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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1917
Page
4
The Choteau Geantha published Wednesdays in Choteau Montana. It is entered as second class matter at the post office. Subscriptions cost 2 dollars per year or 1 dollar 75 cents in advance.
In compliance with the president's proclamation all males aged 21 to 30 must register for military service on Tuesday June 5 1917. Register at each local precinct with the named registrars and county clerk before the date. Sheriff William Miller signs this notice listing precincts and registrars across Cut Bank Valier Conrad etc.
R F Carney district manager J W Gailey district plant chief and Mr Samuelson district construction foreman of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co were in Chateau last week to discuss summer changes for the Great Falls district. Plans include adding a copper circuit from Chateau to Great Falls creating three total for the line with new pole lines from Bynum to Agawam and Pendroy. The Chateau exchange will be rebuilt.
A Fairview Montana farmer laments his battle with alfalfa on irrigated land. He details months of crop growth three feet tall and bloom, producing loads of hay amid extreme heat. He notes the patch consumes every animal feed on the farm except the hired man. A separate line advertises a Buster Brown shoe sale at Hirshbergs on Saturday.
The notice explains hail insurance rules for applicants lacking seed dates by June 1. They may file an initial acreage estimate, attach reasons, then correct actual seeded acres by June 16. Renters need landowner approval, showing consent to insure by renter. Payment can be shared between renter and landowner.
They agree that any homesteader may insure. The levy for the insurance, if unpaid, becomes a lien on the homesteader's personal property.
The article notes the country faces a serious food situation though there is no fear of being reduced to a diet of asparagus, signaling concern over shortages or distribution without panic.
The notice foresees large oat crops and warns of a grim next winter for those who skipped learning to eat porridge, reflecting a rural dialect with a practical thrift message.
The fragment portrays a racial comparison noting Chinese people as a race and linking prosperity with broad social ties while asserting diversity as a sign of friendship. It hints at immigration-era stereotypes without a full event context.
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