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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1931
Page
2
Published every Thursday at Choteau Montana as second class matter. Member Montana State Press Association. Subscription two dollars per year in advance. in foreign countries excluding Canada two fifty.
Montana officials consider local gasoline use to boost oil drilling and lower state taxes. Governor Erickson proclaims August 16 23 as Montana Made Gasoline Week to promote Montana refined fuel and halt reliance on imported gasoline. He notes ten years of local refining has added 55 million dollars in wealth to trade and industry.
Bynum Lewis Pearson and his father head to Great Falls with his father still a patient at Deaconess hospital after the July 4 wood chopping injury. Several Lightfoot relatives from Idaho visit Joe Jim and Bob Lightfoot and families. Dell Green Roy Hanberg and others attend the M I A convention and enjoy the fair. Dell Green and Roy Hanberg with children spend Sunday collecting chokecherries along the creek. 4-H leaders Beatrice Hansen and Edna Bingham take members on a Dupuyer creek outing for chokecherries and a pleasant trip.
The text notes that Gilead and Judea never lost their forests and thus never suffered drought. It argues forests kept moisture and rains, making the regions pastoral beauty spots of the earth.
I M Brandford argues for an excise tax on wheat ground into food to raise millions for Montana farmers. He cites 1930 31 production and calculates roughly 13.6 million dollars annually from 38.8 million bushels at 35 cents per bushel, supporting state counties and farmers.
Great Falls hosts a promotional event Monday August 31 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mr. C. F. Redlich promotes Complete Retention Shields that seal ruptures instantly and promise lasting relief, claiming 95 percent recovery and benefits for stomach trouble backache and constipation. Attendees urged to seek expert fitting at home office in Minneapolis.
The undersigned will on September 30 1931 apply to Teton County Treasurer for a tax deed to Lots 4 and 5 Block 2 Town of Bynum Montana. Amount 336.29. August 24 1931 Teton County Montana By Geo A Carroll Clerk Applicant First pub August 27 last Sept 3.
The treasurer of Teton County gives notice of a tax delinquency on lots 23 and 24, block 19, Town of, for amount 115.66 dollars. First publication August 27, 1931. last publication September 3, 1931.
A letter from J G Usemann of Poynette Wisconsin requests a copy of the August 13 issue of the Choteau Acantha. He discusses heat, crop conditions, corn silage, and asks for the missing edition with a light Woodworth tone.
The Miami Herald notes that historic slang for tomato as a love apple reveals delicate sarcasm in language from a century ago. It highlights how naming reflected social attitudes and wit of the period.
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