The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-12-13
MONTANA NOTES
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSELY TOLD

has been modified in its application
to mercantile establishments to permit
opening for Guinness in limited way.
to a store at one time, the number
being determined by the air space of
the various buildings. To prevent cir
convention of the quarantine order,
pneumonia was declared commune
cable and contagious disease.
If present plans are carried out, an
automobile, tractor and farm imple-
ment show will be held in Great Falls
in the spring that will be the largest
exposition of its kind Montana has
ever seen, and will be state affair
in magnitude.
Adjutant General Phil Greenan has
been officially Informed by the navy
department that all induction of reg
istrants into the navy and marine
corps has ceased. Volunteer enlist
ments in these services will now be
permitted without notice to local draft
boards.
Federal supervision through the cap
ital issues committee of securities has
ceased, State Auditor r. G. Poland has
been informed, on issues below $780,
900. This leaves the state blue sky
law the only statute operative upon
issues of less than 100000.
d. r. Atchison, candy and ice
cream merchant of Livingston, has do
mated $50 pounds of sugar to the Red
Cross of Park county rather than have
the food administration in Montana
prepare case against him for viola
ton of rules. Last summer it is al
legged the man falsely filed a state
ment as a retailer and obtained sugar
allotments. Later he refused to an
swer correspondence on the subject
A decision of the public utilities
commission requires that the Montana
Power. company make good on an OPP
ton executed in September. 1915, to
same rate for furnishing electric power
for operating the pumping plant of
the city water works at Kalispell.
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The Anaconda Copper Mining com
panX has paid in taxes in the several
counties where IT owns property a total
of 81, 10S000, according to compila-
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pany's tax commissioner. In Silver
Bow county the company's taxes for
1918 aggregated 100000, exclusive of
the license tax that was paid in June.
The influenza epidemic in Montana
wakes as strong as ever, judging by
the reports of new cases last week
being received by the state board of
health. Mortality statistics for Octo-
Der, just compiled by the state board
of health, show there were SIC deaths
in Montana that month from all forms
of pneumonia, of which 100 occurred
from influenza and 6S1 from Influenza
pneumonia.
The authorities of the State uni
versity at Missoula postponed the open
ing of the institution which was sched-
uled for December /. This action was
taken because of the unexpected flare
up of influenza throughout the state.
Henry Avarre, former state game
warden of Montana, is dead of pneu-
monia in Butte.
State reports show that sales of
War Savings stamps have. fallen con-
siderably below the monthly quotas of
late, and that about $2.000,0O0 must
be disposed of in this month. Total
November sales were about S4S2, 900.
Deaths in Butte from influenza in
November totaled 325.
An appeal to the state supreme
court from the decision of the district
court in Silver Bow county in which
Lutey Bros, grocers, were sued for4
back taxes under the state anti-trad- |
ing stamp act has been filed in the |
supreme court. The decision will af- !
feet wide interests.
The Montana council of defense has |
been notified by the conservation di-
vision of the war industries board of |
the discontinuance of its program for |
economy in retail delivery services. |
Several months ago a request was
made upon retail merchants to restrict
the number of deliveries of goods to
customers TO one each day.
A complete list of new safety first
rules have been promulgated by the
Northern Pacific railroad, effective De-
,enlher i, because it has been found
hat 81 out of every 100 injuries are
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