Montana crops face insect and weed threats this year
The Weekly crop progress report from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics in Helena notes aphids grasshoppers alfalfa weevils and cutworms harming crops. Weeds especially wild mustard infest winter wheat while hay harvest lags behind due to showers. Livestock and ranges remain good and range feed supply is above normal.
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Montana
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Helena
Bureau
Ravalli
Toole
Pondera
Yellowstone
Big Horn
Fallon
Carter
Central
North Central
Why and How Of Music Education In Choteau
Wilbert Maynard argues music education builds life skills and mind training. He outlines a system starting with grade school singing rhythm and private piano, then band or choir, with piano as foundational. He notes private teachers exist in Choteau and urges the community to make the city the most musical in the Northwest.
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Choteau
Wilbert Maynard
Choteau High School
Chateau
Northwest
No Episcopal service at Chateau this Sunday
No Episcopal church service is scheduled at Chateau this Sunday. Regular services will resume on August 9.
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Chateau
Local Farmington Notes Highlight SocialVisits
Mrs A C Lindseth reports on a Stanley Products Co dimmer demonstration at Mrs John Chalmers home. Neighbors attended and Miss Hazel Slanger visits Art Anderson in Fairview while Bruce Anderson stays with Donne Slanger. Reuben Depner travels to Spokane to visit relatives as spring rain is welcomed for wheat and late crops.
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Stanley Products Co
John Chalmers
Katherine Depner
Buck Lowell
Vern Slanger
Chateau
Reuben Depner
Spokane
Hazel
Jacqueline Slanger
Art Anderson
Fairtiek
Bruce Anderson
Donne Slanger
Army to Enlist for Specific Units in Continental U S
Sergeant Ulch of the Chateau recruiting office announced that after December 5 1942 voluntary enlistments may be for a specific regular army unit within the continental United States. Eligible veterans must have prior service and an honorable discharge dated May 12 1946 or later, with physical and mental fitness. Initial Montana enlistments place recruits with the Second Infantry Division at Fort Lewis Washington for at least one year, with an overall three year service minimum.
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United States
Bill Uldh
U. S. Army
Chateau
Ulch
Montana
Second Infantry Division
Fort Lewis
Wash
Second Infantry
Larson Building
Bid sought for school bus operation in Farmington area
The Board of Trustees invites bids from responsible parties to operate a school bus serving high school students in the Farmington area. Specifications are on file with the clerk. The board may reject any or all bids. LeRoy Robinson, Clerk. July 31, Aug 7, 14 ACANTHA WANT ADS BRING SURPRISING RESULTS.
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Board of Trustees
Farmington
LeRoy Robinson
Camp Maiden conservation school trains 60 4-H members
County Agent Raymond Kelly reports a conservation training session at Camp Maiden near Lewistown for 4-H members. Emphasis was on soil, forests, wildlife, and weed control. About 60 from Montana counties attended. Exhibits needed for the Great Falls Fair with August 2 submission in the courthouse office. Growers may arrange pickups for perishable produce. Elmer Knaff cites alfalfa yields of about two tons per acre in first cutting.
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Camp Maiden
Lewistown
Montarra
Great Falls
Elmer Knaff
Chateau
Farmer Attributes Higher Yield to Phosphate Use
A farmer credits the excellent yield to liberal phosphate application. He expects the current year’s gains to cover the fertilizer cost and foresees continued benefits for at least two more years.
Major John Zuber Visits Choteau Enroute to Hawaii
Major John Zuber and his wife stopped last Thursday at the Choteau airport while traveling from Quantico Virginia to the Hawaiian Islands. Zuber, in the Marine Air Corps, will be stationed on Hawaii. The couple plans another visit and fishing trip in Choteau this week. Zuber formerly worked for the Choteau Flying Service.
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John Zuber
Choteau
Quantico
Hawaiian Islands
Major Zuber
Marine Air Corps
Wide Range of Used Goods Offered in Local Want Ads
Numerous listings including a piano and bench at 1910 Central Ave West Great Falls, an overstuffed chair, a table radio, and farm machinery such as a VE4 Wisconsin Combine Motor. Also multiple land and property notes, tractors, a 1940 International pickup, a 1935 International truck, and house logs. Local merchants Mill's Implement Co Chateau Acantha and C & P Agency Choteau noted.
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Central Ave. West
Great Falls
American Bosch
Elmer Erickson
Chateau
Wisconsin Combine
Mill’s Implement Co
Fairfield
C & P Agency
Choteau
Mont
Monarea Range
Acantha
Oliver Combine
Johns Brothers
Pendroy
Gottlieb Depner
Farmington
al Hensley
Choteau Bakery
McCormick Deering Comine
William van Setten
Frank J. Loch
Dutton
W. E. McManus
C. R. Allum
John Deere
Chas W. Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farm Front and Livestock News
Reclamation Bureau
Region
H. H. Johnson
H. H. Ellsworth
Northern Pacific Railway
Ellsworth
Beach
N. D
Plathead Lake
Townsend
Frank A. Swenson
Ground Water Division
Federal Geological Survey
Swenson
Treasure State
Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission
Commission
Koteau
Anaconda
Butte
Cut Bank
Baker Tavingston
Plentywood
Roundup
Polson
of Music Education
A. C. Lindseth
Andrea Lingata
Minnesota
Andrew Burtasky
Jack Slanger
Oddie Lincseth
Vastkrmains
Lake Shermeoumie
Earl Quick
Fagle
Sercié Gace Earl
Army
Raymond Kelly
Leonard
Montgomery-Ward
Richard David
Chateau Acantha
Ann David Stonehouse
Gibson Monkman
Frigidaire & R. C. A
Chick’s Shell
Major John Zuber
Hawaii
Ford Ferguson
D. L. Shannon
Auto Service
Pelletier Chevrolet Co
Bill Ellsworth
Hanson Bros
Charles W. Doheny
Chevrolet
Arnold Hanson
Bynum
Academie de Musique de Quebec
Canada
Venetia Bethune
Patricia Smith
Methodist Church
P.O. Box
Musicaire
RADIO
Ed Ohbernotte
Choteau, Mont
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