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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1946
Page
2
Editor Jere Coffey outlines publication timing and post office class status. Subscription and advertising rates vary by county and ad volume including display and legal notices. Prices differ for foreign countries and Canada with advance payment required.
An editorial praises Teton Memorial Hospital Association and urges residents to raise an additional 15 000 to reach 40 000 needed for federal matching funds. It notes 885 000 collected, potential 120 000 local need, and explains one third of building costs may be covered by federal grants. Citizens State Bank in Choteau urged for timely contributions.
The Veterans Administration urges reinstatement of wartime life insurance for demobilized soldiers. Reinstatement costs two months’ premiums plus a simple health statement, no physical exam, with up to eight years to convert to ordinary life plans. VA assistance is available to resolve any issues.
Bob Packer files for the Republican nomination for county attorney in Montana. Judge John H. Greene enters the Democratic race for associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court. Other items include William Hodgskiss recovering in Great Falls, 1927 tax collections totaling 85 873 98, the Wolf Club golf championship, and local social visits and appointments.
Local column records visits among Collins families with J A Coghill and wife from Great Falls hosting relatives. Janet Holland of Great Falls visited Margaret Montague while flower show attendees praised Choteau event. Core farming activity includes Corey boys harvesting on McClenian place with good yields and recent showers halting fieldwork briefly.
Montana State University coach Douglas A. Fessenden announced the Grizzlies will start the largest training table in school history on September 3. Football invitations have been mailed to 55 of the 75 squad members.
Helena Montana Sept 6 the Democratic State convention will be held at the Placer hotel with election of a chairman and officers and drafting of a party platform. Invited are congressional and state candidates legislative nominees and holdover state senators along with committee members and Young Democrat leaders. County committees must meet within 30 days after the primary to elect members and publish notice 15 days before the convention.
Bozeman warning from Eric B Wilson, Montana State College extension rural engineer, urges using only AP approved controllers for electric fences. He warns homemade controllers can be deadly booby traps and cautions against linking fences directly to the 110 volt house circuit as rural power expands.
Wilson warns that improper use has caused fatal injuries to animals and people. The only safe method is to power the fence with a controller that meets requirements from a recognized testing agency.
Clinton Bishop, son of former editor Clint Bishop of the Acantha and cousin of Karl Bishop, called in to Choteau yesterday and may launch a new business there in the near future.
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