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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1921
Page
1
The Montana irrigation commission reports state irrigation spending at 52 142 363 with 64 projects totaling 924 927 acres and 1 558 500 in bonds. It warns dry land value unrealizable without storage and urges state supervision of colonization and stopping wildcat schemes.
Sun River Fort Shaw and Simms townships petition to join the proposed Dearborn County. Simms aims for county seat designation though not the main motive. Inclusion would bring Flowerree Ranch land into Dearborn and affect recent election precincts and county borders.
An American traveler in Alabama style demands to see the head Black person of the outfit in a Canadian hotel. The staff responds that there are no Black people under the English flag and that workers serve all, with the narrator asserting he will tip a $50 bill for special attention.
Montana won first awards in winter spring and Durum wheat classes at Chicago's International Hay and Grain Show earning a sweepstakes chance at the world cup. State exhibitors total 17 awards and may reach 25, aided by Montana Power Company Northern Pacific Milwaukee railways and the state agricultural department which advanced funds. The piece lauds Montana wheat as world leading and notes Gladys Walton in Pink Tights with Jack Perrin from Universal.
Helena reports confirmation of the moisture cycle theory by state hydrographer Hillis. The November 1921 issue of the Quarterfly Journal of Economics, with Harvard and Oxford presses, cites corroborative Arizona tree-growth studies by Professor A E Douglass. He links eight-year rainfall cycles to peak crop years, predicting 1922 as a high rainfall year.
H. E. Adams traveled to Great Falls on Tuesday for a routine business trip.
The Christmas seal sale funds the Montana tuberculosis program with 95 percent of state funds used locally and 75 percent within this county. The appeal urges readers to buy seals to help children, women, and men regain health, with sales through gift shops and school drives.
The piece argues that over thirteen million foreign born residents and thirty-five million since 1884 pose an alienation risk. It calls on Congress to enact restrictions to preserve Americanism for a generation and to prevent continued dilution of national identity.
County Agent reports winners of the Farm Flock Laying Contest in Montana. Winners average profit per hen of 2.71 and 3.34 dollars yearly with feed costs about 1.18 and 0.65 dollars per hen. Highest egg price averages reach 37 and 36 cents. An irrigation district meeting for Deep Creek is set for December 16 at 1 30 p m at the high school auditorium to discuss water access and forming an investigative association. Farmers are urged to attend.
November weather report lists mean maximum 42 and mean minimum 14 with a mean 28, plus 73 as high and 27 as low on dates in November. total precipitation 0.30 inch and a mix of clear, partly cloudy and cloudy days. Also promotes Maurice Tourneur’s The Great Redeemer at the Royal Theatre, two days starting next Monday, described as a major dramatic feature.
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