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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
1
Shelby hosts Hon. B J McIntyre on October 26 with Hon Edwin S Booth. Chateau hosts Booth McIntyre on October 27. Dupuyer lists Booth McIntyre and J G Bair on October 28. Raymond and Farmington host McIntyre and Bair on October 29 and 30.
The Cultura society at the high school held its first meeting of the year. Officers elected: David Shields president Maude Wilcox vice president John Truchot secretary Rupert Ward treasurer. Upcoming program includes recitations essays songs and a school debate on country life versus city life. The debate favored the affirmative.
Frances M. Anderson Republican nominee for County Superintendent of Schools announces a brief leave from duties at the Chateau public schools and regrets not meeting every voter in Teton County. She earnestly solicits voters' support in the upcoming election.
J G Bair leaves Tuesday for Twin Bridges to speak today and Sheridan tomorrow. Mrs H C Thompson joins her husband Prof Thompson after arriving Saturday. Geo Adlam advertises a 1 pm Saturday sale of household goods. Milling and Power Co sets electric poles on Palmer avenues. Mrs Chas LeBreche and daughter visit Conrad after a month in Chateau area. Warner Dorrington Doolittle return from Great Falls after Knights of Pythias lodge. Lestrades and Andersons guests return from Sun River outing. Oscar notes two rabbits. A L Halladay moves to Conrad with family to work on local buildings.
A large party of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs traveled to the annual grand lodge in Great Falls Monday. Attendees included Chas H Connor with wife, Chas Monkman with wife, B A McPhee, Mrs. Lockhart, and A L Halladay with wife. Church services at the Methodist church will be the Sunday school and Epworth League meetings for now, with Sunday school at 10 A.M. and the League at 7:15 P.M., and a cordial invitation to all to attend.
List details numerous first and second place awards across classes C to H including Merino and Berkshire animals, poultry, ducks, geese, and turkeys, plus LOT 1 and LOT 2 fruits and vegetables, canning, and preserved fruits with names of exhibitors such as A J Cowell, J Zimmersman, W Hodgskiss, Ed Corson, and Mrs T J Moore among others.
The forest service expands water and fence projects across the Southwest to boost grazing capacity. In Garces and Kaibab National Forests in Arizona, reservoirs stock tanks and drift fences are strengthening range use and boundary control, aiming to accommodate thousands more head of stock.
A party led by Messrs Jacobson Hirshberg La France Parker Dorf Merrifield and Brown returned Tuesday from a week in the mountains reporting a deer count of two with Paul Jacobson taking one on day one. On the ascent the group saved a forest ranger when his horse toppled toward a cliff and they stabilized the animal and freed him.
Charles H. Foot, Republican candidate for judge of the eleventh district, rises from a Minnesota frontier upbringing to establish a law practice in Kalispell. He supports farming and fruit raising, and his family of six children anchors his campaign. Foot bypassed Helena convention hearings, asserting Flathead County unity and backing for his candidacy.
The dispatch notes widespread fires in Michigan with an estimated 200 fires burned out. A rescue train from Metz was engulfed by flames and nearly all aboard perished. Also reported are a slander suit involving W R Hearst in Omaha, mining experts’ study outcomes, Tammany’s campaign gift, a Japanese fleet welcome in Yokohama, U S tea imports, Japan’s rising machinery exports, a German pencil factory using potatoes, and a double homicide near Walnut Log Tennessee tied to land disputes.
One hundred head of buffalo held up in Flathead county and dry land farming proving successful near Bozeman. Missoula restricts saloon districts while Livingston fire wastes eleven cars. Billings beet factory hires around five hundred. Copper mining and lumber deals reshape Kalispell holdings. Multiple political contests emerge with nominations in judicial and presidential elector races.
The Taft and Donlan Club schedules a pre election rally with informal speakers and a social session to mobilize members for the final charge. The meeting seeks to energize supporters of the Republican cause as about 130 members are listed on the club roll.
Notice of a special stockholders meeting for Te ton Co operative Reservoir Company of Choteau Montana to elect trustees amend by laws adopt a seal and conduct other lawful business. The meeting is set for November 6 1908 in the court room at the courthouse Chateau Téton County Montana. N O TUTTLE vice president James SyIgrove appears as secretary.
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