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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
2
A concise note from the Montana Extension Service shares practical ramblings on farming practices. It highlights seasonal tips and common farm questions, offering context for readers involved in crop care and livestock management.
Montana State College extension poultry specialist Harriette Cushman advises pullets should be well sized and fleshed at five months to ease melt and winter pause. Small deep bodied pullets may not join breeding pens even if good layers, keeping them out of the breeding flock. Farm population on Jan 1, 1940 reached 32 245 000, a 24 year high. Wheat crop indemnities show 27 600 claims covering 6 655 000 bushels by Aug 8 across 28 of 33 insured states, concentrated in hard winter belt.
William H. Lindsay fined Laird Waldo Hal Lebera and Paul Johnson ten dollars each after they built a fire at Josephine Lake in Glacier National Park without a permit. They admitted rejection of a permit and the violation underscored the need for permits to prevent forest fires and alert fire lookouts.
B D Mellon of Calgary tops Waterton Lake fishing in Glacier International Peace Park with a 24 pound mackinaw. Park Ranger Keller notes Waterton Lake straddling the US and Canada remains a favorite for Canadian anglers as fishing is above average this year.
Fire destroys belongings of Miller estate behind the M E church. Elmer Smith suffers a broken jaw from a horse kick. John P Sullivan, long resident of Teton county, returns from a month in New York and Chicago.
Bozeman reports extension poultry specialist Harriette E. Cushman of Montana State College outlines five key factors for a successful turkey season. Track constant gains, ensure adequate animal protein, move birds off contaminated ground if blackhead appears, keep water fountains from drying, and provide ample green feed with low priced grains. She also recommends range shelters and a south facing shed with roosts 20 inches apart to prevent roost dents.
Notice is given of a special stockholders meeting for the Farmers Cooperative Canal Company in Farmington Montana at 2 00 PM on September 21 1940. The board seeks approval to obtain a loan to acquire lands rights of way water rights and other property for a new reservoir and to authorize borrowing and encumbrance of assets to secure the loan. Related notices precede and follow this item in Chateau Montana.
Teton County Montana closes registration on September 20 1940 at 5 pm for the November 5 1940 general election. Qualified electors may register with the County Clerk at the courthouse Chateau Montana or with precinct deputy registrar or any notary or justice of the peace. Those who did not vote in 1938 or failed to re register after voting by absent voter ballot in 1988 must register by the deadline to be eligible. County Clerk and Ex Officio Registrar Igaget August 22 1940. First pub Aug 22 last Sept 5.
Helena reports Barclay Craighead chair of the Unemployment Compensation Commission says the state employment service will notify registrants of national defense job opportunities in civil service. Workers should register at local offices for machinists welders electricians and builders. offices will assist with applications and replacements for defense industries.
Montanans Inc. will ask the next legislature for 50 000 to advertise Montana’s recreational and vocational advantages to tourists nationwide. The request was approved by the group’s executive committee at a meeting in Helena and a campaign to gain legislative support will begin immediately.
A quitclaim deed dated August 7 1940 records property transfer of the NW quarter of the NE quarter section 34 township 22 north range 1 west M M to Montana. Filed first publication August 15 with last publication September 5.
The Board of County Commissioners of Teton County Montana invites sealed bids by September 3 1940 for one year of feeding clothing and nursing the indigent sick poor and infirm inmates at the County Poor Farm beginning January 1 1941. Bids may be rejected and must be on prescribed forms marked Proposal for the Care of Indigent Poor Sick and Infirm of Teton County and addressed to Geo A Carrow Clerk of the Board in Choteau Montana.
Forrest L. Zion sues Teton County and several Truchots over Lots 6 7 and 8 in Block 17 Chateau Townsite. Court orders defendants to answer within 20 days or face default judgment. Case seeks a declaration that plaintiff holds fee simple title and that all claims to the land are barred. Aug 22 seal date. first pub Aug 29 last Sept 19.
Notice for a special election to decide incorporating Fairfield Montana to be held October 26, 1940. Registration closes 5 PM September 10, 1940. electors register with County Clerk in Choteau at the courthouse or via Notary Public, Justice of the Peace, or Special Deputy Registrar John Ammonson. Description of Fairfield boundaries and eligibility: must be 21, Montana resident one year, resident for 30 days prior to election, area outlined by metes and bounds. County Clerk GEO A. Carroll signs and publishes notices August 8 to September 5, 1940.
The column shows a cheese souffle recipe with flour butter eggs milk cheese and baking powder plus baking directions. It also offers practical homemaking tips on stains garlic storage buttering sandwiches lemon in cakes window repair strawberry care sewing hacks and hemming with muslin bandage.
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