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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1928
Page
7
S. P. Panton recalls 1880s Yellowstone frontier figures including Liver Eating Johnson who served as deputy sheriff under Irvine and shares anecdotes about the era and notable pioneers.
S. P. Panton chronicles 1881 87 along the Yellowstone detailing Bill Hamilton Liver Eating Johnson Muggins Taylor Crow Davis Crow vote schemes and early Billings Coulson and Coulson Post encounters. The narrative links frontier lawmen outlaws and politicians with vivid episodes from Coulson to Stillwater.
In 1882 crowds came to Billings for measles treatment as Dr H H Bole, Yellowstone county’s first clerk, offered smallpox vaccinations at $2.50. Lacking vaccine he used mucilage in quills, drawing concern and approval as he faced the outbreak.
With the exception of 1923 and 1924 when there was a slight decrease in enrollment, the State university shows a steady rise in student registrations since the educational bonds fund measure passed in 1920. The 1923-24 drop was nationwide.
The Rosebud State bank is paying a 17 percent dividend, bringing total payments to 50 percent to depositors since its August 1926 closure. Receiver F. W. Watts of Roundup administers the proceedings.
Robert Kramer, owner of a pool hall and a dancehall in Wibaux, shot himself through the heart at his residence. No motive is known. He is survived by his widow, one son, his parents, and several brothers.
Curtis Martin and Tony Manos, held at Chester on larceny charges, will be returned to Washington. They escaped from a Spokane jail several days ago. Gov. J. E. Erickson has honored requisitions from Washington authorities.
National Parks Airways plans extend Butte to Spokane airmail and passenger service and move headquarters from Salt Lake City to Butte if the post office department approves. Spokane Chamber of Commerce favors connecting to the Salt Lake City to Butte route and postpones a Spokane to St. Paul transcontinental plan.
Alfred Wingerd of Gildford received a deep head wound when his wagon was struck by a sedan driven by O M Putnam of Shelby. The crash occurred two miles from Gildford on a hill with poor visibility, narrow road, and deep ditches on both sides.
Three high school boys Howard Cathan Louis Correll and Jesse Kelly went hunting near Baldy and Yogo in heavy fog. They wandered off course and walked into Neihart before locating their Matthews cabin and returning to Stanford after several hours lost.
Francisco Gigliotti, the Calabrian boy who rode into Miles City on a freight train, rose to become Rev. Frank Gigliotti, pastor of Terry Presbyterian Church, ranch owner, and a leading American Legion figure in Italy. His life spans work on a Montana ranch, war service, priestly calling, and political engagement.
Sixteen boys at Flathead County High School enroll in a short course in auto mechanics and agriculture. Joe Hewitson teaches auto mechanics in the morning while Prof. H N Kauffman handles agriculture in the afternoon. Students learn engine timing and study major crops and soil fertility.
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