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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
12
Fragmentary report shows state loan allocations to farmers totaling 2 388 070 with references to Deer Sage Mineral Counties and distribution across the state. Details are incomplete but indicate a loan program and regional distribution.
Louis Newman representative elect from Cascade county returns from California and urges Montana to bond 20 million dollars to develop a state road system. He supports irrigation projects, Sun River development, and providing land to returning soldiers under Interior Department plans, after meeting with Assistant Secretary Meade.
Helena reports the winter reunion of the Masonic bodies called off. A $403000 water refunding bond issue was sold to a Denver firm for a premium of $1 565. Other Montana notes include county projects and local civic efforts across Lewistown Winnett Billings and Roundup with various public works and relief campaigns noted.
A lyrical piece portrays Montana’s shift to prohibition as bars close and drinkers seek sobriety. The verse laments the end of tavern gatherings, the clinking glasses, and the old social rituals, predicting the townsfolk turning to quiet family pastimes at night.
The Storey Work Sheep Co of Bozeman offers a 10 acre site on the Yellowstone River near Livingston for a new state hatchery. J L DeHart states the location is ideal with completed pipe line surveys and water tested for fish propagation. Landowners Byron Storey Lester Work and W C Rae own the Van Horn ranch site. Forty Fergus County soldiers have received commissions from second lieutenant to colonel.
An advertisement extols organic phosphate as a cure for thinness and nervous weakness. It claims bitro-phosphate nourishes nerves and body cells, quickly adding pounds, improving energy and appearance, while noting cautions for those not seeking flesh gain.
News briefs report a $400000 fire loss at a big grain elevator in Portage la Prairie Manitoba and Russian czar family concerns. Other items note awards for General staff, German armistice train car deliveries to France, engagements in London, and labor federation politics in Chicago and New York.
Advertises Sloan's Liniment as instant relief for aches and pains in joints or muscles. Appeals to reliability and economy, urging readers to keep a big bottle and ask a druggist for Sloan's Liniment.
Classified notices advertise cash for Liberty Bonds based on New York Stock Exchange quotes with same-day return for in-town bonds and registered mail for out-of-town bonds. Also listed are exchanges and services for Liberty Bonds War Stamps and stock dealings, plus error riddled notices for monument design, ozone treatment, and machine work.
Dairying is suited to timbered western Montana sections. Land can be pasture with limited stump removal, enough plow land to supply winter feed. Livestock such as hogs and poultry, fruits and vegetables, and various crops thrive. Terms: 10 percent down, balance in 10 yearly payments at 6 percent interest. Logged off lands of Anaconda Copper Mining Company. We help select locations adapted to your needs.
A historical listing describes SU gallery off area in Umpqua Valley Oregon with 70 acres stock ranch potential and half tillable land on the Pacific highway near Southern Pacific Railroad. Includes real estate in Monarch district and trades for wheat land and hotel exchanges. Also mentions dyeing services and typewriter ads in Great Falls Montana.
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