Foot Demands All Motorists Get Auto Tags
A state official calls for rigid enforcement of regulations requiring every motor vehicle owner to obtain an auto tag.
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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1927
Page
8
A state official calls for rigid enforcement of regulations requiring every motor vehicle owner to obtain an auto tag.
A county wide appeal urges all county officers to enforce the motor vehicle license law. Myr. Foot notes the license income funds county roads and calls on registrars, county attorneys, boards of commissioners, sheriffs to ensure owners renew and pay licenses. The registrar has limited staff and seeks cooperation to cover the state.
Under-Sheriff J L Billings returned from Missoula with Charles Wilcox arrested on a bench warrant issued by Judge J J Greene for a felony charge. Wilcox allegedly stole a Chevrolet sedan from Dr C J B Stephens and entered the Carlson store in Bole on June 2, with the Stephens car later found abandoned north of Bynum. A saddle belonging to Sherburne Morse was also reported stolen, and a Great Falls car Wilcox allegedly stole was recovered with him in Missoula and returned to Great Falls authorities. Bond set at 1000 dollars. Wilcox, about 17 or 18, to appear in court today.
John Riach, about 60, longtime employee on the Bynum project since fall 1925, died at Chateau hospital Monday afternoon after a brief illness with cancer. He had been ill since last fall and was brought to the hospital three days earlier. He previously worked on a Winston Bros. Co. job at Chinook for Montgomery, a subcontractor on the Bynum project.
John Riach born in Ontario died in Choteau county after illness. His brother E Riach of Regina learned of the condition by letter from the hospital and arrived too late. A sister Miss Elizabeth Riach of Boston is en route to arrange the remains. The family had not heard from him for 17 years and he apparently never married.
On June 28 in Butte Montana printers and publishers remain newspaperless after an Anaconda printers strike. Philip Johnson of the International Typographical Union and George Snook of the local union say no settlement offers. They note both sides still favor arbitration to resolve the dispute and resume publication.
The Northwest Land Finance corporation is formed in St. Paul with a planned capitalization of 25 million dollars. It will list and acquire farms in Minnesota North and South Dakota and Montana, appraise and improve lands for colonist acquisition, maintain a field sales service, and finance further purchases through agricultural finance agencies.
Detroit June 28 The Detroit Copper and Brass Rolling mill sale to the Anaconda Copper Mining company was announced by vice president Robert E. Dwyer after a stockholders meeting. The deal reportedly exceeds 12 million dollars. The American Brass Company, Anaconda's subsidiary, will operate the plant, which spans 20 acres and uses over 100 million pounds of copper annually.
Butte June 28. Ralph Paasch 32 and Robert Hossfield 55 two miners were killed when the cage cable snapped riding a shaft cage and it plunged hundreds of feet to the sump according to the Silver Bow county coroner.
Notice to fishermen announces an outright fishing ban on the J. R. Young ranch due to abuse of a privilege, effective until further written notice. Published by A. Wells on 21st page.
FOR SALE 12-20 caterpillar tractor in first class condition Price reasonable Adams Oil Co. FOR TRADE Ford roadster with a truck body for horses H L Staf ford Chateau LOST Sunday evening on Sun River road between Great Falls and diversion dam pair of binocular field glasses in leather case Suitable reward C W Swearingen 925 re Ave Great Falls Mont FOR SALE Two Case tractors for 75 00 T J Cheetham Implement Co Chateau FOR SALE One 8x10 tent 1 camp stove with oven 2 camp cots 1 Reynolds carpet sweeper F Curtis FOR SALE 75 T J Cheetham Implement Co Choteau LOST Steel wheel off of baby road grader about mile east of Choteau Return to Power Morgan Garage Choteau
An early display notes a call for pupils to study piano during vacation under Francis L. Ridham. The item is a brief classroom advertisement likely from a local paper edition.
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