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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1931
Page
2
E L Jourdonnais owner and publisher sets subscription at two dollars per year in advance with foreign rates two dollars and fifty cents except Canada.
In Chateau, local merchants plan a dollar day tied to the annual turkey market to boost cordiality between town and countryside. The effort follows examples in Helena and Great Falls praising dollar day for affordable goods and convenience, with Lions and Red Cross support noted.
A Montana example shows Anaconda Copper Mining Co and Great Western Sugar of Billings joining in soil culture using A C M phosphate as beet fertilizer. The Billings plant reopens with jobs, coal from Montana supports the factory, and copper by products help farmers, illustrating cooperation benefits for miners, smelters, farmers, and communities.
A newspaper front page pairing Edison and Capone is cited to argue that faces reveal character. Edison appears as a benefactor shaped by hard work and humility, while Capone is described as a stone hearted malefactor marked by cold cunning and selfishness.
The Greenfield Oldest Settlers announce their annual reunion and merrymaking for November 21 at the Sons of Norway hall under Mrs. Ole Kolste. Officers absent include President John Zimmerman and Treasurer Mort Hirshberg. Oscar Gaare leads arrangements. Supper at 10 p.m. precedes program and officer election with varied entertainment. Choir rehearsal Tuesday at 8 and a Thanksgiving service Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the church led by E. R. Kaemmer with special music.
Sunday guests include Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thomas and son Stanley at the Wm. Thomas home with others visiting Del La Nelson ranch and Dupuyer. The sheriff's sale of sheep at Del La Nelson ranch fetched $1.05 per head while neighborhood gatherings and birthday surprise for Harold Passmore highlighted community life.
The Sunday schedule lists church school at 10:00 a.m. and morning worship at 11:15 a.m. The Rev. Walter B. Spaulding will preach. Leaguers may attend. Intermediate League meets at 6:00 p.m. followed by 7:30 p.m. evening services led by the senior group.
Spokane gas pipeline project eyed as $15,000,000 Montana to Spokane line advances. Jer ome K Drumheller promoter seeks Idaho utility certificate to begin surveys in 1932 with intent to reach the Pacific coast after Spokane. Route would start near Cut Bank Montana and run westward through Idaho toward Spokane.
Helena Nov. 14 Despite the closing big game season demand remains high for licenses The fish and game department has distributed 34000 elk and deer licenses to 900 dealers across Montana Licenses have sold out in large communities and extra consignments are sent by mail air and express to meet hunting party needs.
Mrs Adolph Moser and Mrs Jake Trost led Home Demonstration in Chateau with Miss Francis Smith presenting Market Basket. Six inches of snow fall and first moisture this fall noted as the community notes include visits by Gus Nelson family and local farm updates.
Mrs. Mancoronal learns of sister Mrs. Hoffman ill in North Dakota and hospitalized. The county nurse Crockett held a baby clinic at the schoolhouse after the Home Demonstration meeting at the H. H. Wuest home. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Wolk with Harold at the Ginther home and Lloyd Campbell and family at the Van Auken farm. A whole wheat pudding recipe was shared for consideration.
The fur of the mole is best when the animal is killed in winter. It remains prime in midsummer though shorter. Molting in spring and fall lowers fur value due to deterioration.
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