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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1906
Page
5
Local briefs list visits by J G Bair and A Reichel to Great Falls and Missoula. A birth announced, and several residents travel to Raymond, Dupuyer, and Missoula. The Pumpkin Show at Chateau announced for Sept 18 with stalls to be built for the county fair.
Sate good five room house with stable coal shed root house drilled well. Apply to A. O. Longault Choteau.
An advertisement touts shingles at the Dupuyer saw mill with reasonable prices. A Farmington firm Bollerud Bros. sues Thos Tweet add Maren Schaara in district court for 3300 on a note, with Phil S. Cole as attorney. Also notes fair displays and a September cabinet offer at The Art Studio with a fish aquarium display.
Edna and Anna Beaupre come home from their Sweet Grass ranch while Dr. and Mrs. Beaupre are in the East visiting friends. The text notes that omitting premium names in the Fair Book for alfalfa and flaxseed is likely an oversight, citing a rule about errors of omission. Mention of burnt leather items and various small goods follows.
SatK minus ten head of well broke workhorses two good wagons four sets of chain harvest spreaders and chains to be sold for cash or on twelve months at ten percent interest James Peeples Mrs Zona Y Kenyon Grand Matron O E S has asked Grand Patron John G Bair to make Fidelity Chapter No 18 an official visit Saturday evening September 8 1906 good attendance urged Celia J Rake Worthy Matron
Page S Bunker of Kalispell in charge of the forest reserve has toured this side of the mountains and found deputy work satisfactory. The notice suggests a county wide vacation for fair week to accommodate students teachers and parents. John H Clack of Dupuyer visited this week to arrange delivery of 40000 feet of bridge plank to road supervisors in the northern county.
A local sale reduces the price of copper plated, silvered steel violin and guitar strings from ten cents to five cents each. The deal covers standard string gauges and is available at the town music shop for a limited time.
Public notices announce the Tetor county fair to be held at Chateau on September 18 to 21, 1906. All unclassified pupils entering public schools on September 10 must attend classification at the school house on September 8 at 2 p m, with faculty members present. Principal Re R Conwell warns attendance and preparation for new students.
Chas H Pearson of Conrad visited this week to handle business and confirms his wool clip remains stored on his ranch. He was among the growers not delayed by Great Falls market buyers and is expected to fare well this season.
A. Baker, special agent of the interior department, investigates desert and homestead land entries. Results are not yet public, but some landholders are anxious about the investigations.
The piece notes few readers protest a paper and go silent, while Chateau’s Business Men's Association works to secure lodging for a anticipated surge during the great rush fair week. The town readies excess accommodations beyond normal hotels and lodging houses.
Parties desiring practical workmanlike horse shoing should visit J E La France in Chateau. He carries a full line of foregoing interfer ring and never slip shoes racing plates Buckley and Derby pads for sore footed horses. Call 35.
Seton County Fair will showcase a six inch Ericcson engine in the exhibition hall supplying drinking water and water for an aquarium with trout grayling and other native fish. A ten inch Rider engine will stand outside the hall furnishing water for all stock needs.
County Superintendent of Schools Miss Rebecca Acton conducted a teachers examination at the courthouse last Friday and Saturday. Ten applicants sought certificates: Olga Wolfe Bertha Marsh Bertha Davidson Ira Carson Alma Zimmermann Etta M Schlee Edith Luther Martha Gordon Friend Zimmerman and EF Peterson.
J. H. Brokaw and wife of Williston North Dakota are in the area for a short visit. Brokaw manages a ranch on the Burton bench where a bumper crop was raised this year. Mrs. Brokaw is visiting this region for the first time and is impressed with the country.
Over the past week P. 13. Christian of Deep Creek completed purchase of Walter Mathews' city home for about 1000.00. Christian plans to move his family here soon while Mathews contemplates relocating to the eastern part of the state.
Isaac Reamer his wife and daughter of North Liberty Indiana have been visiting E Leech and Wm Cowgill near Dupuyer for several weeks and expect to depart for the east in a few days. Reamer joined Cowgill at Chateau last Sunday and returned to Dupuyer Monday noting the remarkable changes since his last visit about sixteen years ago.
A. C. Hohman, longtime M. and G. N. railway agent at Collins, requests transfer to Lewistown to enable sending his children to school. Locals regret his departure after years of friendship and service.
The text extols the advertising merchant as essential in a crowded market. It asserts that newspapers reach more readers than ever and place business before buyers who seek out the wide-awake merchant. It stresses perpetual vigilance against competition and the need to attract customers.
Harvard professors and tutors face stagnant stipends despite rising living costs. In 1868 full professors averaged 2273 dollars with tutors around 1097 dollars. today full professors earn 4000, associate 3500, assistant 2000, instructors 1000 or less. Alumni subscriptions aim to raise pay to match other professions.
News notes wagers by Japanese officers on battlefield death and survival bets with payments to widows. One officer promised 500 dollars to heirs if killed within a month and paid 10 yen daily for 100 days if surviving longer, claiming not to seek death. Lomakin in Moscow pledged to eat his boots if peace not forced by July 1. he eventually swallowed small strips daily, finishing November 20, with the opponent absolving him of nails.
In Paris observers note King Edward always wears his right hand gloved in public while the left is bare. A writer argues the habit reflects hygienic propriety since the right hand touches people and microbes more often, hence its protection is prudent.
German doctors seek a foolproof method to avoid burying the alive. Dr leard proposes injecting fluorescine into tissues two hours before burial. If circulation exists skin and eyes turn emerald while no color appears after death, signaling finality.
A Paris Journal note claims London is healthier than Paris chiefly because English flats are fewer and lower. It argues that high residential blocks block sunlight to flower rooms, creating breeding grounds for disease, especially tuberculosis.
An English observer writes home in strong excitement that Canadians read mostly American literature and papers. He argues Canadians will develop an American mindset as booksellers display American books and American reviews, shaping national thought.
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