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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
6
From 1907 to 1914 engineers argued over two cycle and four cylinder motors. By 1915 twelve and even sixteen cylinder concepts emerged but the four cylinder car became dominant in the United States due to cost and economy. Manufacturers signal more four and six cylinder models for 1917 while speedways and trucks run on fours.
Sale of state lands in Lewistown set for October 18. Belgrade hosts Agricultural Day October 6. Whitefish reports a found unidentified murder victim with initials N P B in the hat. Laurel to enlarge Northern Pacific freight yards at $25 000. Gilchrist yields 51 bushels per acre on 106 acres of non irrigated land three miles north of Belgrade. Livingston boy may lose sight after a 22 caliber cartridge fragment hits him. Missoula reports new non partisan tickets for county offices. Helena chamber of commerce names two more members to draft bylaws in December. Bozeman fining F F Rich for living unlawfully with Mrs W D Wallace. the pair cited as married. Bozeman Story and Work Sheep Co organized with 500 000 capitalization to stock 27 000 acre Clear Range ranch. 31 500 lambs sold. Billings spots counterfeit postal money order for 14 85 first of its kind since 1911. Havre notes 200 Industrial Workers of the World passing through. 40 seek a handout but are sent away. local deputies curb depredations. Missoula to host unveiling of Gold Creek monument with A L Stone leading remarks. Governor S V Stewart, Jessie P Rowe, and Col Frank D Brown among speakers.
An article by IE E Mathewson argues Montana should continue dirt roads to save costs while adopting road science. It highlights Os car Bohn of Butte for sixty miles of boulevards, notes need for maintenance, and urges building main lines with feeder links, lower ton mile costs, and promoting tourist travel to leverage scenery and parks.
Madison reports licensed muskrat farmers in Winnebago County and nearby took 58435 animals in the year to June 30 and sold hides for 25220. The licensing law governs premises and reporting. The top farmer sold 12125 hides totaling 5303.
The United States seeks about six million dollars in forty plus suits for American lives and property losses from the Lusitania sinking. Secretary Lansing plans to resume talks once Ambassador Bernstorf returns, after interruptions from the Arab ic and Sussex incidents and Germany’s assurances.
Charleston John Drysdale, 120, travels from Richwood to Balorsville with his son in McDowell county. He was married at 70. He once pulled a loose tooth at 70 and later lost sight briefly before gaining improved sight.
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