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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1916
Page
2
Government estimates 1000 pounds of ice per cow with 50 percent shrinkage for summer cream cooling. Ice houses cost under 50 dollars. harvesting and storing ice typically one dollar per ton. Farmers urged to build ice ponds where possible and request Farmers' Bulletin No. 623 for guidance.
Professor Atkinson reports federal grain standards will govern interstate commerce in Montana and neighboring states. Licensed inspectors will grade at production sites and terminal grades remain valid unless an appeal shows error or fraud. Federal rules cover administration while states fund local inspectors under federal license.
Farmers along the King road between Havre and St Joseph and the Wild Horse trail may own and operate rural telephone lines. William C Conway with Mountain Power and Havre Chamber of Commerce support organize St Joseph line first. Construction costs about 60 dollars per mile with 18 dollars yearly maintenance per subscriber. stock and control transfer to patrons.
Montana farmers are urged to prevent hog cholera with strict quarantines and sanitation. If outbreaks occur, use anti cholera serum, isolate hogs, and disinfect premises. Discard infected animals and thoroughly clean buildings, then spray with a cresol solution to stop spread.
Apple blight is a serious Montana threat to orchards. The article urges winter surgical cutting of affected limbs, proper disinfection with corrosive sublimate or carbolic acid, and prompt burning of diseased parts. It stresses repeated inspections through late winter and before spring buds to prevent holdover cankers from restarting the blight.
The State Nursery & Seed Co reports purchasing the entire crop of one of Montana's oldest Liscomb alfalfa seed producers. The Liscomb strain, likely of Grimm origin, cannot be distinguished from Grimm per Minnesota agriculture reports. High interest from the northwest for premium alfalfa and grass seeds prompts expectations of rapid stock clearance in top grades.
Rochester booster Jesse E. Hummelbaugh says electricity can solve the turkey problem this year. He asserts electrically killed fowl are more delicate and flavorful, describing a device a turkey killer as a steel tread charged with electricity that lures the bird to its feeding ground.
The Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph died at 86 after a 68 year active reign, the longest in modern history. Tradition mentions pharaohs and ancient rulers, with Ramesses II and Sesostris cited for lengthy reigns. Louis XIV and Queen Victoria are noted for long but shorter periods on the throne.
Advice from Washington notes that over 50,000 farmers have applied for farm loans totaling about 150 million dollars, far exceeding the immediate funds available. Interest will not exceed five percent and may be reduced to four and a half percent.
In brief dispatches: Ambassador Gerard returns to Berlin. oil magnate Archbold dies. a munitions factory blast in London kills 26. Brazil negotiates with Germany over interned ships. Bordeaux seeks a 255 million dollar loan in New York. a cyclone in Pondicherry reports 300 deaths. Cuba elections questioned. U S government 1917 outlay estimated at 1.2687 billion. 1916 football fatalities rise. Austrian harmony outlook poor. 800 million federal military budget. rabbit sausage plant proposed in Texas. Bethmann-Hollweg seeks peace with German guarantees. Villa bans American property rights in Mexico. Evansville to curb prices with municipal market. California anti-alien law test case anticipated. Britain on war diet. Bucharest falls to Central Powers. Petrograd vows St Petersburg as a Russian city if Allies win. a Los Angeles robbery with 20000 dollars seized. poultry trust indicted. Philadelphia bans crime-themed films. U S Navy contemplates 40000 ton battleship. reserves warn against allied short-term paper. Olga of Russia divorces. Corning Arkansas reports 19 boys born in ten years. 29000 POW deaths in German camps. Mrs London refuses to surrender Jack London daughters. Lloyd George downplays postwar allied trade plans.
Winnipeg reports A Bonar Law, offered the premiership by King George, is the first man born outside Great Britain to be tendered the post. Law was born in Canada and rose to prominence in law and politics after moving to London. Chicago notes 86 hunting fatalities last season across states including Michigan 22 and Illinois 18, with 40 injured and Montana having no fatalities except among the hunted.
A compact note repeats that I Noe resides in Freetown Indiana and emphasizes being amiable. It features a playful line about little girls loving dolls and older girls pursuing dollars.
A note confirms June Sale, a co-ed student at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, joins the Wildcats late in the season expanding the roster and opportunities for the team.
A sailor named Laundry was washed ashore off Manitou Island following a shipwreck last week. The incident details remain sparse with authorities investigating the vessel involved and the fate of other crew members.
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