer
Ns . Hirshberg
Alfred Harris
Carl Lisks
Cc. ‘T. Dusell
Relnold Pinger
Sumuel Mitchell
Martas Township
Jb. Beaupre
Bowrd
Cut Bank
Choteau
Ole G. Lee
Accet Accensesecne
Bord
E.G Garrety
L. C. Marsh
Henry Veen
Rogers- Templeton Lumber Co
Ab Fowler, Conrad, Brady, Ditton and Power
Mother's Day Observance Noted in Proclaimed Date
The piece states Mother's Day is the second Sunday in May, coming next Sunday the 11th, and prescribes wearing a white flower for deceased mothers and a red flower for living mothers as a sign of honor.
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Railroad News
Milwaukee
Agawam
Lease
Julius Hirshberg
I. H. Pridham
Billings
Mont
Yellowstone Valley
Charles O'Donnell
Sheridan Meat Co
Hoetown
Ladies’ Guild
Verna F. Bohlke
O'Neill
Monroe
Kelly
Ferris
Lepper
Exterior Hoetown Postoffice
Exterior Baptist Church
Oklahoma
Misses O'Neill
Mclean and
Alta Cohoe
Mr.Read
Miss Shannon
Mr. Powers
Mr. Myers
Missus O'Neill
Mr.Powers
Board of County Commissioners
Monnin
Tos
Itoard
Sue
Fairfield
Ust
Ross North
Chingels Power
Skulquist South Road
Northwest Quarter
Wilkins-Marins Road
Cast Quarter
Ethridge
Northvial Corner
Voor-Case Road
Porter South Road
Darwin
Theo
The
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Conrad-Choteau Road
South Road
Porter-South Road
H. KR. Sunnygarper
Vonrad
Evans D. Jones
Morton
Roberts & Richards
Wccept
Valier and
Jones Ranch Road
Range
J. J. Hughes
Fenelag
Clert
Dridwteruss Wailer Land and Water Company
Canon
Rigney Road
Mearing
Chotebavusstrabane Road
Road Supervisors of Districts No. B& 2
Wenee
Jane d. i
Yeon River
Vine Collins
Pondercowlee
Conrad-Wilcox Road
Place
Brady
Choteau First Ward
Choteaus
Win, Biggs, Expense Co
San
Northern
Bank Tribune
Goodrich
Thompson, Freight
Connor & Earhart
Martin Lien
Geen
Esee
Allen McDougall
Hal
Ives
Seton County
Ros
J. D. Adams and Co
Indianapolis
Iovia
S. I. Syse
Denny and Bynum
Hoard
Sherff
Waller-Choteau
Crangeol Road
Reupee
Sanborn
Gorten-Dutton
Ranged
McBain
Co’ Bank Sweet
H. Ul. McBair
Valier-Choteau
Township 20
Viiual
Walier Dam
NHL
Sid Road
Lion
Bath Road
Old Sweet Grass
Shelby Road
Wee Oot
North Range
Bernard Jones
Couch
Gchotenan
J. 3B
Blbett
Peter Trade
Chotextu Priest Butte
North Ranges
Teton River
Var Collins
Ponderacoulee
Conrad
Murras River
Waller
Mountain States Telephone Co
Township
G. N. Railway Co
Conrad-O'Brien Road
Kk. Scott
Pour Giri
Murdock McLeod
Daniel Whetstone
Shelby Diamater
Same
River Press Pub. Co
Irwin-Hodson Co
Barcroft-Whitney Co
Raab Collins Livnd Co
Forrest
Otee
TAD J.S. Inces
Hd Choreau L & P.co
K.P. Forrest
J.D. A
Ams & Co
House of Good Shepherd
K. C. Forrest
Choteau L. & P. Co
R. Chasse
Csccec
Halvorson & Co
Esseed LO Co
Chateau L
FE. C. Garrett
Boare
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