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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1940
Page
3
Congress pursues budget limits and debt rise options as war news dominates. Farm and agricultural funding push debt toward the statutory ceiling while three policy fronts loom: reciprocal trade, clean politics, and oversight by NLRB and SEC. Transportation reforms remain a key agenda item amid bipartisan positions.
The final bill aims to equalize competition among common carriers and is likely to pass after heated debate. Lawmakers anticipate sizable but gradually shrinking direct and indirect relief spending. With war, Congress will have many headlines and much to argue about in the coming months.
Forest Supervisor Thomas Spaulding chairs a livestock range meeting in Augusta. W A Emerick and Russell Mellon escape injury when a car veers off a bridge and into water due to a faulty steering mechanism. LePage returns to Chateau from Cocoa after nearly two years away.
The state penitentiary at Deer Lodge shows a drop from 548 to 541 inmates in March while the state asylum tally falls from 1,902 to 1,892 inmates, according to reports to the state board of examiners from the institutions.
Two $1,000 National 4-H fellowships will be awarded with one nominee per state. winners study nine months in Washington, D C starting Oct 1, 1940. Cattle require salt beyond feed. salt needs depend on weight and milk yield, with estimates of 0.75 ounces per 1000 pounds live weight plus 3 ounces per 10 pounds of milk daily.
State Auditor John J. Holmes certifies The New York Casualty Company is authorized to transact Fidelity and Surety Bonds and Casualty insurance in Montana until March 31 1941. The filing shows 1939 capital 1 000 000 income 2 902 204 88 disbursements 2 474 300 75 assets 9 446 440 74 liabilities 3 195 982 07 surplus 1 250 458 67 policyholders surplus 2 250 458 67.
Montana's cash balance March 21 stood at 15 987 387 dollars, up from 8 810 131 a year earlier, per State Treasurer Ray N Shannon. The current total includes 5 232 015 dollars held in the U S treasury for unemployment compensation benefits, a sum not listed in last year's report.
The Choteau Implement Company in Cho teau Montana will hold a stockholders meeting on April 27 1940 at 2 00 PM at the company office. The meeting will consider selling leasing or exchanging all assets to John B Conlin and E B Conlin and the possible dissolution of the corporation. E B Conlin Secretary. First publication March 21 last publication April 11
The Board of Trustees of School District No. 30 in Teton County Montana will sell on April 30 1940 at 8 p m in Power Montana bonds totaling 17000 for refunding outstanding bonds. Amortization or serial bonds offered with details on amounts dates rate 6 percent and redeemable after five years. Bids must meet conditions including a 250 bid bond and are to be sent to Clerk C G McDermott. First publication March 28.
A weekly scrapbook item outlines a peanut butter cream recipe using milk cornstarch sugar salt peanut butter and vanilla with steps to thicken chill and serve. It also gives stove maintenance tips and spring fashion color ideas featuring red white and blue with accessories. It ends with cane chair seat sagging repair advice.
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