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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1927
Page
6
Federal Reserve Board data show 1926 industrial output rose 6 percent above 1923 peak, despite a late year downturn. Construction, textiles, autos, steel, coal and petroleum products led gains while farm prices fell to four year lows and farmers' incomes dropped.
The notice urges immediate subscription to an incorporated company with a financed first well. It promises drilling will start when field conditions are favorable and states subscriptions will be accepted if remittance is sent this week. Address.
In Georgetown ltake a herd of about 40 wild horses is starving and wandering to reach feed. They gnaw bark from firewood and invade yards. On the ice they dismantle muskrat houses by pawing away snow to reach the shelter beneath. Fences fail to keep them out of barnyards and several homes report damaged fencing.
Matt Glasgow of Butte disputes John F Bishop’s claim to pioneer sheep growing in Montana. He says he and Tim Otero herded 1200 head in 1867, sold to Helens butcher Blake and Phillips in Silver Bow, and supplied butchers across the territory before Bishop’s 1869 drive from The Dalles.
The article notes a regional superstition among Black communities in East Africa that twine are unlucky and the preferred remedy is suffocation.
The Montana Legislature weighs grounds for removing Secretary of State Charles T. Stewart as impeachment inquiry expands. Senate and House panels probe state offices. The 1921 railroad map prompts a new official state map with 856 total post offices and updated railroad data to be distributed free to schools and officials.
Multiple Montana towns report civic and business notes including DeMolay chapters forming in Miles City, wool clips sold in Martinsdale, and plans for a community pool in Roundup. Other items cover mine work resuming in Deer Ledge, a New York bank suit in Hanover, and public notices on schools and road projects across Great Falls, Missoula, and Billings.
Eastern Montana Society of Pioneers maps a three day Founders Day celebration in Billings for July 3 through 5 with unveiling of The Range Rider of the Yellowstone on the rimrocks. Bill Hart presented the statue and leaders include Judge C F Goddard I D ODonnell and E W Dunne coordinating with the Billings Commercial Club. Charles Spear and Willam P Rixon lead the local group. The event aims to attract pioneers from across Montana and neighboring states. Factories making coffins and undertakers supplies in the United States employ about 12000 people.
Butte official William Gemmell, longtime Silver Bow board chair and racing figure, died after leaping from the fifth story of the Silver Bow block during a fire. An express office seizure links contraband goods to New York, with Wilcoxen denying knowledge. Margaret Nichols of the Kevin Sunburst oil field paid duty on a Hudson seal coat and faced a sharp reprimand from the chief patrol inspector for attempting smuggling.
A. J. Simpson, 62, longtime resident of White Sulphur Springs and former Smith River Valley stage driver, died after a brief illness from pneumonia. He served as county public administrator until his death and sought relief from duties in later years. Surviving relatives live in Virginia. he planned a visit there.
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