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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1916
Page
12
Twenty five years ago a Hoosier youth with a sheepskin and fifteen dollars arrived in Great Falls Montana hoping for western conquest. He chose to stay when funds ran short and rose to head a leading Montana bank allied with local interests.
A profile of Sam Stephenson, Great Falls bank president and advisor to major Montana finance, outlining how his faithfulness and connections with John D. Ryan and the Daly and Morony estates help fund rapid regional growth. The piece notes the state’s booming towns, grain expansion in Sheridan County, and Stephenson’s role in mobilizing outside capital to back developing communities across northern and eastern Montana.
Obituary recalls Judge Frank H Woods a Montana pioneer who arrived in 1856 driving oxen. He was Missoula’s first mayor and served as county clerk and recorder from 1866 to 1880. Woods recounted travels through four territories before statehood and described early life and hardships including the first furrow in Hell Gate valley and a trek with two companions posing as Mormons seeking food.
President Wilson's note to the belligerents urging discussion of peace terms or at least a statement of aims has placed Washington at the center of diplomacy. Officials in the entente powers were surprised and ready to approach the note in a spirit of friendliness, hoping for frank replies.
William Rea of Billings bought a 49 gallon barrel from Judge A J Davis in 1866 for 3000 dollars paid with a note secured by Gallatin county warrants. Davis sued the county treasurer, won judgment to pay warrants, and the case triggered a mortgage on the Northern Pacific hotel. Davis netted 3800 dollars. the hotel passed to L M Black as the warrants were absorbed by whiskey.
Merchants in principal Montana cities are urged to join the national Pay Up week movement. The event runs from February 19 to 24 with participation in hundreds of cities nationwide.
The article contrasts wartime rails sent from Alberta to support Britain with Montana plans to build over 1,000 miles of new rail branches and feeders for transcontinentals. Alberta tears up 1,000 miles of track for ships carrying rails to France, leaving western Alberta deprived of transport. Montana at peace expands railroad mileage amid rapid development.
The region near Billings hosts a vast natural gas field described as the world’s greatest, with Havre losing gas prominence. Baker in Fallon County extends gas mains for fuel and lighting from local wells, while Glendive pipes gas from nearby Gas City for fuel, with a proven deposit near Glendive and Baker wells in use or on standby. The gas development is expected to spur local manufacturing and economic activity.
The Baker area backs a local company forming to manufacture brick and tile with samples sent to eastern refiners. A large plant will rise after spring, powered by natural gas. Major gas fields lie 70 miles south in Wyoming, with wells producing up to 250 million cubic feet daily and one giant well above 100 million. Billings could be heated by gas, with engineers approving the plan and politicians supporting the Byron gas field study.
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