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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1925
Page
4
E. L. JOURDONNAIS is listed as Owner and Publisher of the Choteau Acantha. The paper is published every Thursday in Cho teau Montana and entered as second class matter at the post office. Subscription is $2 per year in advance.
A Judith Basin county report recounts California authorities starving Sarah Key, a feeble minded woman from Montana, after returning her from Sacramento to Montana under a law. X rays confirmed starvation as the cause of death while California refused to feed her. The piece denounces California for neglect and contrasts its tourism pitch with the death.
Dr. W. M. Jardine new secretary of agriculture urges extensive cooperative effort by American farmers to stand on their own. He argues farming is a business like others and needs no paternal government support, with emphasis on organization, responsible use of firearms, and careful supervision of youths with guns to prevent tragedy.
Secretary Jardine, the cabinet's youngest member, argues that agriculture grows through business principles and large scale production, not legislative gifts. He is seen as a popular common sense choice by the president, emphasizing encouragement and leadership over subsidies.
The piece proclaims April 27 to May 3 as American Forest Week by presidential decree. Citizens are urged to spread the gospel of conservation and awaken the nation to the peril of a forestless future if reforestation and forest policy are not advanced.
Helena April 18 The Montana state board of equalization estimates the metal mines gross proceeds tax will yield between 380 000 and 385 000 this year after seven large mines report 1924 production of 38 000 060 The tax from these seven properties totals 280 000 Some large companies pay under protest The tax became law last fall by voter action.
A Breezy Hill note expresses mixed feelings after Easter with strong breezes and lingering dust on necks, and nerves left wrecked by the holiday lullaby song.
Local items report hospital stay for Miss Francis Dirkes and a return to work for Jacob Trost. Families relocate and visit, with barn dances planned at the Goodwin ranch. A sheriff sale of the Anthony & Dakota Elevator Co. property in Chateau is slated for May 8 1925 at 2 pm at the courthouse side door.
In the Nineteenth Judicial District of Montana Teton County a sheriff sale is ordered in the case of c. S. Teel plaintiff versus Volney R Sears also known as Val R Sears Verna C Sears E J Lander Co Tri City Oil Co H J McGregor and Mary McGregor Montana Giant Petroleum Co and others with the sale action to enforce a judgment and distribute assets under court authority.
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