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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1928
Page
8
Two wells in the Bannatyne oil field were tapped this past week. Speer No. 2 by 56 Petroleum and No. 8 Speer by Hardrock Oil offset producing wells, with Speer No. 2 set for a pump test and Hardrock awaiting coring.
County Superintendent Anna E. Stafford prepares the annual Christmas seal campaign acting as executive secretary. She received guidance from Mrs. Sarah Fr. Morse of the Montana Tuberculosis association outlining the campaign’s procedure. The plan centers on mailing seal sales information to every family.
Eddie Howard son of W E Howard of this city has been promoted to auditor for the Mc Cracken line of stores seven in this state. His headquarters are at Livingston and he has four girls in his department. The company operates stores at Dillon Butte Anaconda Bozeman Livingston Whitehall and Conrad besides its Livingston headquarters and wholesale store.
Eddie, a Teton County High School graduate who studied at Wilson Modern Business College in Seattle, left town last spring after his father’s store was sold to D A DeTour. He began as a salesman and is now reported to be successful, much to the delight of his friends.
County agents discuss rainfall and altitude effects with Pendroy the wettest and Collins the driest area. Elevations for key communities are listed and rainfall comparisons show this year near average while last year was above average. The project aims to build a long term weather data set to guide agricultural practices.
The Montana Automobile Association notes 1927 car registrations rose 8.4 percent in Montana placing it seventh among 49 states and one car per 7.79 residents. Kansas tops the list at 2.9 persons per car, New York leads by population, Utah and Arizona follow, with California 29th. Nationwide there were 23,127,315 passenger autos and trucks, up 5.1 percent, one car per 5.12 people.
Classified notice seeking a man to operate the McNess business in Teton county. Earns seven to ten dollars daily with year round work and no layoffs. Unusual offer. Respond to Furst and Thomas, Mr. Thomas, Dept. A, Freeport Illinois.
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