Celebrating History: Some good news in the papers

by Emily Mayer

There was some positive news in the papers 100 years ago. This article was published on the front page of the Havre Daily Promoter March 29, 1923.

PROSPECTS GOOD TO REORGANIZE SECURITY BANK

Stockholders Consider Contract for Organization of New Bank and Take Up Subject With Depositors

Stockholders of the Security State bank of Havre, which closed in January, yesterday discussed plans for organizing a new bank and taking over at par a portion of the assets of the closed institution.

As a result of a large number of meetings of those interested in the Security bank and frequent consultations with their attorneys and conferences with the state banking department, a tentative contract was drawn up.

This was submitted to the board of nine directors of the depositors’ association at a meeting last evening and the provisions, which were along lines presented to the bank by the association, met with general approval and it will be taken up at another meeting tomorrow.

While the plan has not been made public it is said to be such as to almost assure the organization of a new bank and the taking over of a portion of the assets of the old bank, the assumption of a portion of the deposits, and the transfer of the balance of the assets to a trust fud to be worked out for the benefit of the depositors.

It is believed the contract will be ready for the printer by Monday and that the work of securing signatures from the depositors will be taken up at once. Many of the largest depositors already have agreed to sign.

Finding ways to help farmers and providing information was also in the newspapers a century ago. These two articles were published in the March 27, 1924, Promoter:

COMMERCIAL CLUB CONSIDERS SEED PROBLEM OF FARMERS

Question of Securing Seed for Summer Fallowed Land Will Be Taken Up Once by Committee

The necessity of securing seed for farmers in Hill county who have summer tilled land but have not the seed to plant it, was emphasized at the regular meeting of the Hill County Development association last evening in the Elks’ club and the subject was referred to the agricultural committee of which F. A. Buttrey is chairman.

Anyone having seed they want to put out on shares or anyone willing to make a investment in seed will be listed and placed in communication with farmers desiring seed, and the committee will take up the problem at once.

The contracts outlined for the corn club and the pig clubs were read at the meeting and approved. The appointments of the committee memberships as made by a sub committee of the board of directors were also approved and the chairmen the various committees were instructed to have meetings and outline work.

It was announced that the publicity committee will take up at once the preparation of publicity matters or giving generation information on Havre.

KREMLIN FARMERS HEAR OGAARD AND DUNCAN

In spite of the heavy snow storm the hall at Kremlin was well filled last evening to hear A. J. Ogaard, state agronomist, and County Agent Duncan talk on corn in Hill county.

The audience was enthused over the possibilities of corn growing as explained by the experts.

In the afternoon the two speakers addressed an even larger crowd at Cottonwood, after which there was a picnic luncheon.

Today they will hold meetings this afternoon at Box Elder and tonight at Havre.

Another article in the same edition focused on high school curriculum.

MANUAL TRAINING AND HOME MAKING IN HIGH SCHOOL

Domestic science and manual training will again take their places in the course of instruction offered by the Havre High School if plans discussed at the meeting of the local school board are carried out.

The board has also adopted another economy measure. It has passed a resolution deciding, as is done in many other schools and colleges, that where a students does not apply himself and does not show the effort, that he may be dropped for the remainder of the semester.