District Court Convenes Under Judge Leslie and Court Reporter
Judge Leslie and court reporter Jackson arrived from Great Falls to open the district court. Jurors reported for duty Tuesday morning as only criminal matters were scheduled due to the busy period. Several cases were disposed, including cattle theft, cattle rustling, elk poaching, and gambling, with guilty verdicts and fines or prison sentences.
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Leslie
Jackson
Great Falls
District Court
Choteau Band Organizes Under New Management
Last Sunday afternoon the Choteau band organized and elected officers B H McCarty president and Mer Percy Brees secretary with James Eckford treasurer for the coming year. Several locals expressed willingness to join as soon as horns arrive, promising a strong band soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. McCarty
Pres
Mer. Percy Brees
Sec
Y. Jas. Eckford
Treas
T. G. McGlenn
George Tenant
Lawrence Jackson
John Holland
Percy Brees
Elmer Cardell
Rupert Boutilier
W. F. Simmons
Frank Collins
Harold Forrest
Martin Read
Merrill Luther
Tennor
Wm. Hodgskiss
Frank McCarty
Albert Crittenden
Howard Burrell
George Coffey
Elk out of season leads to fines for Waddell in court
About ten days ago BE A Woods F J Jefferson and Page E Clark encountered Otto Waddell and Nicholas Dodds near Dupuyer at Lick Creek cabin as they sketched an elk killed out of season. Waddell pled guilty in district court and was fined 100 dollars plus costs.
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State
Merle Roberts
Cascade County
Jas. Manning
Blackie
Clinton Bard
Edw. &. Carson
Frank Morrison
Edward W. Johnson
Nels Jensen
Robert Bitting
W. H. Webb
J. H. Castle
Wm. J. Haffner
John B. Holm
Charles E. Davis
Edmund Olzheimer
Otto Waddell
M. J.hines
G. F. McMefford
Adam Barr
Grant Downing
Willard Hooser
Jas. Ross
John A. Fox
William Williams
BE. A. Woods
F. J. Jefferson
Page E. Clark
Nicholas Dodds
Dupuyer
Lick Creek
Moore
Chateau
Waddell
Arthur Hirshberg
Choteau
Chance
New School Districts Form In County Hearings
Nellie R Brown held three hearings on proposed districts. Two new districts were created: Maria s District No 56 from part of Dist 13 and Meisner District No 57 with defined boundary routes. Trustees named for each district. Burton District 5 trustees arrange three month rural schooling.
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Nellie R. Brown
Dist. No. 13
Marias District No
Township
Same
Wnnship
Range
Blackfeet Indian Resoration
Birencreek
Marias River
Meisner Dist. No. 57
Birchcreek
Birch“creek
Same Township
John Hughes
A. F. Alderman
F. Sulivan
Chas, Meisner
John Bowman
Ray S. Stéttler
Burton School District No. 5
Episcopal Church Notes Sunday Service Schedule
On Sunday September 24 the fourteenth after Trinity there will be morning prayer baptism and Sunday school at 11 30 The Venite will be sung followed by the Gloria The Te Deum is said and the Benedictus sung Then the Sacrament of Baptism will be administered The note urges fathers and mothers to attend church services for the sake of their children.
School Notes Urge Choosing Best School For Child
In a school notes column a kitchen cabinet is installed in the domestic science lab and students play tennis outdoor as weather allows. The high school orchestra convened under Miss Smith with promising first practice. A reader questions whether to send children to a small one year or large four year high school, arguing specialization and quality matter more than proximity.
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Miss Smith
Assessments For Railroads Increase Statewide
The state board of equalization completed railroad assessments totaling 81 082 066, up 1 886 115 from last year. Main line rates rise 50 cents per mile with Burlington up from 18 750 to 19 000 and Milwaukee from 18 500 to 19 250. Great Northern and Northern Pacific at 21 250. Oregon Short Line at 22 500. Branch line increases range 1 000 to 2 500 per mile.
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State Board of Equalization
Burlington
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Barne Koecema Dies at 64 in Chateau Hospital
Barney Koecema formerly of Driessum Holland born June 10 1852 died Saturday at Chateau hospital aged 64. He came to the U S as a young man living in Wisconsin before settling on Burton Beach east of Chateau Montana. Survived by wife the funeral was at the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon with scripture in Holland language read by John Bouma and burial in Choteau cemetery.
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Barney Koecema
Chateau Hospital
Driessum
Holland
United States
Wisconsin
Montana
Burton Beach
Chateau
Koecema
Methodist Church
Mall
John Bouma
Choteau
Civil actions filed in district court last week
Clerk Gibson logged actions including Sibert versus Miller to determine disposition of commission on sale of real estate and Ramsey versus Hein et al for foreclosure. Also notes Strain Brothers closing Chateau Mercantile at Great Falls as their business expands and requires full management time.
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J. A. Sibert
George Miller
Arthur H. Ramsey
Jos. Hein
Great Falls
Strain Brothers
Chateau Mercantile
Augusta Road Progress Aims to Cut Valley Trip 4 Miles
The Augusta road project begins this fall to bypass a steep hill south of town. It starts at the high school lane, passes Hodgskiss ranch, Ford on Teton, Deep creek, and the Odenwald and Beaupre properties, then through the Hugh Robinson ranch to Antelope coulee. The new route will shorten travel to Spring Valley by about four miles.
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Hodgskiss Ranch
Teton
Hodgskiss Ford
Deep Creek
Hodgskiss
Antelope Coulee
Fire Destroys Court House Basemen t Spawns Coal Removal
Gay Franklin and force of men work to remove 80 tons of coal from the basement of the court house after a fire started by spontaneous combustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Franklin
Court House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Choteau Band
Hirshberg Brothers, Bankers
County of Teton
Ss. I
Edward J. Hirshberg
J. Hirshberg
Cashier
W. B. Butchart
State of
Chateau, Montana
Joseph Hirshberg
Julius
Teton County
Episcopal Church Notes
Beaverhead
Blaine
Deer Lodge
Fallon Eve Sete Pere
Lewis & Clark Cone
Lincoln Ee
Musselshell
Park Bib
Eels
Phillips
Prairie
Gibson
Augusta Road
Augusta
Spring Valley
THE
Citizens State Bank
Total
James Eckford
Seth R. Roll
P. H. Crossen
Mate of
Citizens State Bank of
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