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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
2
Certification of the Montana state board of equalization shows corporate license tax totaling 239 099.18 up from 217 457.48 last year. The 1 percent tax on net income after a 2 500 deduction rose as 664 corporations paid, with 5 312 listed overall and railroad and transportation firms contributing the largest single share.
A building program starts at the Colstrip strip mine in Rosebud county. Work includes converting an electric drag line to a shovel, extending a railway spur, and erecting 13 cottages and an amusement hall. Eleven cottages underway, ten for Foley Bros. workers and three for Northwestern Improvement Co. staff.
The 7200 foot peak in the Big Belts near Helena Montana has been named Mount Hedges to honor Cornelius Hedges a Montana pioneer and public spirited citizen. The name comes from the U S Geographical Board in Washington D C and was forwarded to A H Abbott supervisor of the Helena national forest.
The report lists tax payments by sector with notable gains for lumber coal and building materials dealers rising 250 percent. livestock and farming up about 44 percent. fruit and produce near 50 percent. Several sectors saw declines including light water and power and cement and brick. Twenty eight new corporations joined this year versus ninety nine last year.
A dramatic monologue by John Auerbach recounts frontier scenes from Iowa and Montana. The speaker recalls killing Indians and watching buffalo drift, guarding cattle at head gates, and a restless marriage marked by a longing for native peoples. He vows to die where corn rustles as a catbird trills.
Twenty six Eagle Scouts from Great Falls Montana will lead trail building in Yellowstone and Glacier parks this August. One group camps Yellowstone August 10 and another Glacier August 17. Northwestern states supply most scouts with LaCrosse Wisconsin sending two to join each camp.
Dr C H Clapp president of the state university explained recent tremors in Montana before the Missoula Kiwanis club noting that quakes are caused by breaking off small rock portions at huge faults underground. He said movement may not exceed one sixteenth of an inch and highlighted Montana's peculiar geological makeup.
Montana students increasingly choose in state higher education. Data from R O Wilson registrar at Montana State College shows 898 of 3 021 Montana high school graduates in 1924 attended college. 636 stayed in state while 262 left for out of state institutions. The trend reduces outmigration and keeps money in Montana.
Irving S. Cobb lauded Montana as rich in resources and lore at a banquet honoring Charles M. Russell in Lake McDonald's Lewis hotel. The six day expedition train provided by Ralph Budd carried Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, Justice Pierce Butler, and other notable guests. Cobb called Russell a truly great artist, predicting no worthy successor.
A Wisconsin paper firm reports production of rain coats and aprons from a patented waterproof material. Prices range from 10 to 69 cents, highlighting an economical use of the new material for weather wear.
A. J. Ogaard of Bozeman exten sion agronomist finished inspecting 16 fields of registered seed in Rosebud county. Crops include Grimm and Cossack alfalfa and Marquis and factory oats. He praised the program and said prospects for small grain seed crops are good. Ralph D. Mercer, county agent, reported growers lined up to plant pedigree seed next year.
The Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators has voted to hold a convention in Montreal beginning September 7. The decision sets the gathering for a major industry meeting with members from a broad geographic scope.
The first American patent for an envelope making machine was granted to J. K. Park and C. S. Watson on January 23, 1849.
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