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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1939
Page
4
A worker, Mr Hatcher, suffered a broken leg when a gate pole swung and struck him while freeing a team from a fence at his home farm. The injury included a shattered ankle, requiring elevation and weights. Mr and Mrs Knute Mendrickson were mentioned in the report.
Miss Violet Holberg and Miss Clara Grassdock returned after a two week Idaho and Washington vacation. Esther Holberg will skip teaching this fall, then enter Bellingham Teachers College after five weeks off. Mrs. Carl Vigen and two sons left RoWan after visiting Nels Pearson, met at Drummond by Carl Vigen, with a family picnic in Drummond. Elmer Pearson and Mr. and Mrs. Pearson accompanied them. Mrs. E Crumley and Miss Betsy Norheim visited the Norheim home. Friends wish Mrs. Frank Mang a speedy recovery from pneumonia at Chateau hospital. Nels Pearson learns of his brother’s serious Minnesota gored herd bull injury. a son distracts the bull with a jack knife, elder man sustaining broken ribs and internal injuries. Arthur Johnson and Walter Johnson went to Wisconsin after their father’s death and returned by train. Mrs. Wallace Pleury, Gale Bandow, Russell Maxfield and Eugene Johnson had tonsillectomies at Columbus hospital. Frank Savick and wife left for Chinook to visit a Savick relative before returning to Charlo Montana.
The state board of equalization collected 665 785 in July led by 576 138 from the five cent per gallon gasoline tax for highways. Other receipts include oil production 22 491 coal production 18 995 corporation licenses 12 009 natural gas production 11 957 electricity licenses 9 248 cement production 5 897 and income tax 4 876.
The Home Demonstration club is postponed one week and will meet at Farmington Hall next Thursday August 24 at 2 PM with officers to be installed and project reports due. Ladies Aid gathers August 28 for a church lunch. Norwegian Lutheran church service scheduled for August 20 at 3 PM. Junior Scissors Snippers hosted a breakfast for mothers and guests with remarks on Arbor Day and 4-H. Local visitations include Mrs Elizabeth Austin of Great Bend and Mr Eugene Randall of Hutchinson.
State Purchasing Agent I. S. McQuitty will open bids September 14 on about 40000 dollars of canned fruit and vegetables for state custodial institutions for the coming school year.
State employment records show Montana could field 556 machinists and mechanics with aircraft experience. Many of the workers can fly planes in addition to repairing them.
In the Helene district near Bald Butte mine about a dozen cows vanished and were found dead with brands removed. The sheriff linked cyanide poisoned water from the mine to the killings. A mine operator confessed and settled with the owners.
Town of Choteau Montana publishes notice of Resolution 122 to establish a new ornamental street lighting system along Main Avenue and First Street Northwest. Estimated cost total 3850 dollars with 850 annual maintenance charged by assessment. Public hearing set September 5, 1939 at 8:00 PM. protests due within fifteen days after first publication.
Residents from Spokane Chicago and Great Falls visit local families. Notes on hospital stays vacations and a car wreck near Shelby. Kenneth Riley becomes manager of Farmers Union Elevator. Softball injury and progressive Chinese checkers prizes noted. Families entertained at dinners and weekend trips wrap the week.
E C Mitchell of Dutton led Montana extension demonstration flocks in June with 250 white leghorns producing 5939 eggs at 28 per hen. John Vargo of Trout Creek led under 100 hens with 1730 eggs at 24.4 per hen. Mrs. Keller of Yellowstone County led breeding flocks with 22.9 eggs per hen. Feed averaged 10 cents per adult bird. Eye prices stood at 19 cents per dozen.
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