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■ ; î T » “ ' . : - ' . • - -• •*•.;' *.- - 1 •- . .’- '„-»■* ■,- '- * ' „ . ■< ,*-'* »'> ;. ,, •• - . 1 .,. VOLUME I FARMINGTON IFrom our Regular Correspondent.] “ The groves were God’s first temples” and nowhere.has man been able to compete with Nature. The finest structure built w i th hands is not half so inspiring or grand. Many of the city chui’ches, with their frescoed walls and stained glass windows are beauti ful. but they are cold, inanimate things, w hile trees are l i v i n g things that speak to us of a higher, better life. He who plants a tree, plants it not for himself alone, but its spreading branches can gladden the eye of the passer by and future generations will sit un derneath its sheltering branches and think kindly of the one who planted it. In this prairie country trees are not only beautiful tojook upon but are almost a necessity to protect us from the winds that sometimes move with greater ve locity than is pleasant to encounter. A few trees planted around a dwel ling is a greater protection, mak ing the surroundings warmer in winter and cooler in sum m er. While driving over the bench last week, we took special notice of the beautiful groves around the homes of L. O. Sater, Dan Jacob son, Warren Kale, Cal Binford, Jay Peterson, Arnasmier, Lars Nassett, John Carlson, Allen and Wm. Gamble, Christ and Olaf Lindsetb, Nels Johnson, Louis Sehoppe, John Cathman, Alex Longmnir and Ed Bollerud. The groves set out this year by Henry and David Davidson and Dan Lind- seth promise to become “ show peaces” within a few years, Peo- * pie in- -passing ■ along - the r o a d where there are trees invariably drive slowly so they can enjoy the picture. We have tried m a n y varieties of trees but find none so hardy as the native cottonwoods and balms. Plenty of water and manure is all that is needed. The Minnesota willows grow w e l l where there is an abundance of water and make fine wind-breaks. Senator Larson, Lars Nassett and Mrs. Ben Dundan have beautiful willow trees. There is nothing adds so much to the attractiveness of a place as trees and shrubery. Of the latter, we have found the purple lilac, the native wild plum with its profusion of fragrant white blossoms in the spring and dense green foliage during t h e summer, while in autumn its leaves have all of the varied tints of the the season, and the flowering cur rant with its sweet scented yellow blossoms, that resemble the old fa.sbioned honeysuckle, to be hardy. Some of the most beauti ful prairie towns the writer has ever seen, were where trees had beea planted with precision along the sidewalks. At Farmington, if the business men will set out a few trees in front of their houses, it will do much to add to the ap pearance of the place as well en hance the value of the property. Delbert Daley of Choteau vis ited at the Dan Lindseth home last week. Barter arid Elof Johnson were ■business visitors in Choteau Satur day. Ed Bollerud. Elias Reckdahl, Ole Wagnald, John Gronbergand Cal Binford were county seat vis itors lust week. The Misses Clara and Bertha Davidson and Miss Alice Sater re turned from Great Falls last Fri day, where they had been attend ing the teachers’ institute. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith went to Choteau Saturday. Mr. Smith is with the Milwaukee en gineering crew. Halvor and Martin Hanson will run the Kerr and Hanson thresh ing machine this year. They com menced threshing the H o r a c e Bleeker crop Saturday. Rev. Homeland of Great Falls conducted services in the Norweg ian church last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Jones and son, Kyle, and Mr. Anderson and Mr. Shawver of Kansas City called on friends on the Bench Sunday evening. Mr. Shawver is a neph ew of Mrs. Jones and is here for a short visit. Mr. Anderson will visit as long as “ Will will feed me.” You may as well say good bye to old Missouri then Mr. And- son, for we have known Mr. Jones for twenty years and know that his larder is never empty and that Mis. Jones is an excellent cook. We understand.that Carl Han son is going to sow hrs farm to al falfa ‘and engage in dairmg and hog raising. If he does, we would like to be the possessors of his pocket book a few years hence. Mr. and Mro. John Cathman went to Choteau last Saturday. Miss Ruth Malone left Saturday for Dillion, where she will attend the state normal school the com ing year. The friends of Charlie Crane w i l l be .glad to k n o w his health is slowly getting better; we would like to see the improvement a little faster, but considering the serious nature of his illness, we think him very fortunate to be up and around again. Dr. Larson of Great Falls if treating him. Char ley is at home now but makes two trips a week to Great Falls for treatment. O. P. Rustad commenced work on his store building this morning, Sept. 8. The first work of this nature in the new town. Good for you, Pete. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lindseth spent Sunday with Mrs. Eleanor Daley of Choteau. The Farmington and Burton schools opened Monday. Miss Linnie Kern and Miss Bessie Dav idson of Portland are teaching the former, while Miss Grace Thomp son of Great Falls will preside over the latter. Miss Sella Peterson, who has spent the last two years in Everett, Washington, returned to her home last Sunday. Miss Annie Zuidema left for Dillion last week, where 9he will attend the normal school. Mrs. H. K. Ferris returned from Great Falls Tuesday, where she had been visiting for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Garret of Collins were Sunday visitors at the Kale home. Misses Dora Lindseth and Olga Otness are attending school in Choteau. Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Nelson and baby and Miss Hanson spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pet erson. Miss Magdaline Wagnald re turned to Great Falls last week, where she will attend the high school. Miss Freda and Maca Cathman visited at the Bremer home Sun day. Mary Ord and Dorothy Long- muir and Bina Eyraud returned to Great Falls last Friday, where they will resume their studies at the Ursuhne Academy. J. M. Weaver, mine host of the Hotel Beaupre, has returned from a trip to the east. While away he visited Eastern Canada and New York. He states that crop conditions in the Dakotas and in Minnesota are not of the best, but that farther east conditions are some better, but in all of his travels he failed to find a more favored section than right here in Choteau, in good, old Montana. \\\■ ~ \ ---------- ■■■■■■ U.- ' ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- CHOTEAU, TETON COUNTY, MONTANA, SEPTEMBER 12, 1913 NUMBER 11 American Sufiragists Show They Can Do Work of Men Photos by American Press Association. T HIS shows you what American suffragists can do. They have all along claimed women could do anything men could. Recently a dozen or them donned overalls, old sldjVs and bloomers and with paint pots and jpaint ^rushes In hlind nttnc&25 their Clubhouse at Tompklnavllle, N. V. They climbed ladders and clung to the shingled roof, while they used the brush, like Simon pure union painters. A crowd of men watched and cheered them. /These suffragists determined they would paint their clubhouse just to prove that they didn’t have to depend upon mere man to do It Besides, they said they’d rather sling paint than hurl bricks. TO COMPLETE THE SUN RIVER PROJECT. “ I have directed the reclamation service to proceed with the Mc Arthur contract for the construc tion of the work on the Greenfields bench of the Sun river project, and that the Dutton lands are to be released, the vote in the Dut ton district being but five votes for irrigation out o f a total of 223. In recognition of the desires of the people that part of the project will be abandoned, and the lands can be patented as dry lands. ‘ ‘The development of the Green fields bench means the expenditure of several mijlion dollars in the next few years. It is expected that the work will be completed in about three years. “ FRANKLIN K. LANE, “ Secretary.” The above telegram, received last Monday by Governor S. V. Stewart and other prominent men and the daily newspapers of Mon tana, was very pleasing news to this portion of the state, and par ticularly so to those residing in in the southern portion of Teton county where the Greenfield bench is located. The order of Secretary Lane means the reclaiming of 322, • >00 acres of Montana’s fertile domain, the expenditure of millions of dol- ars in money, the construction of a mammoth dam having a capacity of 269,000 acre feet, which will be one of the biggest reservoirs in the United States. The decision of the secretary to continue work on this project, following so closely his tour of in spection, proves that he was very favorably impressed with our por tion of the country and that he is familiar with the possibilities of irrigation. The elimination of the Dutton portion of the project is to be regretted, but under the cir cumstances it was hardly possible for the secretary to do otherwise. In our opinion, the settlers there were very unwise in their decision to go against irrigation. It was the work of the Dutton settlers in their objections to being included in the project which held up the fate of the entire project for sev eral months, and it looked for a time as though they would succeed in having the project abandoned. The visit to Washington by Gov ernor Stewart, former Governor Norris, I. D. O’Donnell o f Billings, W. M. Bole of Great Falls and Phil I. Cole of Choteau, resulted in the promise of Secretary Lane to visit the project, and this visit has resulted in the order to at once commence work which will mean so much to the northern portion of Montana. The Sun river project is one of the largest and. and it is believed, can be made one of the most pro ductive in the United States. It embraces 322,000 acres of land in Teton, Chouteau, Cascade and Lewis and Clark counties. It stretches from the Teton riv er on the north six miles beyond the San river to the south, and from a lino north and s o u t h through Great Falls to the base of the Rockies. It is estimated that when this fertile tract embracing the enor mous total of 2,000 square miles is put under the ditch, every acre of it will bring$100 and will support 50,000 people. The Sun river project is fortun ate in having a long growing seas on, and the average elevation is 3,700 feet. The water supply is secured from the Sun river and its tributaries’ as well as from tribu taries of the Flathead. The area of the drainage basin is about 1,500 miles, from which the an nual runoff is 800,000 acre feet, to irrigate 400,000 acres. I The flcDonald Block The following account of the new business block now under con struction in Choteau by Chas. S. McDonald, is, copied from t ho Great Falls Tribune: Marking the first big step of de- velopment o f the business district of Choteau following the coming of the railroads to that town, Charles S. McDonald, well known throughout this section as a wool grower, has started woi k on a busi ness block that will represent an investment o f about $55,000 when completed. The plans for the block and the direction of the work will be done by Architect W. E. Dono van of this city who is now com pleting the details of the plans for the structure. The improve ment will not be completed until next year though some of it will he finished this fall. The huilding which Mr Dono van has designed for Mr. McDon ald will be 75 by 140 feet and will include the present structure oc cupied by the Choteau Mercantile company, a branch store of Strain Brothers of this city. The build ing both the old and new portions, will be two stories in theight, the store now on the premises, being but one story. The completed block will con tain on the street floor a large store room on the premises occu pied by the mercantile company which it is expected will be occu pied by the mercantile company, a drug store which has been leased by W . H. Hewston of Rolette. N. D., and a room for movingpieture theater which has been leased by Dr. E. J. Crary of Leeds. N. D. In the second story of the block will be the office -suits and club rooms, the Choteau commercial club having already leased the rooms for its use on that floor. The office rooms will he occupied by the professional men of the city, leases having been taken already on most of them. Thoughout the building will be modern, plumbing and heating being according to the latest meth ods as also is the lighting of the building, The building will all be ready for occupancy early next spring, it is planned by Mr. Dono van to get much of the construc tion work completed this fall. It will be done by day work, no con tract being let, and the general supervision will be in charge of Architect Donovan. The railroad development to ward Choteau has caused consid erable activity in that place but Mr. McDonald is the first to start work on a big building improve ment. The fact that two of the rooms in this building are to be occupied by men coming from an other state indicates that Choteau is atracting favorable notice from outside and with the advent of the railroads there will be a real business boom on the capital of Teton county. The laying of track on the Great Northern’s branch to •Choteau will reach that place not later than Sept. 18, it is now stated, and trains will be carrying freight to and from there very soon after that time. Marriage Licenses FAIRFIELD Geo. Carolus has received a telegram stating his uncle in Cali fornia is seriously ill. The track on the Great Fails and Teton county railroad is now laid between Power and Limington and the work of laying rails is go ing on steadily toward Choteau. It sounds pretty good to hear the whistle of the locomotiv«} j u s t north of here. VVe will soon be able to go to Chotnau or Power without having to take along tire* some drive with horses. And then, too, if work on the elevators is carried on without delay the com panies will have a large amount of grain to handle this fall. The farmers will have from 3 to 8 miles to go, where in going to Power the majority have from 13 to 20 miles. Mr. Zimmerman made a trip to the county seat on business the last of the week. Miss Ruth Young has returned home after a two months visit in the Yellowstone National Park. Miss Young will teach at the cen tral school house this year. Geo. and Clms. Frey made a business taip to Choteau the last of the week. Today, after a silence of three months, the school bell rings once more and to most of the children it is a welcome sound. Now they must lay aside their play during the day and take another long stride toward acquiring an educa tion. Miss Maud Davies has arrived from Sun River to take up the duties of teaching qt the West school house. Wink Edgar passed t h r o u g h here with a load of freigut bound for Choteau. Hurry up boy your freighting days will soon be over in this vicinity. Oscar Gnu re is celebrating the arrival of a son. Glenloyd Cafe Opened The cafe operated by Messrs. Hustad, Bergland, Burt and Jack- son, in connection with the Glen loyd hotel on upper Main street in Choteau, was opened to the public last Sunday evening, when from five to eight o ’clock a delicious four-course dinner was served to the 75 or more guests present. The Choteau band was in attend ance and enlivened the occasion with delightful music. The Glenloyd is our newest ho tel, having just been completed at an expense of several thousand dollars. It is a [two-story struc ture,’with a full basement, contain ing 32 large-sized rooms. It is modern and up-to-date in every particular. At present the cafe is the only . portion of the hotel ready for business, the furniture for the balance not having yet been received, but it is thought this will be here and installed within the next week or ten days. The hotel and cafe are to be conducted under separate manage ments, the hotel proper b e in g owned by Messrs. Litke & Jack- son, who will have charge of this portion of the business. .Since our last report marriage licenses have been issued by James Gibson, clerk of the district court to the following: Isaiah Langersand Irene Berry, both o f Conrad. Charlie Hoy, of Blackleaf and Frances James of St. Paul, Minn. Andrew A. Dunbar, of C u t Bank and Phoebe Stephenson of Browning. Harry E. Harte of Shelby and Hulda Hooksprung, of KeviD. O. W. Nelson and Catherine Drinville, both of Gilman. Reliable Watches Elgin. Waltham. Illinois. Hampden. Let us show you . the Hamilton watch, the finest railroad watch made. Our repairing advertises itself. HOLLAND, the Jeweler For Sale or Trade—A five-acre tract of irrigated at land Moffit, Col. Will sell for cash or trade for horses. For particulars call on or address, W. L. Sears, Choteau, Mont. 8-4wk pd.
