The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02
COUNTIES OF THE NORTH
Items of Interest Gathered in
Many Localities.
OF FORT BENTON
What the People of Teton County Are
Doing These Busy -Days-Personal
Mention of Interest-Great
Falls Notes.

]. W. Shields of Choteau is surveying
a county road through the Dupuyer
canyon, and the job will take about
a weeks time.
The marriage at Browning OF Charles
Powell and Miss Nora Aspling, daugh-
Both are very popular young people Of
the Northern part OF Teton county.
Ed Hughes of Pondera a just re-
turned from a months visit to his old
home in Missouri He will move his
family from Pondera to Choteau for
the winter for the purpose of allowing
his children TO attend school.
Walter S. Clark has. at the request
OF relatives of the deceased. taken
photographs of the grave Of Max Grot-
thus, which he has forwarded TO the
old country.
Mrs. Ed Bynum and children have
gone 10 their home in Butte, after a
visit of several weeks with relatives in
Choteau. Mr.. Bynum will remain I'M
I'll his mother is out Of danger.
Mrs. Alfred Harris and children of
Choteau have gone TO Helena, where
they will spend a few weeks in visiting
friends. Miss Erna will go thereafter
to attend school during the winter at
the Wesleyan university.
Teachers certificates have been is
sued to Miss Jennie Ralston. Mrs. +.
L. Chenoweth, Mrs. Ida Waterman and
Mrs. Myrtle Titus.
Roy England, while holding a pair
Of horses with the lines wrapped around
his wrist, received a sudden wrench
which threw his wrist out OF joint.
County Surveyor Field has complet-
ed the preliminary surveys at the
49, 49,
the county commissioners Will be ask
ed to put in a bridge. A bridge will
also be asked over Spring creek, near
Choteau, and another of the Muddy
at Bynum.
Morrison & Burke have placed an
acetylene gas plant or machine in their
place OF business at Choteau and are
which IL works.
The teachers institute for Teton
county will be held at Choteau on oct.
ls, 20 and 81.
The ranchers on Burton bench are
hauling large quantities of hay to
Great Falls, COINS by way of Choteau.
The hay crop has been unusually heavy
and of superior quality.
Mrs. Wamsley has returned to Cho-
teau after a three weeks visit with
relatives on the Marias.
The price paid in the sale of the Sam
Ford place to Elizur each was s45, 900.
The deal included 5000 acres of land
and 1000 head OF cattle.
Charles A. Fraleigh. an employee of
G. r. Scoffin, was thrown from a hay
rake and had both bones of the left
arm broken near the wrist.
The hoo census in the Dupuyer dis
tr1ct shows that there are 19S children
between 6 and q years of age and 1903
children under 8 years in the district.
This is a slight increase over the CEN
sus of last year.
1t is stated that Julian Burd will be
a candidate on the democratic ticket
In Teton county for state senator this
fall.
Judge d. F. Smith of KaIispell will
hold a session of the district court at
Choteau. beginning on Sept. g.. A jury
will be drawn and the court Will also
be prepared to issue citizenship papers
to such applicants as may appear.
Three sisters of DIR. W. T.. Cord,
Misses Minnie, Oma and Leona, have
arrived in Dupuyer from 81. Joseph,
Mo, and Will make their home with
their brother.
John Zimmerman has moved his drill
ing apparatus to Pondera, where he
will try the experiment OF drilling a
4O0-foot well, hoping at hat distance
to strike the artesian current.
Mrs. ]. w. Mcknight and children
have returned to Dupuyer from a visit
of three weeks at Browning.
Henry Weimer has completed his as
sessment work on mines in the Sweet
a country and returned TO Dupuy-
er for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Payson and Mrs.
Tiff and children have arrived In Du-
puyer from Richardson, Wis, n are
looking about for a location.
The flow Of the artesian we'll on
Chalmers ranch on the Burton bench
seems to be increasing. IL now flows
AZ gallons in q seconds or at the rate
Of 81 gallons per minute.
Sheriff Hagen has returned from an
unsuccessful chase for horse thieves
in the Northern country.