The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-10-22
REQUIRES IMPROVEMENTS OF
LOADING FACILiTiES-oR-
DERS SWAMP DRAINED.
BOARD ELECTS CHANCELLOR
Unanimously Selects Professor Elliott
AS Head of Montana Institutions
Rernsrates Professors Heyn-
olds and Bolton.

OTu6T6Q tn6 GT6dC Northern TO make
| substantial improvements in the mat
ter of loading facilities at Iona and
Fresno and also required the Milwau-
kee to drain swamp at Ringing and
| build stockyards. The petition of the
citizens of Ringing to require the Mil
waukee to build an industrial track
| closer to the town was denied.
Up at Iona the railroad enters on
| an eight-foot fill. There was no plat
| form to load or unload freight and the
only way the farmers could load hogs
into the cars was to crate them and
lift them in by hand. They had to
jump cattle down an eight-foot embank-
ment and altogether had bad time
of it. Occasionally they put up a
temporary platform of baled hay and
railroad ties to facilitate business But
it was slow work and the increase in
business at that point finally forced
the farmers to action. A hearing was
held and the above evidence sub
mitted
The commission ordered the road
to fill in along the track even with
driven up, and to put in platform
or chute for loading stock.
r.
Selects Chancellor.
Professor Edward c. Elliott, head of
the department of education of the
University of Wisconsin, was elected
unanimously as chancellor of Montana
institutions. He is to take charge Feb
ruary 1. His salary is to be $4,000
year.
Another important action was the
reinstatement of Miss Mary Stewart
as dean of women of the University
of Montana, and Professors George e.
Reynolds and T. L. Bolton, who were
not re-employed at the regular meet |
ing of the board on June 8.
The agitation for the reinstatement |
of the Miss Stewart divided interest |
with the election of a chancellor. |
Women representing various clubs ar
rived here and appeared before the |
board to urge that she be re-instated |
They contended she had not been CIV
en- a square deal. Little was said re- |
garding Professors Reynolds and Boil |
ton, the women combining their efforts |
solely to their claims that Miss Stew |
art was entitled to reinstatement. |
They won their point.
The board passed a resolution re-
Installing her and Professors Reynolds
and Bolton and providing that they be |
given a leave of absence for one year.
1t was explained that the positions for
merly held by Reynolds and Bolton
had been filled.
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Denies Chancellor Is Chosen.
That he was misinterpreted when
in an endeavor to do friendly turn
was the gist of statement made by
Joseph Smith, one of the members of
he board of education of Montana
litter reading the quotation from
he held with press repre-
;entatives, following visit to this city
If Gov. S. v. Stewart.
Mr.. Smith denied that he had any
Intention of intimating that the gov
,rnor had made any definite choice of
chancellor, but that Elliott of Wis
.onsn would be considered. He also
aid there was no assurance that the
naming of chancellor for the Uni
,ersity of Montana would be accom-
,lished when the board meets again.
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Governor Names Judge.
Helena-Joseph c. Smith, a mem
yer of the state board of education,
will become judge of the Fifth judi
ial district Nov. Is, announced Gov.
!. V. Stewart He succeeds Judge Po-
ndexter, who resigned to become at
orney general.
Mr.. Smith has resided in Montana
8 years, at Deer Lodge, Dillon and
lilies City. He formerly practiced law
Nth Judge Sanner at Miles City and
) at present member of the firm
( Norris, Hurd and Smith. He has
cen resident of Dillon this time
DR. the past eight years, and prior to
hat was at Deer Lodge, where he
erved as county attorney of Powell,
Re is a brother of former Gov. r.
J. Smith.
axe Medical Examinations.
Thirty applicants for licenses to
ractice medicine in Montana are TAX ,