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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
7
Montana farmers and dealers are urged to test grain moisture during harvest to prevent heating and fermentation in storage. Samples should be kept air tight and tested for moisture grade and protein by the Montana grain inspection laboratory in Bozeman.
Shirley Peterson daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Peterson of Chateau marries West L Powell Jr son of Mr and Mrs West L Powell of Great Falls. Rev A B Grandal officiates at Trinity Lutheran church. The bride is a Chateau High School graduate and a student nurse at Columbus Hospital. The groom is a Navy veteran who will enter college this fall.
About 300 Fairchild PT 26 primary training planes to be sold at Gore Field Great Falls starting Sept 9. War Assets Administration regional director H C Helland announced. Prices range 990 to 2800. veterans and priority buyers get 20 percent discount with purchase of three or more planes. Ferrying allowance 27 cents a mile up to 90 dollars. Planes on loan from Canada now inspected at Gore Field.
The state announces that this year judging contests will be conducted on an individual basis for the first time in Montana. The change shifts from possible team formats to solo entries, affecting participants and organizers statewide.
Mrs Anna Pautz of Vancouver Washington reports relief from rheumatism and arthritis after years of suffering. She invites inquiries and provides her P O Box 825 address for information.
Spokane hosts a three state Flying Farmers convention September 22 28 and 24 with Idaho Oregon and Washington participation. General Carl Spaatz will present a jet fighter inspection and flight demonstration. Elliott Merrill Boeing will speak on The Farmer Takes the Airplane and show The Stratocruiser film. Ellsworth French expects each state to form its own Flying Farmers association.
To move an Army division of 15,000 men 283 passenger train cars are needed, including sleeping dining and kitchen cars baggage cars and at least 20 locomotives. For long distances several times this number of locomotives may be required.
County Clerk James Van Cleave urges military voters from Teton County to request general election ballots for November. Any elector in the military or a qualified registered elector may file a written ballot request, with immediate action advised. Ballots are obtainable at the county clerk's courthouse office in Choteau.
War Assets administration will offer for sale in Salt Lake City from September 9 to 14 automotive parts valued at 14 million dollars. The six day sale aims to set a regional record and includes over 4,000 lots of parts for cars trucks jeeps and special vehicles plus tools garage equipment engines and related items. Prospective buyers may inspect and bid on each lot.
President Truman signed legislation cutting the domestic airmail rate from eight to five cents per ounce effective October 1. Postmaster General Hannegan also set a five cent per ounce rate for airmail between U S territories and military personnel overseas. The current rate is six cents per half ounce.
Wheat loan rates for this year's crop rise 11 cents over last year, with a national average around 1.49 per bushel and Minneapolis values at 1.67 for No 1 heavy dark northern spring and No 1 hard dark winter. Loans are available on farm and warehouse stored wheat meeting quality rules, with delivery payments up to seven cents per bushel for farm-stored wheat until April 30, 1947, and loans maturing by April 30, 1947 or earlier on demand.
More than 300 county 4-H winners will attend the first Montana 4-H Club Congress at Montana State College September 16 to 18. Winners will compete in home economics and agricultural judging contests, with round trip train tickets for county winners and plaques for state contest victors. High scorers in demonstrations may win all expense trips to the National 4-H Club Congress and a Chicago trip for the top demonstrator, as 100 local leaders and 50 county extension agents plan to attend.
Montana Feed Advisory committee in Helena warns farmers that protein feeds are tight with late summer and fall likely to see continued shortages. Crow oil seeds including cottonseed and soybeans are dwindling as grain supply rises but vegetable protein falls. Soybean oil meal faces a crisis this month into September with mills closing or slowing. Government soybean crop estimates are over optimistic, cottonseed meal will not rise much, lindseed meal is scarce, and lindseed meal production stands at 55 percent of last year. Foreign competition further tightens supplies.
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