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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1923
Page
3
Walter Hill, Montana ranchman and heir to James J. Hill, along with Louis Hill, directs distribution of 3 million dollars in rare treasures and antiques. Heirs met daily to allot items, using a Kelly pool bottle to decide outcomes after a lengthy court dispute.
The Hill family estate division uses a Kelly pool with 25 cent bets and up to a dollar stakes. Walter J Hill, son of James J Hill, proposed the pool box to decide ownership of the estate. He drew Bill No 1 as the first shake, with prizes including a $10,000 picture and a $10,000 ring among heirlooms.
Roy L. Diggs of the T C Power Motor Car company announces a Montana contest for youths under 15. The top essay on Why We Should Buy a Studebaker earns 75 dollars in gold, with 25 for second and 10 for third. Entrants must mail by July 15 to Helena after applying by June 15.
An aged Louis Riel ally recounts his 40 years roaming the Missouri region. He details battles at Fort Pitt, escape with Dumont after the defeat, and an early mining venture in Beaverhead county. He reflects on joining Riel out of youth's adventurous spirit and association with the half breeds along the river.
Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey landed in Great Falls amid a record crowd at the station to begin training for the July 4 Shelby bout with Tom Gibbons. He praised manager Jack Kearns’s choice of Great Falls and spoke of tough weeks ahead, aiming to weigh 180 185 pounds.
Former Montana lieutenant governor William R. Allen will travel to Boston to answer an indictment charging him with conspiracy to defraud the Boston and Montana copper mining project. His counsel, Thomas I. Hogan, said a Chicago meeting convinced him Allen had committed no law violation and that only a nominal salary from the Allen Stack company was ever received.
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