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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1924
Page
7
Governor Dixon presented a full cross section slab from the Washington elm in Cambridge to Dave Hilger, Montana librarian, marking the tree under which George Washington assumed command on July 3, 1775. The elm fell October 26, aged about 204, and the slab bears a brass tablet noting the gift from Cambridge to Montana.
An testimonial from Mrs. Jane Lee praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure and tonic. She credits it with restoring health before marriage and aiding during expectant periods and later years. She says she gave it to her five daughters and urges readers to obtain a trial package from Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
A dense page of classifieds lists buyers and sellers for poultry and farm supplies. Includes seed, chicks, eggs, hatching services, and prices from multiple states, plus several land listings near Spokane and Lewistown with terms and contact details.
Ottawa reports the death of Chief Justice Sir Louis Davis. The senate passes a 275 million navy bill, while Mellon's tax cuts face approval. A deadly cyclone devastates the southeastern states, and a Colorado highway robber is jailed for life. Other items note a navy recruit living as a woman, a king’s descendant assaulted in Paris, and a collie saving eight lives in New York. Governor McCray resigns to a federal prison term, and alcohol mortality is discussed. A tornado near Florence, Ohio, injures a baby tossed from a window.
An advertisement claims Cuticura Soap doubles razor efficiency while promoting skin purity and health. It promises no mug, no slimy soap, no germs, no waste, and no irritation even with twice daily shaving. One soap for shaving bathing and shampooing.
N P Langford, from the Washburn party of 1870, credited Cornelius Hedges of Montana as the first to publicly urge setting Yellowstone aside as a national park. Langford cited Hedges’ 1870 public articles and a Helena Record letter, noting the Washburn party’s campfire discussion that evolved into a park proposal months before government exploration.
Congress approved a 7.5 million dollar park appropriation to fund highway work in Glacier and Yellowstone over three years. The first 2.5 million is available this year for roads including Logan Pass and Roosevelt Pass corridors, with projects to boost auto travel to the parks. President Coolidge signed the measure after passage in Congress.
Wannebo Brothers near Sand Springs Montana report added dairying to raise farm profitability after years of struggling with tractor farming. They note a shift from range and wheat to diversified agriculture including cream and egg shipments to Sumatra and rail hubs. Montana hits 60 percent enrollment for citizen's camp at Fort Douglas June 12 to July 11.
The state in Butte will begin work on a new gymnasium for the State School of Mines this month. The Blaine County Marketing Association shipped ten carloads of hogs from Chinook. Mrs Luella Newkirk widow of George Newkirk and a pioneer of Montana died in a Butte hospital after a weeklong illness. Billings reports a disappearance amid an influenza fog that endangers Mrs Clarence R Peterson the chemistry teacher at the local high school. A pushed gopher campaign yields 95 percent control in fourteen community districts around Conrad. Fort Benton districts save 30 thousand dollars by unit system change since 1919-20. Sidney reports 300 Mexican laborers arrived on a second El Paso train to join 900 total in the Lower Yellowstone beet irrigation project. John O Neil sails for Europe as part of the American rugby squad in the Olympic games. A western Pondera county movement seeks a new county with Dupuyer as seat, drawing from Glacier, Pondera and Teton counties. At Missoula Savanac nursery grows 10,000,000 forest plants and 3,000,000 small trees for national forest planting amid germination delays of western white pine seeds.
J. G. Bates of Billings Montana invites violin buyers and teachers to order in bulk, promising low prices on medium priced to concert artist instruments. He specializes in rebuilding violins, repairing, and re-hairing bows, with inducements for orders of a half dozen or more.
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