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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1934
Page
6
Austria plans to finish the Grossglockner Aline highway within twelve months. Officials say the project will improve Alpine transit and reduce travel times between key regions as construction advances.
W G Gilbert of Dillon was elected president of the Montana Woolgrowers' Association in its 33rd annual meeting at Billings. New officers include Harry Snyder of Billings as first vice president and Knute Haugan of Fishtail as second vice president. Resolutions urged tax reform, revised grazing lease rules, and return of public domain lands to states, with support for Kendrick Walsh Erickson bill.
The article compares farm price of hogs from 1910 14 prewar power to fair exchange value. It notes hogs at 3 47 per hundredweight in 1932 while commodity prices were above prewar levels producing a disparity of 4 28 per hundredweight. It states adjustment under the Agricultural Adjustment Act in 1984 will restore hog prices to fair exchange value.
Montana State College report notes farmers who missed signing allotment contracts in the wheat adjustment campaign are asking for another opportunity. Requests stem from misunderstanding, missing records, and tenants lacking landlord signatures, with potential uptake across corn belt and eastern states if reopened.
Federal agents arrested Kate Lukkanen of Butte after seizing 87 gallons of whisky at her home. She faces prosecution under the internal revenue act for tax nonpayment on illicit spirits, rather than under the Volstead act.
Willard S. Thompson of Butte, a Stanford student, belonged to a debating team that recently competed with and lost to a prison team at San Quentin. The prison team included three university graduates, one from Oxford.
In Dillon the thermometer remains seven degrees above zero the lowest in winter. Miss Hazel Conger and Mrs. G. L. Sewell report hens hatched a brood of spring chickens in January with 14 and 8 chicks respectively. Bees swarm from the White Cafe hive on Montana Street. Garden planting is advised to profit the farm, with home vegetables valued at 50 to 200 dollars, and hotbed frames should be built or repaired for spring work.
Secretary Ickes proposes designating 1934 as National Park Year and notes that favorable exchange rates will boost domestic purchases. He lauds Yellowstone geyser fields and highlights Glacier Park’s mountains glaciers and waterfalls as premier natural treasures.
The state highway department will soon receive bids totaling about $20 000 for road equipment. The package includes a power shovel a trailer and a dozen passenger cars for inspection and related duties.
Montana state board of equalization reports January 5 cent gasoline tax receipts at 196 323 dollars, up 41 524 from January 1933. The January 1932 figure was 183 326 dollars, reflecting increased motoring during the mild winter.
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