Time Capsule: From the archives of the Ronan Pioneer, Flathead Courier and Mission Valley News

Ronan Pioneer, July 6, 1923

Local and Personal

Mrs. R. O. Russell and daughter Phillista spent the Fourth at the home of the former’s brother in the Moiese Valley.

Ronan was fairly deserted last Wednesday, July fourth, some of our people going out on picnics, some to Missoula and to the Mission and some few to Hot Springs.

Senator Peter Rohrvik and wife of McCone County have been in Ronan the past two weeks looking over the reservation with a view to locating here.

The town marshall and town teamster have been busy the past couple of days cleaning up the tourist camping ground.

Local stores are receiving large shipments of strawberries grown on the ranches near Ronan and they are sure a dandy crop.

Ye speed demons – look out

At the last meeting of the Town Council, the marshal was authorized to stop the speeders going thru town. The way some of these cars go through Ronan, a person would think there was no town here at all. Hence the authority for the town cop.

Flathead Courier, July 6, 1933

Indians do not want eastern whites as foremen

The Flathead Tribal council in session at St. Ignatius last Saturday went on record as protesting against importation of white men from the East to serve as foremen over Indians on the forest work on Indian lands, including the building of a road up the Jocko canyon. The protest is to go to the commissioner of Indian affairs at Washington.

Favor of building a court house

Since last week, when the communication relative to a new court house was published, there has been considerable comment from taxpayers of various parts of the county.

It appears as though this were an opportune time to construct such a building if the money can be as easily obtained as it is thought. If the commissioners act favorably on the plan as presented, it is not improbable that they can get an out-and-out grant of the money necessary to construct such a building.

Mission Valley News, July 6, 1983

Flooded residents say Project irresponsible

For the third year in a row June rainfall outdid itself, and a number of flooded creekside property owners say they’ve had it with the water management system.

“Irresponsible,” Charlie Freshour termed the Flathead Irrigation Project’s handling of the surplus runoff. Mrs. Freshour said she and her husband, who live on upper Mission Creek in St. Ignatius, lost two large tractor ties, two big trees, half their firewood and a chunk of real estate which used to be the creek bank.

Farther downstream, long time resident Frank Wieferich lost his garden, three corrals, some fences and still had water standing in the barnyard at the beginning of the week.

Mrs. Freshour urged concerned residents to write individual letters to Montana’s congressmen and senators. She said a group is planning to hire an appraisal of the lands involved to determine what has been and could be lost.