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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
7
The article traces mackinaw boats from early fur trade voyages to gold rush era carries on the upper Missouri. It notes crude builds, downstream use, and hazards from Indians and ice. It recounts notable trips including the Self Riser in 1866 and clashes with Red Dog, with forts like Fort Benton and Fort Buford as key anchors.
Congratulations pour in for E. R. Albright of Detroit Montana manager for the Calvert Distilleries after the birth of twin sons at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Jack Wayne weighed 4 pounds 8 ounces and Jim Warren 4 pounds 9 ounces. The Albright family announced the happy event.
Saco shows a thriving manufacturing plant with rising output for a speedo crowding table. Twelve patented carriage top tables by M R Nelson treasurer of Phillips county exist with material for 20 more. John Survant of Malta and Glasgow bought half an interest and plans to recruit a national office maker. Montanans Inc was approached to display at the San Francisco fair. The table moves to position to handle large county and city office books using ball bearing slides. One table is in use by the Phillips county treasurer.
Gov Roy E Ayers appoints Howard Gullickson to the state board of education and George E Snell to the executive board of eastern Montana Normal school both from Billings.
On Oct 20 a 60 by 12 foot mackinaw boat, built at Gladstone Fort Benton connections, carried 30 stubborn passengers downriver aiming to reach a missing steamer. Hubbell led navigation amid hostile Indian alarms and a long, tough voyage past Musssel shell river mouth toward Fort Union, with ice looming and no word of the hoped-for boat.
For the sixth year the Montana Flour Mills Co. will host Montana school children at the North Montana State Fair in Great Falls on Monday August 7. Free grandstand show begins at 10 a.m. with comedy acrobatic acts music and races plus $100 in attendance awards. Over 75 000 youths have attended in prior years under this program.
R H Gus Wylie named Gallatin County High School coach starting next fall after five seasons at Havre High School where his football and basketball teams ranked highly in state play. Wylie, a Montana State graduate and former Bobcat football star, succeeds in a district featuring wide 4-H and vocational exhibits with substantial cash prizes and state meet activities at the North Montana State Fair in Great Falls.
A car owned by Walter Wrzesinski crashed into his house at the top of Kendrick street, breaking through a wall and stopping in the basement. No injuries were reported.
A Utah woman writing from Ogden commends Montana state chamber of commerce for travel service. She cites travel literature highways and historic information on road signs. Montana brochures reach 14 folders with maps, and follow up letters accompany inquiries. Last year Montana visitors received about 500000 pieces of literature.
W A Brown state examiner says nearly 900 dividends are owed to creditors of the defunct Banking Co of Helena. Most dividends are Brown notes, but creditors must claim them to clear the state’s books. Creditors are mostly Helena residents.
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