The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-11-30
MINING COMPANIES
ARE BEING PROBED
INVESTIGATORS NOW AT WORK
ON BOOKS OF BEAR CREEK
COAL CONCERNS.
NEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITY
Bankers Insurance Company Being
Looked Into by Insurance De-
partments of Three States
Bakers Follow Rules.

Bakers Follow Rules.
Helena.-In into the rea-
condolences of prices charged for coal
Mt Montana mines has been started IN
Carbon county fields by A. Il. Peter
son. agent of the federal trade com.
mission. assisted by John b. Sander
son. state coal mining inspector, ana
force of eight accountants from the
state capitol; who have been deputiZ-
ed as agents of the trade commission
at salaries of one dollar a year. The
inspecting force will go over the BOOKS
of the operators in the Red Lodge
and Bear Creek fields.
Mr.. Patterson held conference with
Governor Stewart, and eXplainer he
needed assistants. The state bank eX-
aminer's office, the highway commits
sion and the industrial accident board
contributed eight men to assist him.
The investigation into the costs ut
all the Montana mines will require
about 10 days, said Mr.. Peterson. The
data will be forwarded to the federal
trade commission. which will then no
tify Fuel administrator Garfield of
its findings. upon which he will def
nitely fix the Montana prices.
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Investigating Insurance Company.
How the Bankers Insurance COM
pany of this city was able cooperate
in North Dakota and South Dakota
when the laws of those states provide
that such a company must have at
least 100000 paid up capital, and such
facts as have been adduced up to the
present time show the Bankers COM
pany only had 100000. is one of the
matters that the investigators from
those states will attempt to solve.
The investigation has been formally
begun by representatives of the in
surance departments of Montana
North and South Dakota in the offices
of the company at Park and Edwards |
street They have not proceeded far
enough with the probe to be able to
reach any conclusions regarding the |
financial affairs of the company and |
1t may be several days before even |
Apples Still on Trees.
Thousands of apples, frosted and |
worthless. are TO be seen still hanging |
from trees in the Bitter Root valley,
according to I. G. Arthur, deputy state
dairy commissioner, who has returned
from a trip through western Montana.
Mcintosh apples are retailing in Ham
ilt0n at 80 cents a box, said Mr.. Ar
thur.
Scarcity of labor and lack of proper
marketing facilities. according to Mr..
Arthur are responsible for the waste
in the Bitter Root.
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No Damage for Lost Toes.
Peter O'Brien escaped from the pest
house in Butte on a winter night.
scantily clad. When re-apprehended,
he had lost several toes by frOstbite.
He sued the county for damages, al
Ieging that he was out of his head,
and criminal negligence on the part
of his guards allowed his escape. The
district court non-suited him and the
supreme court has affirmed that de.
cisiOn.
Houses Must Stay Closed.
The supreme court has denied the
of C. w. Young and John
Doe Murdoch of Havre for stay of
execution in the abatement cases in
stituted against them by Attorney
General S. c. Ford. The houses own
ed by the men were ordered closed
upon the grounds they had been used
for immoral purposes.
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Bakers Willingly Comply.
J. f. O'Connell, leader of this sec
ton of the war emergency organiza-
ton of the baking industry, states that
the bakers of the district will comply
readily with the licenses. These reg
ulations. which go into effect on De-
-, necessitate a study of new
of mixing, fermentation, ;
molding and baking, and will result
in different flavor.
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No Advance in Grazing Fees. 4
Advance in grazing fees in the ma
tional forests will be deferred for the
present. according to information just
received by Supervisor J. b. Seely of .
fhe Helena forest. The decision was
made by Secretary of Agriculture I
Houston in letter addressed to the
American National Livestock associa- :
ton and the National Wool Growers |
association.
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Best November Yet. {
All things considered, this month so
FAR has been the best and most pleas
ant weather that Helena has expe-
rienced in November since the United :
States weather bureau station was !
opened here SO years ago, according
% Fred L. Disterdick, assistant observ-
.r. Thus far this month there has
,aon no nrecipitatiOn in the Capital