The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-03-01
DEALERS REFUSE
COAL SHIPMENTS
ORDER FROM SEVERAL MINES TO
BE SURE THEIR ORDERS
ARE FILLED.
NEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITY
Prohibitionists Willing to Wait Until
First of Year for Drouth.-Coun-
ty Officials May Be Drafted
in Certain Instances.

Helena.-Several complaints have
made to State Fuel Administrator
SwindIehurst that coal shipments have
been refused by dealers after arrival
at their destination. In several in
stances jobbers, who were originally
responsible for the shipments, have
but in all cases the railroad equip
ment was tied up unnecessarily long
Investigation has disclosed that
some of the shipments were made by
jobbers without orders and that in
other cases retail dealers ordered from
several sources TO make sure that their
orders would be filled, if not from one
source, then from another. After their
sheds were filled and the warm wealth
er caused a slump in the coal demand,
they began TO refuse these shipments.
The fuel administrator of Wyoming
has notified Administrator Swindle-
hurst that this same practice has been
followed in Wyoming. Under the reg
ulations prescribed by the federal fuel
administrator all unclaimed coal ship
ments can be seized and sold. The
practice of sending coal out promiscu-
Ously or ordering several cars when
only one can be used is damaging to
the work being done by the fuel admin
istration. and the administrators of
and Montana are determined
that the practice must be stopped at
once.
THE new demurrage rates put into
effect by the director general of rail
roads will have a tendency to make
jobbers stop shipping coal without or
ders," said Administrator Swindle-
hurst. "but the higher rates have not
had the desired effect in all cases.
It looks as if more drastic steps would
have to be taken. and | may add that
his administration has already put |
t up to the United States fuel admin |
strator to inaugurate a plan that will |
make it too costly for jObbers and re- |
all dealers to take chance on tying |
Up railroad equipment in the future"
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Prohibitionists Willing to Wait.
The petition presented in the house |
)y Mary NJ White and other signers, |
asking that prohibition be put into eff
,ect Immediately in Montana, has not
,een endorsed by the Anti-saloon
eague. according to the Rev. Joseph
i. Pope. state superintendent, who
anne to Helena to attend the annual
Meeting of the league.
The superintendent said that the
eague is not urging that prohibition
ecome effective in Montana prior to
anuary l. 1919, as stipulated by the
aw initiated at the general election
november Z, 1916. In his annuaN re-
ort submitted to the convention, he
aid that there was no organized oppo-
ition to the ratification of the nation
prohibition amendment and that APP
arently the legislators would consid-
r the question from the viewpoint
nat the people of Montana had al
sady spoken on the matter.
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May Draft County Officials.
Adjutant General Phil Greenan has
cen advised by Provost Marshal Gen
al Crowder that no exemption shall
2 granted in the case of county Of
GERS of draft age when their offices
In be filled by appointment. The rul-
e. it is understood, applies to all
her offices that can be filled in the
lme manner.
General Crowder also directs that
ustrians who were naturalized prior
December Z, 1917. the date of the
.claration of war against Austria. are
IT exempt from the selectiye service l
aft. The question of alienage is not
be taken into consideration in the v
ses of naturalized citizens except | q
len their loyalty is questioned, in
lich case the matter should be refer d
d to the adjutant general. s
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Lutheran War Fund.
t conference held here plans were
lde for the campaign to raise $10,- P
,, the amount asked of Montana Lu- Il
,rans for the war time service fund
S750,000 which is to be raised
'oughout the nation. The fund is
be expended under the direction of d
, national Lutheran commission for
diers' and sailors welfare.
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Quarantine Raised.
Members of the board of health
re lifted the quarantine in this city.
public places that had been closed fc
persons under 81 years of age are
pened Dances may be resumed n
e suspension order is temporary,
if conditions continue to improve
will be made permanent.
X T.
Clubhouse Planned.
lans to raise $4,000 for the build
of first class clubhouse and play \
und at st. Mary's Catholic church
this city are being formulated. ac-