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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1931
Page
6
Governor J. E. Erickson issued a Helena proclamation designating Tuesday May 5 as the date for a state wide special election on state highway treasury anticipation debentures. Registration will close on Saturday April 25.
Militiamen guard thousands of contest letters sent to the Camel cigarette $50,000 prize program advertised across newspapers. A photo shows armored transport from Winston-Salem post office to R. J. Reynolds offices. Judges include Charles Dana Gibson Ray Long and Roy Howard.
Governor J E Erickson proclaims a general statewide election to approve House Bill 450 authorizing up to 6 million dollars in debentures for highway funding. Ballot lists FOR or AGAINST the act. Registration closes April 25 1931. Reward offered for enforcing election laws up to 5000 dollars.
The legislature passed a measure providing three license classes for fishing and hunting. A $2 class A license covers fish and birds, a $3 A-A license adds big game, and a $5 A-A-A sportsmen license funds wildlife conservation. The big game permit requires the fish and birds license, counter signed by an officer. The sportsmen license confirms conservation interest and supports the state fish and game department.
The 1930 census prelim results show 19,578,441 acres irrigated in 1929, up 2 percent from 1919, and 26,087,891 acres under irrigation equipment in 1930, similar to 1920. Total projectable irrigable land fell 14.2 percent from 1920 to 1930, due to project disappearances and revised growth estimates. California leads with 4,831,632 acres, Colorado 3,426,022, Idaho 2,152,176, Montana 1,580,321, reflecting a shift toward well pumping across states.
A London chemist who invented citric acid amassed a large fortune by keeping his manufacturing method secret, with profits stemming from controlling prices and production.
Great Falls Tractor & Equipment Co. hosts a Caterpillar school in their Great Falls store on March 16 and 17. The event features short talks demonstrations moving pictures and actual operations to teach tractor combine and grader owners how to maximize results and minimize repair costs.
Charles Fagan a Seattle school principal for 40 years says five bottles of Sargon and three bottles of Sargon Soft Mass Pills cured his burning stomach pain constipation rheumatism and fatigue. He traveled to offer the statement to their representative and notes eleven pound gain and renewed energy. Sold by Choteau Drug Co.
The Montana Livestock Sanitary Board declares a quarantine on Teton County to prevent cattle imports except from accredited herds or after tuberculin testing. Feeder cattle with permits, cattle for immediate slaughter, and branded cattle must be individually identified or kept separate. Reactors to be destroyed under Federal and State rules. The order allows outbound shipments and assigns W. J. Butler as executive officer. Dated March 2, 1931.
The administrator Henry B. Hanson notifies all creditors and claimants to present their claims with vouchers within four months after first publication at the law offices of T. H. Pridham in the Larson block Chateau Montana. Dated Feb 18, 1931. First Pub Mar 12, last Apr 9.
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