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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1939
Page
3
Engineers report a large portion of the Fort Peck dam slid upstream last fall and will receive about 1.9 million cubic yards of fill on the upstream side to strengthen the structure. Major Q Clark Kittrell did not announce the cost estimate. Work began March 15 with completion expected next year.
The B. J. Palmquist electrical firm of Helena has been awarded a contract to rewire the state board of health building for 3264 dollars. Palmquist’s bid was the lowest of four submitted, and the project is funded by a special appropriation.
The Montana National Bituminous conference will gather in San Valley September 11 12 and 13. Don A McKinnon returns as chairman with D L Cheney as vice chairman. More than 700 highway engineers from around the world are expected to attend studying the highways of the future plan from American organizations.
Dr J D Wipf of the state livestock sanitary commission will tour the Midwest to study milk sanitation with Dr William Haskell a U S public health service milk specialist. The trip will be financed with federal funds.
An extended meditation on curiosity and limits of science. Questions about Faraday and honey production mirror broader mysteries of memory consciousness and navigation. The piece contrasts human knowledge with vast unknowns while savoring the April sky and Arctic tern’s remarkable navigation.
Walter Phillips, a rancher from Phillips County, is appointed to the state highway commission by Governor Roy P. Ayers for a term to April 3, 1943. He succeeds Lloyd A. Hague of Missoula. John M. Wheeler of Billings is reappointed for a term ending April 3, 1943. The commission meets April 14 in Helena to reorganize.
The state railroad and public service commission rules require all oil drillers on proven state fields to post a $5,000 surety bond. One bond covers any company, preventing open wells after development and curbing wildcat activity. Chairman A B Middleton and Commissioners P T Smith and H F Casey voted for the ruling.
The first weekly crop weather report from the federal agriculture and weather bureaus says winter wheat is doing well on summer fallow, trees and shrubs are ahead of average, and pastures are starting strongly. Crested wheatgrass surpasses native grasses, livestock stay in good condition due to ample feed and water, lambing and calving were aided by good weather, plowing and seeding are ahead of last year, and frost damaged much of early grasshopper hatches.
Montana ranchers use minerals mixed with grass to balance herd diets and prevent disease, says Dr. W. J. Butler state veterinarian. Deficiencies due to drought limit grasses ability to supply cobalt, manganese, and iron. small amounts with precise formulas are beneficial, though modern feeding and fenced ranges hinder natural mineral balancing.
State fish and game department reports spawning operations are about a month ahead of last year. John W. Schofield notes the early warm spell started operations well and later cool weather did not slow them. The Madison River station’s first take yielded 436000 rainbow trout eggs, nearly double the prior year.
State income tax collections for the first nine months of the current year totaled 256 721 dollars, compared with 260 139 dollars for the same period last year, per the state board of equalization. The board estimates that final returns will match the prior year. About 3 000 more returns have been filed than in 1937.
Mass at Bynum next Sunday at 9 o clock and at Chateau at 11 o'clock will be led by Rev. John O'Connor from Carrol College Helens. He will preach a special sermon for the first Sunday after Easter and hear confessions before Mass at Bynum. Rev. J. F. Schulte, Pastor.
Dr. D. M. Warren longtime member of the state livestock sanitary board resigns to take charge of all research work for Archer-Daniels-Midland in Minneapolis. He is currently stationed in New York City.
The state board of examiners will call for bids this month on 625000 in bonds to refund old capitol building debt. Lawmakers authorized the refunding. It is expected the new bonds will bear a lower interest rate than the original issue.
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