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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1927
Page
4
The School District No. 1 trustees, with the County Health Officer, propose vaccinating district schoolchildren against scarlet fever if deemed necessary. Vaccination requires written parental consent, with a release card to be signed. No charges, and parents may object on the card. The Board urges discussions with physicians before deciding.
Contractors O'Brien and Lordan of Butte won the Ear Mountain bid at 4160 and the Hannan Point bid at 11617 for two bridges in the Lewis and Clark Forest reserve. Work to start with favorable weather, aiming to finish ahead of the June 30 1927 deadline. Union plans include steel from Missoula and timber from Monarch Lumber Co. in the Ear Mountain project.
An epidemic of scarlet fever has forced the closing of schools at Conrad, per Pondera county health officials. Chateau reports no cases, per Dr. C. H. Dulaney, who notes three suspected cases were isolated at the high school dormitory but did not develop into scarlet fever.
Montana lawmakers clash over education funding data with a joint resolution asking for 1900 to 1925 cost figures. Sheriffs oppose a proposed firearms licensing scheme and demand higher mileage pay to offset vehicle costs. The Senate approves a bond fund bill while killing nonpartisan county officer selection.
The article outlines membership rules for Teton's Oldest Settlers. It specifies who qualifies based on age, residency in Montana and Teton county, and prior membership status. Applications go to the executive committee, which may approve or reject, with a right of appeal.
The Sociology Class now studies economics under Miss Dena Roberts who recently joined from Denton high school. Senior normal girls switch to language and grammar with Miss Oberg this quarter. Exams were returned Monday as Mrs. Carlburg visited normal classes and observed penmanship at the grade school.
A large flock of unfamiliar small birds appeared in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. C. James Smith in Chateau, numbering at least fifty and feeding on hedge berries. Captain and Mrs. Smith could not identify them, but T. H. Pridham suspects Behemian wax wings likely wintering north of here and pushed south by extreme cold.
Montana county assessors met in Helena and adopted the 1927 livestock schedule. Horses receive values for range at 5 dollars and work at 40 dollars. cattle values set as beef cattle market value on the first Monday in March with purebred status noted.
The record lists agricultural values by category for the coming year. Bred animals priced at 75 dollars for yearlings 20 for two-year-olds 30 for stock cows 30 for steers three years old and 45 for stock bulls. Dairy cows 50. Sheep priced 20 for purebreds 11 for range bucks 3 for coming one-year-olds and 11 for coming two three and four-year-olds. All other sheep at assessor discretion. Hogs market value on first Monday in March. Bees five dollars per hive.
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