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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1928
Page
7
A compact view notes that historic Indian pastimes centered on dancing and gambling activities. It describes contests of speed skill or endurance among tribesmen and includes horse races and related gaming as common amusements when they should have slept.
The article details plains tribes social dances in lodge rooms, crowd scenes, and ceremonial costumes with owl and buffalo motifs. It recalls Captain Clark’s Yellowstone lodge, explains the hand game and other gambling forms, and notes Billings library acquiring gambling bones from Fish Wolf.
The algae problem in Montana water supplies dates back more than twenty five years. Dr Emil Starz chemist of the Montana Livestock Sanitary board notes long study of odor and taste in Butte Helena and Great Falls systems. Copper sulfate treatment is cited as a remedy used since 1904 with tests showing health safety and varying algae presence in streams and reservoirs.
The Anaconda livery era fades as autos surge. Five of the remaining horses belong to the McKenzie Brothers who run a saddle stable. Only one other livery stable survives, with past stables replaced by garages and service stations.
Helena will restore the historic Central school bell after a school board decision. Parent-Teacher spokesman Lester Loble urged revival due to tardiness from insufficient electric bells. Committee members included Mrs. R. T. Hopkins and Mrs. Harry Schaeffer.
Sun River Elks L. S. Platt and Coffee Creek hunters returned with three elk from the Sun River country. Platt estimates that no more than fifty elk were taken from the section during the open season.
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