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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
12
Montana outlines absent voter rules under the Absent Voter Law. Applications may be filed with the county clerk within 30 days before the election, with a 30 cent fee. Applications must reach the county clerk before ballots are delivered to judges to be valid on election day. Blank forms available from county clerks and deputy registrars. applications must be sworn by two residents.
Cascade county shows rising personal tax and license revenues with Lee Dennis as treasurer. From March 1 to September 1 this year personal property tax collections reached 31 474 83, up from 8192 89 prior year, and cigarette license fees rose to 358 dealers paying 3580. Pool table licenses totaled 1642 50 for 438 tables, while county funds earned interest increased to 12317 51. Some residents faced arrest to force payment.
A humorous maxim advises letting talkative men reveal what you seek by listening closely. It suggests curbing direct questions and letting the speaker divulge information through conversation.
A telephone request at a Thornton hotel in Butte led to a day clerk alerting the lobby that Mr Sullivan was in the building. The man identified as Mr Sullivan appeared, answering the summons with each stance as the page announced him.
A reminiscence on early cowpunchers detailing life from California to the Big Bend. It describes gear and dress including hats, buckskin, chaparreras, boots, spurs, guns, and ropes. It contrasts California riders with Texas east of the Rockies and introduces notable figures like Pretty Shadow and Mason.
Montana’s first Episcopal bishop Daniel S. Tuttle led vast pioneer missions from the 1860s to 1886. He served in Virginia City and Helena, baptized and married many locals, befriended figures like W. A. Clark and Lee Mantle, and endured hardship with humor.
Sheridan county boosters plan a special exhibition train touring multiple states with grain displays literature and photos highlighting northeastern Montana. The journey features Poplar Indian musicians and celebrates local builders who erected 100 elevators in thirty towns fueling banks newspapers and new residents while promoting Montana as a land of opportunity.
A farmer on his porch with his wife near him shares a quiet autumn evening. She asks for something, and he answers with resolve, saying we will, as he recalls the granary and fields beyond the hill. The line F. O. B. Detroit hints at a future trip or purchase.
A Los Angeles Times note counters rumors about Pancho Villa dying at ten, saying he isn’t dying as of now and lending a sober view to the era’s chatter about the Mexican revolutionary.
Pat Carney dominates Madison county politics while growing premier potatoes. He repeatedly wins the 100 pound prize cake at the Helena state fair but declines to accept the prize to let others win. His fame spurred Northern Pacific to feature the great baked potato in dining cars and he also polishes political careers for pleasure alongside profit from his crop.
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