Time Capsule: From the archives of local weeklies
The Flathead Courier, March 14, 1935
Notice to the Public
We wish to thank our thousands of friends throughout the state of Montana for their many letters, wires, etc. sent to local representatives and senators. We knew you would not be misled into taxing your appetites and your pocketbooks through the store tax. We knew you would not approve any such discriminatory legislation, and we thank you.
The occasion calls for a celebration and we celebrate and show our gratitude, the only way we know how is with new low prices store wide.
– Safeway Stores
Clarence Michel to face horse-stealing charge
Clarence Michel, who has been wanted in this county since January 1932, on a grand larceny charge, was captured at the request of Sheriff J. L. Taulbee by Sanders County officers last Friday at Paradise.
Michel, who is charged with the stealing of a horse, was brought to Polson by Sheriff Taulbee and lodged in the county jail to await trial in the district court.
It is said that the last time Michel was seen in this vicinity he was crossing the bridge, going west, with bullets from Policeman Dick Weihardt's revolver humming about his ears.
Urges seeding of plots for registration
In an effort to build up the registered seed supply in Montana, Sam L. Sloan, extension agronomist, is urging growers to make full use of the available supplies this year, and is asking the cooperation of country extension agents in interesting farmers in seeding plots for registration.
The 1934 acreage of registered seed amounted to 31,305, as compared with 44,260 in 1933. This decrease, Sloan explained, was, in a large measure, due to poor prospects early in the season resulting in fewer applications for certification.
The 31,305 acres represents the amount on which certification was sought. Poor yields in many areas also reduced supplies of seed.
The agronomist said the state seed list is now being milled out in Montana and adjoining states. At the top of the list are available supplies of registered seed. The consolidated county lists of available seed and supplies in surplus areas also are shown in the state list.