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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1919
Page
10
The 1918 state land revenues rose to 1 828 712 43 with cash receipts over 15 000 more than 1917. Land sales and contract payments led at 967 571 49, followed by interest on contracts and mortgages 376 999 33 and leases 439 169 2A. Timber 22 476 11 coal royalty 14 355 53 gravel 160 11 and fees 7 980 62, totaling 1 828 712 48.
An advertisement extols a warming congestion relief preparation that penetrates without rubbing to ease lumbago, sprains, strains and bruises. It touts fast relief, broad usefulness for the family, and economic savings with a large bottle.
Miso soul Aj Tesoris 0 officers at state university in Montana. Ronan Amos Reno sues Ronan city for 10000 dollars after falling into an open sewer ditch. Chinook farmer took 65 tons of hay from 24 acres this season with three cuttings. Yellowstone county reports 134 tuberculosis cages. health boards hire a graduate nurse. Helena state fair attendance 33557 and receipts 32198 per secretary’s report. Roundup building boom follows wartime restrictions removal. Cascade residents petition for a sheriff deputy to enforce prohibition. Butte veteran attorney Judge Josiah Wines retires after 52 years in practice. Butte stockyard plans grow with three packing plants and 74 dealers. Bozeman agricultural college says 23 farm bureaus saved farmers over two million dollars. Butte Jewett Leclaire escapes custody three times re Red Cross canteen fraud. later returned. Helena Longer school terms and higher salaries urged to attract teachers. Great Falls police misidentify holdup bandit due to snow glare mask. Lewistown inmate Ernest D Free escapes jail, returns after brief liberty. Butte county officials suspect bid collusion among undertakers for indigent burials. Helena John Jones Ross disabled but able to work. compensation liability noted. Fort Benton Hyatt sues Britt for 11393 damages over alleged wrongful kidnapping arrest. Roundup ex-director general McAdoo named in $40000 suit over coal car accident involving Price’s death.
Montana postmasters report a new six cent airplane postage stamp to be used for air mail as routes are established nationwide. The stamps cover regular postal uses with aircraft delivery planned between Chicago and New York, signaling faster mail transmission and economic benefits once air routes are active.
A mosaic of short dispatches covers labor needs in factories and farms, Rome public works spending, gas stockpiling, Boston token changes, art theft in Rome, and U S debates on war debts, rail labor strikes, and national finances. It notes Christmas decorations in France, reforestation plans, and Pacific island purchases.
A Montana committee at Great Falls drafts a bill for a state owned storage elevator costing 250000 dollars. It aims to appoint a managerial board with two Great Falls residents and a third from elsewhere, plus an experienced grain manager. Proposals include per diem pay, storage limits, cleaners and graders, and a plan to operate next fall.
The post office plans nine hour delivery between Chicago and New York and other routes soon after year’s start. Air stamps 16 cents for delivery and 24 cents for heavier letters aim to cut costs on 50 million night letters yearly.
The state industrial accident board ruled no compensation for George Carvel whose wooden leg broke while at work causing weeks of incapacity. The Grant Smith Company may cover the $28 repair bill, as chairman Spriggs questions double jeopardy of the law. A Teutonic contractor inquiry adds a humorous note about wart treatments gone wrong.
An OCR fragment lists several Montana businesses offering services and supplies. Entries include DYEING AND CLEANING CITY DYEING AND CLEANING WORKS in Butte for garments by mail, KODAK FINISHERS and supplies by Kenyon & Wheeler in Great Falls, BLUE PRINTS-Blue Print & Supply Co. in Great Falls, ARVARERA CHEMIA T A & TC TOUT & McCARTHY as assayers, and LEWIS & WALKER chemists in Butte. Also mentions WARLEY CLARK & Co grain and mill auditing and a Great Falls typewriter exchange.
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