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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1917
Page
8
Farmington and nearby communities report a busy social calendar with dances, visits, needlework exhibits, and school events. Local residents attend gatherings at the Sarmington schoolhouse, Chateau, and Bonnie View while families host and travel for visitors and farming tasks. A county fair like exhibit and road or travel notes accompany health updates and ongoing agricultural plans.
T. L. Bench Conrad Smitt and family and Ad riaan Johanns were Chateau visitors Thursday. Trene Jones was on the sick list. The tractor which Messrs Scarraow and Shewfield have been expecting arrived last week. They took it out Wednesday and have begun work plowing. J. J. Cain was a visitor in the T. L.
Belleview and surrounding residents report weather improving after storms. Stock interests and crops receive attention as lamb losses from recent storms temper optimism. Multiple locals travel, mend fences, and anticipate house and road improvements.
Flax is successfully grown as a nurse crop in the Northwest for alfalfa, sweet clover, and other forages. It shades less than small grains, stands erect, and supports dry-land growth, boosting alfalfa stands and yields. Montana reports flax valued at 28.56 per acre, similar to other spring crops, with potential for dry-farm rotations.
Collins items report local residents visiting Great Falls and ranches for crops, new car purchases, school runs, and visits to relatives. Mentions include the Sandbergs, Walker duo, Crane family, Johnson girls, Ira E. Thompson, Vincent schoolhouse district No. 7, Marion Steves and Opal Edwards, LE Steves, Mrs. Runkel, and Missoula teaching stint, all tied to recent weeks and weekends.
A sober proposal urges a wiser submarine approach to seize provision ships rather than attacking global food supplies. It argues that targeting supply lines could curb wartime hunger while reducing civilian harm and international backlash.
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