The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-06-15
ANIMALS FOUND TO BE INFECTED
WITH RABIES AND ExTERMI-
NATION is PLANNED.
HAPPENINGS AT STATE HOUSE
What 10 Transpiring In the Different
Departments Where the Affairs of
State Government Are Ad-
ministered.
Helena.


| display powers of other days, and the
old "six-gun" and rifle are being taker
from the racks, oiled and polished, fol
the decree has gone forth Throughout
the state that the coyote must be ex
terminated.
X. E. Bateman, state animal iHspec
tor, has reported to State Veterinarian
w. j. Butler his plan to exterminate
the coyote, and has received approval
An army of the best shots in the
state will be sent out soon with the
expressed intention of killing every
coyote encountered.
Evidence has been found that the
coyotes are infected with rabies. A
cow in the southern part of the state
was found to be infected after having
been bitten, and to confirm the analy-
sis made here the brain was sent to
Washington, where a positive report
was made.
Coyotes and wolves, when infected
with rabies will attack any living
thing they see," said Mr.. Butler.
I'VE mean to go after this thing
right and before we are through there
will be lot of pelts hanging around.
For a long time Montana has paid
a bounty for coyotes and wolves, but
there is suspicion that the animals
are being bred for the bounty offered.
Rabies are the terror of the sheep
and cattle men, and everything pos
sible will be done to prevent the
spread of the disease"
Montana Leads Them All.
Montana leads every state in the
union in new settlers, and therefore
leads in amount of land surveyed by
the government, according to Frank
M. Johnson Of Denver, supervisor of
surveys for the United States and
Alaska, has been in the city. on his
annual visit TO the district offices.
1.-THE reason Montana leads in sur
veys is because the amount of work
to be done is judged by the number
of settlers coming to the state" said
Mr.. Johnson. Montana leads in
this respect. In the appropriations
made this year the allotment equals
last year.
Our men will be kept in the field
as their service is considered essen
tial to the progress of the country
in war time. Of the 100000 acres
to be surveyed in the United States
and Alaska, 100000 acres will be
surveyed in this state, requiring the
services of $50 engineers"
Ford Busy on Probe.
Attorney General Ford has been in
Great Falls, where the grand jury
specially called and resumed it's probe
of the red light graft scandal.
The attorney general says that the
evidence is being submitted by the
women of the underworld, who claim
that Dorothy Hazard collected some
thing like $4,000 from them on the
representation that the county attor-
ney, the sheriff and the police of
Great Falls, The newspapers and the
attorney general himself were to be
fixed"
The probe is for the purpose of
whether money was
paid to any CT the officials whose
names were used by the Hazard
woman during her campaign of col
Getting in the red light district
Montana Appropriations.
A Washington dispatch says, House
md Senate conferees on the sundry
'ivil appropriation bill have agreed on
he following Montana items:
Glacier National park road, s115,-
100; enlarging fish hatchery at Boze-
nan, $4,000; Huntley reclamation pro
ect, $171,000; Milk river project,
100000; Sun river project, s12S,O00;
1ower Yellowstone project, $4,000.
To Probe Charge Against Rowe.
The state board of education has |
assed resolution authorizing Chan
ellor E. c. Elliott of the University |
f Montana to investigate a report |
hat Professor j. R. Rowe of the de-
artment of geology at the state uni
ersity at Missoula was permitting his
anne to be used in oil stock promo
ion.
Montana DEGREES Upheld.
Montana DEGREES UNFOLDING the legal
y of the sale of the PARROT Silver
nd Copper Co., to the Anaconda Cop
er Mining Co., by Henry r. Rogers
nd associates have been sustained by
lie United States supreme court. The
ecision was in the suit brought by
.ockholders of the former company
, prevent the sale on the grounds of
aud.
win Supply Farm Labor.
Complete plans for efficient distri-
ltion of farm labor to handle Mon
mas crop this season have been de-
ded upon by the Montana central
Dor bureau of which E. L. Currier
the department of farm manage
ent of Montana State college has
zen called to head. A county agency
III be established in every county In
g state. Working under him will
} the community" representatives
ho will report to the county heads
e labor condition, If shortage of
Dor to handle the farm crops pre-