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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1932
Page
2
The notice lists subscription prices: one year 2.00 six months 1.25 three months 75c and foreign countries including Canada 2.50 per year with payment due in advance.
The piece weighs national sentiment over the Washington unrest and the eviction of the bonus expeditionary force, arguing for sober analysis of the president's handling. It notes government efforts to decamp nonveterans, the police response, and historical uses of troops, urging fairness and fact over passion.
The article relays Will Rogers praising country weekly papers for serving communities like Teton county. He notes editors are intelligent and essential, with power rivaling metropolitan dailies, and urges readers to support niche papers as commercial enterprises needing fair printing business.
Royal Neighbors convention at Porter's hall drew delegates from many towns with lunch in Porter's store and an evening program and dance. Social visits included Mrs D P Fabrick and Mrs Calvin Wixom, plus several hospitality and shower events for Mrs Ollie Jensen and Mrs Sarah Jerome. Local trips and entertainment included visits to Chateau and Pendray shows, a Yellowstone trip for several families, and a Relief Society stork shower.
Norway is described as the Land of the Midnight Sun, a term that also applies to any Arctic circle country where the sun stays above the horizon for about six months each year.
Evangelist Billy Sunday will speak at the North Montana fair on August 22. His message titled The Mask Torn Off will address Christian faith during a career that once shone in professional baseball.
Bozeman August 3. A comparison of reports from poultry demonstrators in Tennessee with Montana flocks shows Montana leading in both production and feed costs. Montana demonstrators averaged 15.7 eggs per hen in June versus Tennessee’s 15.0. Montana feed cost per hen averaged eight cents compared with twelve cents in Tennessee. Feed cost per dozen eggs was eight cents in Montana versus nine cents in Tennessee.
The text outlines sections of a 1931 Montana act proposing voter qualification changes. It includes felony voting restrictions, existing rights retention, a five year US citizenship requirement, and separate official ballots in the November 1932 general election for or against the amendment. The act repeals conflicting laws and becomes effective after passage and approval.
Certification text records a Montana act proposing to submit a constitutional amendment to voters. The Secretary of State W. E. Harmon signs and seals the document in Helena with publication dates noted as August 4 and October 27.
A state constitutional amendment seeks to change voting eligibility in Montana. It proposes extending the same qualification requirements for all general elections and questions from the current Article IX Section 2. It requires a one year state residency and citizenship plus, for tax levies, a taxpayer status on the last assessment roll to vote on such measures.
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