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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1932
Page
8
Full tax values of all school district properties are summarized with city schools listed at 352,699. The compilation details property values and taxing entities used for funding district operations and local schools.
About 18 miles of graveled road in Pondera County, named the Bill Jones highway, is near completion. Commissioner Bill Jones and Senator S. H. Porter led the effort to connect Conrad with Pendroy, aiming to boost trade between the counties.
Collins 4 H Busy Bees met July 6 at 2 p.m. in the Collins community hall. Members show progress on hand towels and stocking dara while some work on a breakfast cloth. Mrs Heerman led the group with sewing machine demonstrations, joined by Mrs Averill of South Liberty and Home Demonstration members. The club plans a July 27 picnic supper at the Reiquam farm grounds with parents invited to bring baskets and enjoy games after supper.
T. W. Robinson a pioneer resident of Pondera county and well known lawyer and a democratic candidate for county attorney died Wednesday July 6 at 10 am at St Mary's hospital in Conrad. He suffered a stroke Monday evening at his ranch home north of Corrad and never regained consciousness after arrival at the hospital.
An old fable tells of a lion and a lamb trapped in a corral by a farmer to pay taxes. The lion roars while the lamb inspects a fence and a hidden hole is found, leading to the lamb's escape. The tale ends with a moral about quiet inspection over loud power.
Henry Lubkre of Pendroy was fined $10 by Justice J. G. Jackson after a hearing held Friday. He faced third degree assault charges for allegedly harming Josie Sullivan, also of Pendroy.
Returning from their second annual summer school trip to Glacier National Park, Intermountain college teachers and 26 students stopped at the Beaupre in Chateau for a chicken dinner on the Fourth. President and Mrs. Wendell S. Brooks led the group in five cars. Dr. Paul M. Adams lectured on plant life in Glacier park and Dr. Thomas O. Burgess spoke on the park geology.
A piece contrasts youth with experience in finding enjoyment. It argues that young people lack both practice and thought to have fun, suggesting maturity enhances leisure appreciation.
A Glacier Park report on the 1931 39 count indicates overall growth in game animals since 1921 22 with mule deer down slightly. Elk and deer totalled 1 924 and 1 452 respectively, while moose elk mountain goats mountain sheep and other species show increases. During last winter rangers fed 685 deer 90 mountain sheep and 88 elk at park stations.
Harry Noel, adjuster for Rocky Mountain Insurance, visited Chateau on Tuesday and described hail damage in Pendray country. He says losses range from five to one hundred percent with fields showing total loss at one end and good yields at the other.
The Independent Observer reports Conrad streets receiving oiling as a demonstration by P. L. Withers of the Conrad Refining Company. He oils several blocks in the city to show the efficiency of oiled streets.
Spokane records show rising sales of farm lands through the federal land bank of Spokane, highlighting growing momentum for the Back to Farm movement. The data indicate expanding farmer participation and increasing land transfers under the bank’s program.
The bank notes a wide back to the land movement with more farms sold across Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana in the last month than any prior quarter. President E M Ehrardt cites June sales at 170277 and April sales at 263622 as the bank's largest for those months since 1925 in district land transactions.
Mary Bair advertises an office room to rent two doors south of Chateau Bakery. The notice is dated 9 21.
Multiple short notices list rental spaces including newly decorated shop rooms and apartments by Mrs J M Weaver in Givens building and a garage rental for Mrs Mary Bair. Also offered are for sale items a leather Davenport and large chair via Mrs W H Gorham, plus coal and wood heaters and honeysuckle and black choke bushes with a contact phone 1141.
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