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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1958
Page
7
Montanans decide in November on renewing the six mill tax levy funding the Montana university system. The measure would continue the traditional financing method. rejection would prompt alternative funding proposals and potential changes to tuition and staffing.
We express thanks to people of Chateau and nearby communities for turning out for our Oct 18 dinner. The large attendance was gratifying and we appreciate the use of the CCF and American Legion halls. Thanks to all who helped make the dinner a success. Catholic Ladies Auxiliary Acant ha Want Ads bring surprising results.
October 11 marks the start of Montana's 1958 duck season with Freezeout Lake as a top area. About 1,280 acres are closed to hunting while the rest hosts heavy duck numbers and geese. The lake lies 15 miles south of Chateau on U S 89 and Freezeout Lake wildlife project is jointly sponsored by federal and state authorities with dikes under work to expand water and marsh to about 6,000 acres.
The clipping of goose wings prevents flight while the young are kept for three years to reach maturity before release. Birds return to nest at the lake annually. The state fish and game department provides barley fields near the lake to feed them.
Montana’s first Merriam wild turkey season produced roughly a 20 percent success rate. Wes Woodgerd of the Fish and Game Department said the low figure matched similar conditions seen in South Dakota, though the results still show meaningful hunter effort.
In the Longpines hills southeast of Ekalaka Carter county the three day hunt opened with about 500 hunters bagging roughly 90 turkeys. Biologists collected data on food habits sex and age to aid future management. Shotguns accounted for 70 percent of kills with rifles and .22 each about 15 percent. The newcomer turkey species drew strong public interest and may join Montana's game bird list.
Merriam's turkeys have been transplanted into eleven Montana localities and the department hopes other areas may provide annual hunts in coming years.
The Montana Education Association warns of a need for 500 more public school elementary and high school classrooms in Montana by 1962. The MEA cites birth-rate trends from 1930 to 1957, noting peaks among those born 1941 to 1945 and high school entrants around 1960 at 15,000 births annually.
The association argues the five by five bonding amendment is the only solution to meet requirements and the lone state constitutional amendment on the November 4 ballot. If approved, overlapping grade and high school districts may issue construction bonds up to 5 percent of each district's assessed valuation. The 1950 public vote previously approved a similar measure, but the Montana Supreme Court ruled the limit applied to both overlapping districts as written.
Cobalt used in blue glass is a key war material prompting a major glass company to suspend production of blue polished plate glass and blue Vitrolite until supplies stabilize.
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