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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
4
Chateau Lodge No. 44 hosted special representative CG. J. McAllister on Wednesday evening. Grand Senior Warren HW. JHart and local Masons welcomed him with a smoker and luncheon after the regular meeting.
Choteau will be represented in the 1922 graduating class at the state university in Missoula next Monday as sheepskins are awarded by Bertram Guhrie son of Mr and Mrs A B Guthrie Bertram will receive an A B degree in journalism Mr Guthrie is an honor graduate of Teton high and studied at the University of Washington before moving on to Missoula
Grasshoppers have appeared in nearly all localities. Reports from Collins Dutton Power Pendroy Lowry Fairfield Towry and others confirm infestations with poisoning underway in several communities. Arsenic and banana oil prepared to treat up to six bran cars with plans to scale to twice that amount as season progresses. Farmers push to save crops amid favorable conditions and active control efforts.
Missoula records note Guthrie earning national journalism honor and admission to scholarship and professional fraternities. He served as associate editor of The Kaimin and The Frontier, led the University Press Club, and headed Iota Nu, later recognized as a Phi Sigma Kappa chapter. He contributed essays and poems to The Frontier while awaiting post graduation plans.
County agent records show May 1922 was warmer and wetter than May 1923 with mean temperatures around 50 degrees. May 1922 saw 85 degrees on the 25th and 0.86 inches in a 24 hour period on the 31st, while May 1923 reached only 80 on the 25th and 0.70 inches on May 28th. Betty Compson and Bert Lytell transition to new film Kick In with May McAvoy featured at the Royal Sun.
Shelby Mont June 4 Work on the Dempsey Gibbons arena rushes toward completion by June 20. The 1710 foot around eight sided wooden bowl will seat thousands with 32 entrances each handling no more than 2500 people. The arena covers six acres with a 33 acre fence, and a hospital tent with 25 cots will be set up near the venue under Red Cross care.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler reports in a letter to Mayor Harry Mitchell of Great Falls that his personal investigation of Russia shows the people are a century behind American civilization. He notes many are peasants or former serfs, largely ignorant of government, with little interest in their own system unless taxes rise or there is no war. The visit to Moscow and Petrograd was peaceful, though he found safety similar to Great Falls aside from disease.
Fordite, used in all Ford steering wheels, is made from Ford farm straw. At Highland Park plant it produces about 8,500 wheels daily across three shifts. Straw binds the wheel core, giving strong durable wheels with a lustrous black finish. The Ford farm straw lasts about nine months of production before new straw is required.
A garbled cautionary note describes a one owner car with exaggerated fuel savings claims from multiple aftermarket parts. The piece lampoons overhyped guarantees and absurd results, ending with a mock statement about fuel overflow. It also promotes Chamberlain's Liniment as relief for muscle rheumatism, noting it aids sleep and rest.
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