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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
9
Browning Mont. housewife Mrs. Russel Boyd offers a varied Chicken Dinner recipe with celery onions green pepper and tomato sauce served over spaghetti. The feature also includes coffee from South America drip brew beefsteak pie y0uey oatmeal muffins pear cream cheese salad and more.
The Montana Highway Commission invites bids by Aug 23 for nine road and bridge works and a new shop and office building. Projects include multiple bridges on Jordan Circle in McCone County, a six span viaduct near Manhattan, and extensive grading and surfacing on roads across Deer, Big Horn, Ravalli, Madison, and Horn counties.
Montana war veterans press for a larger facility at Fort Harrison after earthquakes damaged the Helena hospital. Ex service groups have pushed for a 132-bed unit, but current capacity is 145 patients. The Disabled American Veterans and American Legion urge U.S. Veterans Administration action at state and national conventions.
Travel from Canada has fallen to near zero due to war conditions and passport requirements. In contrast, travel from other states remains strong, with figures near those of last year.
Hamilton weekly paper The Ravalli Republic has been sold to Jack Coulter of Wallace Idaho. The operation has been leased to J B Ellis. Previously owned by the late J A Conkey with his widow in possession until the transfer to Coulter.
Recipe ideas blend basil and rosemary jellies with a summer picnic casserole. Basil jelly makes about four glasses, rosemary jelly uses vinegar and herb infusion, both quick to boil. A Hot Dish Picnic offers a casserole centerpiece with corn pie, pickles, olives, tomatoes, bacon, and bread, plus lettuce and cucumber sandwiches with creamy dressing.
Sheridan county farmers report the biggest harvest in ten years. Spring wheat yields ranged from 18 to 30 bushels per acre with good quality and rising protein. A sizable flax crop is also under way in the region.
Floyd Bowen secretary of the Blaine County fair says rodeo events will be added this year on September 1 and 2 under the supervision of Smith Bros of Suffolk. They supplied bucking horses for the North Montana State fair years ago and have staged rodeos in central states. Elaborate night shows are planned.
The Pattern 188 frock features princess lines for a smooth fit without darts and gathers. Button front offers easy wearing with a frilled collar and three sleeve styles. Sizes 34 through 48 require fabric and notions. send 15 cents to Pattern M.N. in New York for the guide.
The 1940 Montana Grand Lodge communications will meet at the Butte Masonic lodge August 21 and 22, with Luther T. Hauberg of Helena as grand secretary. Ed win T. Fredlund of Chinook serves as grand master. Eastern Star members convene in the Butte temple August 23, led by grand matron Mrs. Hattie Hadzor and grand patron Carl L. Brattin.
In Weymouth England a cricket match took place between teams described as deaf and dumb. The event highlighted inclusive sports activity and regional recreation, with participants competing on the local ground and spectators noting the performance.
J Bruce Kremer, Montana attorney and Democratic leader, planned to restore John Hanson’s Mulberry Grove birthplace on Port Tobacco Creek Maryland. He bought 1600 acres above the Potomac in 1933 and began a modern country home while writing a biography of Hanson.
The article outlines common roach species American, Australian, Oriental, and German roaches and notes their nocturnal feeding in kitchens. It advises sanitation, removal of hiding places, and trapping, with poisons like sodium fluoride and pyrethrum powder, plus a jar trap using beer or aniseed as bait.
A notice from the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington DC addresses cockroaches.
Northwestern National Life Insurance reports a steady rise in Spanish language enrollments across 1939 40 at 126 colleges and universities. Notable gains include New Hampshire Harvard Minnesota Nebraska and Oregon with increases varying by institution and session. The study links improved neighborly ties with rising Spanish study and Pan American connections.
In Daniels county harvests yield 20 bushels per acre on several fields with grain graded No 1. Other hailed fields show 5 to 6 bushels per acre.
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