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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1920
Page
1
Evening field sessions show large turnout and strong material for a team. New suits arrived last week and excitement grows as players anticipate wearing them. Mrs Haugen photographed the dormitory and residents. senior class visited the grammar school. Parent teachers association gifts arrived for rest room care. Geometries and English Literatures supplies arrived this week.
Chicago press notes eight players charged after Cook County grand jury revelations. Seven White Sox regulars plus one former player named. Eddie Cicotte confessed to taking a bribe of ten thousand dollars. Abe Attell linked as go-between. team suspended pending trial as Comiskey faces the fallout.
A man identified as W was found with over two quarts of whiskey and claimed the name Jas Smith but said his true name is Ab Hillberg. He waived plea time, pled not guilty, and was remanded to county jail with bond set at 750 dollars. Walter Gilmore, a Fairfield arrestee, pleaded guilty to theft from Champ ion store and was held pending age verification, stating he is not yet eighteen.
William R. Sullivan a nephew of W. P. Grooms of Pendroy and known in Choteau, died after a fight with E. R. Gust and an accomplice in Great Falls. A coroner’s inquest found blows caused his death and Gust faces first degree murder charges. a second assailant remains at large. Sullivan, 27, had worked on the Grooms ranch near Pendray and had lived in Colorado, with burial planned in Fountain.
Chicago reports farmers hold grain for better prices as 200 midwestern elevator firms reply to surveys. Wheat shipments this year lag last season and elevators run at about a quarter capacity. Farmers say they cannot profit fairly at current prices.
Paramount star Dorothy Dalton gains fans as The Market of Souls, supervised by Thomas H. Ince, premieres at the Royal theater on Wednesday following previous successes Extravagance Hard Boiled and Other Men's Wives.
This notice explains Chapter 47 proposing county boards of equalization and a State Tax Commission to set fair property valuation. The county board reviews decisions. the Tax Commission finalizes taxation matters and can adjust valuations. Commission terms, salaries, and powers are outlined. next week covers a second amendment.
The paper urges subscribers behind on payments to renew before their label date passes. It notes many have already renewed for the coming year and asks others to check their mailing labels and settle debts to continue receiving the Acantha regularly.
Civil actions filed include B M Jacobsen Logan and Howard Co versus W W Fairbanks and Hannah Fairbanks with abstract of judgment J W Kerr versus John B Payne director general of railroads for damages F W Reeve versus Allan O Ballard et al foreclosure of mortgage.
W D Fisher of the Custer Battlefield Hiway association and Sheridan chamber of commerce, after a 1400 mile auto trek, nears finishing touches on marking the Hiway from the park to Omaha. He praises Chateau, its hotel, restaurant, and camping park, and urges wider road publicity to attract tourists and settlers along the route.
The Postmaster General announces contract award to William Hodgskiss for a new federal post office building on Main avenue Chateau. Ten year lease at 1200 dollars annually, construction to start immediately. Building 25 by 38 feet, expected ready by November first. The project will improve Main avenue and enhance the city’s appearance.
An excellent turnout attended last Saturday’s fall opening at the Choteau Mercantile Company. The Royal theater hosted film features while the store furniture parlor hosted dancing and refreshments. Prizes for best displays of vegetables and homegrown products highlighted the day, drawing visitors from surrounding areas.
Announcement states a meeting will be held in Farmington Monday evening where M. Mc Cusker the League candidate for Congress from Montana’s second district will speak.
The Woman's Club of Chateau publicly acknowledges gifts of books to the public library from Mrs. A. B. Guthrie and Miss Anne Brenneman of Bozeman.
Plan focuses on road maintenance and a camping park to entice travelers. Civic and commercial groups elsewhere are not overlooking similar enhancements.
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