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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
6
An elderly veteran and his grandson share a quiet moment after a Decoration Day parade. The boy imagines marching with the band while the veteran recalls fear and battles, explaining the Civil War’s moral stakes and the belief in liberty and Union.
Ramsey Milholland endures a dull school interval as German grammar, with its sixteen article forms, fuels his dislike. He dislikes math and the German lessons yet admires his strict, enthusiastic teacher who glows with passion for the language.
A rambling rambunctious Booth Tarkington tale tracking Ramsey Milholland and Dora Yo cum through school and college to World War era maturity. It blends humor with serious growth and recalls Penrod Seventeen and The Oriole.
A writer notes that believing happiness can foster joy but warns that claiming wisdom can backfire making a person seem otherwise. The aphorism contrasts mindset with self perception.
A contemplative proverb centers on a modest home as more valuable than grand but unattainable dreams. The line highlights practical happiness over extravagance and reminds readers to value tangible foundations.
Lloyd Henry, Montana rehabilitation agent, placed several students in vocational training across southeastern Montana. Victims of infantile paralysis from Baker and Billings will study banking, electrical work, poultry farming, bookkeeping, and stenography, with placements in Miles City and Livingston. The article notes plans to train these workers and move cases to the state industrial school as needed. Helena wool growers seek hearing on grazing tax values before the state board of equalization.
Helena report says the state board of equalization voted to place a 40 percent classification on all railroad machine shops and roundhouses. Governor Dixon opposed the move, arguing the law should cap at 99 percent valuation. The board sent the matter to the supreme court for resolution.
Investigators blame Nielson and Caldwell for failure to follow train orders and Stephens for not stopping as the engine failed to halt. The crash on March 17 near Welch killed two and injured over twenty. Nielson, 39-year Northern Pacific veteran, and Caldwell, Livingston firefighter, died in the collision while Stephens, Billings conductor, survived. Findings were released by Northern Pacific officials with later action by interstate commerce and state railway commissions.
In Missoula the building trades face a contractor wage cut of about one dollar a day for about a dozen crafts on the state university campus project. The trades council set a March 31 deadline and flatly rejected the proposal. Governor Dixon pledges efforts to avoid labor strife amid the campus building program.
Havre Presbyterians push toward finishing what is described as the state’s largest Protestant church. The auditorium will seat 400 on the main floor and 250 in the balcony, totaling about 900 with the Sunday school room. The former school ground floor is vacant awaiting use as a community club for boys, with plans for club rooms and a gymnasium being discussed by Men’s Welfare and American Legion committees.
Glendive expects a landmark year in construction with 500 000 to 600 000 dollars in planned work. A survey by the Glendive chamber of commerce indicates strong spring prospects led by the Northern Pacific railway depot and office building project valued at about 205 000 dollars, plus track rearrangements.
The Rotary club launches a fund drive to support the Boy Scouts in Anaconda. Each member pledges a monthly amount for a year or until the goal is reached. Scouts will move into a new East Eighth Street headquarters building, described as the only one of its kind in the state.
The Montana Public Service Commission orders Melstone to discontinue its power and light plant. Mudro Grill of Butte wins the state championship with 2789 points. Butte trades vote wage cuts for building crafts. Great Falls YMCA drive ends with 257 new members and $3,221.80 in receipts. Oster & Carlberg Automatic Door Co of Lewistown formed with 250000 capital. Missoula selects Phlox as municipal flower. Senator Burlingame in Cascade seeks Congress seat. Mary Morehead and others win University of Montana scholarships. Bozeman hosts debut interscholastic music contest with 180+ entrants. Yellowstone taxpayers seek to end Midland Empire and state fairs. Sugar beet expansion in Forsyth area. 17000+ acres planted in Yellowstone district. 208 vocational students finish program at Montana State College, to work statewide. M J Roysdon ousted from Carbon County commission. others asked to resign. B W Talmadge appointed to Montana State Fair advisory board for Carbon County. Three Forks Portland Cement plant to resume with 150 workers in April.
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