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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1922
Page
3
Joseph Lunzon, jailed on 200 burglaries in 18 months, told a woman in his cell he would escape in two years. Miss Virginia Betty Carroll, arrested with him but later freed, said she would wait for him regardless of a possible 50 year sentence.
Kansas City Kansas city commissioners enact an ordinance imposing a 100 dollar fine for anyone appearing in public in a costume that conceals identity. Mayor Burton.
A city ordinance was introduced backing an open letter urging all city employees who belong to the Ku Klux Klan to resign from the organization. Washington reports the Senate amendment to the post office appropriation bill, allocating 1.9 million dollars for the ongoing transcontinental airplane mail service, was accepted by House conferees.
From threes to four cars of gypsum products and cement are now being shipped out daily by the Hanover company.
Multiple farm listings from Montana and surrounding states. Pennington and Floweree areas offer shares and acreage near Geyser and Great Falls. Also cattle, alfalfa, and dairy potential noted in Addy Washington and North Dakota tracts with irrigation and barn facilities. W. S. Reeves advertises a hay and stock ranch in Deborgia.
Lone Wolf a Blackfoot Indian painter arrived in New York to supervise the hanging of his works at the Babcock Gallery. He criticizes white depictions of Indians as inauthentic while recounting his training with Schreyvogel Russell Moran and his own shift from cattle work to painting the life of his people.
Montana farmer James Miller predicts the state will rival Kansas in wheat production within ten years. He cites 1921 Montana wheat output of about 28.17 million bushels, potential 40 million bushels this year with 2.5 million acres planted, and a possible 100 million bushels annually within a decade. He notes rising acreage, improved cultivation, and growing corn and oats alongside wheat.
Manila flagship Huron received rush orders to sail for China as Asiatic squadron moves to address unsettled conditions. Brest reports 32 lives lost when Deputy Albert Taillandier sank in a northern Brittany storm while bound from Rotterdam with coal. Denver officials flag drug sales near North Denver high school after grand jury report. Cambridge note tracks Kid Wedge quitting Harvard program amid tuberculosis. Brussels recalls Belgian soldiers to bolster occupation forces in Germany. Fort Worth flood toll reaches 57 with ongoing rescue efforts and body recoveries limited. Washington tariff debate prompts Senator Simmons to call the bill dangerous to the nation and its institutions.
The Montana grain picture shows Chevalier hard wheat yields, mill capacity, and elevator counts. Northern Montana and Judith Basin lead hard wheat production with Turkey Red and Marquis varieties. Great Falls hosts major mills like Cataract, Royal Milling, and Montana Flour Mills, plus two cereal mills in Bozeman and Missoula.
An old advertisement touts Freezone as a painless remedy for all corn types. It claims immediate relief after applying a drops, followed by easy removal with fingers. The druggist sells a small bottle for just a few cents.
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