The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-06-07
News Of Montana
Brief Notes Concerning the
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ny Tie government.
The four women proprietors of Lew
istown rooming houses, convicted and
fined 500 each for Bookkeeping, have
been cited to appear before the city
council and show cause why their II.
censes should not be forfeited. All
four cases have been appealed to the
district court.
Eugene Leak, a nine-year-old pupil
in st. Joseph's school at Missoula, was
. drowned when he attempted to cross
the swollen MissOula river on a cable.
the stream hand over hand, but drop
ped when he tried to pass a pulley on
the wire.
The last day upon which income
taxes may be paid in this state or dis
trict is June 10, not June /, as has
been enormously published in some
papers of the state. June l is the last
day upon which the office of the col
lector may send notices to taxpayers
of the taxes due from them.
The Wonderland Trail excursion of
300 autos from Port Arthur, Canada,
and places this side of there. is expect
ed to reach Glasgow June 49, The ex-
cursion will start from Port Arthur
June 10 with 20 cars, and pick up 9th
ers all along the route. Glasgow ex-
poets to add 20 or 80 cars to the party.
Keen interest is being manifested
Beaverhead Lamb Raising club in the
Over so Dillon children
have made application for orphan
lambs, and sheepmen of the country
have promised to supply all the lambs
the children can handle.
Temporarily insane, made so, it is
reported, by rumors circulated to the
effect the family was pro-German, Mrs.
Axel Anderson, wife of Lewistown
took a big dose of BELLA
donna with suicidal intent. She was
rushed to the hospital and will recover.
She is the mother of three children.
The formation of the Montana
Equity Elevator company has been an
by w. NJ. Burlingame, presi-
dent of the Montana State union,
American Society of Equity. The new
which is capitalized at ST.
100000, proposes to take under one
all the farmers eleva-
tors of the state.
Livingston taxpayers have voted to
issue $4,000 in bonds to build a res
ervoir and otherwise extend the mu-
nicipal water system.
Governor Stewart has issued a proc
Iamatien naming June 10 as Good
Roads day in Montana and calling upon
all the people to contribute labor, ma
terial or money.
David z. Folsom, Republican candi- 4
late for governor of Montana in 1900,
and one of the pioneers of this state, |
S dead at Palo Alto, Cal, where he
lad resided for the last II years.
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Late. reports show that Montana has
raised s$455,680 for the Red Cross,
most of the counties having gone over
heir allotments. State chairman E. G.
Day predicts that the final total will
)e S5OO,000.
Many persons are filing at the Great |
Falls landoffice on land north of that |
.ity that has been opened for home
stead entry. Recent figures show that |
I,0S1 have registered in the hope of |
getting some of the land, although |
here are only 275 quarter sections
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That the price of substitutes will
lave a 'sreaI drop in IL to IS days.
vas the assurance given the Butte
council by Prof. Alfred At |
,inson, federal food administrator for
Montana.
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Floyd O. Byrum, age II, and Rachel
age Is, who eloped from
Yhitefish and attempted to secure a
marriage license from the clerk of the
,Ourt at -Kalispell were arrested by
Deputy Humane Officer J. X. Lang,
md Byrum was placed under $1,000
,onds for perjury. He gave his age
IS 81 and that of the girl, is. Byrum
ave his residence as Oakesdale,
Believing that fair Is the best L
means of stirring up interest that will
esult in a larger crop production and
hat this should be encouraged now Of
II times, Kalispell business men will
irculate a petition asking the Flat
ead county commissioners to make
n appropriation for fair this year.
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Plans for the construction of Mis-
oula's swimming pool have been pre-
AIRED and contracts will be awarded
4 the near future so that the children
hay make use of it this season.
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Some time within the next month 1t
, expected that bids Will be requested