The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
News of Montana
Brief Notes Concerning the
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Over LOO Montana boys enlisted in
the navy In less than years time, ac-
cording to a telegram Adjutant Cen
eral Phil Greenan has received from
naval recruiting headquarters at Salt
Lake.
Sheriff J. T. Green of Missoula
county has turned over to the Mis-
soula chapter of the Red Cross a
check for S104, his share of pay for
work done in connection with the Sc
lective service act in the county.
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A fund of $4,000 is being raised
in Lewistown for the operation of the
chamber of commerce. One of the
| big things the chamber hopes to ac-
complish is the extension Of the Great
| Northern from Sidney to Fairview,
which would carry the line directly
| through the state reducing the mileage
and opening a rich wheat country In
Dawson county. The move is being
urged as a war measure.
Chancellor e. G.. Elliott has started
an Investigation to determine the truth
of reports reaching him that two coun-
| ty agricultural agents have been solic-
| iting members for the Non-partisan
| league Chancellor Elliott says such
soliciting must stop, if it is going on,
not because of the Non-partisan league
but because the agents are hired to do
certain work and have no right to
become involved in the work of any
organization or party.
The triplet children born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Davis, who live on a ranch
near Avon, are all dead. Mrs. Davis
was extremely low for several days
following the birth Of the triplets, but
is now growing stronger and is report
ed to be out of danger.
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F. F. Brown is in the Sweet Grass
county Jail at Big Timber as a result
of having remarked in a local garage
that "the Red Cross is half graft"
Alleging that it suffered 500 actual
loss through delay in delivery of two
messages concerning the sale of grain,
the Equity Cooperative association of
Belt has brought suit against the West
ern Union Telegraph company for 500
actual damages and 500 exemplary
damages. The costs of the suit are
also asked for.
Frank Stevens, a railroad laborer of |
Livingston, has inherited 100000, the |
estate of an uncle, John Stevens of |
Long Beach, Cal, according to word |
received in Livingston. Stevens is 80 |
years old and has worked hard all his |
life. The uncle, who was practically |
unknown to him, was interested in |
mining. Stevens postponed his we'd |
ding to Mrs. Alice Hatton of Butte, |
which was set for February II, until |
May 1, and left Immediately for Cal |
ifornia to secure his legacy.
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Plans are under way for the con-
struction in Billings of a six-story,
million-dollar building, partly on the
site of the present Grand hotel and
partly on two adjoining lots. When
completed it will be the largest and
most modern hosiery in Montana, To-
cal capitalists say.
Governor Stewart has received q
check for 500 033.51 from Washington,
5'per cent of the net pro-
eeeds from the the sale of public lands
in Montana for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1917. The check was en-
dorsed by the governor and turned
into the state treasury.
The following Montana men are re-
ported as lost in the Tuscania disaster
when that vessel was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine: John
Edwards, Butte; Marcus B. Cook,
Como; Elmer E. Cowan, Victor; Jack
J. Byrne, Butte; Chauneey J. David
son, Anaconda; Chas. E. Swanson,
Wagner.
The order from the milling division
If the food administration regarding
he closing of the Roundup flour mill
las been modified so as to permit them
% grind sufficient flour to supply :
ocal needs only. They are not al
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