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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1931
Page
8
Miss Margaret Nagle reports the Teton chapter spent 71 69 in April. Expenditures include 25 loan to an ex service man 1 15 expenses 400 for medicine and 34 54 for groceries plus other items.
The report lists aid metrics including families helped and children aided, numbers of used stockings and shoes distributed, home and office calls, and bedding and quilt production. It also records parcels from county residents and individuals such as Mrs Huffman Arthur Llirshberg Mrs Stafford E Arensmeyer Mrs Byrne Wilcox Hannan C W Burns Mr and Mrs Parker Mrs Blair and Helen Brown supplying clothes shoes fruit and foods.
The 4-H club council of Teton county chose delegates F. R. Swenson of Bynum and Mrs. E. M. Bammel of Bole to attend the Bozeman club camp June 16 to 19. Alternates are Adolph Schultz and Mrs. Harry Laubach.
Bozeman soil chemist Tvor Nygard spent days with County Agent Robert Clarkson arranging another year of phosphate fertilizer experiments in the county. Studies will use pure and ammonia phosphate on crops including potatoes alfalfa wild hay sweet clover crest wheat grass peas wheat and more as bone chewing in cattle is also explored.
A reader in Dupuyer sends a note to the Choteau Acantha requesting the name and address of a Great Falls firm selling Charles Russell prints. He recalls his father moving the Acantha from Dupuyer to Choteau and mentions his Montana roots and family in Portland.
The notice indicates ongoing carrying on at the ranches of J. E. Hodgskiss Choteau Howard Hanson Farmington Savik and Larson Bynum F R Swenson Bynum J W Moore Bynum XTM F Hoeschen Bynum J W Gitchett Pendrey Coffey Bros Choteau with the involved parties.
Hon. Scott Leavitt John R. Lloyd and Charles Davidson addressed members after motoring from Great Falls. L. E. Stiles accompanied the visitors for the meeting of the local Masonic lodge last night.
Edna Bingham Blossom Dale and Mary Ellen Robinson of Teton county won 4 H club scholarships at the University of Montana. The awards cover tuition and allow entry to any university unit. Bingham earned the award for first year sewing Dale for canning achievements and Robinson for second year clothing work. Leadership and interest were also considered.
The Chateau Woman's Club meeting, moved from May 12, has been postponed to May 19. Officers warn that very important business will be addressed and all members should attend. Pow Wow committee chair Mrs. R. Baillie notes the affair is indefinitely postponed.
The annual county grade schools track and field meet will be held here Saturday. Coach Art Graber and Teton high team members assist County Superintendent Anna E. Stafford in organizing events. Activities start at 12:30 with games and throwing events, 1:15 singing and parade, and track events at 3:30.
Montana will use No 2 road oil from Yale Oil Co Billings refinery for 1931 at 54 1/2 cents per gallon with 63 percent asphaltum. Sugar beet plantings and factory output expected to rise despite beet sugar factory closures. Armour and Co contracted for 1,000,000 pounds butter from Montana creameries this year. Dairy output January to March 1931 rose 16,157 pounds from 1930 while ice cream and cheese fell.
Early strong winds mix with frigid nights in a brief weather note. Forecasters warn of chilly mornings and gusty conditions, with temperatures dipping into the 30s across the region. Wind advisories may persist through the weekend.
Reports from county agents to the state department of agriculture indicate frost and wind retarded early plant growth for the week ending April 25. Killing frosts reached 12 degrees above zero in many areas while a wind blown soil and cut worms damaged winter wheat. Precipitation varied with light rain or snow in most counties and crops overall advanced only slightly.
State agents report Teton soil moisture low and spring seeding ongoing as wind and cold hurt wheat. Pondera sees mild weather with wind losses, abundant subsoil moisture, rising spring seeding and increased feed crops, range grass growth, and steady livestock conditions with little marketing activity.
Edward Pimperton and Louise Lochray were married at Blessed Sacrament church in Great Falls by Rev. Father Treacy. Bridesmaid Miss Alice Beaudry and best man Charles Pimperton stood for Belt residents. The couple, after a wedding in Belt, will reside in Butte after a westward honeymoon.
Bole briefs note a big dance on Saturday May 9. Social events include Home Demonstration club meetings at Mrs. Walkington and Mrs. Bush homes, with entertaining help from Mrs. Mathis. Farm and community visits are listed, plus a Farmers Union social on May 15 and a losing day program for Dale and Bole schools.
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