The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-12-14
News of Montana
Brief Notes Concerning the
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Malta's new electric power plant is
now in operation.
The Billings sugar factory has con-
; cluded the shortest run in it's history.
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: Glasgow has just completed the in
! stallation of a modern fire alarm sys-
TEN.
Construction work has been started
on the new waterworks system at
Roman
A company has been Incorporated
at Helena capitalized at 100000 to
remodel and operate the Camas Hot
Springs health resort.
Permission for the holding of church
services in German in schoolhouse
near Stevensville has been withdrawn
by the officials of the school dis
trict.
The Great Northern railway has as
sured the state fuel commissioner that
it will cooperate in every way to as
sure an adequate supply of coal along
its lines in northern Montana this
winter.
Early day files of the Fergus Coun-
| ty Argus convinced Paul Beck of Lew
istown that he was 81 years of age
and incidentally released him from the
draft law, for which he had voluntarily
registered.
The new twO-milliOn dollar plant of
the Great Western Sugar company at
Missoula has started operations Fiji
teen thousand tons of beets comprises
the first seasons crop. the sugar from
which has already been Communicated
by federal agents who will market it
at $7.25 per hundred pounds.
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Tom Stout, former Montana con-
gresham, is still in France. Through
an error his name had been included
in published reports telling of the re-.
turn of the party of American SEN
ators and distinguished citizens who
had been visiting the war zone in
Europe.
The front and rear pull invention
for tractors devised by John p. Schmit
vice president of the First National
bank of Lewistown has just been sold
for 100000. In marketing his in
vention, Mr.. Schmit parted with ii
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still reaps a nice reward for his genius.
The first payment on the purchase has
just been made, Mr.. Schmit receiving
his share of the cash.
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w. l.. Beers, market specialist with
the state and federal extension service,
is authority for the statement that
100000 tons of hay will be available
for Montana farmers and stockmen
if it should be needed the coming Win
ter. He had located that amount dur
ing searching inquiry for feed that
might be offered for sale, he told \
meeting of farmers at Portage, which
was held for the purpose of securing
on hay conditions.
The 16-months-old child of John
Bean of Miles City, one of twin daugh-
tiers, was shot and killed by it's six
year-old brother. A girl of ten was
caring for the children; she went into
another room and the boz got re-
volver which was hanging on the wall
out of reach.
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committee of six members has
been appointed by the Great Falls
Commercial club to pass upon all cam
)aigns for funds during the period of
he war.
Forty cases of smallpox at Corvallis
md vicinity have alarmed the resi-
Tents of that locality.
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Richard Crompton, a ranchman liv-
ng near Ryegate who recently was ar
'ested on a charge of making false
lain for exemption from The draft,
vas discharged after being given
tearing before a United States com
missioner Champion has common
aw wife. When he claimed exemp-
ion he asserted that he was legally
married, and it was upon that state
nent the case against him was
ased.
Natives of Austria, Italy and Eng
and, in the order named, predomnatc
mong the foreign born elements that
we're registered in Silver Bow county
nder the provisions of the draft law,
ccording to the report of the county
oard The report shows that sc per
ent of all registered were NOT natives
f the United States.
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Stock commissioner L. C. Abbott[
as found two long, deep burrows in
ne ground near his ranch at Gilt Edge
lie believes fragments of a meteor
-ere responsible for the burrows, as
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