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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
2
Published every Thursday at Choteau Montana the newspaper is entered in the post office as second class matter. Subscription rates are one year two dollars six months one dollar twenty five cents three months seventy five cents foreign countries including Canada two dollars and fifty cents per year payable in advance.
A Choteau editorial welcomes CCC boys camped nearby. It urges mutual understanding and hospitality while urging disciplined, gentlemanly conduct and self police within ranks. The piece expresses townsfolk’s desire to get acquainted and enjoy town amenities together.
Montana produced 24,510,000 pounds of wool in 1938 placing fourth in the nation, per federal statistician Jay G. Diamond. The 1937 clip was 24,768,000 pounds. leading states were Texas 76,903,000 Wyoming 31,389,000 and California 28,901,000. Montana shearers won 2,501,000 fleeces, down from 2,580,000 the previous year.
Clip averaged 9.8 pounds per fleece this year compared with 9.6 last year, making Montana’s average the highest in the nation.
Seven hundred twenty Montanans have received benefits totaling 25130.61 over three years in Montana, per Riley T. Mapes, Helena field office director. Social Security Board records list 147,926 prospective Montana beneficiaries.
Mrs. Fannie Chenowith recalls her tenure as Teton county superintendent of schools, circa early 1900s, describing remote districts, frontier travel, dangers from bands of Indians, personal salary progress from $500 to $800, and the rise of the region from cattle trails to settled towns, as she reflects on changes and enduring human nature.
Alex Walker claims a home treatment for horse sleeping sickness based on years of care. He says one horse improved after pine tar applied to ears and face, followed by a drench of spirits of nitre and linament, with a turpentine blister over the kidneys and spine.
Some seven thousand horses in nearly all sections of the state are reported stricken with sleeping sickness by the state livestock sanitary board. The disease is most widespread in eastern regions, with spread noted toward the Rockies. Deaths are not curbed. veterinarians cite a 50 percent fatality. Cool housing and rest aid recovery. preventatives exist. Countys most affected include Dawson Fallon Carter Judith Basin Musselshell Golden Valley Phillips Pondera Prairie Teton Valley Wheatland.
Montana state liquor profits for seven months ended August 1 totaled 1 577 269. Administrator L M A Wass cites strong trend with five months ahead and potential total profit near 2 800 000. Excise tax 50 cents per gallon brought in 230 294. license fees 277 750. dividends totaling 700 000 distributed to state funds.
The clerk Calvin Wixom of School District No 12 Bynum Montana invites sealed bids by 6:00 p m August 25 1938 for furnishing 30 tons of coal to the district schoolhouse. Bids must be marked clearly and the board may reject any or all bids. First publication August 11 and last August 25.
Teton County Montana will close its registration books Friday September 23 1938 at 5 p m for the November 8 1938 general election. Eligible voters may register at the County Clerk’s office in the courthouse Chateau Montana or before the precinct deputy registrar or any notary or justice of the peace. Those not reregistered since June 1 1937 must register by the deadline or lose voting rights. Geo A Carroll County Clerk and Ex Officio Registrar announces. First published August 18 last Sept 22.
Administratrix Lydia E. Lewis announces creditors must present claims against John E. Lewis deceased with vouchers within four months of first publication. Claims should be filed at George Coffey’s office in the Larson Building Chateau Montana. Date July 27 1938. George Coffey attorney for administrator. First publication July 28 last Aug 18
Astrid Sandberg petitions in the Ninth District Court of Montana Te ton County seeking formal recognition as sole heir of John Jackson deceased. The filing requests determination of interested parties and the proper distribution of the estate and includes a legal description of real property in sections 11 and 12, township 25N range 4W, Montana Mer.
Named petitioners and any others claiming interest in the estate must appear in Chateau court house on Oct 14 1938 at 10:00 a.m. to file heirship ownership or interest claims and show cause why the petition should not be granted. Clerk H Dalby dated August 4 1938. First pub Aug 4, 1938. wae Aug 25.
The Choteau school district warns parents of nonresidents that due to crowding they must arrange and pay tuition before nondistrict children can be admitted for the 1938 39 term. Past due 1937 38 tuition must be paid as a condition for future enrollment. By order of the Trustees of School District No 1 Choteau Montana. Buell A Roll Clerk July 7 to September 1
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