County Agent News Letter Highlights Farm Topics and Payments
A county newsletter from County Agent Fred S Willson outlines farm topics including Wheat and Hog allotments Buy Your Seed Now 4 H Club Work Weather Data and Irrigation Practices Excerpts from Cascade County News Notes Plus an Exchange List The piece notes pending wheat allotment payments totaling about 350000 for Teton county and a 10 percent acreage cut for 1935 due to drought with further payments for corn hog contract signers and required receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Willson
Willson
Clarkson
D. P. Thurber
Cascade County News
R. E. Cameron
Teton County
Progress Report On Fish Rearing Pond Construction Plans
Work advances on a planned 80 by 100 foot fish rearing pond beside the city pumping plant. The State Fish and Game commission will supply concrete and materials while the city and county provide iron pipe and labor to lay a 10 inch line from the Old School House spring to the pumping station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fish and Game Commission
McLean Street
Weaver Street
George F. Miller
Fish and Game Commission
International Lions Club Organized In Coutts Area
Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Bateman Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stearns and George Tennant traveled to Coutts Sweetgrass Saturday night for the instituting of an international Lions club. Hal Ostlund district governor presented the charter. G. C. Hoyt former district governor was toast master and introduced the Choteau delegation. Dr. W. A. Meadows is president. Wm. Thresher is lion tamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Bateman
L. E. Taylor
Frank Stearns
George Tennant
Coutts Sweetgrass
International Lions Club
Hal Ostlund
G. C. Hoyt
Taylor
Choteau
Coutts High School
Sweetgrass
Choteau Lions
W. A. Meadows
Wm. Thresher
Murch Speaks at Bole Republican Rally Saturday
Great Falls attorney C. W. Murch filled in as speaker at a Republican rally in Bole after Judge Stanley Felt could not attend because of a scheduling conflict. Murch praised Republican candidates as a large crowd heard him before a free dance led by the Young Republican club. Local candidates and Power visitors joined the evening events later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Murch
Great Falls
Bole
Stanley Felt
Congress
Montana
Murch
Mr. Murch
Young Republican Club
Power
Political meetings slated for Saturday evening in two towns
The Young Republican club hosts a rally and free dance at Dutton this Saturday night. The Young Democratic club holds a rally at Fairfield with Lester Loble as speaker. County candidates attend after speeches followed by a dance and songs by the Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Republican Club
Dutton
Young Democratic Club
Fairfield
Young Democrats
Lester Loble
Helena
Gordon Holmes
John Peterson
Mary Sulgrove
Pendray
Collins
Bourquin Denounces New Deal and Wheeler in Chateau Address
Judge Geo M. Bourquin Republican candidate for the U S Senate criticized the New Deal and Senator Wheeler at a court house gathering in Chateau. He accused the administration of failing to cut expenses and debt, tolerating trusts, and violating platform pledges while claiming the NRA and relief programs have worsened unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. M. Bourquin
United States Senate
New Deal
B. K. Wheeler
Court House
Chateau
Packer
AAA Modifies Its Corn Hog Contract
The AAA corn hog section relieves contract signers from the 1934 limit on feeder hog purchases due to drought conditions. Purchasers must keep feeder pigs separate or identifiable, provide detailed records, and file a purchase statement within a week with date, seller, number, weight, and identification method. Noncompliance risks treating bought pigs as market hogs.
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AAA
Todity Allotment Committee
County Allotment Committee
Traffic Regulation Equipment Arrives for Main Ave Intersections
The city will install metal pavement stop signs on streets intersecting Main avenue and four metal speed limit markers at city entrances. Speed limit is twenty miles per hour. A city marshal begins duties after two years of no appointed officer. Division Street west of the courthouse is to be improved with grading and graveling to prepare for future oiling by the state highway department, tied to the Augusta highway entry.
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Main Avenue
Chateau
Court House
Augusta
State Highway Department
Frank Rosette Appointed Federal Hunter for Teton County
Frank Rosette of Chateau is named a federal hunter and trapper of predatory animals in Teton county. He begins work Friday under the U S biological survey with support from John Hentges and Murray Stebbins. He will work on a straight salary, provide his own equipment, and stockmen troubled by coyotes may apply through Hentges.
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Frank Rosette
Chateau
Teton County
Rosette
United States Biological Survey
John Hentges
FERA
Murray Stebbins
Montana Wool Growers’ Association
Hentges
Absent Voters Instructed To Secure Ballots
County Clerk George Carroll announced instructions for absent voters to obtain an application with affidavit from his office. After proper completion and notarization, the ballot is delivered to the voter and sealed upon return. Voters outside Chateau precincts must apply by Friday November 2, 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Carroll
Carroll
Chateau
Rainbow for Pishkun Adds Fry to Reservoirs
Ninety thousand rainbow trout have been planted in the Pishkun reservoir over the past two weeks, reported by Otto Wagnild of the Teton County Sportsmen's Association. Seven thousand rainbow bass were placed in Slitrock Lake, with deliveries by Leo Gilroy and his assistant from the Giant Springs hatchery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pishkun
Otto Wagnild
Teton County
Milwaukee Road Officials Visit Teton County Shippers
H. C. Brisbane and M. E. Randall of the Milwaukee Road toured Chateau Tuesday to meet prospective shippers. They cited strong livestock shipments, feeding and market transports, plus heavy baled hay and farm product shipments from the Fairfield bench contributing to a good year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Road
H. C. Brisbane
M. E. Randall
Chateau
Teton County
Fairfield Bench
Fairfield visitors Art Johnson and Chas Tracy in Choteau
Art Johnson and Chas Tracy of Fairfield were business visitors in Choteau on Tuesday, stopping at local firms and meeting with community residents during their trip.
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Art Johnson
Chas. Tracy
Fairfield
Choteau
Mrs Catherine Davis Visits Helena Mother at State School
Catherine Davis travels to Helena to visit her mother Mrs Margaret Davis night matron at the Montana State vocational school for girls. Mrs Davis took the position about a month ago.
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Catherine Davis
Helena
Margaret Davis
Montana State Vocational School For Girls
Davis
Hunting party nets a neer at Ford Creek country
A hunting party led by Cecil Hluffman and Glen R. Becker ventured into Ford Creek country last week and returned with a neer. The shot was delivered by Mr. Decker who claimed the trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Hluffman
Glen R. Becker
Ford Creek
Mr. Decker
Swagger Shop Opens in Choteau by Mrs Harold Wheeler
Mrs Harold Wheeler opens the Swagger Shop in Choteau occupying the old city office at the McDonald building corner of Main Avenue and Second Street. The new store offers ladies and children's wear, dressmaking ready-to-wear fancy work hemstitching and decorative items. The hemstitching machine is leased from Mrs J R Pollock. Hand made pictures by Miss Helen Redmond adorn the shop walls.
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Harold Wheeler
Choteau
Old City
McDonald
Main Avenue
Second Street
J. R. Pollock
Helen Redmond
Local Teachers on M E A Program in Great Falls
Three Teton county teachers Eva Evelyn Mattmiller Ruby Miller and M K Luther participate in the Montana Educational Association meeting opening in Great Falls. Mattmiller speaks on Consumer Buying and Miller on Library Activities and types of school libraries with Luther as Smith-Hughes section chairman. All county teachers will attend except five granted permission for a Conrad institute. County registration shows 80 teachers with one resignation pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Montana Educational Asociation
Great Falls
Evelyn Mattmiller
Ruby Miller
M. K. Luther
Matmiller
Luther
Smith-Hughes
Miller
Conrad
Inez Eckford
Black Widow Spider Shown Here in Power Community
Albin Johnson brings a female black widow specimen to the county agent in Chouteau. Health authorities warn of bites from Latrodectus mactans, noting one local case and detailing appearance, habitat, bite effects, and urgent advice to seek a physician immediately.
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Albin Johnson
Chouteau
Tony Burgmaier
Chris Burgmaier
Power
Great Falls
Entomological Department
Montana State College
Election Night Dance at Chateau Club
The annual election night dance sponsored by Chateau Country Club will be held November 6 at the K P hall with all the usual fixings. A board showing election returns will be on site for immediate updates. Arrangements are being made with various press agencies to obtain the latest dope as quickly as possible.
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The
Chateau Country Club
K. P. Hall
Pastor Analyzes Soviet Russia After Summer Visit
Reverend Paul W. Dierberger of the First Congregational Church in Great Falls spoke at the high school auditorium under the Chateau Lions club. He summarized his three month summer visit to Russia noting he did not solve Russia’s mysteries but offered conclusions on the proletariat dictatorship's successes and failures.
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Russia
Paul W. Dierberger
First Congregational
Great Falls
Chateau Lions Club
Dierberg
United States
Rus
New Freedom Echoes From Cross Border Journey
The speaker lauds early Soviet achievements such as the destruction of the monarchy and the rise of new opportunity for education and self development. He credits the regime with offering hope to millions and improving child and worker care, while noting remaining limitations amid broad praise.
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Sia
Will Durant
Russia
Vladivostok
Siberia
Soviet Union
Dr. Dierberger
Poland
Soviet Russia
Tsaars
Library exposes child tramp tribes in America
Thomas Minehan’s non fiction study chronicles 500 case histories of boy and girl tramps living in box cars and jungles. The tribes form a communist labor division with cooks beggars barbers and thieves. Most youths are under eighteen with fathers unemployed driving roadbound seeking. Library hours listed for midweek and weekend access.
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America
Thomas Minehan
University of Minnesota
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Chateau Club
Wheeler
Bourquin
Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Darrow
NRA
Washington
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