The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-08-31
MAS0NS Of STATE
ADJOURN MEETING
HELENA CONVENTION ELECTS
OFFICERS AND GIVES 1918
GATHERING TO BILLINGS
NEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITY
Disastrous Forest Fire Raging Near
Observation-Disclosures University
Will Educate Student Sent
Here by China

Here by China
Helena-The Grand lodge of Mon
tana Masons has closed it's session
here. Billings was awarded the 191;
convention.
The following officers were elected
Francis D. Jones of Kalispell, CRANE
master, Ernest Hutchinson, White
fish, deputy grand master; w. L
Parmelee, Butte, senior grand warden
r. A. Hathaway, Glendive, junior
grand warden; Richard Lockey, Hell
ena, grand treasurer; Cornelius
Hedges, Jr., Helena, grand secretary
and DR.. o. NJ. Landstrum, Helena, Ma
sonic home trustee.
The following officers were ap-
pointed
Frank P. Lewis, Bozeman, grand
chaplain; c. S. Bell, Billings, grand
marshal; Henry G. Smith, Miles City
senior grand deacon; ]. NJ. Charteris
Great Falls, grand standard bearer
DIR. A. L. Ward, Havre, grand sword
bearer; w. ]. Foreman, Virginia City,
grand tyler.
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Forest Fire Spreading
The forest fire in the vicinity of
Missoula is much more serious than at
first reported. A call has been made
for 70 men to take immediate action
. in checking the spread Of the confla-
grafton and 80 men were sent from
Butte to aid in the work.
In the immediate territory surround
city are reported the most serious of
the fires, much lumber being in dan
ger if the flames are not gotten under
control soon.
At Thelmae, this side of Missoula,
a squad of men is battling against the
fires and reinforcements are sought
to give strength at this point.
Spokane forestry men report similar
conditions in that region and large
numbers of men have been sent out
from that point to fight the fires
which are threatening the extensive
forestry tracts of Idaho and the imme-
diate vicinity of Spokane.
XXX
Capital Wasps Are Gone
A swarm of wasps that had held
the state capitol approach here. for
weeks was ousted by tourist photog
rapher who relieved the statehouse
of the pests by the simple method of
conveying them away on his person.
The wasps had built their palace under
the front walk near the main stair
and everybody from the governor down
had been giving them a wide berth.
A traveller setting up his tripod to take
a picture of the capitol city innocent
ly put one leg of the stand in a knot
hole which led to the nest. Five min
uteS later all the wasps were gone
and so was the tourist.
X Xxx
Chinese Student Coming
Chancellor E. c. Elliott has been adj
vised by Y. L. Tsur, president of Using |
Hua college, Picking, China, that one
OF the 80 students to be sent to the |
United States by the Chinese govern
ment to be educated here will be sent |
to Montana. The student to come to
is Hueng Chin. He will spe-
cialiZe in economics.
President Tsur formerly studied IN
der Chancellor Elliott at the Univel
sity of WISCONSIN. Using Hua college
was founded with the Boxer indemnity
funds returned to China by the United
States.
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Hail Hurts Tooe Crops
Three thousand acres in Toole coun
y farms, insured under the provisions
If the state hail insurance law, were
damaged by hail recently according to
.. X. Bowman, chairman of the state
lail insurance board, who has return
ID from making an investigation.
losses ranged from practically nothing
o complete destruction and averaged
bout 40 per cent over the 5000 acres,
Ir. Bowman says.
The hail lay from three to five
inches deep on the ground after the
torn passed.
Suspenders Cut His Throat
The state compensation board has
ad it's first appeal from man injur-
d by suspender.
Art Thompson of Bozeman was en-
Logged by the Piper Construction Co.
While stopping to lift loaded wheel
arrow, his suspenders broke under
be strain. The buckle flew up and
tipped Thompson under the chin and
early severed the jugular vein.
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Reports from st. Paul indicate that 6
any cars of Montana beeves are being s
,ceived daily at the stockyards there. t
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