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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1931
Page
6
Ralph Shepherd describes the bleak employment outlook under the current road funding system. He notes government efforts to relieve unemployment and provide work, citing his winter work at the Pishkun reservoir and his Fort Benton high school background.
An advocate argues that federal and state money for highways and irrigation will fail to help the unemployed if bids are won by low-wage labor. He favors a Montana preference for local contractors and limiting machinery use to boost wages and circulating money for winter needs.
Real estate instruments filed March 27 to April 4 include warranty deeds from Charles Grilk to Edwin B. Lindsay and Sam Luinstra to F. E. Ferris, plus quit claim deeds by Christina Winkelmann and Mable Frederickson to multiple parties. Names, parcel descriptions, and lot numbers are listed for several transfers.
J L Collins sheriff conveys to Hallam Co the ne4 22 and s7 ne4 with n2 sed in 15 25 5w for 1762.80 dollars. Earlier transfers show Gleason purchasing multiple lots including 2 3 4 5 sw4 ne4 se4 nw4 in 6 and 5 24 8w, plus Jack Bruno et al to Gleason in nw4 6 lot 4 sw4 nw4 5 lot 1 se4 SHERIFFS DEED.
A J Ensteness will move to Missoula to head Northwest States Utilities Co in that district after returning from a Minneapolis conference. He has led the Conrad Valier and Chateau district and now will report to the Great Falls office. He plans to leave around April 15 and his wife and daughter will relocate by June 1.
Mary Geldrich from the 1930 class of Teton County High School and Richard Kenck of Augusta were married recently in Conrad. The ceremony was performed by a Presbyterian minister. The groom's father, O. A. Kenck, is a dentist in Augusta, and the bride is the daughter of Peter Geldrich, a local farmer. The couple will reside in Augusta where Kenck has a county position.
Montana ranked second in U S wood production and produced 33 440 000 pounds of wool in 1930 with an average fleece of 8 8 pounds, behind Texas California. The state’s 1930 pea canning pack reached 367 816 cases, with 1931 acreage projected 12 percent lower nationwide and state level cuts for Utah Washington Wisconsin.
Montana growers earned 4,205,822 dollars from a beet harvest averaging 92.94 dollars per acre. The figure comes from four state sugar factories and the Sheridan Wyoming plant, which buys much of the beets from Big Horn.
Montana produced 578,096 tons of beets in 1930, a 50 percent rise from 1929. The crop grew on 45,254 acres with an average yield of 12.8 tons per acre, yielding 158,796,700 pounds of sugar. Sugar content ranged from 15.5 to 16.47 percent.
Continental currency was never redeemable by the United States as reorganized under the Constitution. The August 4, 1790 act allowed redemption by the treasury in a loan subscription at 100 Continental dollars for 1 dollar in specie. The March 3, 1797 act declared receivable until December 31, 1797, and then no longer.
A New York woman credits Kruschen Salts with a 14 pound loss after using one bottle for four weeks. She notes improved energy and less fatigue on returning from work. The ad promotes an 85 cent four week bottle, urging daily half teaspoon doses with hot water and diet changes.
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