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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1930
Page
3
The Margot Hayes Symphony Ensemble offers a three part program with scenic sets and costumes featuring dashing Spanish airs operatic favorites songs of the Gay Nineties and popular ballads. Led by Margot Hayes the renowned mezzo soprano the group promises colorful costumes glorious music and a memorable evening.
Helena reports Montana will be represented at the second annual conference of western governors in Salt Lake City June 27 and 28 by I M Brandord commissioner of state lands and investments with other officials and citizens possibly attending. The meeting precedes the 22nd annual national conference opening June 30. The western gathering will tackle federal relations affecting public lands reclamation transportation mining and industry.
The first annual conference heard President Hoover’s plan to cede public lands to states. Jos M Dixon outlined the plan with Governor Erickson and eight Montanans including Mr Brandford, later named to a public lands commission. Erickson will attend a national governors meeting with over 30 states and tour Rocky Mountain parks including Zion Grand Canyon Bryce Canyon Cedar Breaks.
Notice under Ordinance 51 requires all Chateau dogs to be licensed and tagged for 1930. On Saturday June 14, 1930, owners must appear at the city clerk’s office to license and tag their dogs for the year. A. H. McGinnis.
The county clerk and county surveyor posted lists of registered electors in each precinct as required by law. Five copies for each precinct must be up 30 days before the primary election, with additional copies in the clerk’s office for public convenience.
Administrator of Frances L. Kudner deceased requests creditors and claimants to exhibit claims with vouchers within four months of first publication. Claims to be filed at George Coffey, Larson Building, Chateau Montana. Date June 13, 1930. First National Bank of Great Falls appointed administrator. Attorneys: Cooper Stephenson Hoover George Coffey. First publication June 19. Last July 10.
Rare Chinese Peachblow porcelain is a transmutation glaze range from red to pink. Once made in King-te-Chin collectors prize Peachblow pieces and museums display them. The ware is no longer produced and stands as a prime example of potter's art.
Petroleum Company begins rigging up for its No 2 Martin well in Bannatyne field sw se4 nw4 4-25-le. Completion of refinery and pipeline will provide outlet for oil stored in the field, with other operators expected to follow in weeks.
The London Mail reports railroad superstition among U S lines: cats bring luck to conductors while dogs are unlucky. cross eyed people avoid engine cabs as omens. a rear coach seat grants one day’s luck. drivers fear eye contact and triplet accidents. engineers hide woes in reports. a Hartford line engine 0 13 and the thirteenth of each month brings illness to the driver.
Hubard Nye argues elephants are the most intelligent animals citing learning to plow in twenty minutes and performing vaudeville stunts without a trainer. He notes the three ton star waits calmly while scenery shifts and chorus girls bustle around.
The article urges bond owners to register United States bonds to protect against loss or theft. Registered bonds have interest checks drawn on the Treasurer of the United States and the owner's name is recorded by the Treasury. It explains relief procedures under Department Circular No. 300 for lost or stolen registered bonds.
The banana originated in India and spread across the Old World through cultivation. Bas-reliefs from Assyria and Egypt show early cultivation, with first US import in the late 1860s and the fruit viewed as a curiosity in 1879.
The naval observatory notes that while gravity from spherical bodies yields circular or elliptical orbits in theory, planetary orbits deviate from perfect ellipses due to gravitational perturbations from other planets, not just the sun.
The text notes that almost all Vikings up to about the year 1000 were pagans, with southern groups churching earlier. It states Jutes from Jutland first landed in 449 in Great Britain, while Viking invasions in the British Isles increased in the eighth century.
A Boston Transcript line muses that nature grants the thickest skulls to those with least to protect, arguing a strong brain may be unworthy bone armor if it cannot safeguard itself.
A Farm Journal piece urges everyday kindness as the real path to progress. It cites inventions by Edison De Forest Bell and Wright brothers and urges greeting strangers, helping others, and making life easier for all.
Citizens of New Orleans enjoy a rich spread of seafood and Creole dishes. Dishes include oysters from Bayou Cook and Four Bayous, lake and river shrimp, pompano, Spanish mackerel, redfish, green trout, flounder, and court bouillon. Creole produce and frog legs complete the feast.
Folklore links cuckoo calls to marriage and fortune. A maid who hears the first cuckoo and looks in her left shoe may glimpse a hair matching her future husband. The bird’s omen varies with the direction of its call, signaling prosperity if heard from the right and misfortune if from the left.
Dr B C H Harvey explains in Hygeia that the heart adapts its output to activity. In a day of moderate work it lifts a man 1000 feet, in bed it lifts 150 pounds up a 500 foot hill, and during athletic effort it doubles or more to meet muscle demands.
Joseph Conrad states that ideals rest on solid achievement forming a tradition or standard of conduct. This standard sustains endurance and sacrifice, guiding those who seek lessons and inspiration from the past.
About 600 B C the Corinthian poet Arion fed a cyclic chorus of fifty. A half century later Thespis of Attica introduced an actor to fill intervals with stories and mimicry. The Dionysus adventures, recited by the chorus leader, prompted dialogue and marked a key drama step.
A compact saying notes a man who delivers the goods stands out amid life’s failures and complaints. It contrasts those who blame conditions with a reliable, beloved figure whose work brightens the neighborhood.
Caedmon of Streanhalch near Whitby became a revered Anglo Saxon saint. A raw youth at a feast, he fled in shame, dreamt a divine hymn, and awoke to sing. Abbess Hilda guided him to monastic life where he wrote many ecclesiastical poems and translated Scriptures into early English.
A Washington Post writer notes vitamins are essential but some foods contain unpalatable parts where they exist. Researchers study removing these elements to improve diets, aiming to manufacture vitamins synthetically in labs for better child health.
Fireflies destroy larvae and insects they feed on and are valued in China and Japan for medicinal preparations. Fire fly grease is used by woodworkers to stiffen bent bamboo. Summer catching and selling of fireflies forms a large industry centered near Ishiyama by Lake Omi, with houses employing 60 to 70 catchers and some catching 3,000 in one night.
Thomas S. Bosworth notes in the New York Times that ancient Roman highways across Europe endure as monuments to Roman planning. The straight line principle and construction have left roads that modern European cities still depend on for automobile communication.
Four year old Jimmie boasts to guests that he likes nearly all foods and even liver and fat meat. He contrasts his tastes with his brothers Franklin and Shirley who do not share that fondness.
A visitor in a mountain village asks a wife why her husband rises early yet does no work. She explains he seeks an early breakfast to smoke after. The brief village exchange highlights a curious daily habit driving the routine.
A quoted definition explains a screen grid tube as a tetrode with an extra electrode added to regulate electron flow between anode and cathode. The source contrasts it with a triode to show how the screen grid controls current.
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