The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-04-18
CHOTEAU.


Mrs. Grace e. Steele and son Robert
came over from Pondera on Sunday
being called here by the death of F. E.
Steele.
James Malone from near Dupuyer
transacted business in the county seat
on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John z. Qnigley were
greeting old friends and acquaintance
in Choteau the first of the week. Mr..
Quigley, IS now engaged in the mercan-
tile business at Cascade.
The many friends OF G. j. Fawcett are
glad to note that he has conquered a
stubborn attack of the "grip" and is sable
to be out again.
County Treasurer Gordon was busy
Friday morning last receiving the con.
CALCULATIONS of his friends upon the
arrival of a II pound boy at his home,
and Jack is happy. Why shouldn't he
be?
Joe Baart and c. L. Monroe, of Saypo,
transacted business in Choteau last Sat
urday.
G. w. Cooper and A. J.. Cowell left
Monday morning for the eastern part of
the state where they go in search OF a
range for their extensive iocks.
Rev. DIR. w. W. Van Orsdell, after a
~sojourn of nearly two weeks in the
county left for the Falls Tuesday morn
ing.
Mrs. S.A. Dunlap, will in a few days
leave Choteau, and Montana, and
in the future will make her home at
Laramie Wyoming with her son Charley.
Mrs. Dunlap is one of the early settlers
in Choteau and during the years she has
lived here she has made many friends
who will sincerely regret her removal
from the community.
J. NJ. Graves is visiting friends and
relatives in Oregon.
q. S. Burnett, Of Great Falls, has been
in town for about a week, interviewing
the progressive men of our town, with
the view of publishing a book entitled
the Progressive Men of the State"
James Meyers, of Rossville, Iowa
arrived last Saturday and at once enter
ed the employ of Mr.. G. H. Drake.
L. A. Mcintosh died at The Choteau
House Sunday morning and was buried
on Monday. The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. Van Orsdell. Mir.
Mcintosh was about 63 years old and
was a native OF Scotland. He had re-
sided in and about Choteau for several
years, and was at the time of his death
Superintendent Of the Sun River coal
mines. Last week he was stricken with
the prevailing malady, "the gripp" and
on Friday he was brought from the coal
mines on Sun River to Cnoteau. Ali
that medical skill and the care of kind
friends could do vas done to save his
life, but all in vain.
After a long and painful illness MIR. F.
E. Steele died last Sunday morning. The
IhGCL L lOOh BIGSC lAOhI ChC "ObIooAoC
church on Monday at II O'Clock a. N.
The funeral sermon preached by Rev.
Van OTsdell was a touching and elo-
quent tribute TO the life and character
: OF the deceased. Mr.. Steele was born
I in Boone county Missouri more than 80
t years ago.. HIS life covere the greater
part of the 18th century, his birth oc-
curing away back in the young days Of
our Republic. When he was born Mon
y roe was president of the United States
during his boy hood days and the early
years of his man hood jackson, Clay
Webster, Calhoun and Benton were il
s. the zenith of their power and glory, ht
was a lad OF 10 during the famous ''Los
cabin and Hard cider" campaign o
n 1910 and told many interesting incident
Q of that thrilling political contest; he cas-
) his first presidential vote in 1914 fo1
James K. Polk and against Henry Clay
7 When ne was born there was not in al
y these United States a railroad train,
"a telegraph or telephone line, and the frs
20 steamer had just made it's initial tri
across the Atlantic. He saw his countr
pass triumphant and victorious throug
" three wars, and the population of tn
# Republic increase from 100000 to 70
n O00,0 coo. What marvellous growth, VIII;
# tremendous achievements within I'll
span of a single life time! Mr.. Steele
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