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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1939
Page
2
The notice shows the price for a one year subscription at two dollars and foreign countries including Canada at two dollars and fifty cents per year. Six months cost one dollar twenty five cents and three months are mentioned as pee. Payment is requested in advance.
The article discusses the Christmas season bringing mixed emotions of trepidation and joy, the impact of commercialization, and plans for travel and gift giving. It urges early shopping, kindness to clerks and postal workers, and maintaining the true meaning of the day while noting Chateau residents should remember gifting for Junior rather than a parent's benefit.
Governor Ayers has honored extradition papers to return five Filipinos from Salt Lake City to Conrad. They are charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor who reportedly left with the men and married in Idaho without parental consent. Names listed: Jimmy Piano Simon Piano George Pilotin Emil Pilotin and Ambrocio Ballo.
State health board says the mild epidemic in Anaconda remains at 15 cases with no spread noted. In Missoula over 30 Delta Gamma sorority sisters were quarantined after one girl showed illness believed to be sleeping sickness, while Anaconda reports one death.
A speculative essay argues insects shape human history through disease predation and ecological balance. It cites yellow fever and tsetse flies, aphids, and crop pests, noting rapid insect reproduction and the constant arrival of new threats, with a case study on the cottony scale and the ladybug’s intervention.
Mike Mulholland, Butte senator from Silver Bow, won a suit in Lewis and Clark district court to declare the 1937 Toomey law unconstitutional so he could remain a senator while running for mayor in Butte. The state will appeal to the senate supreme court. Judge George W. Padbury presided. Helena politicians view the suit as settling the law before the 1940 race.
Montana's 4-H club will send 36 county delegates and four state champions to the National Club Congress in Chicago alongside the International Livestock Exposition. The group travels December 1 to 10, guided by state leaders and county agents. Potato growers report fertilizer trials showing higher yields with 125 to 300 pounds of phosphate per acre, especially in larger Grade No. 1 potatoes. Lee Simpson faces the death penalty after the state supreme court refused to rehear the murder case. execution options include governor clemency or a U.S. Supreme Court appeal.
Miss Hazel Thomson hosts a miscellaneous shower for Miss Helen Sturgeon preparing for marriage to Frank B Daggett. Chas Cowell, now in Los Angeles, wins trap shooting in Southern California with 107 of 110 birds. City basketball team formed with local players including Chas Scherer and Rob ert Clarkson. G M Coffey to spend winter in California. Saw mill project begins on north fork of the Teton. Jackie Rains receives a wheelchair conveyance. Porter couple leave for Scotland. Junior class play cast led by Albert Doughty and Helen Adams. Choteau DeMolays lose to Great Falls Electrics 14 to 16. Obituaries for Louis Hager and George Moore. Glen Cowell funeral held in Phoenix. Tom Dellno assumes Ted’s Service Station management. Clark Coffey buys 2400 acre A J Cowell ranch for 18000. Council prohibits livestock and fur bearing animals in designated areas. Notice to Eldorado Cooperative Canal stockholders levies 1.50 per share due Dec 26 1939. Delinquent properties may be sold Jan 26 1940 at 2 pm in Choteau Montana. Dated Nov 25 1939. First pub Nov 30 last Dec 21.
The state insurance commission approved a 2495.50 premium for the new chemistry pharmacy building at the state university in Missoula. Auditor Holmes opposed the claim while EH A Dye and State Accountant Hosking joined the other commission members in approval.
Niven notes repeated trials and staining of imported seeds to prevent farmers from buying varieties not suited to local growing conditions. The measure aims to protect U S agriculture from nonadapted crops by ensuring seeds undergo rigorous testing.
Administratrix Ella DeRusha calls all creditors and claimants to present their claims with vouchers within ten months of November 22 1939. Claims must be shown to Bert I Packer attorney at Larson Building Chateau Montana where estate business is conducted.
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