The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-01-04
News of Montana
Brief Notes Concerning the
y \ Treasure State = =

| tht SofCiiiihCht sldlloI
at Bozeman reports that no grass.
hopper eggs have been found in the
western part of the state this winter.
and that consequently this pest will
be less numerous next summer than
for several years past.
The date of the annual show of the
Montana Poultry association at Boze,
man has been set for February 6-10
1t is expected that more than $500
birds will be shown.
The first colored man in Montana to
receive an officers commission in the
United States army is Charles l..
Holmes, an employe of the Silver Bow
club of Butte. He has been appoint
| ed second lieutenant and is now
awaiting orders.
The Great Western Sugar company's
factory at MissouIa has just complet-
I'd its first seasons run. twenty-five
thousand sacks of sugar, each weigh
ing 100 pounds, were turned out.
Montana's wool clip for 1917 amount
ed to 1S,200,0O0 pounds, 10 per cent
less than the. 1916 wool clop, which to-
tailed 20,200,000 pounds, says f. A.
Gray of Helena, agent of the Chicago
and Northwestern railway. The high
est price paid for the season was 621a
cents per pound. The majority of the
wool was sold for 30 cents or a little
less.
A. E. Eklund, state fire marshal,
believes that alien enemies are probab-
ly responsible for many of the destruc-
tive fires in Montana this year. He
reports that there has been an I'M
wonted number of such fires due to
incendiaris1n, and that his investiga-
lions have led him TO believe Germans
were the firebugs in many cases.
There are between 40 and 80 pro-
Germans awaiting action of the next
grand jury in the state of Montana
said Homer G. Murphy, deputy United
States attorney, while in Billings
There have been number of other
arrests for disloyalty throughout the
state recently.
Albert j. Galen of Helena. former |
attorney general of Montana and now
chairman of the district number one
exemption board of the selective draft. |
has been notified of his appointment |
as major judge advocate in the Unit
ed States army officers reserve corps.
He expects to be sent to France
Possibility that the government will
increase its interest rate on farm
loans has caused q rush to secure
Montana state loans, according to the
loan department of the Montana land
BUY seed, it is said.
James +. O'Connor of Livingston,
speaker of the house at the last SEES
sion of the legislature, has been ap-
pointed special counsel to the federal
rade commission. He has already
eft for Washington, D. G.
To prevent grafters from operat-
ng in Montana under the guise of
money or articles for war
purposes, the state council of defense
o the public for money and persons
re asked to contribute only to those
EXAMINATIONS that can present Gre
entails showing approved by state
ouncil of defense"
Seventeen thousand men are now /
Torking in the Butte mines and cur {
ent reports show that the production I
J again about normal The work in
ne mines is going on without inter- ,
upton and it is expected that within :
short time the output will be ma ,
erially increased.
The main high school building in /,
Iavre has been destroyed by fire. !,
he loss is estimated at $4,000, of =
hich $1,000 is covered by insurance. a
o cause for the blaze, which occur :.
I'd at night, is known. q
o o :,
Supervisor ]. B. Seely of the Helena =
itional forest in his annual report e.
rs recommended an increase of 10 -
ar cent in the number of animals :,
'azing in the forests, us war meas =
e. ~
The strike of Helena electrical work
s which for several nights incon- st
business houses and resi- I'll
noes in that city, has been settled So
a federal mediator. 1t is under bt
bod a compromise on wage demands W
rs reached. ra
Fire of unknown origin DESTROYED an
2 Smell cheese factory at Corvallis. oV
sether with its machinery and $4,000 ru
nth of cheese. There was no insur- co
ce on any of the property, the own no
having planned to take out inSur I'M
&c the day of the fire. an