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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1931
Page
6
An agricultural guidance note from Montana State College outlines a cheap do it yourself smoke house using six to eight feet of stovepipe a box or barrel and a sheet iron cover. It covers trench and pit construction fuel choice temperature control and smoking duration for small meat batches.
A 70 percent apple crop is forecast for Bitter Root valley by horticulturist F. M. Harrington after a two day orchard tour. He estimates 300 to 350 carloads of apples will be shipped this fall, with some areas producing excellent yields and others poor. Cherry production is about half normal, mostly canned.
Two Havre men from the J C Penney store killed sixty rattlesnakes in the bad lands north of Havre after a day of exploration. They killed twenty seven young snakes from a female, plus additional females with 13 and 15 offspring, bringing the total to three score. They dispatched another large rattler for good measure.
Dr. Eugene S. Perry chief geologist for the state bureau of mines and geology returns to Butte after studying artesian wells across eastern Fer gus western Petroleum and parts of Valley and Phillips counties. He reports many sites where flowing wells may be within 500 feet of the surface and could supply stock and domestic use, transforming ranch viability.
Notes on farming practices from Montana State College cover season timing for cultivation to combat pests, milk use for better cooking and nutrition, and cattle water preferences. It mentions geology fieldwork by Dr. Perry, a summer trip for students, a new geology assistant Paul Schafer, and general irrigation and feeding practices. It also warns about a severe grasshopper outbreak across the Great Plains and western states.
Grading and surfacing proceed on the eight mile Angel Hill to Somers section of the Missoula Kalispell highway with Morrison & Knudsen holding the contract. The southern Rollins to Angel Hill stretch remains under construction as west shore Flathead Lake grading should finish by Sept. 1 per State Highway Division Engineer H C Tilzey. A four mile Angel Hill detour will be removed this week if no delays occur.
A pithy reflection notes that people seldom rebel against things that deserve no rebellion and implies a thoughtful stance on justified dissent attributed to Carlyle.
Last Tuesday marked the birth anniversary of Meriwether Lewis, leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The piece recalls his 1774 Virginia birth near Charlottesville, his early life, Jefferson’s appointment, the 1804 1805 Great Falls visit, and his death in 1809 near Nashville following a career shaping exploration.
Professor Oscar A. Dingman of the Montana School of Mines led a river expedition from Fort Benton to below the Judith River testing Missouri river bars for gold. With Jesse Cobb and three Box Elder youths, they sampled creeks and river sections, slept outdoors, and awaited assay results on gold per ton and its form.
Montana State College nutrition specialist Miss Frances Smith explains how to avoid common pickle problems in home canning. She defines pickles, lists causes of hollow and soft varieties, and urges using a tested brine and gradual strength increases for sour pickles.
Work on the flume at the Syracuse Hydraulic mines above Wisconsin Creek near Sheridan is finished under Superintendent Carl Anne and ready for operation next spring. If enough water head is available the company may resume operations this fall.
Musselshell county will levy 56 mills in tax assessments with the sinking fund rising from 16 to 23 mills. Debt of 831000 exceeds the limit by 111000, prompting the increase despite no road fund levy.
Teton county taxpayers will be assessed at 33 mills this year, up from 30.5 mills in 1930. The only increases are one mill for the general fund and a half-mill for the poor fund.
A concise note presents Burke’s maxim that example guides mankind’s learning, declaring that true instruction comes from observable conduct rather than other sources. The quote frames education as experiential and ongoing.
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