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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1948
Page
8
Bozeman Montana State College entomologist O B Hitchcock warns farmers of a second generation sugar beet webworm outbreak. He endorses toxaphene at 1 1/2 pounds per acre for thorough control and notes Paris green as an alternative spray at eight pounds per 100 gallons of water.
Grasshoppers swarm across Montana communities as Art Langman urges rapid extermination to protect next year’s grain. In the Big Horn area 2000 REA power customers may soon have lights as 635 miles of lines are funded. Harvest progresses with barley and wheat nearly done in Custer County and yields up to 40 bushels per acre for winter wheat. Townsend potato growers harvest 135000 sacks of netted gems and Montana russets, butter production rises, and a new toxaphene insecticide for sugar beet webworms is announced. A bumper wheat crop with 4.6 million acres and 84.5 million bushels is anticipated with 1000s of custom combines joining harvest.
The eight Western states composing the Sixth army will have 347 organized reserve units integrated into the U S Army 18-division mobile striking force. Gen Mark W Clark announced. These units include harbor defense hospital medical service troops engineers and administrative groups. They will be announced after approval by the Army Department and receive priority in drill and training pay.
The Sixth army Commander outlines inactive duty pay categories for reserve units. Category 1 allows 48 drills yearly, Category 2 provides 24, Category 3 has 12, Category 4 four, and Category 5 none. Each drill grants one thirtieth of monthly base pay. Unit classifications rise from Class C to B to A as officer and enlisted strength meets thresholds. Infantry, airborne and armored reserves are in Category 2, with two monthly drills paid if funds allow.
Mr and Mrs Michael G Dorchak former Belt residents called on Choteau on Saturday Now in New York City Dorchak has worked in the Treasury department as an Internal Revenue agent since 1918 He recalled playing basketball against Choteau teams circa 1912 14 and noted a Choteau player with a mean look and long hair who knocked him out in Belt The Dorchak family lives at 825 East 231st Street New York New York 66 NY
General Clark notes the session of Congress allows pay for inactive duty pay to reserve personnel at unit training meetings. The law ties payment to available funds and indications show funds allotted to the Sixth Army will cover 347 units of the 18 division mobile striking force, leaving little for other reserve units.
William R. Forsythe of Great Falls, area supervisor of grasshopper control for the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, urges spraying on remaining green grainfields where hopper presence is indicated, noting over 4,000 acres sprayed west of Collins and that more fields remain economical to treat.
MISSOUA regional forester P D Hanson reports a widespread needle cast fungus attacking western larch across the region. Forest supervisors and the public note blighted appearance while pathologists at the Department of Agriculture and the Universities of Montana and Idaho study the condition. The fungus is present in forests under normal conditions and the situation is not considered serious.
Officials note Merialaricis fungus has increased under spring moisture across the Region but reports no actual tree kill yet. Western larch trees are hardy and shed needles yearly, able to endure needle damage unless recurring for several years.
Citizens' Committee continues plans to organize a state committee to supervise Hutterite colonies and hire a lawyer to investigate their corporations. Great Falls attorney H B Hoff man was denied entry as the meeting focused on organization. Legislators George R Pierce and Lyle Standish attended. Pierce noted 1946 lawmakers favored curbing Hut terite land holdings as Canada had done.
The gathering approved appointing E F Lyman of Great Plains as meeting chairman and Mrs D P Fabrick as temporary secretary. About 30 people attended as the group discussed school attendance for Hutterite children and the need for teachers.
The Tholen family fled Holland and faced years of waiting before permission to immigrate to the United States was granted in July after an initial request in December 1947. Mrs Tholen noted she has five brothers and two sisters remaining in Holland while her husband has one brother and four sisters there.
Ellen Dyste of Forman North Dakota and friends attend a Denison wedding with Mrs Leona Sabados Mrs William Anders of Helena and Mrs Howard Brush Sr among the guests. Howard Brush Sr father of the groom was detained in Minneapolis where Ig plans a new store opening in August.
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