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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1933
Page
2
The article notes that established lawns and borders react differently from new plantings when fed. Mature grasses awaken and grow earlier in spring, even in cool temperatures, influencing the eventual development of the plants as a well-fed infant grows into a sturdy adult.
Well fed plants gain vigor enabling better foraging and reaching maximum size for their type. Grass and perennials fed early develop larger roots to endure heat and drought, with spring applications dissolving quickly in honeycombed soil after deep frost. Avoid applying to seedbeds or soil to be tilled. delay near sowing time.
Wheat at Havre jumped four cents mirroring Chicago gains as traders heard currency inflation rumors from Washington. H Earl Clack elevator learned from a Minneapolis broker that eastern interests were moving on the Chicago market boosting No 1 dark northern to 21 cents plus an 11 cent 16 protein premium, totaling 32 cents.
Livestock account for about one fifth of agricultural production in the Nashville Tennessee area, reflecting its major role in local farming.
McCone County women advance a local Family Food project as part of community efforts. Snow depth reports from northern Rockies forests show higher or equal winter accumulation in many areas, with Lookout Pass recording 86 inches and Bitter Root sites near Sula Corvallis Trout Creek Noxon Vetting last year’s levels or higher.
Montana mining data show total metal value in 1932 fell to 6,667,957 dollars, less than half of 1921, with copper and silver declines driven by Anaconda production cuts and weak prices. Copper output dropped to 84,717,000 pounds. silver to 1,671,000 ounces. gold near 39,850 ounces. many mines idle yet new producers emerged.
McCone county home demonstration clubs enrolled in the 1932 Family Food Supply project preserved more than 30,000 quarts of vegetables and 18,000 pounds of foods, plus 1,984 pounds of cheese, with 179 participants and 87 percent reporting. Demonstrations emphasized meat for food, low cost diets, gardening, and canning methods to reduce spoilage.
Mrs Mae Weat of St Louis Missouri reports dropping from 170 to 150 pounds in four weeks after one box of Kruschen Salts. She says she has more energy and never feels hungry. The advertisement urges half teaspoonful daily in hot water before breakfast as a safe weight loss method with a 4 week bottle price and money back guarantee.
Glacier Park reports heavy snow with 68 inches at park headquarters in Oct through Dec, up from 44.6 inches last year, and total precipitation at 12.38 inches, double 1931. Higher elevations show snow load up 60 percent, promising continued water supply and spectacular summer waterfalls and wildflowers.
Farmers can survey flood irrigation with a carpenter level and straight edge. County agents learned the method at a recent conference to help farmers lay out simple ditches, with marks set every straight-edge length and the level kept true.
The Game Commission cut checks to field deputies due to restricted income, setting top pay at 140 dollars monthly with some veterans earning up to 25 dollars more. Kenneth MacDonald, fisheries superintendent, was approved to obtain rainbow trout eggs from private hatcheries and repay with native trout eggs next spring.
Stockman Duncan Cameron 88 pioneer rancher and cattle man of Cascade county died recently in Great Falls. Born February 21 1844 at West Bay Cape Breton he moved to Montana in 1888 after stints in North Dakota and the Bismarck region.
George Chapin Montana representative for the Chappel Brothers reports this season a fine range year. He notes snow in eastern Montana is thin except near the Sheep mountains where thaw has helped. Stock north of Miles City face scarce water as streams freeze but springs provide continuous water. He believes cattle should winter in ideal conditions this year.
Winston Bros. Co. of Minneapolis was the low bidder for grading and surfacing 14.6 miles of the Clarks Fork highway estimating 77 975 80. Eight bids were submitted to the Missouri office of the bureau of public roads and A C Clark recommended award as lowest bidder. The project runs between Belnap and Trout Creek with a Beaver Creek bridge under construction from last year and 14 miles of the route remaining near Thompson Falls.
Northern Ireland apple orchards report a record yield for the year with high outputs across major varieties. Growers credit favorable weather, strong pollination, and steady demand from processors and markets.
County extension office at Billings reports turkeys geese ducks and capons were loaded at Laurel January 18 and at Columbus January 19. I A Adams of Columbus secretary and treasurer notes strong demand for turkeys and capons at good prices, and explains markets were subdued before Christmas.
Miss Marian Leeper a Northern Montana college instructor had her purse snatched on Havre's west side by a man with his upper face covered. She was walking with another teacher when he bumped into her and fled. This marks the second such theft recently, following Irene Follmer, a federal building stenographer.
Sheriff J. L. Traulbee, who began duties January 1 in Lake county, took his first prisoner to Deer Lodge. Ernest Wittenberg of St. Ignatius, convicted of grand larceny and jailed pending a new trial motion, was denied trial and sentenced to one year at the state prison by Judge Asa L. Duncan.
Polson pioneer businessman A C Retz wed Miss Georgia Ann Witherspoon of Danville Illinois at the Missoula Methodist parsonage. The couple hid the marriage until their return. Retz, an undertaker, has lived in Polson since 1910 after a three month visit by Witherspoon in Polson last summer with the Neiferts.
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