Slants on Life E. R. ieSean
A columnist recalls a newspaper claim of a $25,000 prize for a workable unemployment solution and ending the depression. They criticize the idea, noting judges would favor prestige and ignore simple, sound proposals.
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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1939
Page
1
Plan to Equalize Dollar Value Across All Men
A writer argues that restoring dollar parity would end depression and cites wage scales from Colliers to show real value erosion. He notes structural iron workers earning 1.70 per hour and carpenters at twelve dollars a day, compares them to rising costs like wheat at 2.00, and reflects on mortgage scales and bond depreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Structural Iron
The
Falls
Chateau
Railroad bosses told to ready equipment for coming boom
The Sunday Tribune notes efficiency experts urge railroads to spruce up gear for a predicted traffic upswing. Henry Wallace proclaims no food shortage, claiming abundance though fruit growers face upheaval with apple prices down and orchards uprooted by bulldozers in Wenatchee country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Tribune
Moses
Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Parity and Surplus Tone in War Era Debate
The piece argues 700 million bushels of wheat last year were bought for less than parity and may repeat this year, blaming war disruptions. It asserts widespread surpluses in labor, crafts, industry, and government, noting excess activity and insufficient transport capacity under civic aeronautics authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
United States
Civic Aeronautics Authority
War wages and prices cited from historical worker account
A narrator recalls 1914 wages at 4.50 per day rising to 7.00 by 1920. Wheat price during the war stood at 1.90 and Bethlehem Steel stock moved from 700 a share to about 90. The note notes structural wage and price shifts from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Steel
Struc
Eight Cases Set For Jury Trial Next Monday
Eight cases are scheduled for trial when court opens Monday October 2 at 10 a.m. Judge R. M. Hattersley will preside. They include Wallace vs Trescott and Murry attachment. Orn vs Dailey damages. Yates vs Bergman damages. Youngman vs Bergman damages. Montana Mustard Seed Cooperative Marketing Assoc. vs McDonald damages. Callahan vs Wagner Construction breach of contract. Staunton vs Town of Dutton suit on contract. Wheeler et al vs Great Northern Ry Co damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Hattersley
Frank M. Wallace
B. G. Trescott
J. T. Murry
Fred Orn
W. E. Dailey
Joseph Yates
Kenneth Bergman
C. A. Youngman
Montana Mustard Seed Cooperative Marketing Association
Garnet McDonald
M. B. Callahan
C. A. Wagner Construction Company
Tom Staunton
Town of Dutton
Yvonne Wheeler
Great Northern Ry. Co
Lions Club Prepares Fourth Annual 49ers Celebration
Lions officials announce readiness for the fourth annual 49ers celebration to be held Friday and Saturday evenings with booths opening at 8 pm. Boosters report good receptions as Decorah band joins games and prizes. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents children includes 25 cents in chips. proceeds go to the Lions civic fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
49Ers
Decorah
K. EF. Sturgis
Ray Nelson
Carl Wedum
H. W. Bateman
Fred S. Willson
Bankers
John Trentges
Fred Barribal
C. D. McDonald
A. B. Guthrie
Tellers
Bill Olsen
Stan Smith
Roulette
Joe Knudtzon
Wheelette
Ted Halverson
John Pierce
Irshal Davis
Maurice Weduza
Chuck Luck
Gibson Monkman
D. P. Fabrick
Jerry Breen
Bill Bateman
Ray Fleming
Cecil Passmore
Jack O'Neil
Halvor Daley
Joe Briscoe
D. W. Hutchinson
Lynn Baker
Bud Taylor
H. Bloom
Frank Stearns
Elmer Dial
Joe Lindseth
Chick Sulgrove
Gus Depner
Harold Bateman
Dick Conklin
Fred Willson
Jess Willette
Burr Huffman
Tom Dellno
Howard Cunningham
C. K. Malone
George Jackson
John Dunckel
al Read
L. E. Taylor
Geo. Carroll
Gilbert Lee
E. J. Crary
Elmer Cardell
Ole Lestrud
Geo. Duvendack
al Hensley
L. H. Kempton
E. C. Forstein
Karl Bishop
0. Davis
W. W. Scott
G. L. Banks
Lions Civic Fund
Hirshberg Bank Building Sold to W. E. Howard
Announcement this week reports the sale of the Hirshberg bank building to W. E. Howard. The purchase price was not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirshberg Bank
W. E. Howard
Farmer Woes and Parity Warnings Echo in Wages and Wheat
The article notes wages at 1.70 per hour and wheat at 56 cents per bushel, about half parity. Government insight urges rebuilding or repairs, while criticizing those who hoard or gamble on value. A HOLC demolition photo shows homeowners unable to pay loans as mortgage forces wreckage. The piece condemns farmers expanding acreage for larger leases and bigger allotment checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOLC
Walter H Gorham, longtime Chateau resident, dies at 66
Walter H. Gorham, 66, longtime Montana pioneer, died at his Chateau home after a year of ill health. Born September 25, 1874, at College Mound Missouri, he moved to Montana as a child, helped run Chateau baseball, served as alderman and on the school board. Survived by his widow Nellie, a daughter Randall Swanberg, sisters Wilmuth Bond and S T Richmond, and brother M B Gorham. Funeral held September 27 at the Chateau Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Walter H. Gorham
Chateau
College Mound
R. T. Gorham
Lucy Bedford Allin
Gorham
Sun River
Cascade
Cascade County
Nellie Johnson
Custer
Joseph
Northwest
William Jennings Bryan
Great Falls
Charles Russell
Hey
Cascade Depot
Bryan
Talen
Randall Swanberg
Wilmuth Bond
S. T. Richmond
Long Beach
Cal
M. B. Gorham
Ennis
Episcopal Church
Ww. Friend
C. W. Burns
C. James Smith
James Peebles
John Hentges
John Weaver
Bret Read
FE. Z. Comer
A.T. James
Sam Hughes
H. R. Johnson
Frank
Helena
L. M. Johnson
Williams
First Snow Caps Night with Light Rain Then Warm Melt
The season's first snowfall occurred overnight with .24 inches of precipitation, starting as light rain and turning to snow by morning before melting quickly due to above freezing temperatures. The moisture is welcomed for seeded winter wheat. Week temperatures follow.
Willson Named Superintendent of Havre Experiment Station
Fred Willson, Teton county extension agent for five years, is named superintendent of the Havre agricultural experiment station located southwest of Havre. He will assume duties late in November after clearing current tasks. Stanley Halverson will succeed Willson in Teton county, coming from Kalispell where he served as county agent. The Havre station, spanning about 7,500 acres, studies wind erosion, serial plot work, forage crops and grasses for the northern Great Plains, with plans for expanded livestock and range work. Willson expresses regret at leaving Chateau and praises the county’s cooperative spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Willson
Teton County
Havre
J. C. Taylor
State Extension Service
Willson
Great Plains
Stanley Halverson
University of Minnesota
County Planning Committees Report On Unified County Program
Teton county prepares a coordinated plan for federal state and local agencies under a unique county program. The agriculture planning group outlines goals for 1940 and long term policy with full countywide participation. A water and land reclassification effort and weed district plans are also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
United
Wheat Growers Assn
Unon
W. D. Reiquam
M. B. Bolland
Diamond Valley
Lyle Standish
Farmers Union
Joe Torgerson
Agawam
Dick Reiding
Farmington
Edward Savik
Bynum
W H. Wellenstein—Pendroy
Adam Dahlman—Power
Ole Oksness—Greenfield
Harold Crane—Collins
L. G. Baldwin—Fairfield
W. G. Dauwalder
Robe
Ole Rhosholt—Dutton
John Toenyes Beck
Thu Year
Obert Peterson
L. F. Getseker
The
State College
Bulldogs Open Home Night Season Hosting Browning Friday
The Teton Bulldogs, after a 19 0 win over Cut Bank, host Browning in the first 11 man home game under lights at 7 30 pm Friday. Lighting nearing completion aims to boost attendance and cover costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulldogs
Browning
Teton Bulldogs
Cut Bank
49Ers
Teton
L. le Desky
Hodgskiss
Sabo
Rosengren
Dellno
Hallberg
Bleecker
Vick
Harris
Tfallberg
Cut Bank Wolves
Chateau
Physical Exams Set in Choteau and Dutton
An infant and preschool conference will be held October 4 at 1 30 p m in Choteau at Dr H W Bateman’s office and October 2 from 9 to 10 30 a m at the Woman’s club building in Dutton. A physical exam will be given and optional immunizations for smallpox and diphtheria. No charges. Dr H W Bateman in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
H. W. Bateman
Dutton
Woman's Club
H.W. Bateman
60th Anniversary Celebrated Sunday by Dutton Couple
Mr and Mrs Hans Johnson of Dutton celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at home and with a Lutheran church service. They came from Norway in 1904 and Montana in 1915 homesteading west of Dutton. Thirteen children were born, five live, and all but one attended the celebration along with 21 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Distanced relatives joined the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Johnson
Dutton
Johnson
South Dakota
Norway
Montana
Sattre
Havre
al Brumberger
Great Falls
Pete Hanson
Whitefish
Miss Betty Jackson to wed Stewart Wallinder in Great Falls
Announcement from J. G. Jackson of Betty Jacksons approaching marriage to Stewart Wallinder of Havre. The ceremony will be at the Church of Incarnation in Great Falls Sunday October 1 at 1 30 p m. Rev W Friend Day will officiate with Miss Virginia Hall as bridesmaid and Peter Wallinder as best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Jackson
Betty
Stewart Wallinder
Havre
Church of Incarnation
Great Falls
W. Friend
Virginia Hall
Fort Shaw
Peter Wallinder
George Jackson
Chateau
Eric Hedblom
Fairfield
Dorothy Jackson
Choteau
Kinman Business University
Spokane
B. I. Packer
Inez Eckford
Customs Office
Hving
Long Beach
Cal
Noyes
Minn
Mrs. Julia McArdle 85 Passes at Bynum Home
Mrs. Julia McArdle 85 died Wednesday night at 5 25 in Bynum at the home of her daughter and son in law Mrs. Guy Miller. Born Julia Farrell in New York March 10 1854 she married Thomas McArdle in Minnesota and had nine children eight living. Funeral Saturday at 9 30 at the Catholic church in Bynum with burial in Great Falls. body at the Miller home. all children to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia McArdle
Guy Miller
Bynum
McArdle
Miller
Julia Farrell
New York State
Thomas McArdle
Minnesota
A. W. Walker
Joseph McArdle
Fairfield
Chles McArdle
Great Falls
Frank Kurch
Portize
John Guinette
Seattle
Mary Cullen
Philip McArdle
Beardsley
Minn
Montana
Communities Join to Produce Pageant for Chautauqua
A regional pageant for the Chautauqua is produced by multiple Teton county communities including Greenfield Fairfield Farmington Collins Dutton Diamond Valley Beck Bole Pendragy and Bynum. A L Johnson directs with Gibson Monkman on stage M Olson lighting Robert Gronberg costumes Lois Knowlton Dorothy Boussard handling publicity and Fred Willson as general manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Greenfield
Fairfield
Farmington
Collins
Dutton
Diamond Valley
Beck
Bole
Pendragy
Bynum
America
A. L. Johnson
Gibson Monkman
M. Olson
Robert Gronberg
Lois Knowlton
Dorothy Boussard
Fred Willson
All County Chorus Practice Tonight at High School
Miss Mae Walton announces the first all county chorus practice for the Chau t auto Chautauqua will be held tonight at 8 o clock in the high school auditorium. Former chorus members are urged to attend and newcomers are invited to sing with the group. The chorus will perform on the third night of the Chautauqua. event dates are October 2021–22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Walton
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. R. ieSean
Ed. Hirshberg
Missouri
Wenatchee
Lions
Shylock
W. H. Gorham
Seeacenecces
Wewceececcesocos
Senecccennee
Choteau, Dutton
Betty Jackson
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