The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-11-30
News of Montana
Brief Notes Concerning the
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International Livestock exposition in
Portland, Oregon. Oregon Agricultu-
raj college was second.
The city council of Helena has pass
ed an ordinance providing for the
weighing of all coal on city scales. No
charge will be made for this service.
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CulbertsOn, q town of 600 inhabi-
tants in Sheridan county, has raised Il
fund of $1,000 for the purchase of an
ambulance to be used at the front.
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Mrs. Dorothy Thumma, charged with
the murder of Joe Woods, Great
Northern fireman at Whitefish. Sep
TENDER 30. was acquitted by the jury
after being out about II hours.
Hay has dropped four dollars Il ton
in value during the past month in
Madison county because of the fair
open weather that has prevailed all
fall. according to ID. W. Raymond
secretary of the state livestock board
who has returned to Helena from Il
visit there.
Failure of the Havre Natural Gas
company to strike Il flow of gas in
its second well was as disappointing
to consumers as it was to the company.
for the concern has now notified pa
irons it must discontinue service for
heating purposes and confine it to
cooking and hot water heating.
Acting on the advice of Health Com
missioner SteitZ, the vocational con
gress to have been held in Bozeman
for the high school girls of Montana,
has been indefinitely postponed. The
health official called attention to the
danger from further spread of the
scarlet fever epidemic HOW prevalent
in many parts of the state. Fear that
other contagious diseases might be
spread by the gathering also influ.
enced the situation.
The sheriff of Fergus county has
caused the arrest of Amos Holt. an
EverSOn rancher. on the charge of al
lowing Russian thistle to 90 to seed
on his place. This arrest is the first
one of the kind in the county.
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Mayor c. II. MalOney of Butte has
summarily revoked the licenses of the
Butte Coal company and the indie
pendent Coal company because those
concerns had been found delivering
short weight tons of coal.
The Great Falls Cooks and Walters
union unanimously decided at recent |
meeting to declare wakout at any
cafe, restaurant or hotel that fails to |
comply with the program of the food |
movement for u meat |
less and wheatless day.
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While operating Il traction pillow out |
fit at night near Conrad, to which was
a heavy soil packer John Al
lison fell from his seat, and the big |
packer passed over his body. injuring
him so badly that he died few hours
later.
Not in years has elk hunting been
so poor along the boundaries of Vel
lowstone park as it has this year. be-
cause there has been no snow to drive
the animals across the line, accord
ing to James Friend. forest ranger
stationed at Buffalo Rock.
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The state supreme court has af-
firmed the district court at Butte in
finding Frank Fisher and John O'Neil
guilty of murder in the first degree
for killing Thomas Higgins three
years ago while attempting to hold
him up They are under sentence
of death.
Although MOntana's quota of the
S35 100000 fund for Y. NJ. C. A. war
work was placed at $4,000, subscrip-
lions in the state will probably reach
when all the districts are
heard from.
The state railroad commission will
act on charge that the coal shortage
in Montana is due partly to car short
age at the Bear Creek mines. Reports
of inability to secure fuel, made by
Gov. Sam V. Stewart, were turned
over to the commission which has set
a hearing at Billings, November 81, oD
the matter.
The state public utilities commits
sion. in Il decision rendered on the
petition of Butte milk dealers, for bet
ter and more expeditions service on
the part of the common carriers, cen
sured all concerned for the manner in
which the city's milk supply had been
handled and specified a number of i'm
in service which the car
riers must make.
T. G. Wetter, recently indicted in
Chicago by a federal grand jury in
with /. w. w. activities,
has been arrested in Montana, accord.
ing to word received in Helena.
Flowing at night is in progress in
various parts of the Judith basin.
is all in, but the weather