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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1924
Page
6
Edward W. Pickard surveys the 1924 Democratic nominating prospects with Al Smith Ralston Underwood and others vying as Tammany faces leadership changes. Coolidge leads Republicans. Dawes eyed for VP. Muscle Shoals hearings intensify as Ford ties rise and tax bill debates unfold in Congress.
Admiral Coontz reports the fleet cannot maneuver as a unit at ten knots due to slow auxiliary vessels and submarines failing to function for fleet work. Recommendations call for aircraft carriers, tenders, modern submarines, destroyer leaders and planes, plus modernization of eight older battleships to improve range against Japan and Britain.
Last week McCray was removed from the Indiana governorship and sentenced to ten years in a federal penitentiary at Atlanta plus a $10000 fine for using the mails in a fraud scheme. Judge Anderson condemned the defendant sharply saying punishment could not be enough. McCray was taken to his cell within hours.
Severe storms with tornadoes struck the South last Wednesday, killing 118 people and injuring about a thousand while causing extensive property damage. South Carolina reported 66 deaths, Georgia 18, and Alabama 11. The American Red Cross and other groups rushed to aid victims.
Major Martin, commander of the world circling squadron, left Chignik Alaska on Wednesday to rejoin his comrades at Dutch Harbor but has not been heard from by press time. A new storm is feared to have caused a crash as fishing boats comb the route for his plane.
United Central American governments back Gen Vicente Astia as provisional leader of Honduras until elections. In Tegucigalpa fierce fighting ends with a faction seizing the capital after twelve hours of clashes.
Britain Belgium Italy Japan Yugoslavia accept the Dawes report while France seeks changes. A prompt German start to fulfill provisions could improve prospects. Prime Minister Theunis and Belgian Foreign Minister Hymans meet in England with PM MacDonald as American bankers pledge half of a $200,000,000 loan.
The 60 000 bond issue set up at county creation in 1893 will be retired this July. The county escaped 2 700 annual interest by refunding in 1909 for another 15 years at 4 percent. Over 80 years the total interest paid totals 94 500.
Nathan Arge Nathan a pioneer clothing merchant of northern Montana died May 6 in New York at age 70. Born in Germany he settled in Fort Benton in 1879 founding A. N. Nathan and leading the store for 40 years. He moved to Great Falls in 1885 as the town's first clothing merchant.
Montana readers see grain prices with a 39 cent freight to Montana. Wheat values range from 87 to 92 cents per bushel. Livestock in Chicago shows cattle to 12.85, hogs to 7.60, and sheep to 17.00. Metals in New York list silver at 64.0 cents per ounce, copper at 183.46 cents per pound, and lead at 0.1 cent.
Postmaster J. R. Lloyd, Assistant Postmaster Howard Crosby, and Superintendent of Mails Ray Klaue will receive a $100 yearly pay increase starting July 1 due to higher postage sales. The raises align with every $5,000 rise in postage and lift salaries to $3,900 for the postmaster, $2,800 for the assistant, and $2,700 for the superintendent of mails.
Statistics by Great Northern and L B Woods reveal higher fall and winter 1923 24 production of turkeys and hogs in Montana and a jump in corn acreage. Shipments of dressed turkeys from Great Falls Chateau and Conrad rose with 10 carloads in 1923 24 after none in 1922, while hog shipments climbed from 57 to 214 cars.
Glendive business conditions are good says Raymond Hildebrand president of the local chamber. March business lagged last year yet four month totals exceed the prior year as he notes optimism for a stronger agricultural year with more flax clover and feed crops. Dawson county plans 5000 acres of corn with improved care and a $1000 cash premium from the chamber for the best 20 acres of dent corn.
Kolfax Petroleum to drill immediately on the W. G. Baum permit near the Gordon Campbell-Kevin syndicate discovery. Keene-Midwest-Zimmerman well spudded two miles east of Shelby. Betts crude from the Sunburst sand on the Coal Ridge structure south of Stockett shows 73.7 percent gasoline content and meets navy end point. samples sent to Sunburst refinery for analysis after bailer run.
Billings won the state high school debate championship at Missoula on May 7. Everett Patterson led individuals with best debater honors, part of a team that included Ivan Caraway.
Center of Campaign H. E. Meisenbach, a pioneer land man from Richland county, relocates to Aurora Illinois to work with the Northern Pacific land department. He will promote inexpensive Montana land in the corn belt to Illinois Minnesota and Wisconsin farmers as part of a settlement drive.
State board of equalization data shows Montana total ore value at 55,333,259.66 for year ended May 81 last with Silver Bow county leading production. Gold copper silver and lead totals broken out, and Montana wool outlook plus taxes and public notices follow.
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