Estimates of Money in Montana for 1918
Washington reports 1918 budget estimates for Montana include amounts for land offices and surveyor staff, Indian service agencies Fort Belknap Flathead Fort Peck and related measures, irrigation projects at Fort Belknap Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes and Flathead, lime for line riders, treaty with Crows, support for the Rocky Boy band, and large sums for Flathead and Fort Peck irrigation systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Montana
Surveyor General
Indian Service
Fort Belknap
Flathead
Fort Peck
Farmers' Short Course to Begin December in City
The Farmers' Short Course starts Monday December 11 with morning sessions at the Royal Theatre 9 30 to 12 00 and afternoon at the high school 1 30 to 8 30. Lectures cover poultry dairy care grain inspection and cooperative marketing with speakers Prof Abbey Prof Donaldson M L Wilson W L Beers and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Theatre
Abbey
Prof. Donaldson
Moccasin
M. L. Wilson
W. L. Beers
Big Sandy
Violently Insane Lundgren Committed After Incident
Oscar F Lundgren a 25 year old lodger from Lewistown working in Chateau became violently insane Friday last. He smashed glass and a violin at Prof Dietrich’s home near the high school and threw bed clothes from a window. He collapsed at the hospital and was later adjudged of unsound mind and ordered committed to Warm Springs asylum. He was taken to the asylum Tuesday morning by Deputy Sheriff Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar F. Lundgren
Chateau
Lewistown
Prof. Dietrich
Dietrich
Lundgren
Asylum For Insane
Warm Springs
Jones
Pythian Dispensation Lowers Initiation Fees at Chevalier Lodge
Fred W. Zeh, grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias Dominion of Montana, grants a ninety day dispensation to Chevalier Lodge No. 12 Chateau to reduce initiation fees to 15 dollars. The lodge, established December 1885, includes charter members still active. The order promotes friendship, charity and benevolence and aims to recruit a large class soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Zeh
Missoula
Knights of Pythias of
Dominion of Montana
Chateau
Chevaliet Lodge
Pythias
Order of Knights of Pythias
The Love Mask at the Royal Sunday Dec 10
Wallace Reid, popular screen hero, stars in The Love Mask a Cecil B. DeMille Jeanie Mac Pherson drama. Reid plays a western blacksmith sheriff torn between love and duty as his sweetheart is accused of banditry while a stellar cast supports the production praised for its excellence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Reid
the Royal
Jesse L Lasky
California
Cecil B. DeMille
Lasky Company
Jeanie MacPherson
Mr. Reid
Speedy Hearing Promised On Choteau Rail Service Complaint
The Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission notified Geo M Coffey Jr that a complaint by James Eckford and others of Choteau against Great Northern Railway over poor service on the Choteau to Great Falls line has been received. The railroad is given ten days to answer before a hearing is set, with early action anticipated.
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Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Geo. M. Coffey, Jr
James Eckford
Choteau
Great Northern Railway Company
Great Falls
Choteau-Bynum
The
Montanan
Hold Oil Lands in Colorado Utah Shale Reserves
Washington reports a withdrawal of 45 000 acres in Colorado and 86 000 acres in Utah including Green River shale lands. Secretary Lane recommends to President Wilson that these arid areas be set aside as a fuel oil reserve for the navy yielding 1 000 000 barrels and gas and ammonium sulphate by products.
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Washington
Colorado
Utah
Green River
Wilson
Lane
Marriage Licenses Issued by District Clerk Report
James Gibson records six marriage licenses issued since the last report. Walter Foote 26 of Seven Persons Alberta and Celia Larson 26 of Cut Bank. Claude Stanley 24 of Blackleaf and Pearl Wright 18 of Denton. Earl Danbury 27 of Chateau and Phoebe Williams 19 of Butte. Roy Russell 28 of Conrad and Mae Phillips 24 of Cut Bank.
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James Gibson
Walter L. Foote
Alberta
Celia Larson
Cut Bank
Claude L. Stanley
Blackleaf
Pearl Wright
Denton
Earl Danbury
Chateau
Phoebe’ Williams
Butte
Roy H. Russell
Conrad
Mae Phillips
Parents to join national Congress for child welfare
At the last regular P T A meeting the association voted to cooperate with the National Congress of Mother and Parent Teacher Associations to widen their field and keep focus on child welfare. Parents urged those with struggling children to attend the next meeting and meet the teachers. Mrs Wm Butchart read Your children's play things, Rev W E Hall told The Other Wise Man, and the high school orchestra conducted by Miss Smith offered two selections.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
National Congress of Mother and Parent
Teacher Associations
Belhift
National Association
Wm. Butchart
W. E. Hall
Citizenship Admits New List including Weber and Gerkins
In district court Judge Ewing admitted John Weber of Hungary Ludwig Gruemacher of Russia Mary Berthe Gerkins of Germany James Aloysius Murty of Scotland Pietero Empereur of Italy Adolph Lippens of Belgium and James Archie McMullan of Scotland. Two suit motions were taken under advisement and a land judgment was awarded to John I Helm against all claimants in sect 10 123n 6w.
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U. S
Ewing
District Court
John Weber
Hungary
Ludwig Gruemacher
Russia
Mary Berthe Gerkins
Germany
James Aloysus Murty
Scotland
Pietero Empereur
Italy
Adolph Lippens
Belgium
James Archie McMullan
Herman VanDeRiet
Patrick H. Crossen
Charles A. Wiley
Richard Lognes
Albert L. Halladay
Annie Halladay
Effie Jane Meyer
John I. Helm
McDonald Anderson Benjamin S and Sadie Anderson wed in Great Falls
Benjamin S McDonald, a noted rancher from near Chateau, married Sadie Anderson at Our Savior Norwegian Church in Great Falls on Friday December 1 with Rev A Lunde presiding. Bride from Sand Coulee, daughter of Oduma residents. Couple to live at groom's ranch near the city. Congratulations extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin S. McDonald
Chateau
Sadie. Anderson
Great Falls
Rev
A. Lunde
Sand Coulee
High School Notes and Thanksgiving Start for Basketball
The November vacation ends as students return to classes and basketball practice begins. The two assembly rooms are rearranged to ease seasonal play, with freshmen downstairs and seniors upstairs. Hazel Hane returns after illness, and Miss Arrowsmith’s geography class completes United States survey maps. The high school orchestra, sewing class, and note-writing lessons draw attention, while a field trip recounts a snake encounter and a hill fort visit with carved initials and shells left behind.
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Miss Smith
Dietrich
Miss Breneman
Sophmores
Hazel Hane
An Enjoyable Day At the Rieck Off Lakes Hunt
A narrator recalls a hunting trip about six years ago with a friend. They used small rifles to explore two small lakes called the Rieck off lakes, located about two miles west of the poor farm beyond the hills near the Teton river.
Dry roundup plans to push Wilson for national prohibition
Washington December 3. Anti liquor workers plan to march to the White House Saturday with about 300 supporters under the National Temperance council. They will seek support for federal prohibition the DC measure and banning liquor ads from the mails during the upcoming dry roundup starting next Thursday.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
National Temperance Council
Congress
District of Columbia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Choteau~ Howe. Co
Love
Parent
Teachers’ Association
McDonald
Anderson
Joseph Hirshberg
Julius Hirshberg
Hirshberg Brothers
Teton County
Choteau, Montana
Mary Longmuir
Adelphi
Collins
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