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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1922
Page
6
State examiner L Skelton warns county treasurers they have no authority to extend the November 30 tax payment deadline. He explains delinquent taxes incur a 10 percent penalty and urges the law be followed, calling grace periods dangerous and ill advised.
Montana farmers organize summer tillage clubs to promote diversified farming and prove profitability even in dry areas. The Montana Development Association will gather nationwide data, publish results in agricultural and financial journals, and use publicity to attract investors and new residents while detailing records of summer tilled land statewide.
The Montana state board of hail insurance reports about 10 million dollars paid for hail losses across Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Saskatchewan, and Alberta in 1921. Losses were heaviest in Montana and Alberta with rates around 10 percent. County assessors act as local agents, handling applications to keep costs down.
County Agent Gustafson of Blaine county told a Harlem meeting last week that Montana will become a major corn state. He compared past doubts about Minnesota and North Dakota turning to corn to their current top rankings and cited ongoing progress.
In Phillips county Montana growers push home grown seed for 9000 acres of corn to be planted this year. Local dealers demand no other seed. North Montana trials with Northwestern Dent Gehu Fifint and Dakota White Flint show success. Corn acreage may double per a county questionnaire. Potato culture advances include developing certified seed potatoes Bliss Triumph and Netted Gem varieties.
John Hailey, pioneer stage coach operator who ran horse drawn stages across California Oregon Washington Idaho Nevada and Utah in the 1870s and 1880s died in Portland last week at age 62. He was born in Oregon and served as Idaho state penitentiary warden and Boise deputy US marshal.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for soothing baby rashes. It promotes hot baths with Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment, a dusting of Cuticura Talcum, and claims purity and appeal at 25 cents each.
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