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T H E M O N T A N I A N . Evary Friday Evening Chateau Co., Montana. at Choteau 8 . M. CORSON, Editor. TRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1893. T H E W E A T H E K For January up to the evening of the 24 was delightfully warm and pleasant, the thermometer rang ing from 34° to 59° each day and from 6* to 43° above at night. There waa no snow during that time, what there was left from December had about disappeared the first few days of the month, grass had began to start and some few ranchers had commenced to plow for the spring seeding and the stockmen were m great glee overthe prospects. On the 24th the north wind suddenly eprang np and at 8 o’clock the thermometer registered 8° below gero, the first time during the month. Since then the tempera ture has not been above zoro, ex eept On the 27ih, when it icached above. During the middle of the day it has ranged from al-ove to 39* below, and at night 13^° to 43 * below. At 8 o’clock on the morning of the 24th of December snow began falling and continued almost un Interruptedly until the 31->t, then it let up for one day, but the next day it started in again and has kept it up pretty regularly ever iince, so that there is now about 19 or 14 inches of snow on the ground. In some places the north wind which has prevailed for the past ten days, I ur partially blown It away, but lays too deep on all the face of the, laird to allow of •lock feeding on the ranges. The weather has been so severe that *o atoekmen have been in town, and it is impossible at this writing %o tell of any actual losses though the mail carrier from Belleview reports that several calves and young critters were frozen to death there last Tuesday and Wedms day nights, when the temperature fell to 41* and 42* below, the cold est for several years past. One peculiarity of the present told snap has been the extreme penetrating qualities of the cold end fineness of the snow. It ha* all the freezing qualities ot the traditional ‘•poganip” and is really the worst “spell of weather*’ known in this section for many years. Stock must be sufi< ring terrible though as stated above, no stockmen have been heaid from since the storm began and aa estimate cm be made at this time. Thi» morning it is clear and Cold with little wind. The tern peratqre seems to be raiding, though it was 37® b« low last night *Tjd 35® at 8 o’clock this mornin T he b i l l creating Tetou county goes into effect on March 1. Fol lowing are the officers: Walter S. Clark, J . P. Flint, and 0. Wal lace Taylor, commissioners. A. B. Hamilton, sheriff; 0. L. Bristol, treasurer; clerk'and recorder, J. E. Wamsley, clerk district court, Sterling McDonald; assessor, Frank Ralston; county attorney, Jas. Sulgrove; supt. schools. J. G, Bair; public administrator, Byron Corson; coroner, S. H. Drake. Choteau is named as th® county seat but the bill provides that the commissioners shall cause to be placed upon the ballots at the next general election in ’*94, these words: ‘‘For permanent location of the county seat _____ ,” and the place having the largest number of votes shall be declared the county seat until changed accord ing to law. This practically set tles the county seat question, though of course Choteau will have to‘‘keep gettin’ there” if she i* to «ecure the prize then. This is prnnably best, as it will be an in eentive for everyone here to work for the improvement of the town and the sett lenient of the sur rou miing country. Other p’acos, too, will push forward audio their efTort-s great and prosperous communities will spring up in dif lerent, iiaiH of the county. This is one i * * 1 1 -on why T he M ontanian in the pa-t has ao strenerou-ly ad vocated a vote on the county seat question. Now that Choteau is to be the county seat of IVou county on March l.-t, tlm q lestionof suitable quarters for offices an.l the fami lies of the officials is one of much importance, in as much as there is not a vacant office or dwelling in town. As but less than four weeks will intervene until thes® quarters will be required, no time must be lost in their con struct ion. Of coarse the present condition of the weather prevents any attempt at build ng, but every thing can b^ anang tl now and when warmer weather does come, which will be in afewdav«, active opera* ions can be to nmeuced. A dozen or fifteen neat cottages could be bu It ami ren‘ed ,vith the opening ot spring, as could also a few good busdi es-* houses, E very man is mi | pos d to do his own pr. y ng, Mr. Clark; be side* only the prayers of the righ’e -us avail at the throne of grace, and any attempt of yours to evade t he law by securing the service' oi oae to do your praying for you will prove lutil. t r O' W . A . C lark iB trying every moans to secure his election to the U. 8. senate. Even the L'*rd is in voked to aid him, and that, too, fey proxy. T uf . division of Choteau county 1 caused by the creation of Teton 1 county, which takes effect Match j 1, deprives Choteau county of one ! of its best and most conscientious offi ers Commissioner Gr.iy. Sur veyor Day, recently elected, also goes with the new county.—River Tie...-. THE TOWN OF CHOTEAU la located in the center of popula tion of Teton county, has three hundred and over inhabitants and is well known as one of the best small towns in the state. It has four stores, two hotels, an excel lent bank controlled by resident® of the town and immediate vicini ty, has two newspapers, weekly, two livery stables, two blacksmith shops, a wagon shop and a meat market, and as an educationa point it is second to no town of its size in the state. The real estate of Choteau is not owned by a syndicate, thirty- four lets being the largest holding of any individual or corporation. More than one hundred and fifty persons own lots in the town oi Choteau, therefore the benefits to be derived from the location there of the county seat, even tempor arily, will be extended to a large number of persons. COMMITTBB. 1 ho CuUn«V 'IVlon'itud I u W h Of (‘llOlt'iMl. ‘•Teton trill be one of the mos' prosperous counties in the state and Choteau will continue to be. as now, one of the moat prosper ous towns. , “There i* more agrii u tural land with an abundance of water, with in 30 miles of Choteau than with in 30 miles of any o*her twon in the state.” These are some of the facts set forth by the Teten committee in securing the passage of the Teton county bill. And excellent ones they are, too. O f T . F 1 \ '\\1 c o Q O O O C O ►— H h J U J C O Ri pians Tabules cruvs tfee Woes. 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