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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1905
Page
5
A roundup of residents visiting Conrad Helena and Dupuyer includes A Garris Ed Hirshberg Mrs Leanpre and daughter Edna Yule and family Allison Garrett sold hay to Missoula and a May 15 stockmen meeting is announced. Details of dances, masonry installations, a cattle market outlook, and a Portland fair ticket winner are noted along with social events and local business visits.
Geo M Coffey and wife summoned to Ghoteau for ill son George who suffers tonsillitis but is now able about. The Great Corrad water shortage threatens Conrid town with a bath. Pride of Teton bull attracting rancher admiration. Assessor MecCuaig back from trip. livestock winter losses low. Great Falls land district withdraws 414,720 acres for Milk River irrigation near Shelby and Marias river.
Deputy sheriff Peter Moran brought Geo Moder from Conrad who pleaded guilty to burglary in Chateau and was jailed. Moder was caught in Rancher Bondur’s cabin with a full outfit of clothing and property. Cascade Land Company drove 600 cattle to their home ranch wintering on Walter Clark’s ranch. only four head were lost, reflecting good management. Ora Knowlton bought a fine 3 year old jack from R. D. Redman and plans mule raising. De mand for males in this industry grows with a rising import trade. At the Chateau Woodmen hall declamatory contest Patton McMurtrie won, Archie Leech second, others applauded. judges were Mrs. W. D. Luther, Joe B. Weot, and S. H. Garvin.
Montana wool production this year totals 25,009,000 pounds under contract with 90 percent expected by next week for Great Northern stations. Last year the Montana clip was 33,043,500 pounds. Some buyers expect this year’s clip to be lower than last year due to fewer sheep, though contracts anticipate heavier overall weight.
Weekly list of uncalled letters includes Burrell Henry Halsey James Sammons P a. Addressees are instructed to say advertised and pay one cent when calling. Postmaster C H Drake notes this franchise notice for the week ending May 8.
Julius Dirshberg has travelled to Helena for a short visit. Cowboy artist M. Russell and his wife are in town visiting friends and enjoying local sights.
Mrs J M Dickson arrives in Capoteau with her son and plans a few days at the home of Mrs O B Tsecott before proceeding to Dupu ter for business. W J Dawes of Eherby won the lumber contract for the Peteo Counts Pree High School to be built in Choteau this summer, with delivery at Collins. County Surveyor Shields expects a visit from his son and daughter this week. The children have lived in Scotland eight years with their grandmother and studied diligently.
The Montana and Great Northern railway plans a daily passenger service between Great Falls and Shelby starting about June 1. The southbound train would depart Great Falls around noon and reach Shelby by 3 45 p m, with return service arriving at Great Falls around 8 20 p m.
H Brownlee of Mc Laughlin Bros Kansas City Mo offers at Gorbain s stable a government approved three year old Percheron stallion weighing 1800 pounds. The animal is described as a perfect model outranking all county stock. Linzy Boust and Jon Johnson were sentenced to sixty days in Shelby county jail by Justice Dawes for petit larceny. Alta Cowell daughter of I F Cowell Dupuyerite won a recent Chinook declamatory contest and will compete at the Inter Scholastic meet in Missoula. Teton county pupils are noted as well behaved.
Trescott returns from St Paul with a cylinder press capable of four pages in six columns. The Acantha will be enlarged and likely published twice weekly. A new 20 inch perforator and wire stapling machine are added to the job department along with other labor saving devices. Dr Ernest Crutcher and County Clerk A C Warner flee with acceptance of an electric railway franchise from Choteau to Col lings Bynum Dupuyer and Great Falls. More information on the enterprise will follow.
An entertainment under the Methoist church in Dupuyer on May 30 promises to be the town’s greatest attraction in years. The Chateau Glee Club assists with the musical program, featuring new songs and notable singers including FB A Long and Prof A B Guthne among others.
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