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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
3
Dryland and irrigated grain hay ranges and pastures show general improvement across Montana areas through May 30. Moisture and sun boost winter wheat and spring wheat, with grasshoppers largely checked by bait poisoning. sugar beets and forage crops advance as livestock remain in good condition amid revived pastures and abundant feed.
The Montana Supreme Court heard a case over the 1937 chain store law with the enacting clause reading Be it enacted by the people of the state of Montana instead of the legislative assembly. State counsel called the stenographer fuzzy headed and urged the act remain valid, while Billings firm Vaughn and Ragsdale defended the law. Arthur Lamey and William Jameson represented the company. John A. Matthews testified for the state. The court took the matter under advisement.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration spent 3 908 170 dollars in Montana in the ten months ending May 1 for benefit payments and operating costs. Across the United States the AAA spent 551 726 540 dollars in the same period, with 16 608 464 dollars going to operating expenses and the remainder to benefit payments.
The Teton County Recreational Council will hold its annual picnic this Sunday June 11 at Crary ranch. The grounds lie seven to eight miles along the Te ton Canyon road after leaving the highway. Pot luck dinner with coffee provided. bring own dishes and card tables if possible. Eating begins at 1 30 p.m. This will be the last meeting until after the Chau tauqua.
Fourteen members with five present and seven absent met as 4 H Club president Joan Allen led the session. Amy Lee Eloise McDonald and Neva Nelson will locate the sale site for June 10 and bring one or two items. Next meeting is June 17. Visitors Knowlton and Betty attended.
The 4 H Rainbow Breakfast club met in June with all present except one. Shirley Jonke became secretary replacing Mable Howden. Demonstrations included puffed omelet and baked eggs by Florence Ruth Hoover, Mable Howden, Barbara Haight, and Anna Weishaar. Edith Stormwind gave an eggs talk. Cookies and lemonade were served by Hope Ross and Lillian Peterson.
The eleventh North Star 4H meeting at Greta Bush's home May 13 covered health meeting plans and a completed cos edra. G B Ziegler visited. Lunch of cake and ice cream followed. Next health meeting set for June 8 at Greta Bush's home with invited members.
The Busy Beavers 4 H club will meet at Audrey Lawson's home on June 13 1939 at two o'clock. Members should bring their projects for a scoring demonstration. A preliminary gathering will be at Donna Allum's at 1 30. Margaret Armstrong, Reporter.
The R P England company of Sheridan Wyoming bid 347190.14 to win the Middle Creek water storage contract in Gallatin County. J L McLaughlin of Great Falls was awarded the canal contract for 33436. The project will provide supplemental irrigation for about 16000 acres in the Gallatin valley near Bozeman.
State commission reduces water charges in Harlowton and Kalispell while Roundup and Havre see lower bills. Harlowton to 10 percent cut, Roundup from 4.50 to 3.75 for a five room house, Havre irrigation bills down 20 percent for three months, Kalispell 5 cents per 1000 gallons through October.
Gasoline taxes collected in April totaled 422735 dollars, up from April 1938, per the state board of equalization. Tax refunds to nonhighway users decreased this April compared with last year.
State Auditor John J. Holmes mailed warrants totaling 48435.34 as April refunds of the state five cent per gallon gasoline tax to individuals who did not use the fuel on the highway. March refunds reached 34533 and February refunds were 19898.
Teton County is selected by the state agricultural advisory committee to pilot a coordinated agricultural program. The county planning committee will guide action with H G Bolster and Ray Haight from Bozeman leading discussions. A five member committee was named to outline procedures for the next meeting scheduled June 21.
Obituary notes George Boutilier dies at 71 after a two year illness in Choteau hospital. Survivors are his widow Martha and sons Rupert Harry and Douglas. County agents and local events include Farm Bureau support and Robert Clarkson reappointed, plus Dean Grooms injured in a road accident. Community notices cover Farewell dinner for Rev Hall, Ab Moore moving to Chateau, Eva Sturgeon and C D McDonald marriage, Joe De Yong departing for Blackfeet studio, Mrs Henry and child heading to Chicago, and other local happenings and new currency displays.
Alfred Shibsted, 46, a power rancher and resident of Choteau for a year, dies of cancer at Maynard hospital. Also noted is a double wedding at Great Falls between Alta Nixon with Marion Smith and Marie Lovelace with George Lindseth.
State Game Warden James A. Weaver says careless handling of small fish on hooks is killing hundreds daily in Montana. He urges anglers to wet hands before touching fish and to keep them underwater while removing hooks, avoid squeezing, and work hooks out slowly.
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