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VOLUME I CHOTEAU, TETON COUNTY, MONTANA, APRIL 17, 1911 NUMBER 42 REAR ADMIRAL WHOSE SHIPS ARE NAVY’S BEST. Rear Admiral Cumeron McR. Wins low is commander of the first division of the Atlantic fleet, his flagship being the great Arkansas, which, with his other super-Drendnoughts. forms the flower of the American navy. Forest Rangers Meet In Choteau During the present week an im portant conference of the rangers and guards on the Lewis and Clark national forest is being held at the local offices in the McDonald block. This meeting is being held to dis cuss the administrative problems presented during the last .year and to prepare for the coming fh’e sea son. The scarcity of snowfall of the past winter and the dryness of the present spring, will, unless tempered by copious rainfall during the months of May and June, render the woods almost if not as dry as the summer of 1910, so well remembered by the resi dents of Teton county. The for est officers are now preparing to meet this situation should it arise. The program is as follows: Monday, Timber Sales, Free Use, Lands; Tuesday, Organization, Accounts, Improvement of the Forests Special Uses; Wednesday, Grazing; Thursday, Grazing; Fri day, Telephones, Fire Protection; Saturday, Fire Protection and mis cellaneous matters. Supervisor Spaulding is chairman with the following floor leaders: Monday, A. P. Townsend; Tuesday, Frank J. Jefferson: Wednesday, E. A. Woods; Thursday, G. A. Terry and S. C. Sanderson; Friday, C. R. Townsend; Saturday, L. F. Jefferson. On Friday evening a banquet will be held at the Hotel Glenloyd. Assistant District Forester Rut ledge and Superintendent of Tele phone Construction Adams arrived Tqesday to be present during the remainder of the session. Among those present are C. R. Townsend, F. J. Jefferson, Augusta; Bruce Neal, William Hoxey, W. R. Dryden; O. R. Olney, Strabane; E. A. Woods, Blacldeaf; James Johnson, Dupu- yer; G. A. Terry, Pike; A. P. Townsend, C. L. Monroe, L. F. Jefferson, S. C. Sanderson. K. D. Lamka, J. T. Moore, Choteau; R. H. Rutledge, R. B. Adams, Missoula, Scott Leavitt, Great Falls. ______________ We will paper any room in town or vicinity for less money than any one in the city or locatity. Why? We have the paper here in stock. Choteau Paint and Wall Paper Store. 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. Report of State Exam iner Following is the report of an examination of the jfaffairs of Teton county made By. R. S. Mc Allister and Claude Riper, deputy state examiners, Murb&-23, 1914: E. D. FORREST County Treasurer Balance all funds J u ly 80.11)13 Sl99.05fi.01 Receipts from July 30th. 19X3^ to March 23,1914............................./... 391.851.911 590.907.00 Disbursements for same period — 3*5,592.50 B a la n c e ............................................ . 205.314,50 Cash ov e r ............................................. .21 1205.314.71 E. C. GARRETT Clerk and Recorder To fees from July 1, 1913, to Feb. 28, 1914 ...................................................... 1(1,233.21 Deposited with treasurer ............ (1.233.21 K. McKENZIE Sheriff To fees from August 1.1913. to Feb. 28. 1914 ................................................. S579.7.1 Deposltedl with treasurer ............... 579.73 JAMES GIBSON Clerk of the Court To fees from August 1. 1913. to Feb. 28.1914 ............................................... SI,051 25 Deposited with treasurer ............... 1,051.25 Trust funds responsible f o r ............ S27.90 EXAMINER’S NOTES In the clerk of the court’s office we request that all bail bond, or other forms of bonds that are in the nature of cash, be deposited with the county treasurer. Then, if these are refunded, the clerk simply draws an order on the treasurer for the amount of the same. In the sheriff’s office we request that the outside deputies furnish the sheriff with monthly reports of fees Collected; the sheriff to keep these reports on file so that when wq, make our examination we may have something to check his fee-book bv. Or, we would prefer that all papers be entered on the sheriff’s reception book be fore being sent out. In all other respects we find the books of your county in good shape. No Pessimists In Northern Montana Butte, April 10.—J. T. Me- Gaughey, assistant general freight and passenger agent of the Great Northern, arrived in Butte yester day and told ot the activities of the fanners at this season. “ The winter wheat crop of last year was thought to be a big one, but judging from all reports, this year the Montana crop will double the last one,” he said. “ Every where in tlie northern country more land is being broken and put into cultivation than before and unless very unfavorable conditions arise, Montana will have another banner year. “ The recent storm was of great value to the farmers,” the Groat Northern official continued. “ It was a long, steady rain and was followed by snow in many places. It soaked into the ground and did not run off and the land is now in fine condition for breaking up and planting. . “ With another such storm or two Montana farmers will secure record breaking hay crops, such as was harvested last year. The crop will be needed also; for, de spite the size of the crop last year, nearly all of it was consumed, and a great part of it sold for $12 per ton. “ There is not a pessimist in all of Northern Montana,” Mr. Mc- Gaughey continued. “ They are all boosters and they have a foun dation on which to base their boosting.” Jos. F. Schwab, who came here recently from Great Falls, has opened a real estate and insurance office in room 10, in the Me.Donald building. Must'Salute Our Flag Washington, April 14 —A .gen eral concentration of the Atlantic fleet at Tampico was ordered ioflay by Sscretar.y Daniels after a cab inet meeting in which President Wilson laid before the cabinet the necessity for hacking up the de mand of Admiral Mayo that the American flag be saluted by the Huerta commander. The cabinet lad discussed the situation in a two hours’ meeting and the general consensus of opin ion was that Wasbi\gtoD should insist on a salute. 1 here was con spicuous silence on the part of all officers after the meeting and Sec retary Daniels hurried to the navy department where he prepared a memorandum of naval orders. Members of the cabinet were hopeful that no iurther step would lie required to obtain compliance with the American demand, but they privately admitted that the Washington government was get ting ready to enforce its demand should it meet with resistance. Notice to Clean Up To the Citizens of the Town of Choteau: Now that the storms of winter are past and the spring is upon us, when we can expect a great many strangers to visit our town, we wish to make the town of Choteau as attractive as possible to our visitors. Therefore, I wish to urge upon our citizens the value and necessity7 of a clean town and request each and every person to clean their premises at once. JULIUS HIRSHBERG, Mayor», May Get Daily Train There is a possibility tha the Sun River valley may get daily train service soon, according to the Gilman Optimist. Assistant Gen eral Superintendent Nicholson of Great Northern has strongly rec ommended that such service be put into effect as soon as possible. ]n his communication he said: “ The Sun River line is the best paying branch in Montana.” Naturalization Papers Declaration to become citizens of the United States have been filed by the following: Roman Hon ben, a subject of Holland, residing at Valier. Walter Boumas, a subject of Holland, residing at Valier. Herman Boumanx. a subject of Holland, residing at Valier. Josef Henben, a subject of Holland, residing at Va lier. M rs. Hattie Ernestine Newland, a subject of Gprman.v, residing at Porter. District Court District court was in session last Wednesday, with Judge H. II. Ewing presiding. In the case of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York against the Valier- Montana Land and Water Com pany, a decree o f foreclosure was signed and tiled with the clerk of the court. The court finds the water company indebted on its series A bonds, $1,692,636.50; Series B.. $1,073,648.37, a total of $2,766,284. S 7. Card Of Thanks We desire, through the columns of the Montanan, to express our heurtfelt thanks to our friends and neighbors for the many kind ex pressions of sympathy in our be reavement at tiie time of the death and burial of our husband and father. Mrs. Corson and Family. Toole County Electors Following is the line-uo of registered voters for the election for the creation o f the proposed new county of Toole, to be held April 25. TETON COUNT Y Shelby, first ward... _397 Shelby, second ward. 34 Shelby, third ward .. 39 Kevin ................... 129 Sweet G rass .............. 202 Ethridge ...................... 107 S90 HILL COUNTY West Butte ... ...... 37 Gold Butte ..... ....... 69 Rippen ........... ... 92 Grandview. . .. 50 Dunkirk . . 158 Devon ..... 211 Gal'i ta 173 Prospect 117 Beatrice 33 Total Civil Cases The following civil cases have been filed in the office of the clerk of the district court since our last report: J. M. Crandall vs M. O’Neal, suit on attachment. Filed April 10th. Whittenden Hosiery Company, a corporation, vs Brown & Gunz- berger, debt. Filed April 10th. High School Notes Last Thursday evening the members of the senior class prac ticed their play, which will be given some time during the last week of school. The members of the track team are not practicing very regularly as yet, but it is thought they will commence in earnest next week in order to prepare themselves for the meets held in Great Falls and Missoula. The arrangements are about completed for the junior prom. From the amount of work and time put on it by those who are managing the affair, this promises to be the most enjoyable affair of the year. Maisie Crawford was absent the fore part of the week, due to sick ness. Although she was warned not to come, she is showing great pluck and will finish this year whether or no. Frank Collins showed up this morning in the basement, but he decided that his head was still too large to come to his classes.. There are about six others who- are out for the same reason, “ the mutnps.” The fourth year Latin class have about completed their translation and are devoting most of tlioir time to prose lessons. The seniors have about all finish ed their themes and a number of interesting subjects have be< n take up and treated in a creditable manner. The volley-ball teams were joined this week in order that there would be enough boys for each side, as many of the boys were ab sent with mumps. Sam Crawford was up to the school Wednesday afternoon throwing the hammer. He de cided the next morning that he wasn’t as limber as he used to be. The meeting of the literary so ciety last Friday evening was open to the public and was large ly attended. The program, which was under the direction of Miss Brenneman, was very inter esting and was thoroughly enjoyed j by those present. | A new post office has been or dered established at Limington, with W. N. Withrow as post master. O. J. Kettlestrud has j been appointed postmaster at Eth- 1 ridge. * Bair on Carter Memorial Helena, April 15.—Governor S. V. Stewart as chairman of the Carter Memorial association today appointed the executive committee that will hive charge of all ar rangements for the erection of the memorial and the financing of v. The governor appointed J. L. Dobell of Butte, J. G. Bair of Choteau, John D. Wait of Lewis- town, Colonel Sara Gordon of Miles Citv, C. H. Williams of Deer Lodge, Sam D. Goza, of Helena and C. J. McNarara ot Helena. The appointment of the com- milte<* was authorized at the meeting here several w«-.eks ago when the Memorial association was organized. Salute Will Be Fired Washingtou, April 16.—The United States government tonight accepted General Huerta’s offer to salute the stars and stripes as an apology for the arrest of blue jackets a week ago today. The Huerta government’s salute will be answered with a salute to the tri-color of the Mexican nation. This arrangement, the details of which were being finally ar ranged tonight in an exchange of official messages between Wash ington and Mexico City, ended, in view of all liign administration of- ffeials, the crisis that had arisen in the last few days and had re sulted in the dispatch of American vessels to Mexican waters. Ex ecutive quarters and congressional circles breathed a sigh of relief that the tension had passed. No time has been set for the firing o f the salute, and until the details are arranged no further orders will be sent to the Amer- can fleet now proceeding south. It is practically certain, however, that while many of the vessels will be turned back, others will con tinue south and a substantially increased naval force will be^main- tained in Mexican waters. Homesteads Of 640 Acres Washington, April 16 —A bill to piovide for the opening to homestead entry of “ stock raising lands,” in the public domain was reported to the house today by tiie public lands committee. It was agreed upon after a conference between the house and senate members and officials of the in terior department. The measure would authorize the secretary to designate us sub ject to entry in tracts of not more than 640 acres “ lands, the surface of which is, in his opinion, chiefly valuable for grazing or raising forage crops, and which, in his opinion, do not contain merchant able timber and are not suscept ible of irrigation from any known source of water supply.” Entrants in order to nerfect title would be required to make per manent improvements on the land tending to increase its value for stock raising purposes amounting to at least $1.25 an acre. flarriage Licenses Since our last report marriage licenses have heen issued by James Gibson, clerk of the district coart, as follows. Arthur P. Murphy, 33, Coutts, Alberta, and Mirilla E. Donald son, 38, Shelby- Catholic Services On Sunday, April 19th, mass will be celebrated in Power at 9:30 a. m. and in Dutton at 11 a. m. of the same day. On Tuesday mass will be celebrated in Collins, at 9 a. m. A cordial invitation is ex tended to everybody. J. Connolly, pastor. MRS. R. T. WILSON. Mcthor of Mrs. Cornelius V a n derbilt Entertainer at Newport. LOCAL NEWS R. E Vincent, an architect, has arrived here from Spokune and has opened offices in the McDonald building. Jesse Gleason, who has been attending an art school in Minne apolis during the past winter, is expected home within the next few days to spend the summer months. According to the Bynum News plans are being prepared for the new Catholic church which is to be erected in that place in the near future. Jerry K iriy is the architect. * ~ There will be a meeting of the Teton county high school alumni at the high school building, on Wednesday, April 22, at 8 p. m. It is very important that all mem bers be present. The Chinese pheasants which were shipped in recently by the rod and gun club were turned loose at the Burrell ranch last Sunday. It is up to the people o f this section now to see that these birds ure protected and permitted to multiply. The work of excavating the base ment for the Larson building on Hamilton street is practically fin ished and the work of laying the cement foundation will probably be commenced immediately. F. S. Doege, who recently moved here from Oregon, has been awarded the contract for all Libor to be performed on the building to be erected on these promises by Mr. Larson. W. J. Dorrington left this (Fri day) morning for Helena to attend the meeting of the demo ratio state ccntial committee, «if which he is the member for Teton county. It is announced that this meeting of the state committee promises to ho a very w arm one, many charges, counter charges and deniuls having been made concerning the distri bution of federal patronage, and Billy says he wants to be present to see the bear dance. In looking over the files of the Montanian of April 13, 1894, we find in the advertisement of Silver- man & Cohen, then doing busi ness here, that goods were sold considerably cheaper than at present, notwithstanding the fact that at that time all of our supplies were freighted in from Great Falls on wagons. Here are a few of their prices: Best grade of flour, $2.30; rolled oats, 4c; smoked bacon, 94c; Rex break fast bacon, 114»; Rex sugar-cured hatn.s, 114c; salt bacon, 9c: navy beans, 4c; granulated sugar, $6.00; table salt, lo.
