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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1931
Page
2
Published every Thursday at Choteau Montana, entered in the post office as second class matter. Subscription is $2.00 per year in advance, in foreign countries except Canada $2.50.
The article highlights Scott Leavitt of Montana as a standout in the House. It notes he helped pass 33 of 1,524 laws in the last Congress and contrasts his effectiveness with the broader average. It praises his integrity, judiciousness, and leadership, while noting potential shifts if Republicans become minority.
The first showing of the 1932 Chevrolet at the Teton Service Company garage drew about 300 visitors over Saturday and Sunday. A special sedan and a coach were displayed, with notable design changes including a sloped windshield, hood vents, narrowed radiators, a new carburetor position, air cleaner, and silencer.
Kalamazoo Gazette notes ancient Greeks and Romans built impressive structures without modern advantages, nearly rivaling our movie palaces in design and grandeur.
Two United States Bureau of Fisheries engineers presented plans for the largest fish screen ever built to the Great Falls Isaak Walton league. The screen would be at the lower end of Pishkun reservoir on the Sun River project and use five large screened wheels driven by three paddle wheels to block trout from escaping into ditches. Shirley Baker and A B Gilroy of the San Francisco bureau office described the design.
The summary lists farm program results in Teton County. It covers flax variety tests with Reserve leading yields, weed control trials using calcium chlorate, weather recordkeeping, fertilizer and forage tests, shelterbelt planting, tree procurement, dairy and beef clubs, livestock health efforts, bone meal and mineral test programs, and cooperative shipping and market actions benefiting 51 farmers and numerous ranchers.
The report details cooperative efforts with Home Demonstration clubs, extension staff, and 4-H groups. Notable activities include organizing 14 clubs with 142 members, hosting clothing foods and home management programs, four-day recreation school, a seven club fair with 91 members, and 531 in attendance at the seventh annual fun feed. The year saw extensive outreach: 433 farm visits, 2 220 office calls, 1 810 individual letters, 28 circular letters, and 648 bulletins distributed.
A baby boy was born Tuesday December 1 at Chateau to Mr and Mrs Graydon Green. Mrs Green is under care of Dr O Neil. George Mortensen and son Clinton Reid Swenson and John Cahoon visited in Great Falls Friday. Mr and Mrs Loren Rowley and Gladys George visited the Jensen home Saturday evening.
An advertisement claims taking KRUSCHEN SALTS daily in hot water will melt fat in three weeks, boost energy and clear the skin. It promises a money back guarantee if not convinced and lists Chateau Drug Co. as a source.
Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Reid Swenson with Mr and Mrs Smoot Rawley and Mrs Isaac Vance with Mr and Mrs Edwin Bingham visiting Mr and Mrs George Mortensen. Edwin Hansen drove to Great Falls on business. Roy Handberg hosted dinner with Dell Green Edwin Hansen and Harry Stott. A relief society quilting party met Tuesday at Mrs John Caho’s. Ray R Porter of Great Falls visited Bynum Monday.
The Ladies Aid will host their annual jute fish supper in Farmington hall Friday Dec 18 with coffee provided and lunches to bring. The next literary is moved to Dec 17 at 8 00. Joel Edwards chairs the entertainment committee for the two upcoming programs. Several residents report hospital stays and home visits as Burns heal, and local travels to Great Falls and Bole are noted.
Eighth grade pupils wrote stories from outline to final piece and prepared for a Sunday school operetta this Friday. No assembly periods this week with sessions resuming Friday the 18th for Christmas assemblies at 1 15 and 2 45 for lower and upper grades. School closes for two weeks on December 18 and reopens January 4. W G Bloomdahl spoke on banking to seventh grade and outlines from the American Banking Association were shared with the class via First National Bank courtesy.
The Reds led by Mildred Nelson defeated the Greens captained by Jimmie Martine in an arithmetic contest. The Greens won an English contest against the Reds by two points. The Reds and Greens are seventh grade spelling arithmetic and English classes.
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