County Division III Supreme Court Petition In Helena
Former Gov Norris filed writs of review claiming Teton county division exceeded jurisdiction by including Pondera and Toole counties while excluding others without legal petitions. The Montana Supreme Court granted the petitions returnable June 9 with Henry Jacobson and R C Rasmussen named in respective cases. The decision hinges on petitions likely to halt or alter the division work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Tomumvisioners
Teton County
Pondera‘and Toole
Supreme Court
Helena
Norris
Henry Jacobson
Henry Jacobson Is the Petitioner In the ‘Loole County Case, and R. C. Rasmussen
Pondera County
Baseball Hopes Rise as County Teams Readiness Grows
Local stars train ahead of scheduled games as Abboteau prepares its season. Dr. Powell of Valier urges county towns Conrad Shelby and Valier to boost support and arrange inter league games. Chateau plans a strong squad while Valier eyes Fourth of July celebrations.
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Abboteau
Powell of
Valier
Chateau
Conrad
Shelby
Annual Commencement Highlights at Teton County High
The Teton County High School commencement in EI S auditorium featured students Misses Hestec M. Jameson Ursula Hodgskiss Lila Armstrong and Messrs Roger Burrell and Sam Crawford presenting essays. Board president Phil I. Cole awarded diplomas and urged continued support for higher preparation next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County High School
EI. S
Rhe
Llestec M. Jameson
Ursula Hodgskiss
Lila ‘Armstrong
Messrs
Roger Burrell
Sam Crawford
Phil I. Cole
Catholic services scheduled in Chateau and Collins churches
Services will be conducted at the Catholic church in Chateau on the fourth Sunday each month with Masses at 8 and 10 30 a m Instruction follows the last mass Services will be held in Collins on the third Sunday each month at AWN talsawle 10 UNIVER i, I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Collins
Awn~talsawle
Marriage Licenses Issued for Bliss and Panchot
L. B. Bliss and Alta L. Panchot of Valier received marriage licenses issued on May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Bliss
Alta L. Panchot
Valier
New Currency Bill Aims to Expand National Bank Notes
Leaders including President Wilson and Carter Glass outline a plan to let national banks hold bonds or high quality securities as collateral. The Treasury would support notes up to about seventy percent of collateral value, boosting circulation and easing credit during crop shipments and other commerce. The bill targets elastic currency and removal of real estate lending bans, framed as nonpartisan business initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
House
Carter Glass
Committee On Banking and Currency
Treasurery Department
Treasury Department
National Baoks
National Banke
Tariff Fight Aims for Senate Finance Committee Hearings
Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee press for hearings on the tariff bill. The measure largely follows Oscar W Underwood with Wilson’s wool and sugar proposals. Democrats defend the previous House Ways and Means invitation and urge avoiding a rushed Senate vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance Committee
Oscar W. Underwood
Wilson
Committee On Ways and Means of
House
Senate
Governor and Others Going to Washington on Sun River Project
Governor Stewart plans to travel to Washington with a delegation to push Sun River reclamation work amid concerns over funding and land payments. The party aims to gather evidence of land value and secure continued federal support, with Phil IL Cola joining for about 15 days. Delays stem from insufficient funds among locators, though Port Shaw units with adequate funds succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Helena
Stewart
Sun River
Congress
Starling
Port Shaw
McDonald Plan For Large Business Block On Main Street
Charles McDonald returns from Great Falls with plans for a major 75 by 31 foot brick faced building on Main Street at the Chateau Mercantile corner. The structure includes stone facing from local quarry, concrete walls, steam heat, skylights, two main show windows, and a full second story with 32 rentable rooms and two lavatories. The adjacent Crary theatre showroom and a 24 by 98 foot store room will accompany the block as bids are opened after street grades are set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McDonald
Great Falls
Chateaut Mercantile
Main Street
Chateau Mercantile Co
Gen Theatre of
Greatalls
Choveau
Bair
McDonald
Creamery to Open Monday with Butter Fat Drive
The iChateau Creamery will begin operations Monday with butter and ice cream production. Owner DVein plans a farmers' visit drive, urging butter fat donations to support the new creamery and boost farm income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iChateau
Cdvein
Wali
Binties
Dveien
Faries Cooperative Elevator Company Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation filed for Fariers Cooperative Elevator Company of Chateau with capital stock of 50000 dollars. Incorporators are Frank A. Oulton of Missoula Joseph O Larson and Phil Cole of Choteau. Plan to operate elevators along the Barton County Railway line with at least four elevators by fall at Greenfield Choteau DeWitt and Bynur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fariers’ Co-operative Elevator Company
Chateau
Frank A. Oulton
Missoula
Yhos
O. Larson
Phil [. Cole
Choteau
Loton County Railway Company
Greenfield
Power
DeWitt
Bynur
Five Miles of Hoppers Threaten Southwest Farmlands
A five mile wide and eighteen mile long column of grasshoppers travels northeast from northeast New Mexico, denuding land and destroying foliage from Elida to Texline. The pest spreads into west Texas and western Oklahoma, starving stock like sheep. Government state and railroad experts coordinate a fight against the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Tex
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Elida
Council Proceedings May 26 1913 Selects Municipal Engineers
The council heard a proposal from Leinginger of Gethart-Jaciqueth Bug Co and read a letter from Swearengar MacCullough for municipal work. Hodgskiss moves to hire Swearing en MacCullough as municipal engineers at 15 dollars per day plus expenses per May 24 1913 letter to establish grades and profiles, with McCullough to submit a lighting street proposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upman
Gorham
Burbank
Hodgskiss
Leinginger
Laval
Gethart-Jaciqueth Bug. Co
Swearengar & MacCullough
Swearingen & MetCullough
McCullough
Notice to file claims against the town of Chateau
The town clerk of Chateau invites all claimants to file with the town clerk by 4 PM on June 2, 1913. This notice is issued by Council and Town Clerk A C Burbank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
A.C. Burbank
Milwaukee grade crews push work on right of way above town
Milwaukee grade contractors operate a camp with 25 teams three to four miles above town under Buc Helean. At Agawam a 100 head horse camp slows work due to marshy ground as crews move to Great Falls for machinery. Milwaukee plans to press ahead this summer northward.
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Milwaukee
Buc Helean
Agawam
Great Falls
Grading near Great Falls line near completion says Seims
Chester Seims of Seims and Cary, contractors on the Great Falls and Teton branch of the Great Northern, says the Pow er to Bynum grading will finish about the first of August. The Pow er to Choteau section is well along with crack laying to start by July first. The Choteau to Bynum portion, started last spring, will finish later but be ready for track men when rails arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Seims
Seims & Cary
Great Falls & Teton
Great Northern
Power
Chateau
Bynum
Choteau
Secretary Lane Targets Honest Homestead Rules
Secretary Lane orders an investigation into land office rules to aid bona fide settlers and deter dummy entrymen. A special representative was sent to South Dakota to probe county agents, with broader aims to revise homestead acquisition procedures. A governor meeting with Lane’s delegates will occur in Salt Lake City on June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lane
Land Office
South Dakota
Salt Lake
County Banks Deposits Placed Under Commissioners Control
The county commissioners gain supervision over public funds deposits. They may examine bank soundness and financial standing and reject banks unfit to receive public deposits. The treasurer must pro rate deposits to ensure equitable distribution among banks. The act is intended to take effect immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
J. FE Shea
Deer Lodge
Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court Rules Water Users Pay Irrigation O&M Costs
The U S Supreme Court reverses a lower court ruling in the Sunnyside project case, holding that water users must bear operation and maintenance costs for government completed irrigation works. The decision affects Montana communities near government projects and their funding responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the
United States
United States Reclamation Service
District Court
State of Washington
Sunnyside
United States Supreme Court
Montana
Jarze
Tribune
San Diego Exposition to Demonstrate Desert Reclamation
The San Diego 1915 Exposition will include a practical reclamation service for exhibition and demonstration. A large tract will show water capture storage and irrigation from arid lands, with experts detailing every step from field use to productive farming. The display aims to attract western homeseekers and international visitors, proving arid states offer rich opportunities for settlers.
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San Diego
Cal
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
East
Seaboard
San Diego 1915
Delinquent Stock Sale Notice for Waterton Oil Land and Power
Delinquent assessment notices list stockholders from Waterton Oil Land and Power Company with certificate numbers and shares. The board announces sale of portions of each parcel at 16 North Main Street Butte Montana on June 9 to cover delinquent assessments and advertising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterton
Land and Mower Company
Jutte
Montans
John BE
Astle
Henrietta Brink
Yle Ellison
M.A. Fulmore
Marty Tutte
Annie
Hastings Dalley
Odiles
George 1
Tastings
Sou
Marta
Las
Win
Gindbhid
Mod
Pennington
SSO
Gertrude Roseyde Lotey
Shinres
Martii
Swanson
Shitires
B. Scott
Waterton Ow, Land and Power Company
North Mate Street
Butte
Montana
Fotvlouk P
Oiay
Landland Power Company
KE. Mackray
Sec'y. First
Notice of Sale of Delinquent Stock in Farmers' Cooperative Canal Co
Delinquent stock in the Farmers' Cooperative Canal Co of Farmington Montana Teton county will be sold at the front door of the courthouse in Choteau on May 24 1913 at 2 PM to cover delinquent assessments from March 22 1913 plus advertising costs. Names listed include Andrew Keatson Nels Johnson John A Press August Doering Jameson Chas Krofft Webb Harnett Jameson Paul Erickson Nels Austad D W McCormick neck Peterson and others with shares and amounts due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Cooperative Canal Co
Office of
Farmington
Teton County
Montana
Farmers’ Cooperative Canal Company
Andrew Keatson
Nels Johnson
John A. Press
August Doering
Wz. Jameson, Jr
Chas. Krofft
J. & Webb
Harnettir Jameson
Paul Erickson
Nels Austad OL
D.w.mccormick
Neck Peterson
Jaw
Choteau
U. S. Forseth
Partners’ Cooperative
Parmington
Notice of Closing Registration for Special Elections
Registration books in Teton County Montana for the special elections to create the counties of Toole and Vondera close on May 24 1913 at 8 o clock p.m. Electors may register with the county clerk or a justice of the peace or notary public as provided by law. F C Garrett county clerk and ex officio register dated Chateau Montana April 14 1913 first pub April 3 1913
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Touole
Pondera
Teton County
Montana
Toole
Vondera
F.C. Garrett
Chateau
Board of Examiners to report next week on grades
The Board of Examiners are busy correcting papers of the 7th and 8th grades. C. W. Swearingen proposed a water system for Chateau suggesting a reservoir on a hill with pumped well water to supply for 24 hours per day with one engineer, noting gravity would be costly due to friction.
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Board of Examiners
C. W. Swearingen
Chateau
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Base
Catholic Services
Univer i, I
IST
Council
Marias River
Sullivan's Ranch
Telon River
Pondera Coulee
Conral
American Bridge Company
Co. N. Ward
Ce Chateau
BD. Forrest
Bia
E. C. Garrest
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