The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-11-08
MONTANA NOTES |
TREASURE STATE TALES |
TERSELY TOLD

/ Der of civilians for admission to the III
fanfJy officers training camp at
Camp Fremont that will open there
December l. Civilian candidates for
admission to this camp must apply In
/ person to Captain Ellington.
| At meeting of the Yellowstone
county war chest committee, an appro-
priation pf $4,000 was made to meet
| the assessment of the county for the
seven war activities approved by
President Wilson. Thus instead of
conducting a big drive in the week of
November Ills the county will simply
draw check on its war chest The
$4,000 amount is an oversubscription
of $4,000 on Yellowstone county's
quota.
Montana railroad officials are work
ing out plan to consolidate the
freight offices of each city in the |
state, in one office. or on the same |
floor of an office building, for the |
benefit of the shipping public. Butte |
is now the subject of the consolidation |
plans and railroad heads are formu- |
lating details of the consolidation
which will soon be effected there.
The war industries board has no in
tention of closing the lumber mills of
Montana, is the word F. d. Becker
secretary of the Montana Lumber Man
ufacturers' association, brought back
to Kalispell from Washington, whittier
he went TO present the matter.
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The fine ranch home of a. F. Camp.
in the Castle Butte section near Lew
istown, was burned to the ground and
all the contents destroyed. The fire
resulted from efforts to fumigate the
place against influenza.
The Cheyenne Indians on the lower
Tongue river are reported TO be dying |
rapidly from influenza. They seem !
very susceptible to pneumonia, and SO
of them have died lately between Kir-
by and Busby, according to reports
reaching Sheridan.
DlSlIiCl uIdIL DDdEu NO. L aI Il re-
cent session heard arguments by rep
resentatives of the coal operators of
Montana who desire exemption for
their employees. The matter was taken
under Amusement.
The Billings Polytechnic institute h
has been among the fortunate institu- n
tons during the Influenza epidemic,
being almost free of the disease. None D
Of the Polytechnic students or faculty :.
have been effected seriously, .
and no deaths have occurred at the .
school.
There will be no football games q
played by the S. I. A. C. boys of y
Montana State college until further :,
notice, according to orders issued by b
captain o. c. Heath, commanding Of s,
icer of the camp, and there will be no
raining at present for football at the n
amp. This is matter of precaution
o help enforce the health rules TO pre- Z,
ent the spread of influenza among the sa
Dung soldiers. m
w. D. Beggs, contractor of Great
'alls. is in Washington, D. c., en-
eavoring TO secure a commission in 81
he Stevedore section of the army. His of
respects are declared to be good OIL
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The physicians of Lewistown have III,
AIKEN steps to have the local drug ST
torres keep open until 10 at night TO al
ccommodate the public in securing
ledicines during the Influenza cpl
emic.
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The Yellowstone county council of In
efense will conduct an investigation bu
Billings as result of reports that an
lie recent order of the state council Ia.
defense requiring one daily grocery F
,livery, is being ignored and if the On On
larges are sustained, steps will be Z
ken to enforce the order. ~
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Lieutenant George r. Riesz, who =
yed in Great Falls most of his life
Id was enlisted in the United States ,
-iation unit in France, was killed a.
mewhere behind the lines in an acct 81
mt September 10, according to in
rmation from the war department :.
a telegram to his relatives at Great -,
Ills. 49,
The Montana Shorthorn Breeders
ISOLATION exhibit and sale will be
Id at the Midland Empire fair Ia
ounds in Billings, November 10 and "a
Shorthorn breeders from all ant
rts of Montana and northern Wy NO
ling are expected to have animals ORE
the show. Sol
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Marshall A. Anderson, about 80
ars old, committed suicide in the
zeman cemetery by shooting himself
the head. eat
William t. Patton, major of infantry,
J been assigned to Helena headquar- san
S to be the chief military inspector not
the district students army training
ps and vocational training units
ong the % universities and colleges L
the northwest. wo
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