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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
2
A reflective overview argues the 1930s were a period of deep depressions and political strain. It warns war would erase liberties, praises distant neutrality, and calls for vigilance to maintain free enterprise and democratic values amid rising government intrusion and stubborn economic issues.
Dr Strunk urges winter bird feeding and nature walks in January. He highlights suet, crumbs, seeds for songbirds, and the role of evergreens as shelter. Observing animal tracks, conifers, and hibernation reveals winter life and hints of spring.
Fergus County Dairy Herd Improvement tests report 332 pounds butterfat and 8336 pounds milk per cow, credited to breeding culling and feeding. A Montana Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin No. 154, Small Reservoirs for Stock Water and Irrigation, offers practical guidance for building reservoirs, with drawings and tables, available free via extension agents or the Bozeman station.
Local notices list numerous social visits and holiday gatherings. Families such as Wittke, O'Day, Kline, Dirkes, Beck, Toenyes, Primus, Nelson, Quade, Gamradt, Toekes, Tempel, Paulus, Moulton, and Lehnert are shown hosting and visiting across Great Falls, Fairfield, Chateau, Cascade, and Power with New Year’s Day and Christmas day events noted. Bernard Toenyes returns to Bozeman for studies.
Senator Wheeler indicated he would give serious consideration to any offer from the Democratic National Committee if President Roosevelt decides not to seek a third term. Speaking at the Farmers Union Convention in St Paul, Wheeler said Roosevelt likely does not want to run again and warned against creating dangerous precedents.
Dr. Domingo Monsterrate captain at the veterans hospital Fort Harrison near Helena has been promoted to major and attached to the medical regiment 329th engineers serving Montana Idaho Wyoming and Utah Colonel H P Kayser administered the oath of office Monserrate is part of the Seventh Reserve District.
State supreme court upholds Jefferson county district court ruling that W F Boulware was not entitled to the commissioners post because he did not reside in the proper district for two years before the 1938 election. He was elected November 1938 and took office January 1 1939.
W. J. Paul, 58, longtime attorney and former Montana state official, died suddenly of a heart attack at his Deer Lodge home late last week. He served in the Montana House in 1911 and in the Senate from 1921 to 1927.
The state supreme court refused the highway department's petition to dismiss an appeal over a $120,000 premium for a $12,000,000 policy on state bridges. Secretary Mitchell and Attorney General Freebourn supported the policy, Governor Ayers opposed, and the district court had blocked payment. Minneapolis Fire and Marine Insurance, with Mitchell and Freebourn as intervenors, appealed to the high court.
Leo L. O Connell employed by the state railroad and public service commission earned 175 dollars a month as traffic clerk on May 1 1937. When J G Bruce a rate clerk left O Connell claimed he did the same work for a year and the court awarded him an extra 75 dollars monthly for a year. The judge George W Padbury approved the claim but it has not yet been paid by the commission.
Thirty to fifty five degree weather persists in Choteau over weeks. Death notices include Mrs. J. B. Wiseman funeral at M E church and Rev W W Van Orsdel bequest valued at forty thousand dollars. Other items: Cowgill Ranch sold for one hundred thousand dollars. multiple marriages noted in past years. local deaths of Lena Breeding Thomas Fennson William Price H H Bleecker. high school players Loomis, Moore, Norris, Morgan honored.
L. R. Babb of Helena names George Baker Jr of Libby and William Dunn of Miles City as sectional directors to lead reorganization and expansion in their regions. Baker oversees eight Northwestern counties while Dunn directs 12 Eastern counties, continuing efforts after prior appointments of Maddie in Red Lodge, Dalton in Helena and Shaw in Livingston.
State Game Warden James A. Weaver says a beaver struck by tularemia in the Stanford district has been sent to the public health laboratory at Hamilton for study. The illness has been killing beaver in several Montana districts this year for the first time in the department’s history.
Notice to stockholders announces the regular annual meeting of the Teton Co-operative Canal Co at the Burton school house Farmington Montana on January 13 1940 from 1 to 4 PM for electing the board of directors and other business. Dated Chateau Montana December 23 1939. Cal Binford secretary.
The District Court of Montana Teton County issues a summons in a quiet title action filed by Maggie Bannatyne and Charles Bannatyne against multiple Bolland defendants and unknown claimants. The notice directs defendants to answer within twenty days and outlines the land description as the Southwest Quarter of Section 4, Township 24 North Range 2 East, Montana Meridian in Teton County.
Summons in the matter of Anna Pings v All persons claiming interest or lien in the real property in Section 32 Town 27 North Range 8 West North Half SE Quarter and West Half NE Quarter. Respondents must answer within sixty days of the first publication. Names listed include G Mary Wood Elizabeth Gillan and Genevieve Schroeder.
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