First annual Choteau Rod and Gun shoot shocks spectators
The first annual shoot at the Choteau Rod and Gun Club drew local and Great Falls shooters to the traps last Sunday. Prizes from local merchants drew fierce competition as Frazier dominated, winning multiple events including a shoot-off, with Starkey, Hayden, Cowell, Pike, McDonald, and Harris also placing high across seven events. Eckford posted 91 birds for fourth in the final tally.
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Choteau Rod and Gun Club
Great Falls Club
Starkey
Frazier
Electric City
Costello
Hayden
Harris
Cowell
McDonald
Pike
MccDonald
Stephens
Eckford
Morrison
Per Morrison
Sears
Stephens Moore
Webb
Bosser
ZU Pike
Frizier
Ad Oad
Beckford
Cha teau Rod and Gun Club Shoot Results and Awards
Starkey led the day with top scores in three events including a high daily average. Frazier and McDonald tied for high finishes, with shoot-offs deciding several places. Eckford claimed the low average. Costello won the consolation prize donated by Al Reitzsch.
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Starkey
Frazier
McDonald
Cowell
Harris
Eckford
Stephens
Sears
al Reitzsch
Costello
Great Falls
Chateau Rod and Gun Club
Storm destroys fairgrounds exhibit building in Hamilton
A severe wind storm from Blogrett canyon toppled a 150 by 60 foot frame building at the Hamilton fairgrounds injuring two workers and fatally injuring Wallace Odell who died at Hamilton hospital three hours later. Six men were inside when the roofless structure collapsed in the afternoon. The storm is described as one of the valley’s most unusual in memory.
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Hamilton
Blogrett Canyon
New Fair Grounds
Wallace Odell
Hamilton Hospital
Rival by Request and Specialties Aug 26
Mr. Odell, noted in Chateau among local carpenters, died recently. He arrived a couple of months ago and stayed a few weeks before returning to Hamilton. His former comrades here will receive the death news with regret.
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Odell
Chateau
Hamilton
Interior Secretary Lane visits Fairfield irrigation discussion
Secretary Lane and Governor Stewart spoke at a grange hall near Fairfield about irrigation in Montana. Crittenden outlined 80 families with 13 children on 15 000 acres valued at 14 per acre, urging affordable water and longer repayment terms while others pressed for reasonable prices and 160 acre limits. The visit followed by notes on local travel and nearby residents.
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Franklin K. Lane
Grange Hall
Fairfield
Stewart
Montana
Kansas
Lane
California
Crittenden
Fink
Tencert
Radcliffe
Frank Young
H. F. Young
Murdock
Dutton
County 1913 Tax Levy Set by Commissioners
County commissioners fixed the 1913 tax levy last Monday. The total levy for areas outside incorporated towns and excluding school district taxes is 124 mills.
Episcopal Services Schedule for August 17 1913
Morning prayer and sermon at 11 o clock and evening prayer with sermon at 7 45 o clock. Rev L F Haley missionary for Chateau extends a cordial welcome to all attendees at these services.
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L. F. Haley
Chateau
Track Laying Commenced on Power-Choteau Line
The Great Falls and Teton County railway began laying steel on the Power-Choteau line with Wallace Weaver driving the golden spike. The work follows delays and is expected to advance about a mile daily, reaching Chateau by mid next month. Local celebrations and civic figures anticipate the milestone.
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Choteau
Wallace Weaver
Great Falls and
Chateau
Loth
Montanan
Great Northern Railway
North Dakota
J. M. Weaver
Wallace
Phil J. Cole
Rev. Cole
Wim. Miller
Cowgill
J. I. de Hass
Jaseckford
al Rietzsch
A.C. Warner
James Gibson
The
Teton
Farmington Notes on People and Promises Around Paris and Great Falls
Regular correspondent reports on visits, farming notes, and local plans in Farmington Paris and Great Falls. Subjects include Schoppe and Trachot families, J D McVicker Milwaukee inspection, post office relocation petition, Gap school hiring, local travel to Browning and Kalispell, Rev Wachsmuth services and farming zeal. The piece urges regional boosting and optimism about alfalfa hogs and dairying with upcoming Milwaukee road improvements and train activity.
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Ernest Wachsmuth
Great Falls
Wachsmuth
Paris
Dan Lindseth
C. O. Lindseth
For Rent 2000 Acres of Sheen Pasture on the Blackleaf
Classified item offers 2,000 acres of sheen pasture on the Blackleaf with abundant grass and running water for rent. Contact A. L. Hoy. May 3.
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Sheen
Blackleaf
A. L. Hoy
Junk dealer Max Goldberg Buys Iron and More at Chateau
Max Goldberg operates at the Chateau purchasing all kinds of old iron brass copper and rubber. He offers high prices for fur hides wool and shop pelts and buys and sells all kinds of furniture.
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Max Goldberg
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Joseph E. Willard
Alfonso
Iseph B Willard
Spain
Congress
Madrid
Willard
Wilson
Ifs Howe
Richmond
Jivmy Odenwald
Covent Falls
Circus
Geo, KE. Frey
Bynum
Hilda Tollefson
Stanford, Mont
Tom Johnson
Hazel Zimmerman
Spokane
Eowne
Ccc
Court House
Episcopal Church Services
Farmington
Uiram
Ernest Wachmuth
Louis Schoppe
Emily Trachot
Dalas
Oregon
Lauris Otness
J. W. Kerr
Jack
J.D. McVicker
Milwaukee
Henry Davidson
Alice Sater
Gap
John J. Daley
Margaret Smith
Browning
Tom Harris
Momberg
Rockies
Ralston
Charley Cooper
Huntley
Rome
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