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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1909
Page
1
Grain quotations at Collins were reported by the Rocky Mountain Elevator Co providing current prices and market guidance for local buyers and sellers. The bulletin lists bid and ask levels and notes whether futures trends indicate rising demand in nearby weeks.
World zinc from Prussia. Chilean independence anniversary. summer death rates. Denmark butter to Britain. unemployment in Australia. Pennsylvania coal. Wisconsin oldest in Americas. Taft irrigation fund. Moulins dirigible crash kills four. Pittsburgh film plant explosion. Bishop McCloskey dies. Wright sets aeroplane record. Omaha streetcar rioting. Gulf storm deaths. Juarez bomb near Taft Diaz meet. Yom Kippur in US. aurora borealis disrupts telegraphs. Peary and Cook back from Arctic. pole discovery debate. New York Hudson celebration 1609 steam boat Clermont. Fulton.
The September 1909 Teton County Montana Board of County Commissioners sitting as canvassing board approved numerous warrants totaling general fund expenditures. Payments covered prison board, coroner and justice fees, witnesses, jurors, testimony, road labor, jail costs, telephoning, office expenses, supplies, and contingencies with many named individuals and vendors listed.
Friends were surprised to learn Saturday that A. C. Burbank known as Carl married Mrs. Mathilde Burd in Great Falls at noon. The couple, with Burd a longtime Choteau resident, return together after the ceremony and reception, while Mrs. Burd is welcomed back to Choteau by admirers from her former years there.
Browning George Miller of the Galbreath ranch is seriously ill with typhoid at Lethbridge. Sherburne couple returned from Minneapolis and stay with J. H. Sherburne. George C. Cook jailed for liquor on the reservation. Carberrys move to Blackfoot. M. I. Whistler to occupy residence. Galbreath Lytle roundup brings 480 head of stray cattle to town. 30 riders expected. Beef train for Chicago leaves on the 10th. Wm. Brown and dogs cause excitement from North Dakota. Angus Monroe wins riding contest over Teton county. Louis Monroe and Wm. Wren exonerated in cattle theft from Helena. Schoolhouse building advances. targeted completion Oct 15.
The Montana railroad commission issues an order dated Sept 21 directing track connections at Lavina and Judith Gap. The decision, seen as far reaching, will affect jobbers across Butte Great Falls Helena Billings Lewistown and Miles City with outcomes dependent on future rates and competition. Disputes over connection sites reflect local fears of shifting territory and market power among Billings Great Falls and Helena stakeholders.
Judge Ewing convened the court at 10 o clock Tuesday with little business on the agenda. Henry Cyr pleaded guilty to forgery and faces sentencing tomorrow. Martin Washoe, a sheepman from Sweet Grass County, was found insane and will be sent to Warm Springs this week. Valbee shows intermittent violence and claims spirit control. Jonas Vasboe and Deputy Sheriff Richards testified. Vasboe previously spent time in an asylum. W Kenan’s bond was raised to 3750. trial set for November. Court to adjourn later this week and reconvene in late November.
Local social notes report Miss McNitt Miss Ellstrem visiting Falls with Miss Webb on Tuesday. Mrs. G M Coffey traveled to Great Falls to visit her husband at Deaconeys hospital. Mrs. George Sabados of Bynum visits the state fair after leaving Helena Tuesday. Mrs. Kerr of Great Falls visits relatives, formerly Miss Iva Moore of Chateau.
H E Belcher reports Alkali dam construction remains active with a prospect of early completion. J Webb’s condition improves after a telegram indicated he was very low. Burbank and Miss Kate Webb went to the hospital. Burbank returned, Kate Webb expected back soon.
At a special meeting the Montana State Land Board adopted an order to have the state land agent oust trespassers and forest officials from a large tract near Belton claimed by the state under the enabling act. The Great Northern Railway bought the land at 375 per acre, and later leased it to proceed with construction. Attorney Galen will present the matter to the secretary of the interior.
The Bon Ton restaurant of Qorent alls holds the contract to feed 5,000 guests at the Walier land opening next week.
Clerk Hedges of the local forest office reports from his Baltimore home that his return date is indefinite. He is occupied with important business related to his father's estate.
Red Twiggs and a young partner Foster start a cleaning and pressing service in the Art Studio building on upper Main St. They report steady early business. Dr. Beaupre leaves for Helena then home at Sweet Grass. Mrs. Beaupre and Miss Edwon depart. Miss Anna, visiting at the Peebles ranch, plans to return home late week.
Miss Kate Webb traveled to Great Falls on Tuesday morning after a telegram said her brother J i Webb, patient at Deaconess hospital, was not well. Another sister Miss Lucina arrived from Dover, Nl., where she had been visiting since late August.
Glen Steere, of Falls, suffered a severe left leg fracture in a runaway on Main Street last Thursday forenoon. The horse fell and the buggy overturned as Steere tried to steady the animal, with the bone protruding and the small leg bone shattered. he was taken to the Great Walls hospital where Dr. Bateman treated him and his son escaped unharmed aside from a scratch above the eye.
Miss Oneida Satre, eldest daughter of L. O. Satre, married Olaf Porseth the Farrington ranchman yesterday at the bride’s parents home with Rev. Knutson officiating. Both families are well known in Chateau and nearby. Miss Satre, a county high school graduate of 1904, has taught in the county. Mr. Porseth is a prosperous Burton bench resident. Many friends extend best wishes.
Roundup plans a 10000 dollar Congregational church and Havre expands Great Northern shops. Montana Presbyterians met in Helena, while a 100000 acre tract between Stanford and Flobson is designated for entry. Crews reopens in Butte and a fire at Billings caused 275000 dollars in damage.
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