The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-06-21

The drawing for government lands
on the Teton strip has taken place al
the Great Falls land office. There are
| 275 homesteads In the strip, and 4,794
people had filed on the land. Edwin
Mathieson of Carter County drew the
| first number.
Samuel McKenna, president of the
Union Bank and Trust company of
Helena, has been named by Lewis
Penwell, chief Of the wool division
Of the war industries board, to repre-
sent the division in Montana.
Actual surveying for the route of the
proposed Gardiner-Cooke City Transit
company's railroad will be done at
once, and surveying party has left
Billings to initiate a survey on the
line that will tap the rich mineral re-
sources Of the Cooke City district.
NJ Stein has been appointed civilian
director of the Montana State Prison
band, and has arrived in Deer Lodge
with his family from Harlowton. He
was formerly director of the Calumet
& Hecla band in Calumet, Mich.
+ Only cash, bonds or other negotiable
securities can be deposited with the
state industrial accident board under
the provisions of the law requiring in
surance companies to make deposits to
guarantee the payment of compensa-
ton claims of employees of companies
carrying their insurance under Plan 2.
Attorney General S. G. Ford has so
advised the accident board and he
holds surety bonds do not comply with
he provisions of the law.
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Butte plumbing contractors have
withdrawn the offer of 10 per cent in
crease in pay offered the striking cleo
tricians and plumbers. This means
that the efforts at compromising the
trouble have failed. The contractors
got no response from the strikers. AS
result of the trouble several buildings
will be delayed in completion.
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AT present there is a sufficient sup
ply of farm labor in Montana, accord
ing to reports of the federal labor bu-
reau in charge of Thomas Topping.
However, the demand will be greatly
increased at harvest time, and the bu-
reau is making preparations to fill it
then.
Governor Sam V. Stewart has issued
a proclamation urging the people not
TO enter the forests unless it is abso-
lutely necessary, and to exercise the
greatest care to avoid starting fires, if
they must go in.
The Corvallis cheese factory, burned
down last December, again has got ON
it's feet and is doing business. The
first cheese manufactured at Corvallis
since the fire has just been turned out
Game Warden ]. L. DeHart has fl
nally received assurances that the
state fish car will be transported over
The railroad lines in Montana under the
same conditions as were in effect be-
fore the government took over the
railroads.
E. A. Morley, former railroad COM
missioner of Montana, has become gen.
.ral manager of the Refrigerator Car |
company, with headquarters in Chi |
,ago.
The activities of the war savings |
oan campaign are being extended to
every nook and corner Of the state.
Big preparations are being made for
he intensive drive which will culmi-
late in community meetings and which
will be held in every school district
r. other designated subdivision through
,ut the state on June %.
The Montana railroad commission
las set for hearing the following
.ases: Depot facilities at Lothair,
Tune II; depot facilities at Frazer,
rune 10; electric light rates at Home
Itead and Medicine Lake, June 10;
electric light rates at Baconville, June
O: meter regulations Butte City Water
ompany June 26; telephone exchange
ABILITIES at Salesville, June 81.
A banquet with 100 covers was given
Dr.. r. w. Hopkins, chiropractor. by
riends at Helena cafe. DIR. HOPKINS
ad Just finished three months in Jail
or practicing chiropractic without a
cense.
The funeral of the late A. III. Bar
ct, Montana pioneer and former state
reasurer. who died in Wichita, Kan,
ras held in Helena under Masonic
uspices. Masons from all sections of
Iontana attended.
Thirty-three young men from the
ate college at Bozeman are learning
, be army officers. They finished the
BRING quarter of the school last week
nd left Immediately for the Preside,
an Francisco. where they are taking
le one months coprse of training for
lie students reserve officers training
imp.