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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1939
Page
3
A fragment describes a site at Fort Crawford where U S Army soldiers built a structure mirroring a 1816 bastion. The fort, named for William W Crawford who served as Treasury secretary, marks the northwest corner. Exact bastion location details are incomplete.
The North Montana State Fair will run August 7 to 12 in Great Falls with six days of daytime and evening performances. Highlights include horse racing with $18,000 in purses, a Derby on August 11, rodeo events, Mootie Montana and horse Rex, a 40-palomino grand entry, a large midway, Belles of Liberty Revue, fireworks, a new Home Arts building, School Day on August 7 offering free admission for state schoolchildren, and Thrill Day featuring Canadian flyer Dick Granere. The Hereford Show offers $10,000 in prizes, and total exhibitor payouts reach $40,000. Downtown activities feature a rodeo parade and a children’s pet parade.
Students and faculty at the state college at Bozeman have launched a campaign to win a new library building for the college. The existing 60 000 volume collection needs more space as current facilities on the second floor of Montana hall are inadequate. Letters seeking support have been mailed statewide inviting ideas on funding and construction.
Assessable property in Teton county lists a cash value of 24 266 940 excluding telegraph telephone and railroad property Farm Bureau conducts a drouth survey for state aid relief funds use of local Red Cross funds approved due to drought and crop failures Roland C Ferris receives a Meuse Argonne gallantry citation and seeks treatment in Albuquerque Springs. Great Northern park cleanup and a new rustic bridge planned. Temperature hits 94 as crops suffer.
State Purchasing Agent I. S. McQuitty purchased equipment totaling 31000 for the highway department to serve the Miles City Kalispell Helena Havre Wolf Point Lewistown Bozeman and Great Falls divisions. The kit includes seven power mowers a power shovel four pull type sweepers five power road rollers a rotary freeno a concrete mixer and a dirt rooter.
Mrs Bernice Skuba drives home the first nail as the Illinois Road Builders Association joins a national campaign by the Better Roads Association and contractors to end diversion of gasoline and motor tax funds. The U S Bureau of Public Roads notes that last year's road work could have progressed more had funds not been diverted.
The Glacier Park Chapter of Trail Riders of the Mountains starts its annual saddle horse journey on July 18 from Lake McDonald Hotel. The 11 day main ride covers Sperry Glacier, Gunsight Pass, Red Eagle Tent Camp, and Many Glacier Hotel with a parallel shorter ride July 20 through Cut Bank to join July 21.
Report of the condition of Citizens State Bank of Choteau Montana as of June 30 1939 with assets totaling 657095.34 including 347315.26 in deposits and 344741.01 in demand deposits. Capital accounts show 30000 in capital plus 35000 in surplus and 8565.68 in undivided profits. I F C Barribal vice president and cashier verifies the statement.
By July 4, 140 918 persons had visited Yellowstone Park this season, compared with 122 469 last year and 122 807 in 1937 for the same period. Officials estimate travel may reach 600 000. Rail travel through the Fourth was 20 percent below last year but above 1937. Western entrance had the heaviest traffic, followed by east north south and northeast entrances.
The July Rocky Mountain Sportsman issue from Denver includes a feature on Montana's fish screening program and a full page of activities by state sportsmen groups. Space is donated by the state monthly. clubs are asked to send news to the State publicity division in Helena for forwarding to Denver.
Glacier National Park opens mountain chalets and camps in stages. Superintendent D S Libbey announced that while main hotels and chalets in valleys opened June 16, passes blocked snow delayed Granite Park Sperry Goathunt Red Eagle Crossley Lake Fifty Mountain camps until July 1, with the Cut Bank Chalet also opening July 1.
Twenty-one inmates will be released from Deer Lodge state penitentiary this month after parole board action. Ten inmates gain parole on expiration of half their sentences as first-time offenders. Eleven have completed their sentences. Three released individuals were wanted on charges unrelated to their original offenses.
County commissioners acting as members of county welfare boards may draw their per diem and mileage from county general funds rather than county poor funds. Attorney General H. J. Freebourn has ruled in favor of I. M. Brandford, administrator for the state public welfare board.
The Collins Booster club met July 5 at A. O. Reiquam residence with a picnic games roll call. Eldon Reiquam demonstrated home made feeder devices and plans for July 198 at W. D. Reiquam home. Robert Quene Moen to speak on chick feeders and fountains. Eugene and Billy Reiquam to demonstrate. Kathryn to discuss hair care. Lila Reiquam, Reporter.
The Humming Bird club met at their clubhouse on July 6 to discuss plans and plan a trip to Glacier Park. Molly Loch and Shirley Sonnevick demonstrated plain muffins while Magdalene and Kathleen Loch led a pie making demo and Mrs Gilze showed cake making. A lunch followed. The next meeting will be at Mrs Ora Schultz's home on July 18.
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