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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1940
Page
7
Montana farmers posted an $18.7 million rise in income from 1938 to 1939, totaling $96.0 million with cash income and government payments up 24 percent. Livestock and products earned $42.4 million and crops $41.3 million, while government payments reached $12.3 million, higher than 1938.
With the season ending soon, state fish and game officials say elk kills near Gardiner outside Yellowstone Park are unlikely. Light snow has kept elk within the park to feed, reducing outside foraging.
Paul T. DeVore, longtime Montana agricultural writer and associate editor of The Montana Farmer, is named assistant general agricultural development agent for the Great Northern railroad with headquarters in St. Paul. He will assume the post March 1 and has a lifelong background in farming, journalism, and extension work in Montana.
A roundup from across Montana notes Loretta Phelan named Blaine county superintendent for 1940. W. C. Husband sworn in as judge with first term starting March 12 in Harlowton. Dr. Horace Mann dies in Rolla. Ducks die from leeches in Helena. Wise River delegation pursues federal highway funding. Reynolds found dead at Worden ranch. fire destroys Albert Jesse’s un insured Broadus home.
F B Connelly a long time Billings resident predicts a bright future as the city grows from a cowtown to a major metropolis. He notes Billings rapid expansion, a 25 000 plus population, and its status as a broad and rich trade area facing continued acceleration through the 1940s.
In a historical retrospective, Billings’ rise is traced through pivotal moves. From shifting from stockraising to sheep and wool in the 1880s to expanding agriculture, fires that rebuilt the town, a Midland Empire refinery, and a vast wholesale network. The city’s airport growth and road improvements broaden the trading area to 250 miles, with key leaders named for guiding development.
Attorney General H J Freebourn ruled a school district may correct its census and receive apportionment of state funds based on the corrected total. The dispute centers on Fort Peck townsite status after Montana Supreme Court reversed prior rulings, stating the U S government lacks exclusive Fort Peck jurisdiction. The district clerk had excluded 430 townsite children from the census before the ruling.
The 1940 interscholastic track meet at Montana State University May 9 10 and 11 is expected to be the largest ever, says Dr. J. P. Rowe, chairman of the interscholastic committee. The committee projects 140 schools represented. 61 of 215 Montana schools are eligible. Also noted is a French army tank weighing 92 tons.
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