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Make Your Wants Known by advertising lip-the oolumnsof this, thobest paper published In Teton county. n' VOL. 8. I, ____ ___ If You Do Not Wish anything, keep, your oc cupation and' mime out' of these columns, otherwise you / w i l l have to work. f : ______ : _____ ' ____________ ■■ NO. 36. P K O P E S S I O N A L . LAW Y E R S . N JAM E S SULGROVE. Lawyer § & Notary Public. Land. Mining and Irrigation Practice a (Speciality. Office opposite Old Court House. OHOTEATJ, - - - - MONT. Telephone No. 19. J . G . B A I R , ATTO'RNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. CROTEAU, - - - MONT. Telephone No. 4. J. E. ERlCKSON~ ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Choteau, - Montana. Telephone No. 14. THOS. J. LILLARD, 'ATTORNEY^ COUNSELOR . ' M LO T . Dupuyer, - Montana. PHYSICIANS S. H. DRAKE M.D* PHYSICIAN 4. SURGEON, Office at the Drug Store. OHOTEAU,- - MONTANA. Telephone No. 2. D R . T . B R O O K S , successor to W A M S L É Y & B R O O K S , Physician & Surgeon T e l e p h o n e 81, C H O T E A U . - - - M O N T A N A . f C , , N O T A R IES, ETC. . ....... A. G- W A R N E R , Iff OT A R T PUBLIC, U. S. COMMISSIONER, AUTHORIZED TO'R E C E IVE F ilin u o k F i n a l P ro o f s on P u b l ic L a n d s . OHOTEAO. - - - - MONT. OHJST C . uthorized to practice before the De partment of the Interior, the Land Office, and the Pension and other Bureaus. £NSION CLAIMS SPECIALLY A T T E N D E D TO , Cor. Main and St. John Sts., Fort Benton. GERALD DONNELLY, TE JSTOGrRAP H E R AND TYPEWRITER, HOTE A 0, -^M ONTANA. OLAF'FJELD, C o u n t y S u r v e y o r . Land and Ditch Surveying, heap and Satisfactory Work, but Strictly HOTEAU, .C A S H ......... : . v , MONTANA. FIRST M . E. CHURCH. orner Hazlett Street and Choteau Avenue G e o . L ogan , Pastor. ublic services every Sunday at 11 a. m., and 8 p. m. Sunday-school at 2:80 p. m. „pworth League at 7 p. ro. rayer meeting every Tharsday evening at 8 o’clock. Everybody welcome, D. LANG HORNE ë i t b e i r & H ot and C old B aths . ------ ain Street, Opposite Choteau House SO C IETIES. ’ hoteau L odge No 44 -A .. IB1 3c .A . : U V E . Ids its regular communications on s 1st and 3d Saturdaysof eachmontb. 1 visiting brethrencordially welcomed. J.G. B am , W. M. Junius Htna wMiQ, Seo’y. otsaù Lodge Nb. 1 1 ,1.0. 0, i: eets every Friday evening. * Visit- brothers cordially invited • t o . attend. T. J. M oore , N. G., .- .¿ 1 .P enry , Secy. . LOOK TO TH E HAST. Choteau Lodge, A . F. and A . M., pud Fidelity Chapter, O. E. S., Publicly .Install. “ Hall, Masonry Divine. Glory o f Ages shine; Long may’st thou reign Where e'er thy lodges stand, May they have great command, \And always grace the land; Thou art divine.” So rang the chimes on the evening ot December 31,1897, at the opening of the installation ceremonies of Choteau Lodge, No. 44, F. and A. M., and of Fidelity Chapter, No. 18, Order of the Eastern Star. The exercises were public and were held in the Town Hall. , Promptly at S p. m. the members of No. 44 marched into the hall, preceded by Past Master Dr. S. H. Drake, who was the installing officer for the occasion. After the siuging of. the installation ode, the installation of the offioers-elect of Choteau Lodge was began Sterling McDonald officiated as grand marshal, and, at the command of the past master, he conducted to the front of the altar, the new officers-elect, in the follow ing order: Worshipful Master, J. G. Bair; Senior Warden, Win. Hodgskiss; Junior War den, J. E. DeHaas ; Senior Deacon, T. J. Dean; Junior Deacon, J. H. Dunlap; Seceretary, R, E. Hammond ; Treasurer, Alfred Harris; Senior Steward, Julius Hirshberg; Junior Steward, Daniel Gray; Chaplain, Rev. George Logan; Tyler, John Zimmerman. The, ceremonials that followed the pre sentation of each officer were interesting and beautiful, the charge aud obligation administered to the worshipful master beiug especially elaborate and extremely impressive. At the conclusion of the obligation, the worshipful master arose from in front of the altar, and was conducted to the; foot of the dais by the marshal. The past master then seated him in the east, in the oriental chair, and'presented to him the charter, gavel and ..book of constitution andl)y-Iaws. . ■ v ■ • As the other officers,,were; presented and'jduly- invested .With* tiie insignia'of their respective offices, the marshal con ducted them to their several stations,as fol lows.: Senior warden, in the'west; junior warden, in the south; senior deacon, at the right hand of the worshipful master; junior deacon, at the right hand of the se nior warden ; secretary, in-the, southeast; treasurer in the southeast; senior and junior stewards, at the right and left of the junior warden, in the south ; chaplain, at the left and in front- of the worshipful master,' in the east; tyler, at the entrance to the lodge. The marshal .then made proclamation, and the ceremony was completed. At this point came an intermission of a few moments, after, which the installation of the, officors-elect of Fidelity Chapter was proceeded with. Tho officers to be installed were seated in a semi-circle west of the altar. Mrs. Hammond officiated as marshal; .and immediately after the offi cers had marched to their places in the semi-circle, keeping time to, .Clayton’s march, played on the piano by Miss Jen-, nie Drake, they were.prescnted before the installing,officer by Mrs.,Hammond for in duction into their respective offices in the following o r d e r W o r t h y Matron, Carrie Hirshberg; Worthy Patron, J. E. De- Haas,; -Associate Matron.' M a ry' Bair.; Secretary, I Jennie M. Drake; Treasurer, Aitanda Cooper; Conductress, Katharine McDonald.; Associate Conductress, Lou- ella Hammond; Chaplain, J. H. Dnnlap; Marsha], J. G. B a ir; Ada, Grace E. Steele ; Ruth,.Hattie M~Coffey ; Esther, Margaret Hodgskiss ; Martha, Celia A. Drake; Electa, Augusta Dunlap; War den, Wm. Hodgskiss; Sentinel, Alfred Harris; Organist, R. E. Hammond. The marshal conducted the officers, aft er their investiture and charge, to their stations: Worthy matron, in tho east; worthy patron, at the left of the worthy matron; associate matron, in the west; secretary, in the southeast; treasurer, in the northeast; conductress, in the south; associate conductress,in the n orth; chap lain, at the right o f worthy matron; mar shal,; at, the left and right in front of worthy matron; Ada, firut point of cen tral star; Ruth, second point o f central star: Esther; third point o f central star; Martha, fourth point ot central star; Electa, fifth point of central star; warden, at the right of associate matron ; senti nel, at entrance to the Chapter; organist, in the northwest. Proclamation was then made by the marshal, declaring the officers of Fidelity Chapter, No. 18, Order of the Eastern Star, duly installed. . . . ; . At frequent intervals, tho ceremonies were interspersed with songs appropriate to the occasion, which_ were, rendered,in .excellent, manner:.by the i choir; assisted j by members of both lodges. { The giving of obligations, charges, and lectures in both lodges consumed an hour and a half ; yet they were all given by Past Master Drake without the help of books, and entirely by aid of his wonder ful memory. In this respect, and in the dignity and impressiveness required for such occasions, Dr. Drake probably has no peer in the jurisdiction of Montana as an installing officer. The executive work performed by the marshals of tho respective lodges in con ducting and presenting the officers, was done in an excellent manner, and called forth much favorable comment and praise. The audience was very large, and their appreciation of and interest in the pro ceedings throughout were evidenced by the close attention and perfect order that prevailed. After the ceremonies were concluded, a grand1 ball fittingly closed the old year and ushered in the new. Those compe tent to judge, say that it was the best attended affair of the kind ever held in the town. Two hundred souvenir pro grams, elaborately gotten up. were fur nished to tho dancers by the general committee, J. E. Dellaas, R. E. Hammond and Alfred Harris, and there was a de mand for half as many more. Wm. Cook acted as prompter during the evening. The music furnished by the orchestra, consisting of Messrs. Longmuir at tho piano, and Doyle and Hull, first and sec ond violions, respectively, was indeed “a joy forever,” or at least until 4:30 a. m., when the last revellers left the hall. No pains were spared by the general committee, above referred to, or by the several sub-committees,or by the members of Bhie and Star Lodges, to make the event the grandest success in the history of the town, and the common verdict is that they did not fall short of their expec tations. The closing of the old year (1897) will ever linger in tho memory, of all who were present, as among the most pleasant and joyous of their experiences. Then, here’s a health to Masonry, and’ its sister institution. Order of the Eustern Stnr ! Long may they reign ! . . , . ' \ i dynamiting Wolves. ^ A correspondent of the Great Falls Tribune \writing from Kipp', says : “ A genleman, Mr. Arthur by name, has been camped in the vicinity of Cut Bank sta tion for some time past, while plying »his vocation as wolfer, and in a recent con versation with the writer explained his method, which, if true, is quite a discov ery in these days of bogus stychnine and cute wolves.\ 4 v “He traps and poisons, and as a destry- ing agent uses nothing but the, greasy wrappers from giant powder or nitro- , * » ». glycerine. Mr. A. says that after a soason of prospecting and representing on Borne mning claims in the Northwest Territory he camped near a rancher’s home, and while there emptied a box containing a lot of trash, including some of tho wrap-; ders. Several ground squirrels were found dead near the deoris the next day,' and within a couple of days two of, the farm- i • » . j i ■ . i ; • - er’s cows observed chewing the oiled ; pa per, suddenly dropped dead in their > i i , tracks. Upon this proof of the deadly nature o f the wrappers. Mr. Arthur con cluded to test them in killing rangé pests,\ and has met with excellent success, hav ing secured somethinp over 270 skins, mostly by this method, during tho past four months.\ “He obtains the wrappers from Butte, and drops pieces around old carcasses, rocks, etc., and says that he frequently finds the vicious brutes lying dead with the paper in their mouths, and rarely over 50 yards from the bait.” “It is a well known fact that wolves and coyotes delight in picking up scraps of paper, cloth and leather and playfolly carrying them for distance, and probably the-smell o f these dynamite wrappers at tracts them with the aboyé result” “Mr. Arthur is enthusiastic over his discover^», and highly recommends hie method, with an added word of cantion in its'use.” BUYERS, ATTENTION.—We . buy anything and everything. Special atten tion paid to ladies’ nnd childrens’ wearing appeared The very, latest styles and pat terns ;in vogue in fashionable life in the East.* W e can save you money. Send us your orders for anythiDg'yoti want.. Small ^percentage . charge»!.' « References -given; C apital P urchasing A gency , Washing ton, 'Di G. ' ! : j ' W * WASHINGTON LETTER , - fe* ■ • From our ll-gulur Correspondrait. W ashington ^ D . C., Dec. 3,1897. Iu its;observances of ,the Christmas holidays, as upon all similar occasions,- Washington proves the transitory charac ter of its .people, aud there is not half the life and spirit displayed hero during the gayest of .all the festal seasons in the cal endar of ¿Christendom, as .may bo seen in the cities/ and as for that matter, tho vil lages andrlmmlets, ot the western states. Of course this is due to the fact that almost everybody at the capital has a homo' some where else, nnd that a vast number go out of .the. city, to spend tho Christmas, tide, with relatives and friends. A majority of those who remain discharge themselves of their obligations to friends by remitting tho usual remembrances and then observe the idle days that follow, in a perfunctory wav, by going to the thea ters and d,o;ng little else. In the special services of the churches; in the attrnc- tions offered ,at the places, or public amusement ; in the general character of the home fesiivities, aud, indeed, in every feature belonging t o ’ the observances of the occasion, there is an inertia and tame ness displayed, that comes as a.surprife to the stranger who for. years has labored under the/hallucination ■ that .the capital is, ns it really ought to b e, the center of national gnyety nnd pleasure. The uncommercial .' sense of the busi ness classes is nlso apparent in the small effort shown to make attractive window displays, for none o f these that I have seen have approached in originality of conception nnd artistic suggestiveness the annual picture groupings which make ot tho retail stores in western cities at Christ mas time an open gallery of brilliancy aud splendor for the enjoyment of rich and poor alike and which add‘so much to the festal pleasure of the season. . In recognition of the recent bereave-; ment o f ’ thé chiéf magistrate Christmas week at thé executive, manion has so far been the quietest and most uneventful ever chronicled in the life of the historic old building and the well known family, equipage of the whitehouso stables bas been seensdaily upon the streets ocoupied- bÿ the president and his wife, sometimes alone, and - sometimes accompanied by friends. The weather has been and still is superb though the day before Christ mas saw a little fiirt of snow and there was one night last week in.which Jack Frost aud Boreas joined forces in n Bwirl of wind and icy sleet that sent the multi tude of holiday' buyers shivering out of the streets in a trice. The big eastern papers have produced nothing of an unusually striking charnc ter <n i their holiday issues ; indeed, so vast is tho scope of their daily and Sun day editions, that it seems as though there is no room left for anything in the field of special effort. In passing, I want to say something of the so called “yellow journalism” which has become rampant in the east within the last few years. To my fancy the quality of intellectual diet served up by the New York Journal and World and their cheap imitators, affords the strongest proof yet offered to estab* lish the Nordean theory of racial degen eration. Every morniDg a special mail train bears theçNew5York papers to Wash- mgton so that they.are offered for salo on thé streets by 7:30. o’clock; In Competi tion with themxtho'.Told fashioned but dignified paperéDf /the better class-pnb- lished at tho capital-bave no chance.’ And after all what; aro’thes« latest productions of,tho greater city*which begins on Janu ary 1st its marvelous municipal career ? Enlarged editions of the scandulous “ po lice” papers, barring the decency of their illustrations only ; pandering to the mor bid and immoral tendencies of mankind and sowing broadcast among the young the seeds of desire for moie knowledge of wickedness and crime. Iu the two news papers alluded to the editorial columns have become dim, inconsequential featnre in the background of the screen upon which are projected the exaggerated im ages in a glaring procession of illuminated horrors. The attitude the secretary o f the treas ury has taken upon . the money question has occasioned wide comment iu politi cal circles and it would appear that the administration through the words o f its purse-holder lias shied its castor fairly into the nng. Of course opinions are at variance within the republican party as to the expediency of the secretary’s course in making his .unqualified declarations at this time and such party veterans os Chan dler have read him the riot act. At all évents the financial policy thus set forth in Mr. Gage’s talk foreshadows a red-hot fight to come.,- As to'Cuba, there isnVeo much said hero lately^ the disposition'be ing'to wait the putcomolof the Segasta plans. In the so-called policy of “ pacifi cation” no onehhs'any confidenc, and tho letters of Charles'Pepper, written from Havana to tho Washington Star, the proof is clenr that the scheme in behalf of Spain was never tho offspring of sin cere or honost intentions nnd thousands of reconcentradocs- are shown to bo still starving in the closely invaded towns. The Cuban war will ever remain a blot upon the times for which civilization must sometime answer. Carlos Warfield and bride, of Butte, are expected here soon. Mr. Wnrfiold was married in tho province of Ontario, Canada, the latter part of December. Harvey Cunningham acted ns host innn, and F. J. Heinz, of Butte, was nlso pres ent. Hugh Frank Galen, eldest son of Hugh Galen, and brother ot James L. Galen and Mrs. Senator T. H. Carter, died here at 2:30 a. m. on Monday last. Mr. Galen has beer, ill almost since childhood with rheumntism, which fell nia'ndy at last attacked his heart, ami for a long time ho has sought relief m vain from the best medical skill of the c mntry. Ho reached hereon Tuesday before Christmas, satis fied that his end was approaching, and passed peacefully away on the day men tioned. Tho remains were accompanied to Montana by Mr. James.Galen, brother o f ,deceased, where interment will take plnce in the family plat. Miss Maud Galen is the guest of Mrs. Carter, in this city. A. H. H ersey . A H A P P Y NEW- Y E A R . Hun’s, Review of Trade at the- Close ot the Year Government Finances. Preliminary figures o f the government’s receipts and expenditures, issued New Year's day, show that the total.receipts for tho month of Decombor amounted to 859,046,098, and the expenditures to $27,- 095,000, which leaves a surplus for ; the month of $32,551,098. These figures; however, include receipts and payments on account of the Union Pacific transfer. Independent of the Union Pacific account, the surplus this month is $1,736,494. For six months of. the present fiscal year, ex clusive of,..the Union, Paoific payments, there is a déficit of $44.365,Q0Q; including the ‘ Union Pacific payments tliero is a surplus of $05,454; ’ • ' ; The.; receipts for, customs this ,-moniti amount to,,$11,600,788, against $9,930,38G for December, 1896. The gain over last month is $1,830,763. December receipts from internal revonuo amounted to $14.- 342,928, ns compared with $13,101,828 for December, 1896. The gain in internal revenue receipts over Inst month is $812.279. CURE CONSUMPTION. T. A. Slocum, M. 0., the Great Chemist and Scientist, Offers to Send Free, to the Afflicted, Three Bottles o f His Newly Discovered Eem- . cdlcs to Onre Con sumption nnd all Lnng Troubles. Nothing could bo fairer, more philan thropic or carry more ¡joy in its wake than the offer, of T. A. Slocum, M. C.,\of 183 Pearl street, New York City. . Confident that ho has discovered nn absolute cure for consumption aud all plumonary complaints, and to make its great merits known, ho will send, free, threo bottles (the Slocum new system of medicine) to any reader of T he M ontan - ian who is suffering from chest, throat and lung troubles or consumption. Ho invites those desirous of obtaining the remedies to simply send him their express and postoffico address, and re ceive in return the tlireo free bottles. . Already this “ new scientific course of medicino” has permantly cured thou sands of apparently hopeless cases. He considers it his religious duty—a duty which he owes to humanity—to do nate his infallible cure. , Offered freely, apart from its inherent strength, is enough to commend it, and more so is the perfect.confidence of the great chemist making the offer. He has proved consumption to be a curable disease beyond a doubt. There will be no mistake in sending— the mistake will be in • overlooking the Doctor’s generous invitation. He. has on file in his American aud European laboratories thousands or- testimonials of epxerience from those cured, in all parts of tho world. Delays are dangerous; mail your ad dress to.T. A. Slocum, M . .C., 183 Pearl street, New York, and when writing the Doctor, pleaso mention reading this article in T he M ontanian . The lutest nnd rarestbqoks furnished at lowest market prices. All the. new music in any form, supplied-at discount rates. Unmounted photographs o f celeb rites in all official and nonoflicial. circles, mount ed at Socts each or three for $1. Send us your orders. W ashington B ook and M u sic E xchange , Washington, D . C. R. G. Dun & Co’s Weekly Review of Trade said in its New Year's issue : Fail ures for the year, which closed last night, have been smaller than any other year since 1892, in number smaller thau any year excef t in 1893, and in average liabil ities per failure, smaller than in any other year in the last 23, except four. The ag gregate of failures, commercial and bank ing, was $180,600,000, of which $25,800,001) was in banking. In 13,360 commercial failures the amount of liabilities was $154,800,000, of which $69,000,000 was ii> manufacturing nnd $73,700,000 in trading with $12,000,000 iu brokerage and other commercial linep. The average of liabili ties per failure was only $11,589, nnd in 1892 only S11.025,-but only, three years in the past 23 were rivals, 1888, with $11,595: 1886, with $11,651; 1885, with $11,078. Tho new year opens with conditions radically different from those which pre vailed a year ago. Great financial distrust existed then, but it has passed away. After a whole year o f entire freedom from, disturbance or alnrm, in which the,counr try, lias paid a heavy foreign indebtedness, has taken and paid many millions for stocks sent abroad, and has accumulated credits against other credits represented by merchandise balances more than $32,- 000,000 in> its favor, for the past five- months, with deferred exchanges for more than $20,000,000 held by New York banks alone, while the great industries have been pushing their way into foreign mar kets with unprecedented success, the monetary situation is no longer a matter of anxiety. More thau half a million men in a few 'states, according ,to official re ports, hro employed now. who woro idle a year ago, and a general advance in wages for those employed has gone far to restore the rates prevailing before the panic. The volumo o f business through the clearing houses for tho...week .was 14.2 per. cent larger than in , 1892,. has for. the. .month ' been 3 percent larger than in that year, and in many industries; and brunches of business the-latter-months of ' thisyear-' have surpassed all records. Tho iron industry has been greatly en couraged by an increased.demand during the past few weeks and while a slight im provement in pig iron at Pittsburg lias been maintained, notwithstanding the greatest output ever knowu, tho new con tracts for finished . products havo boen unusual for tho season. They include 30,000 tons of steel rails to one eastern mill, 12,000 tons of structural work for improvements at. New York alone, with large operations at Chicago and other cities, nnd a greatly increased demand for manufacturing materials generally, and especially for sheets. Minor metals havo been rather weak with tin at $13.60 and copper at $10.87 in spite of tho large exports, whilo lead is quoted at $3.72)<j and spelter at $3.85. But Besse mer full weight tin plates are selling at $3.05 against S4.10 for foreign. No change m the prices of coke appears, though tho. shipments were tho largest for any week this year. The worsted goods purchases have stimulated . buying by wool manu facturers, so that tho wool markets are stronger, though' without changes in quotations. After the great excitement at Chicago, wheat still goes out. o f tho country as •largely as bofore, from Atlantic ports 3,570,783 bushels, flour included, against 1,542,540 last year, and from tho Pacific ports 1,712,625 bushels. In four weeks the Atlantic exports, flour included, have- been 15,060,047 bushels against 8,500,101 last year. Heavy western receipts aro only reflecting the temporary conditions in tho Chicago market. But the extra ordinary exports of corn, 14,404,905 bush els against 9,444,853 bushels in four weeks' of last year Bkow how sorely foreign mar kets are pushed by tho increasing demand for breadstuff's. Wheat lias declined % of a cent with the Chicago market, and . corn lias meanwhile advanced % ot a cent. . . . . ; Failures for the ¡week, have been 395 in tho United States, 9gainst,439 last., year, - and 2 i in Canada against 39 last year. A. Sore T h l i f for T o « ..' . . . '' A transaction In which you cannot l o a d s * sure thing.; Biliousness, sick headsche,' fur red tongue, fever, piles and a thousand other ilia aro caused by constipation and sluggish liver. Cascarcts Candy Cathartlccth© woo- , derful new liver stimulant'and intestinal tonic aro by all druggists guaranteed to cures or money refunded. C. C. C. arc a sm v thing. Try a box to-day; 10c., 25c..-‘ 50a ■ Sample aud booklet free. See our big ad , Notice. -■ ■ - - To the officers and.Brothers of Choteau Lodge, No. 11, L O. O. F . : Your pres ence is requested at tho ’ regular meeting' of the Lodge, held January 21et, for the purposo o f installing new officers for the ensuing term! Visiting Brothers' cordi ally invited,to attend. ' . . -J - ' D . A . P en r y , Seo’y.
Teton Chronicle
(Choteau, Mont.), January 07, 1898
Teton Chronicle
(Choteau, Mont.), January 07, 1898
Teton Chronicle
(Choteau, Mont.), January 07, 1898
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(Choteau, Mont.), January 07, 1898
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(Choteau, Mont.), January 07, 1898
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(Choteau, Mont.), January 07, 1898
