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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1932
Page
2
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The act, urged by the president and Congress, aims to revive the economy by liquifying frozen credits and aiding banks. It funds 500 million dollars in capital with 1.5 billion from private buyers, to be lent to eligible borrowers under solid security, boosting employment and restoring credit stability.
William R. Rankin of a Chicago New York firm argues intelligent advertising helps both consumers and merchants. He cites past depressions, predicts a turn in the business cycle, and urges well planned ads, trained staff, and new products to boost sales in 1932.
A discussion explains that an airplane rising above the earth remains within the atmosphere and moves with the earth as it spins on its axis and orbits the sun. Even if a plane could hover still for four hours it would be carried along by planetary motion.
A Massachusetts manufacturer of pocketbooks says it has more orders than it can fill, noting its production backlog. The Albany News quotes the firm as stating it also has more pockets than it can fill.
A Louisville Courier-Journal quip notes a kidnapping plot victim identifying the lure by a jazz orchestra rhythm. It highlights a listener’s ear for tune changes and the odd way music signals danger.
Francis Pearse a London physician buried his old automobile in a cemetery after deciding to discard it. The car had served for three decades as his vehicle for professional calls and was laid to rest with traditional honors.
Helena January 15 An additional market using three million dollars worth of Montana grains and fattening seeds is outlined in a Montanans Inc committee report. The 16 page pamphlet summarizes costs and potential gains from expanding in state feeding, with data from the Montana experiment station and feeders. Copies are available by writing to Montanans Inc Helena.
The Montana railroad commission granted Montana Power permission to abandon street car service in Missoula. At 12:01 a.m. January 25 United Transit Company, a subsidiary of Intermountain Transportation, will begin operating a bus system to replace the seven routes, with the cars' routes nearly paralleled and streets left in good repair.
Trainmen report a large band of deer halted a Northern Pacific train between St Regis and Saltese. The animals appear to be moving from the Montana Idaho divide where snow piles reach six feet to lower country with better feed.
The Montana railroad commission indefinitely postpones a hearing on proposed freight rate changes for edible livestock shipments within the Mountain Pacific territory. Eleven Montana railroads were ordered to show cause February 16. Postponement follows an Interstate Commerce Commission order to reopen the case for further hearing.
Montana fish and game officials disclosed last week that hunters hauled nearly 600 tons of venison and 250 tons of elk meat from mountains and valleys in the last season. About 17 000 license holders sent in cards under a new law, while warden Robert H. Hill estimated 10 000 hunters did not comply. Cards showed 9 276 deer and 1 636 elk killed, with average weights of 125 pounds for deer and 300 pounds for elk.
The federal government paid $1.36 for board and room of prohibition law violators jailed in Silver Bow County for the three months ending December 31, 1931. A $1,304.25 check from U.S. Marshal Tom Bolton was received in Butte. One fourth of the sum goes to the county treasurer for housing, while three fourths goes to the sheriff for board. More than 75 federal prisoners, all from the December court term in Butte, are in the county jail.
Two mountain lions were killed near Ashley Lake last week. Two half grown kittens were captured alive by Ted Roland and Warren Enseign who are wintering in a cabin in the surrounding mountains.
State politics show signs of life as voters prepare for statewide and local races. With no U.S. senator, Montanans will choose a governor and lieutenant governor, two congressmen, two supreme court justices and six administrative officers. County offices, state senate, house seats, and two constitutional amendments also on the ballot.
A legislative discussion outlines two methods: one for filling vacancies after elections and another establishing property qualifications for voters on financial measures. The debate centers on how to handle empty seats and who may participate in approving fiscal questions.
Dr J P Rowe from the University of Montana spent the weekend inspecting mining properties west of Elmo. He collected soil samples to Missoula for analysis and expressed optimism about a mining future in the Big Draw country where a placer deposit was recently found. Taxes on hundreds of acres have been paid in full after delinquency. Hard-Boiled Moose King of Elk Park. Richard Rice, a New York attorney, described a moose encounter on the Park highway near Butte, causing traffic delays as the animal charged, rammed a car, and shattered a windshield.
The text explains that halfbrothers share one parent and stem from two marriages of either parent. Stepbrothers share no common parent. A widower with a son who marries a widow with a son yields two boys who are stepbrothers.
The item records community happenings including Mrs. Otto Schaefer’s home visit, Brady church attendance by local couples, George Mortensen delivering potatoes to Great Falls, and a dance on the 30th. Dorothy Breding sprained her wrist at school, Floyd Pratt visited Agawam, and several residents traveled to Agawam or lake Gemaar. Carl Frank’s family visited the lake and Mr Frank is improving.
A social item notes dinner guests Sunday at the residence of Mr and Mrs Chas Ginther. The brief mentions a gathering hosted by the Ginthers and lists no other attendees or details.
A Chateau reader argues the Malta gas rate will not likely help the average home. He notes 16 000 cubic feet must be used before savings appear, and five months gas is used only for cooking and water heating, making a change burdensome.
A. Cameron of Billings visited the O K ranch Monday. Mrs J B Brown and Nick McGinnig were in Agawam on business Wednesday. Brown reports 25 tons of hay blown away by wind and sheep sheds damaged. The L D S dramatic club of Bynum presented Civil Service to a large audience Wednesday. A dance followed. Mable and Lorraine Breding returned home to attend the show. Home Demonstration club of Agawam staged a quilt sewing session for Mrs Carl Frank.
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