The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-10

Pm RliilfHfS " ittitt, MOOl buyers
or Boston, is authority for the state
ment that the lamb crop in Montana
has been approximately. 100 per cent
i this season. -1.
State Fuel Administrator w. J. Swim
dlehnrst has announced that the ma
! tional fuel administration has raised
the price of coal at the mines in Mon
tana 80 cents. This is the figure pre-
vailing before March II, when a re-
| duction was made in the hope of induc-
| ing the people to store coal.
Action on the applications of the va
rious counties for federal road aid is
being held up because of the scarcity
of craftsmen and surveyors. The
state highway commission is expert
encing considerable difficulty in pro-.
curing the services of sufficient num-
Der of men to carry on the work. Two
parties of surveyors are now in the
field and others will be sent out as
fast as they can be assembled.
Probably the smallest newspaper
ever issued in Montana is the Opt.
mist, weekly newspaper which has
just made its appearance at Outlook, a
town on the 500 Line northwest of
Plentywood. The Optimist, while it
consists of eight pages, is but three
columns in width.
Attorney General s. G.. Ford has or
dered the arrest of 20 leading citizens
of Miles City, charged with kidnapping
an organizer for the Nonpartison
league. The organizer was scheduled
to hold meeting at Miles City April
z, but was forcibly escorted to a train.
The citizens involved deny the kidnap-
ing charge.
The naval recruiting station at Boze- |
man is to be closed soon and moved |
to Glendive. This arrangement is be- |
heved to be best for the reason that |
there is no recruiting station in the
extreme eastern part of the state.
Notices have been posted in the East
Helena smelter of the American Smelt-
ng Refining company announcing
/ voluntary increase of % cents day
)loyes.
John Whiteside, only son of State
senator and Mrs. Fred Whiteside, died
It his home in Kalispell of pneumonia.
lie was first stricken at Laramie,
Vyo., and started for home arriving
Ipril IA. He was % years of age.
A new agreement has been entered
alto between the Clerks union and the
Ierchants' association of Great Falls.
king eight O'Clock as the opening time ,
f all stores the year round Hereto
ore stores have opened at Z 80 o'clock )
rom May 1 to October l..
b. f. Lansing, farmer of Ovando, {
Dwell county, will answer to a charge
sedition preferred by his own sons. I
ansing is alleged to have made sedi- 9
Gus utterances against the govern 7
lent. t
Boys at the ST. Joseph's Orphans
Dme in Helena have been presented
18th full set of band instruments &
7 the knights of Columbus and other
I'll |
nights of Columbus is planning to
ny uniforms for the band.
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Montana has passed the half million q
,llar mark for this month in the sale
thrift stamps, according to Assis-
mt Postmaster G. B. Anderson of Of
elena, to whom the reports for the 1T
ate are made by the county chair SC
en-. The state is, however, far be- lie
nd its quota, which is 100000 for 81
e year. eN
Chairman A. f. Spriggs of the state kt
dustrial accident board has written ell
nator Hoke Smith of Georgia, ask co
G that his bill for the establishment I'm
orthopedic hospitals, with auxiliary tn
,rkshops for the cure of crippled lie;
ldiers and sailors be broadened so co
to admit as patients all persons en-
eding such treatment, however in tel
red, whether in war or industry or By tic
rsonal accident. ws
str
new kind of Stacker has been dis lar
vered in Butte. He is the man who nm
rs into grocery store and purchases sal
cents forth of graduated sugar do,
IN enters restaurant, takes the ira
ckage from his pocket and proceeds ore
sweeten his coffee to suit his taste. inv
fontana Red Cross officials have -
n notified from Washington that W
war department has decided to use
t William Henry Harrison at Hell Civ
and Fort Missoula at Missoula,
base hospitals for the reclamation
oershing's casualties.
ravel pit crews and a number Of ligt
ms have resumed work on the A. two
Yellowstone county highway, the
oh will starf IN tho hill 90 81 ~ NIL In II