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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1935
Page
6
A sandstone block from Waianae near Honolulu is prepared for placement at a Washington monument site. The transfer and exact destination are described in local reports.
The Montana secretary of state’s office prepares for the 1936 general election with several unresolved issues. Potential vacancy for Chief Justice W. B. Sands, referendum on the self-insurance act, and an initiative on private liquor distribution remain legally unsettled. Also under consideration are four presidential electors, Congress seats, a U S senator, state offices, and 23 district judges with filing due June 10 and primaries July 21 and the general election November 3. Primary and general election spending limits are set.
The fourth annual Opheim jackrabbit drive sponsored by the Future Farmers of America closes March 2 with five prizes totaling 25 dollars. First prize is a rifle as participants aim to reduce rabbit numbers. Clarence Tichenor will buy the rabbits.
In July 1926 at Broadway Theater Montana, Chick Suggs defeated Dixie LaHood in a 12 round bantam bout. The crowd, promoters Bill Davey Jim Rowe Bruce Kremer Art Perham Al Wilkinson, and local figures backed a three day celebration with boxing and pageantry. Suggs weighed 130 pounds claiming 120 on fight day. LaHood weighed 119 1 4. The gate ranked among Montana’s biggest indoor show profits. Suggs earned substantial pay with post fight tours and management moves by Lumianisky.
Hill County commissioners forecast debt elimination by 1943 with bond calls totaling 27,615 and 20,000 in road bonds. Remaining bonded indebtedness expected to drop from 1,182,000 in 1921 to about 190,265 by 1940, with no outstanding warrants.
Abner McGiffin, longtime Cascade county resident and namesake of Giffin near Stockett, died at his Great Falls home after moving to the city four years ago. He arrived in Montana in 1880 by wagon train with brother Nat McGiffin, once Cascade County assessor. The brothers settled on land that became the site of Tracy and watched Great Falls grow from ranch homes.
Taft Allen of Beaverhead county was fined after a report to the state game and fish commission regarding beaver skins. The charge details and exact penalty are noted in the issued record.
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