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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1916
Page
8
Detroit reports Edsel Ford signs a thirty four million dollar contract for tires for eighteen months at the Ford factory. Henry Ford says expansion eases directing duties as Ford plans wholesale sales, new blast furnaces, and plant additions.
Automobile dealers expand service to motorists with roaming day and night service cars. They inspect parked cars, pump or replace tires, swap weak batteries, cover tops in rain, and top up oil. Salesmen say service becoming a key selling point, hinting at broader home and lawn chores to win customers.
Charles Hasenplug’s bright red car was wrecked on a highway near Liverpool Pennsylvania when an angry bull charged the vehicle. The windshield headlight and running board were smashed and the front tire torn from the rim. The bull appeared unharmed and the car will be repaired and painted battleship gray.
A humorous quip notes that a man engrossed in his hobby hogs the road space. The line implies public annoyance at slow or obstructive hobby riding in traffic. It reflects local wit and everyday frustration with shared road use.
W J Mulvaney manager of the F B Connelly company automobile department reports the first carload of 1917 Ford automobiles has arrived in Billings. The new model features a streamlined body and will be black with nickel trim. Demand is high with over 50 Ford orders and six Overlands and four Ford carloads ready for delivery.
Since the state agency was established last April the market for Chalmers cars has been divided into east and west. Up to now 300 cars have been disposed of. Some units came from the Pacific slope but going forward distribution will be handled exclusively by state agents and distributors.
Reports from the Studebaker camp show phenomenal sales in August with Cascade county retail figures reaching levels equal to last year’s total. Velie cars also post strong state returns as A P Heaney travels to appoint agencies while remaining short of demonstrators. cars are sold as soon as they arrive.
Two unarmed Zeppelins with 60 ton carrying capacity each have been built in Germany to transport mail between Berlin and the United States. Mor ris Epstein, agent of the German American Alliance, says the airships have powerful engines and can fly the Berlin New York route in 72 hours after his return from Europe.
Montana faces a $69,900 share of a $1,000,000 annual appropriation for national forest road construction. Applicants must file by October 16 with district forester in Missoula, detailing public need and cost, with at least 50 percent local co operation, to compete for the first year allotment.
Mason City verdict grants Mrs. Bridget Callahan alimony of 60000 after divorce from Patrick Callahan, a wealthy landholder. The settlement marks one of Iowa's largest alimony awards to date.
Ninety nine full blood restricted Indians in the five tribes of Oklahoma pay the federal income tax. More will be added this year. They are wards of the government. They pay a total tax of 21948 on a combined income of 2483838, all derived from oil.
Montana's only automobile school offers morning afternoon and evening classes with reasonable terms. Free catalog available from Montana Automobile School at 1278 Main in Butte.
Chicago police create a beauty squad of women officers tasked with enticing and arresting mashers. The unit aims to deter lewd harassment and improve public safety by using proactive undercover-style operations.
The piece urges a statewide industrial survey as Montana rapidly develops. It cites vast land, high farm ownership, irrigation potential, and rising organizational publicity efforts from Dillon to Billings, with numerous chambers and clubs shaping a state poised for mining, agriculture, power, and manufacturing growth.
In Connellsville Pennsylvania a copperhead bite on farm worker Robert Sanner aged 45 was treated with onion juice rubbed on the wound turpentine applied and copious moonshine whiskey drunk after the bite. The snake was eighteen inches long and the man acted without hesitation.
Paris reports a new French three hand watch that displays twelve hour and twenty four hour time on separate dials. One hour hand is used for each system while a single minute hand serves both.
The estate of the late Colonel James Gay Butler, a Civil War veteran who died August 22, is valued at about $4.15 million. Despite his wealth, Butler received a $25 monthly pension from the U S government, with a $75 quarterly check for August. The pension total since the war is estimated at $15,000, while stock par value was about $3 million, with market values higher.
During seven months of operation Scratch Gravel Mining reports a surplus of $60,000. The company notes sustained earnings and expanding activity as it moves toward full production.
British Columbia joined the dry movement as soldiers overseas voted on prohibition, helping end licensed hotel era in the province. Alberta and Manitoba had already leaned dry, with Ontario and Saskatche wan following. Western file notes speculate on beer’s decline and local hotelkeepers’ losses as the effect ripples westward.
The text notes a social paradox where some highly regarded individuals oppose trial marriages yet practice polygamy by marrying three different women over three years and seeking a fourth, framing it as acceptable behavior.
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