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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1938
Page
2
Official notice that the publication serves Teton County, published every Thursday in Choteau Montana and entered as second class matter in the local post office.
A Montana highway department bulletin notes 1937 auto tourism brought 1,311,785 visitors who spent 5.70 per day on average, totaling 27,677,152.49. It cites better traveler information and local site marking, including Priest Butte, Old Agency, and other historic spots, as keys to longer stays in Chateau and surrounding areas.
Montana's state land board authorized purchase of $200000 of U S Treasury Loans at 2.7 percent interest. Commissioner Mrs N B Sherlock will execute the purchase. The board holds about $900000 on deposit with no interest and over $14,000,000 in vested school bonds with no new issues offered recently.
Laughing audiences at the high school auditorium witness a hard working junior class cast in No Women Wanted. Joyce Kropp plays a She-Roman Senator while Pat Campbell is a grumpy old woman hater. The production, set for May 12, features a log cabin cooking scene and a candy counter subplot as jelly beans vanish from the study hall and senior collection room.
Lawrence Corey earns fourth place in a student written issue of the paper and has previously won second prize with a dollar award in a contest in Current Science magazine. He also received honorable mention in a home contest, and his latest success adds two more dollars to his total.
Seniors endure a flurry of English tests in the final six weeks while surveying future plans. Twenty-one students head to college for three days seeking results from contests in Bozeman. A memory book note aspires to be a gard ener in a bed of Four Roses.
Rosemary Tennant Toady Wallace and Mary Cooper plus Bobby Johnson miss the real subject, as Swede’s pick proves elusive. Jimmie Dellwo assists, adding to the urban whisper about who really attracts Swede’s attention.
A playful aside in a fifth period suggests a class murmur about a trade of a pig for fence posts. The remark, though humorous, does not indicate any real agricultural shift and remains light chatter in a classroom setting.
Teton county men and women interested in rural recreation work will attend a meeting of the Teton County Recreational council at the high school in Chateau this Friday evening April 29. The meeting begins at 8 o clock with leaders from the Bynum community in charge.
Montana sportsmen aid the State Game and Fish Commission to protect trout from irrigation ditch losses. A special $5 sportsman license funds fish screens at ditch intakes, added to $20,000 Congressional aid, with screenings slated for streams with heaviest losses and the Pishkun reservoir outlet listed. Governor Ayers bought the first license as clubs urged sales.
Auction sale at the Daley ranch near Dupuyer on Friday April 29 begins 2 PM. Farm machinery harness household goods and miscellaneous items to be sold. Cash terms. H M Daley owner.
The State Board of Equalization refunded 123 031 to non tax able gasoline buyers in Q1 1938 as chairman E A Dye announced. Last year refunds for the period totaled 100 963. Annual refunds average about 1 000 000 to non taxable purchasers including cities counties and government units and farmers using motor fuel for tractors on farms.
Readers wonder who the handsome Romeo wandering the building singing Thanks For The Memories and Youre Driving Me Crazy is, with Alta Alstad perhaps able to identify him. The Hi-Lites notes Dean Corey and a young Miss seek immortal mention, as the paper aims to please the fair sex and avoid failing in Spanish.
Montana officials say a $92 000 annual federal grant hinges on amending a state statute that requires the fish and game department to send 7 500 dollars yearly to the livestock commission for predator bounties. Attorney General Freebourn says the transfer is invalid and only a transfer, but federal funding awaits a law change.
District Court in Te ton County Montana orders all interested parties to appear May 13 1938 at 10 a m in Chateau to show cause why administrator FP C Barribal should be granted an order to sell necessary real estate of decedent Winfred W Smith. Publication in Chateau Acntha for two weeks. Judge R M Hattersley dated April 15 1938.
Teton County Montana closes registration at 5 p m on Friday June 3 1938 for the July 19 1938 primary nominating election Electors may register at the County Clerk’s office in the Court House Chateau Montana or before the precinct deputy registrar notary public or justice of the peace Naturalized citizens should show naturalization papers To qualify an elector must be 21 or older a U S citizen a resident of the state one year and of the county 30 days prior to the election Re-registration since June 1 1937 required on or before the closing time GEO A CARROLL County Clerk and Ex Officio Registrar First pub April 28 last June 2
Sheriff advertises a public auction of real property in Teton County Montana to satisfy a decree in favor of First National Bank of Conrad against multiple defendants. The sale is set for May 14, 1938 at 2 pm at the courthouse front door Chateau. Property includes portions of sections 29 and 30 in Township 27N Range 4W totaling about 160 acres.
Administratrix Mrs. J. S. Jacobsen of Evelyn Jacobsen deceased warns creditors and claimants to present their claims with vouchers within four months after first publication. Claims should be submitted to E. J. Stromnes at Montana Bank & Trust Building, Great Falls, Montana. Date April 11, 1938.
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