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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
1
The Great Falls Jan office has received patent notices for Teton County lands. Names listed include J Wesley Earhart Harry W Power Wm Cook Gabriel Salois Sr George W Harris Eugene D Pierce Heirs of Harry Pierce Jesse W Davis Edward T Weyman D Frank Stiffit Harry Ferguson George Logan George Talifson Heirs of F C Campbell.
The Cultura society held its first open meeting in the assembly hall with Principal Jones introducing the society. A strong crowd enjoyed a varied program including music, recitations, solos, a Canada annexation debate won by the negative, and demonstrations of work on parallel bars and mats.
The region around Bellingham Washington faced a severe flood with no deaths but extensive property loss. Separate notes mention Cleveland mayor Tom Johnson facing financial ruin, tobacco storage sales in Kentucky, and shifts in labor leadership under Gompers at the AFL. The report notes Alaska-Washington-Pacific expo roadwork, and a looming paper famine due to water power shortages across U S mills.
Local residents report an unsigned prayer chain mailer urging recipients to copy and send the letter to nine others for nine days with promises of joy or deliverance on the ninth day. The note references Jerusalem and Bishop Lawrence and is part of a recurring nationwide craze. The piece also notes the Democratic National Committee spending and remaining balance from the recent presidential campaign.
The Forest Service designates Missoula Montana as District No 1 headquarters serving Montana Idaho and Wyoming national forests. All district level business after December 1908 will be handled in Missoula while local forest matters stay with the respective forest supervisors.
Public school presents a Thanksgiving program on Wednesday evening November 25 1908 featuring music readings and recitations by grades 5 through 8 including My Grandma's Pumpkin Pies When the Frost is on the Punkin The Landing of the Pilgrims and more with a Thanksgiving Hymn and other selections by Ada Shields Patrick Devlin Ruth Hopkinson Nan Burrell and Wallace Monroe.
Official record from Chateau Montana dated November 13 1968 notes special session of Teton County Board of Commissioners with Chair Geo Miller and members Hughes and Pearson. They advertised bridge removal proposals for Marias River and filed right of way from State Board. granted liquor license to Lasne and McMulla of Virden. adjourned to 10 p m November 14.
The latest report says promoters are negotiating with Great Northern for light steel on the Shelby line to be displaced, and for many ties on hand. J C Bower, the project mover, is in the east working for the line. There is reason to think the railroad remains a live proposition and active steps are being taken to start.
Washington reports six western banks designated as depositories for United States Forest Service receipts after December 1, moving funds from Washington to district banks in Denver Ogden Albuquerque Missoula Portland and San Francisco. Montana’s Western Montana National Bank in Missoula will head the first district with receipts around 275 000 to 350 000 annually.
Governor Edwin L. Norris issues the annual proclamation designating Thursday November 26 1908 as Thanksgiving Day. He urges Montanans to refrain from work and gather in homes and places of worship to offer thanks to God for past blessings and future guidance. The proclamation is dated November 10 1908 and signed by Secretary A N. Yoder.
The proclamation sets Thursday November 26 as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer. It urges Americans to cease daily work, gather in homes or churches, and thank the Almighty for past blessings while seeking strength to deserve continued blessings.
The Art Studio reopened for work on Sunday after a complete refurbish leaving a pleasing look. Annie LaFrance traveled to Great Falls early this week for arm surgery stemming from a fall last year. Josi McCuaig, state sheep inspector, filed information against Armstrong Livestock Co for importing sheep with scab. Sheriff McKenzie’s riding horse died after breaking a leg at Jim Colwell’s Deep Creek ranch. A man near Cut Bank died suddenly on Saturday, autopsy planned by Dr Power from Conrad. Dr and Mrs Long celebrated their third wedding anniversary with a surprise party and a late lunch.
County coroner C H Connor visited Conrad to tend to the remains of Peter Manouras a Greek laborer who died in the Conrad hospital Thursday of pneumonia after heavy drinking. The body was shipped to Great Falls for burial.
G C Bower writes to Phil I Cole of Choteau Mont urging united efforts to push an electric railroad proposal. He emphasizes timely action, gathering local statistics freight production population and government projects, and delivering a strong report to attract a competent railroad builder in hopes of starting construction soon. He invites all Choteau residents to participate.
Senator Joseph M. Dixon leaves for Washington to chair the reception for President-elect Taft and James Sherman and will stay away all winter. He opposes wool tariff cuts. In Montana news a string of legal and criminal items include pleas in Valley county, a clerkship challenge in Yellowstone, a fugitive from Flathead defrauder captured in South Vancouver, and mine explosion fatalities at Red Ledge. Also reported are a grisly discovery in Bad Man's Gulch, a child burned at Adobetown near Virginia City, and a Laurel post office burglary by a 12 year old.
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