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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1940
Page
7
A dental surgeon narrator treats Miss Lonergan, a poised 25 to 30 year old patient with enamel erosion and a denture issue. He probes her backstory and finances with Dr Criley at Miner’s clinic, noting her uncle and wealth while detailing the planned inlay and treatment challenges.
Butte soprano Donna Lee O'Leary, known from Major Bowes' hour, returns from New York to perform with Paramount Starlite Butte. A doctor discusses her melancholia and sinus issues while noting her disciplined, sensible nature and ambition to sing like Kirsten Flagsstrad.
Seventy eight Montana State university students from across the state applied for the certificate of qualification to teach at spring quarter end. The list includes Marjorie Arnold Helena English and William Artz Fairview business administration among others, with majors spanning English, economics, French, home economics, and physical education.
The Agricultural Marketing Service reports 1940 main crop acreage at about 6.42 million acres, up 3 percent from 1939 but below the 1929–38 average. Beans may rise 15 percent, while barley flax and corn show mixed declines or small gains. potatoes remain near 19 thousand acres, and tame hay is up about 3 percent.
A fragment suggests a character entertains an inner notion or plan, hinting at a continuing narrative moment without concrete events or named entities. The line implies introspection and momentum toward future development in the unnamed story.
Butte reports the U S Housing Authority in Washington approved a bid totaling 774 774 for a construction project. Local officials said the figure covered all costs and will move forward with the contract.
Instructions advise soaking sagging cane chair seats in warm water and allowing the cane to dry fully before reuse. After soaking, re-tighten or reshape the cane to restore seating.
Warner Bros plans a motion picture adaptation of C. B. Glasscock’s The War of the Copper Kings focusing on Butte’s riotous development era. The Park Theater owners report Hollywood’s interest and expect location shoots in Butte with a world premiere in a major mining city.
The 1940 Montana Almanac and Humorous History, produced by the Montana WPA writers project, is on sale statewide. Published in Helena by State Publishing Co and illustrated by Bob Hall and Bill Sharkey, the volume chronicles fifty years of statehood with satirical vignettes and day to day events from 1940, ending with The First Fifty Years Are the Hardest.
Johnny Presents Audrey Marsh, a featured soloist on CBS Friday night musical variety show, joins the Broadway cast of Abie's Irish Rose. While pursued by villains in Morley's Dark she discovers she can sing as well as act, with radio further widening her reach.
The Montana Public Welfare department reports that 504 youths aged 17 to 23 will enroll in April 9 and 12 through 56 county selecting agents. Selected unmarried unemployed citizens will be sent to CCC camps within the state, as the CCC marks its seventh anniversary with open house celebrations and public invitations to inspect camps and projects.
Several western Montana routes gain inclusion in the 1940 federal aid program of the Public Roads Administration. New sections of Central Montana highway east of Rogers Pass will extend current work, plus a 10 mile Skalkaho highway link to U S 93. A Clark’s Fork to Plains link near Flathead Lake completes grading base surfacing. Rebuilding U S 10 from Deer Lodge to Warm Springs is also planned for 1940.
M. D. Rider 83, Montana pioneer died recently at Spokane and was buried in Helena. Born April 11, 1857 in Owego New York he worked at the North Dakota ranch of Marquis DeMores and later served as sheriff of Medora county. He moved to Montana in 1890 helping start a western brick plant whose product built the Helena smelter. Rider married Mary E. Osborne of Portland Missouri in 1889. she died about 12 years ago. He served as Helena city auditor and belonged to the Masonic lodge and Shrine.
Federal grants totaling 452000 plus are approved for the state welfare department to cover April May and June. Administrator I M Bradford said monthly installments begin with 144000 for April. Grants are allocated to aid to needy dependent children and other programs, with figures provided by Harold Wilson from the Social Security Board.
Fairfield and nearby landowners filed entries on 141 farm tracts averaging about 100 acres each on the Sun river reclama project. The action reflects parcels acquired for irrigation and settlement, with details pending in county land records.
Travel editors and motor club executives from midwestern cities will visit four Montana cities and Yellowstone and Glacier national parks in June to study the Treas ure state tourism attractions. The tour begins in eastern Montana with stops in Butte Great Falls Missoula Helena and visits Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. Sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Tourist Association and run by the Spokane Chamber of Commerce publicity tourist bureau.
A mild tularemia outbreak is killing beaver in the Dillon area. State Game Warden James A. Weaver cites a dead beaver examined by the livestock sanitary board as tularemia caused. Previous deaths occurred in Hardin Roundup and White Sulphur Springs areas. The disease usually affects rabbits and ground rodents and may spread from water organisms.
A traveling salesman in a small town learns there is no picture show or poolhall. The native invites him to visit the local Store where a freshman home from the university suggests a simple amusement in town. The Toronto Globe hints at a cut button holes method using paper blotter and razor.
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