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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1912
Page
1
The Rod and Gun club received a new pew trap on Monday. Located in the south part of town near the old baseball diamond, the club will install the trap at once and members will begin practicing shooting.
Judge Archibald faces inquiry for accepting favors from railroads amid a broad political scramble. A socialist woman rescues the American flag from I W W demonstrators in New York May Day protests. Mexicans shoot across the border wounding an American sentry as international tensions rise. Roosevelt gains mass delegates in Massachusetts despite Taft winning primaries by about 3 000 votes. Mississippi Valley flood disasters leave over 100 000 homeless. Memorials honor Major Archibald Butt in Washington as Taft falters during remarks. Maryland GOP favors Roosevelt after state primaries, while Champ Clark leads the Democratic side.
A U S circular from the General Land Office to Montana registers clarifies enlarged homestead act rules. It explains residence and cultivation requirements for additional entries under the 1909 act, timelines for final proof, and the need to continue cultivation on the original entry. It sets precedents for settlement rights on unsurveyed land and supersedes earlier guidance. Commissioner Fred Dennety signs the directive.
The Isle of Man covers 200 square miles and has about 56 000 residents. Its three legs emblem appears on coins and is said to show the island kneeling to England, kicking at Scotland and spurning Ireland.
The March Term 1912 minutes itemize warrants drawn from General Fund and Contingent Fund including payments to coroner and justice of the peace, witnesses, court officials, lawyers, suppliers, and road work. It lists names such as Chas TH Connor Emma Braton Mabel Madison J.S. Murray Robert Lillard Jr. and many others, plus institutions like Northern Montana Lumber Co and Chateau Light Power Co.
The Northwest Development League offers five thousand dollars for the best five bushels of wheat grown in the American Northwest. The prize is the world’s greatest for wheat and will be displayed at the Northwest Products Exposition in Minneapolis from November 12 to 23. States in competition include Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. The winner receives a Big Four Farm tractor and a set of plows from Emmerson Brantingham, delivered free.
Principal W R Wyatt of Chateau public schools has been elected to superintendent of Harlowton Montana schools. He will teach history and physics in the high school, with a unanimous choice and a favourable salary. He plans to attend a twelve week summer teachers' program after two weeks remaining at Chateau.
The second Sunday in May is observed nationwide and in Chateau. The Methodist church will hold services next Sunday at 10 30 a m with a special sermon music and other features including baptism for presenting children. White carnations will be distributed to men and boys attending.
Dr W J DeCoursey and Wiss Celia Starris were married Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Dotterer of the Independent Telephone exchange with H A Prescott officiating The bride has recent service in the Chateau exchange and earlier time in Corbin Kentucky and Chicago The groom has resided in Chateau for several years and is well known in the county Friends extend warm congratulations and best wishes.
The reclamation service announces Milk River project contract letting on May 21 with the first work on the Dodson canals. The 500 mile ditch system diverts St Mary's drainage basin waters into Milk River via a 27 mile canal, reclaiming about 250000 acres.
About 46 delegates attended the GOP county convention at the courthouse with no floor friction. Committees reported, and resolutions endorsed Dixon and Pray while noting Carter's death as a loss to the state and nation. State delegates were chosen by the convention in lieu of absent precinct delegates.
Judge E K Cheadle declines gubernatorial run while Dr C A Duniway is named president of the University of Wyoming. State topics include mining pioneers, census cases, irrigation projects, sugar factory expansion, and large scale land surveys across Montana with plans to plant 20,000 acres of beets and survey over 3 million acres.
Bakker Bouma Miss Fannie Bouma of Choteau and Burton beach wed Monday in a quiet home ceremony. The marriage took place at the bride’s parents house in Conrad with the Holland congregation pastor performing the rite. Relatives and friends join in greeting the couple.
Four representatives from the county high school depart with Principal Toan for Missoula to compete in the state athletic and declamatory contest. Roger Burrell Murray Richards Denzel McDonald and Gordon Monkman seek athletic honors while Miss Clara Pinger enters the declamation event.
The undersigned will receive sealed bids for a ditch rider for the Farmers Co Operative Native Canal Co up to Saturday May 18. Bid price to be stated per month for the irrigation season. Lewis Tellefson secretary Choteau Mont.
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