Milwaukee grading to start on Milwaukee line project
The article notes major railroad contractors bidding for the Milwaukee to Great Falls line with Seims & Cary invited to submit bids by Oct 90. Construction is expected to begin soon as executives from Great Falls visit and the Great Northern contract details are outlined by local attorneys. It also profiles Judge Henry C. Smith as a strong Republican U.S. Senate candidate and recounts his Montana Supreme Court tenure and background.
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Milwaukee
Choteau
Great Falls
Seims & Cary
Great Northern
Stephenson
O’grady
Henry C. Smith
United States Senate
Montana
United States
Sauith
Supreme Court of Montana
Judge Smith
Lon du Lag
Wis
Janesville
Wisconsin
Moutans
Helena
Lee
Gewis and
Clark County
D F Mains Accepts Statement One for Senate Support
Republican candidate D F Mains files with the county clerk his acceptance of statement number one binding him to support the popular choice for United States senator.
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D. FF. Mains
United States
Warld at Large reports prison escape and riot in Wyoming
The Warld at Large notes a wholesale escape from a Wyoming state prison with a mutiny and riot. Two men were killed and three wounded as posses pursue the escapees.
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Wyoming
Expert Geologist Reports Favorable Sun River Dam Site
Professor W Q O Crosby of the Boston School of Technology completed an investigation of the Sunriver canyon reclamation dam site. Core drillings were finished and results sent to the Washington reclamation office. Crosby’s pending report is expected to favor dam construction with no delays. He recently returned from Spain and will soon depart for Mexico on similar duties.
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W. Q O. Crosby
Boston School of Technology
Sunriver Canyon
Washington
Crosby
Newell
Spain
Watea
Mexico
In Town Selling Stock for Mail Order House
Acantha reports a gentleman and his wife are in town to sell stock in a mail order business to be set up in Great Saadls. The claim gains plausibility with the upcoming postal law changes.
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Acantha
Prairie Fire Strikes Ten Acres Near Daley Ranch
A prairie fire burned about ten acres along the Chateau Mountains road south of the Daley ranch Monday. Six men battled the blaze for over two hours as strong winds fanned the flames. No fences or hay stacks were burned. Authorities say careless smokers likely started the fire.
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Chateau Mountains
Daley Ranch
Auction and Supper by Ladies' Aid Society
The Ladies Aid of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in Fairfield invites all to a supper Friday evening October 25 at the Central Schoolhouse. A sale of homemade articles will be held with proceeds supporting church activities.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Norwegian Lutheran Church of
Lignite Deposits in Montana
The Fort Union coal region in eastern Montana hosts large lignite resources once documented by 1910 surveys. Fields at Baker, Glendive, Sidney, and Culbertson show recoverable tonnages with limited shallow mining and local use, while broader regional geology suggests substantial, but undeveloped, coal potential amidst sparse early settlement.
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Fort Union
Montana
Missouri
Yellowstone
Geological Survey
North Dakota Boundry
Glendive
Baker Goal
Baker
Faust Named for Montana Railroad Commissioner
Leo H Faust of Libby Montana Republican candidate for railroad commissioner has long been a newspaper editor and legislator known for rail transportation expertise. He grew up in Omaha and has lived in Montana since 1882 with four children he calls worth a million each. Construction on the Great Northern line continues through Chateau toward Bynum with sixty five teams at work and the surveying camp moving upriver.
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Leo H. Faust
Finthead County
Omaha
Neb
Montana
Libby
Brust
Miles City
Livingston
Helena
Ele
Western News
Liboy
Mr. Faust
Mathead County
Legislative Assembly
Mraust
Great Northern
Cascade and Wilcox
Chateau
Moore Place
Fair Grounds
Bynum
Chotusu
Power
Local society notes and hunting reports from the region
Mrs. A L Hoy and her daughter Beulah Hoy visited over Sunday. Roy Puttuan and Dal Clayton left Tuesday for the Sun River country. B P I Cole represented George Richards Sr in a wining properties suit in Towns end. Rev G A Heizer traveled from Vollen to attend to matters and now lives near Collins. Pletcher Van Orsdel visited from Collins. W J Dorring reports abundant game on Sun River headwaters. Parties from Wort Shaw Simms and nearby towns camp near the warm springs.
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Amng
Wilds
Roy Puttuan
Dal Clayton
Sun River Country
BP. 1. Cole
Townsend
George Richards, Sr
Wining Properties
W. J. Dorringon
Sun River
Wort Shaw
Simms
First Methodist Episcopal Church Services Note
Sunday morning service at 10 30 with Sunday school at 11 30 Ipworth T League at 7 00 p m Evening service at 7 45 p m Choir practice Thursday at 7330 The song service invites singers Next Sunday October 20 Rev Percy Reid McMahan speaks on Catholicity of Spirit and The Voyage of Life Choir offers special music General invitation to worshipers to praise the Lord together Let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of Our Salvation
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Ipworth
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Percy Reid McMahan
Flax mill promotion visits Choteau by Great Falls agents
Messrs. Treau and Miller from Great Falls promote a flax mill company in the Choteau area with O. M. Holmes as secretary and president. They seek stock subscriptions, claim a local mill could be built, and report $6,000 of the $10,000 needed is sold while outlining a street processing method for flax fiber.
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Messrs
Chateau Commercial Club
Trean
Choteau
Acantha
The
Treau
County Buildings Bring Good Price
The county fair buildings sold at public auction Saturday afternoon to raise funds for the county. The sale netted about 250 dollars, with Alex Burrell purchasing most of the lumber corrals and otherjumper items. M Weaver was the highest bidder.
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Alex Burrell
Tod. M. Weaver
Democrats Observe Wilson Day and Montana State Day Plans
State Democrats mark Wilson Day on October 31 and Montana State Day on November 20 at the Northwestern Products Exposition in Minneapolis. The state reports over 50 000 acres of land sold in early October with value above 3600 000. Montana’s agricultural products outvalue other sectors, with farm goods rising to 76 107 000 and mineral outputs to 65 250 000 three years ago. A 25 percent drop in cattle shipped is forecast for this year, down from 205 853 head last year.
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Baker
Interior Department
Glendive
Dawson County
Sidney
Sidney Field
Montana
Minneapolis
D. W. Raymond
State Board of Stock Commissioners
Republican Rally Saturday Night in Chateau
Opening republican rally in Chateau features Judge Henry C Smith for Senate Frank Hazelwaker for secretary of state and Leoff Paust for railroad commissioner. Everyone invited regardless of party to attend. Speeches begin at 8 o clock p m.
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Chateau
Henry C Smith
United States Senate
Frank Hazelwaker
Leoff, Paust
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H. W. Bateman, M. D
Chotehau, Montana
ODD Fellows
Chateau Lodge No
Connor
Ame BL
Jourdonnais
N. G. Qhas
U. Connor
Sec’y
Queen Rebekah Lodge
A.F
Jas. Eckford
W. M. B. I. Toan
H. J. McGregor
M. D
Choteau, Mont
George W. Magee
Telephone
MO. C. Ferris
U. S. Commissioner and Notary Public
Collins Teron County
F. H. Federhen
U.S
Justice of the Peace and Notary Public
Ire Insurance
Warner
U. S
Kodak
W. A. Emerick
Roth
Choteag
Mont
Mrs
T. A. Smith
Pont
D. F. Mains
Srike
Bingham
Utah
Roosevelt
Idaho
Supreme Court
Doukobors
Cmada
Brandon
Manitoba
Theodore Roosevelt
Sun River Dam
Erereee
Eresenes
Arerose
Total. Ed
United States Geological Survey
Culbertson
Paust
Northwestern Montana
Aust
Faust
A. L. Hoy
Miss Beulab Hley
G. HA. Heizer
Volling
Collins
Keady
Collins and
Dutton
Pletcher van Orsdel
Vin
News of the
Wilson
Republican Rally
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