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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1935
Page
6
In June the Montana relief commission received 806074 of federal relief funds and spent 789174 of the allotment, State Auditor Holmes has reported. Of state funds the commission received 45984.57 and expended 38.60.
State officials attended a meeting at Hamilton where farmers outlined plans to erect a $20,000 storage plant and warehouse for valley grown vegetables and fruits.
Milk control groups have been organized by G. A. Norris, commissioner of the state milk control board, at Missoula Stevensville Polson Helena Butte and Great Falls. Memberships have been applied for by Bozeman Hamilton Libby and Kalispell.
The Montana Supreme Court upheld the contract between the state water conservation board and the town of Conrad to build a Lake Francis Walier to Conrad water pipeline. The Farmers State Bank of Conrad filed the suit, which the court dismissed.
The state supreme court adjourned for summer recess after disposing of 134 cases this term. Among them were eight laws passed by the recent legislature and four acts from prior sessions were tested. The court will reconvene in September with the first fall calendar hearing set for Sept. 17.
Two state warrants lost in the Wibaux flood have been recovered. One for $114.88 and another for $2.29 were duplicated after loss. The originals are sent to State Auditor John J. Holmes for cancellation by I. M. Brandford, commissioner of the state land department.
Dr J H Crouch epidemiologist with the state board of health since 1928 has resigned effective immediately. He and his family will relocate to Williamsburg Virginia where he plans to pursue public health work. He began his career in Williamsburg then Fort Worth Texas before moving to Helena.
The state health department may adopt a resolution to bill for certified copies issued by the bureau of vital statistics. Deputy registrar Lucien L. Benepe says Montana is the only state without a fee. Proposed charges are 1 dollar per certified copy and 50 cents per hour for record-search time.
The Montana board of pardons is reviewing the governor's recommendation to commute sentences. L. R. Deems of Wheatland county would have his three year term for forgery reduced to one year. A. N. Longfellow, Fort Benton county treasurer, would have his one year sentence cut to six months for a shortage in accounts.
Montana's Department of Agriculture reports a reduced pig herd with 82,000 pigs saved from spring farrowings, down from 140,000 last year. Farrowing is 7,000 sows fewer than the previous year and fall production is not expected to exceed last year.
The state water conservation board won a test suit in a court ruling, securing a favorable outcome for ongoing water policy measures and conservation efforts.
At Lethbridge Golden Jubilee festivities July 22 23 and 24 memories of southern Alberta’s mining railway and ranching days were revived. Noted events included Guy Weadick’s stampee and the historical pageant Fort Whoop-Up Days by Mallabar Productions of Toronto drawing 150 000 in Toronto last year.
Montana Supreme Court rules the board acted within statute when calling bids and awarding the Rock Creek irrigation project in Carbon County. The decision allows work to begin and upholds the procedures governing the board’s actions.
The Pioneer Placer Dredging Company on Gold Creek in Powell County sues State Treasurer J. J. Brett and the state board of equalization seeking a refund of 593 from its 1934 corporation license tax. It says a requested deduction was disallowed and that the board’s action was illegal.
The state land board authorizes negotiations to purchase seven bonds totaling 406 450 from the Public Works Administration using permanent school funds. The proposed amounts include Big Timber 100 000 Culbertson 46 000 School District No 1 Custer County 7 500 Fort Benton 42 750 Gallatin County 100 000 School District No 3 Liberty County 35 000 and School District No 1 Mc Cone County 25 000.
Assistant Attorney General C. J. Dousman travels to Washington to confer with PWA officials over the water users contract with the state water conservation board. The Rock Creek irrigation project in Carbon county marks the first state project tied to government grants and loans. The first unit contract for a dam and distributing plant is let at $472,000.
I M Brandford, commissioner, says patent preparation for school sections 16 and 36 remains a principal activity. The 1900 enabling act granted the lands to Montana, but until June 1934 no legal provision required or authorized interior secretary to issue patents to the school sections.
The state board of equalization ruled transfers of beer permits under sheriff sale or execution will not be recognized. The Fergus county case involved a beer parlor owner who became a judgment debtor and had effects sold under a civil action.
The purchaser sought board approval to transfer the state beer license but the application was rejected.
State liquor stores reported a profit of 446 104 35 for the first six months of 1935. Net sales reached 1 927 397 18 with liquor cost at 1 260 194 51 and operating expenses of 267 000 90. Salaries and wages totaled 172 000, freight and drayage 36 762 30, rents 16 430 19 and 15 smaller items made up the rest.
Montana May carloadings totaled 22 774, up 10 559 from a year earlier says J G Bruce traffic expert for the state railroad and public service commission. Ore shipments lead gains with 2 195 more cars, hay up 427, with increases in lumber coal and other commodities.
The report notes declines in copper and sand shipments as wheat and log shipments decreased, reflecting a shifting commodity flow.
The field men add staff to examine dam sites across the state and confer with farmers on feasible small irrigation projects. Since February 1934, appropriations to the board total $554, with expenditures reaching $181,000 by May 31, 1935, per state advisor John J. Holmes.
The Great Northern railroad failed to close multiple stations after a commission investigation. The commission refused permission to close Kolin Belmont Mon arch Bowdoin Hedgesville Glentana Fort Shaw Windham Raynesford Mc Cabe Ulm and Bynum citing insufficient grounds to justify the closures.
Former Senator W. T. Cowan Earl Woolridge and Ernest Sallee propose the federal government purchase state lands for Rocky Boy Indians. State land commissioner I. M. Brandford notes two land classes sought by the Indian bureau mortgaged lands and lands acquired from the federal government.
Wallace Brennan of Missoula reported at a state board of education meeting that 24 applications have been received for the Montana State University presidency to fill the vacancy from Dr. C. H. Clapp's death. He noted that the board will not select until after conferences with university faculty.
In Helena Montana the acting governor Elmer Holt and House Speaker Pilgerman faced scrutiny as the fund for their salaries showed only fifty dollars. A revived supreme court ruling allowed their payments to come from the state general fund amid the absence of Governor Cooney and Holt.
Albert Miller of Billings, formerly a service station worker, appeals to the Supreme Court seeking accident insurance from Aetna. He claims injuries from changing tires on an automobile and says the Industrial Accident Board rejected his claim, ruling the employing company not liable under the state compensation act. The district court of Yellowstone County dismissed his suit against Aetna.
Attorney general opinions interpret the gin marriage law requiring six days between presentation of health certificates and license issuance. The court clerk must wait the period before issuing a license, opposing a three day implied intent. A second opinion confirms the law does not repeal mail license applications.
About 400 residents in Park County will qualify for old age pensions under the National Security Act. The eligibility marks readiness in local welfare measures and reflects nationwide pension provisions.
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