The circle banner., 1916-05-19
MONTANA ELK ARE
KILLED FOR TEETH
eEVENTY-THREE TAME ANIMALS
SLAIN NEAR PARk-MANY
ARRESTS EXPECTED.
TWO STATE CONTESTS HELD
Montana College Student Found Best
Extemporaneous epsaker-atats
University Candidate Wins
OratorieaI Contest.

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State Game Warden De Hart ar
nounced that warrants would be Il
sued for suspects In the slaughter G
73 elk In the Yellowstone park couI
try. The animals we're killed To-
their teeth. A large corps OF gam
wardens have been accumulating evi
dence and some sensational develop
ments have been predicted.
The Cedar Creek basin lies nortl
of Yellowstone park In a heavily tim
bered section. The country is favor
ite resort Of game animals, which wan
der out of the park for the excellen
| feed found in that territory. The ell
are especially tame and it was ne
trouble at all for the vandals to exter
| inmate the animals they encountered
No meaner ofierse against -he game
laws Of Montana has been noted In
many years. The officers have devel
oped clues which they believe will lead
men, or at least a number of them.
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Winners In State Contest.
Lee Park, representing the Montana
State College, won the state intercol.
leg1ate extemporaneous speaking con-
test here. and Bruce Hopper of the
State university won the intercollegi-
ate oratorical contest. No second or
third place winners were announced.
Forest Werth of Montana Wesleyan
university, Lee Park of Montana State
college and Miss Edna Voigt of the
State Normal college were the con-
testants In the extemporaneous speak
ing contest; In the oratorical contest,
the speakers were: Bruce Hopper Of
the university. Henry Hoffland of the
State Normal, Llewellyn Luce of Mon
tana State college and Walter Alfred
of the Wesleyan university.
Lee Park, extemporaneous winner,
spoke on the subject ''Watchful wait
Ing has failed to help Mexico and has
proved costly to the United States"
The subject of the winning Grafton
written and delivered by Bruce Hop
per, was THE Scaffold" Judges were
Bruce Milligan of Butte, Attorney H.
G. Miller of Livingston and Attorney
George Y. Patten of Bozeman.
lnspects Farm Loan Lands.
Although George Hill, who is con-
testing the validity of the Montana
farm loan act, has appealed from the
decision of Judge r. Lee Word. de-
nying an Injunction against State
Treasurer Rae to restrain him from
certifying to the bonds, the state
treasurer is going ahead with plans
for issuing the bonds which are to
Of Portland, Ore
A. D. Stillman left on a tour of in
spection of the lands which are Of
tered as security for the first issue
Of 100000 of bonds and upon his
report will depend the prompt ac-
,eptance of the mortgages. Mr.. Still
nan will first inspect the lands in
3eaverhead county, which are offered |
Is securities for $4,000 of bonds. The |
ands for the remaining s65,000 are To- |
lated in Missoula, Ravalli and San |
lers counties. He expects to have his |
eport ready shortly.
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\ccepts Stewards invitation.
Governor L. B. Hanna of North Da-
.ota has accepted an invitation extend
d by Governor S. V. Stewart to be
resent at the Miles City Roundup.
lama will be accompanied by several
MEMBERS of his staff. Governor Stew
rt is now planning to pay a visit to
Iorth Dakota In response to an invita-
ion rendered by Governor Hanna, and
I'LL attend the dedication of the Red
rail bridge across the Little Mis-
ouri river at Medora on July "a and
ate Hearing Concluded.
The lumber rate hearing has final
: been concluded and taken under
H. G. Miller, operating
Columbia Falls, testified to condi-
ons in Flathead and Lincoln coun-
es, and expressed the opinion that
10 interstate commerce commission
as fully informed of conditions in
ontana when it made its order in
q Bonner's Ferry case. He believes
at the proposed rates of the Great
orthern will give substantial justice
all operators.
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Nine members of the Montana
.hool of Mines graduating class have
It Butte for Alaska for the annual
Id work of the final course of the
llegiate year.
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vo Seek Reelection.
Chief Justice Theodore Brantly Of
3 supreme court, and E. A. Morley
the Montana railroad commission,
We declared themselves rs candi-
tes for the nomination on the repub-
an ticket to succeed themselves. IF
am nominated and elected" says
dge Brantly, Il will, during my term
Office, devote all my time and abil- !,
to the discharge OF the duties ap- 9
-taining to It," Commissioner Nor
promises to discharge his duties :
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