The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-06-28
News of Montana
Brief Notes Concerning the
y y Treasure State = =

| State college opened in Bozeman with
| an attendance of about 200. This is
considerably more than the directors
result some difficulty is being expert
enced in housing them all.
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The new jail erected at Harlowton
for Wheatland county has been com
| pleted and is now being occupied
| total of Is prisoners having been in
stalled with the completion of the
structure. The building, which cost
$4,000, has a capacity of 80 prisoners.
A fine of $4,000 was imposed on
Anton Schaefer, well-to-do land owner
of Fergus county, who was found
guilty of sedition-
No harness races will be held at the
State fair this year owing to a lack of
good horses of this type in Montana.
Bert Gardiner, age 80, was drowned
at the Bonner power dam at Missoula
while attempting to pull small boat
ashore. The boat swung into the cur
rent and dragged Gardiner over the
dam to the rocks below.
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Brownie Burke of Helena, who re-
Gently enlisted in the army and was
assigned to headquarters of the Goth
division in a Texas army camp, has
hQ2n nrdnro6 10 OF ocf
ing to card received in Helena from
him..
Mrs. Ann Gray of Billings and James
Rawley of Greybull, Wyo., each GA |
years of age, were married in Billings. |
III. 5. Magraw, superintendent of |
banks for Montana, has called the
bankers of the state institutions 70 |
meet in Helena June 90 to organize
a state association, in compliance with
the plan of the national association of
state banks, adopted recently at Hot
Springs, Ark.
BY lighting a match. William Nc
Grath, Silver Bow county road super
visor, found there was still some gaso-
line in the tank of his automobile. The
machine was in the basement of his
home. McGrath escaped without in
Jury and the fire department put out
he flames of the automobile before
hey could spread.
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Rex Chappell, for the past two years
member of the staff of Bank Exam
ner III. S. Magraw, has gone to Conrad,
o become cashier of the Pondera Ma
iOnal bank.
c. r. Leonard of Butte, David Hilger
# Lewistown and William Lindsay of |
composing the state board 7
# tax commissioners, met at the capt. l
al last week to consider the matter of j
he proper assessments to be made t
pom telegraph and telephone COM t
anies in the state. S
Livingston is to have new 1.0OO,- O
90 gallon water reservoir The city d
ouncil is advertising for bids for the b
obstruction of the tank and also for r
laking the necessary pipe extensions. d
he city expects to have the reservoir
/ service before winter comes. !;
Two teams of gopher killers bagged 9,
81 ground SQUIRRELS In a contest W
cid at Springhill, near Bozeman. The h
inning team brought IN LILO tails, 2.
nd the losers bagged 761, :,
Silver Bow county's total contribu- 2,
on to the Golfers of the government +,
nd war activities amounts to ST. fo
1920. -
State Fire Marshal A.. f. Ecklund -
ates that the new federal law to pun .,
wilful injury or destruction of war h,
aterial or utilities in connection with =,
ar material and for other purposes, =,
III reach many incendiaries. A pen
ty of $4,000 and 80 years in prison
the maximum. C
The Butte Newspaper Writer'S asso-
alton will purchase a service flag
tn 10 stars, representing approxi-
ltely 90 per cent of the members of -,
e association, establishing a record ~,
equalled by any other organization 40.
Butte. "a
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Seven alleged draft deserters picked sn
by Butte officials were sent to "u
1erican lake in chains under guard ~, ~
a squad of soldiers. ~
ar
Because J. A. Schroeder, owner of
bakery at Anaconda, failed to OBJ hle
We the rules of the state food adj mo
nistration, he will pay into the fund the
the Anaconda war chest the sum of Du
10 and cease the manufacture Of sid
bakery products except bread and PEI
Is until August /. wa
ire of unknown origin practically ma
troyed ne of the warehouses of ter
Montana Mattress company in ant
tie, entailing loss estimated at Ne
600 ent
he forest fire situation in Montana, El
no and eastern Washington is
atlv iOnrovod tboplyc ~ o~s,A