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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1939
Page
3
Willis Sanderson, a famed Tennessee native who became the region’s premier freighter, provided for Elliot and Thompson ranches with a prodigious memory and a legendary knack for ordering goods. He could orchestrate complex wagon loads, hitch horses with skill, and tell stories as widely as he gathered news.
William Wolf of Wolf Langman asserts another year of good range will boost Montana’s livestock industry, with gains amplified if a beet sugar factory opens in Great Falls. He notes better cattle quality in Great Falls, a restocking need, and that Montana markets shipped more cattle at home in 1938 than Chicago despite overall declines.
Sixteen babies under a year old were examined at the first well baby clinic held in Great Falls. The event was organized by the city county health department in cooperation with the junior league.
John F. Stevens, discoverer of Marias Pass and Stevens Pass, received the Hoover Medal for humanitarian public service. The award recognized his work in Russia and Siberia during World War I when leading the American railway advisory commission to aid allied forces. Ralph Budd presented the medal at the American Society of Civil Engineers meeting.
Willis Sanderson 78, a legendary Montana freighter and teller of tales, died Friday in Roundup. Born August 12, 1860 in Dover Tennessee, he came to Montana in 1880 and freighted from 1884 until the railroad and cars ended the trade. He was known for turning a 12 horse team in a city street and for collecting hats. He spent his final days at the Elliot ranch before moving to a Roundup home. His friend Calamity Jane gave him a book as a keepsake.
The agricultural adjustment administration disbursed 247.76 million dollars nationally for crop control program payments during July to December 1938. State totals include Colorado 4.83m, Montana 1.62m, Nebraska 4.66m, North Dakota 1.70m, South Dakota 4.95m, Wyoming 0.73m. Cotton price adjustments totaled 114.15m with cane and beet sugar producers receiving 23.997m. Administrative outlays reached 10.16m with salaries accounting for 6.89m.
Fire Chief Dick Rusch reports Chinook’s 1938 fire loss including buildings and contents totaled 430 dollars. The department made six runs that year. A November blaze at the U and L sugar factory near Chinook is not included in the figures.
The Montana legislature reviews the biennial report of James T. Sparling on the state’s fruit and dairy inspections. It notes plant upgrades at Montana creameries, rigorous farm inspections, and substantial condemnations for inferior dairy and fruit lots while stressing improved quality and compliance across divisions such as dairying horticulture and grain standards.
E. C. Gene Burris named labor commissioner on September 15, 1938, submitted department data including a survey on child labor aiming to establish proper procedures for effective enforcement of related legislation. The general report notes butter shipments into Montana from out of state.
Nearly 29,000,000 bushels of wheat were in storage on Montana farms as of January 1, up from 6,795,000 a year earlier. Federal statistician J. G. Diamond cited a 10-year average of 14,889,000. Of the stocks, 4,438,000 were covered by Commodity Credit Corp loans per S. A. Bingham. Diamond attributed the rise to a large 1938 crop and low prices. Feed grain stocks were also higher than a year ago and above the 10-year average.
Liquor excise tax from the retail bar bill yielded Montana $428,924 in the previous year. Administrator L. M. A. Wass reported the state received $57,286 in December from the tax, set at 50 cents per gallon on hard liquor, in addition to the department’s regular earnings.
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