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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1916
Page
12
In Thompson Falls Montana a natural cold storage system 60 feet underground drives cold air to town markets private homes and the principal hotel. The 46 degree air vents seasonally guiding cooling for meat trout and hay fever relief making the town a cool oasis in heat.
In Bozeman Montana the street car system grew from a real estate lure into a notable local feature. The phrase let her go Gallagher originated when Gallagher the lineman and operator would release the car to impress prospective buyers arriving by train. Travel and real estate circles spread the line, the phrase, and its fame across the country.
James W. Gerard the American ambassador to Berlin is noted in Montana circles. He married a Daly daughter, once had mining interests in Fergus county, and spent much time in Butte and the Bitter Root valley, Daly family summer home.
Senator William A. Clark, 78, visited Virginia City Montana to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Montana Masonic grand lodge. He walked the old streets, recalled frontier days, and spoke briefly about family obligations while recalling the rise of the Montana Vigilantes who restored order in Alder Gulch and helped end a wave of robberies and killings.
Montana heirs await final probate of the Gideon Howland estate once held in trust by Hetty Green. Legatees Grinnell of Hardin and Morton of Miles City expect portions totaling 11 000 and 72 000 respectively, as Howland heirs number about 450.
Great Falls ends the season with no yellow heads visible on lawns or boulevards after a successful effort against dandelions. City residents celebrated a weed-free display as reports praised the city’s maintenance and community work.
The Denton editor known as Robert Strother writes weekly poetic prose under Walt Mason, a real prose poet with roots in the Strother family. His Montana persona crafts satirical reflections on news topics from primary elections to railroad strikes, highlighting the average man and the public bill.
Butte will host a western photoplay titled The Parson of Pana mint with Dustin Farnum as a fighting par son. The set includes an exact Casino re creation echoing the city’s earlier rough tenderloin era. Local Montana businessmen near Butte may offer scene guidance.
Zortman Montana reports Coburn a cowboy poet lariat leading a troupe of about fifty cowboys and girls to film authentic western dramas. The group operates from a tented camp near Zortman as they eschew studio hype for genuine cowmen who know their trade.
Norman Ross representing Canadian colonies campaigned in Montana for two weeks aiming to recruit coal miners across the boundary with a federal license. He departs for Canada due to Montana wages being high, having accomplished nothing.
Butte Montana recalls Fat Jack Jones a Kansas City cab driver turned butchered loaner as he built a money lending tale. He secured a $1500 loan from Jim Murray now a millionaire banker then and repaid only interest for three years before chasing mining luck to Coeur d Alenes. He later returned to banking, drove a Packard for the banker, and remains a familiar figure in Butte with his silk hat.
Butte Montana veteran showman Uncle Dick Sutton retires from active management after selling the Broadway theater to the Oppenheimer Cohen group. Once a wagon circus founder and famed for Tom Shows he built Butte’s leading venues and ran four local theaters plus several road troupes.
Helena report states the public utilities commission orders that rural party line telephone conversations be limited to five minutes starting October 1. The line may be used if demanded by another user on the same line and the offender faces removal of their telephone for violations.
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