The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-07-19
MONTANA NOTES
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSELY TOLD

| huge Tree, uprOOte0 by the storm, Eel
| across his wagon, breaking his back
The rain was accompanied by Consider
able hail that did damage to grain ant
/ other vegetation.
| Wool men of the Ingomar region
have given the Red Cross wool fleeces
to be converted into yarn for the knit
ting needs of the society, and the
product is expected to be worth 81, 400
The Hill county council of defense
has promulgated an order directing
that all livestock be kept from tres
passing upon growing grain, whether
the fields be fenced or not.
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The Livingston city council has pass
ed an order giving the 10 city en-
plOyes a summer vacation of two
weeks. 1t is provided in the order
that they must spend the two weeks
either working in the hay or harvest
fields of the county, and must donate
the wages they earn at that work to
the Red Cross. Their city pay goes
on.
The supreme court has affirmed the
judgment obtained in the district
court in Butte by NJ. J. Cavanaugh
against the Corbin Copper company
and the opinion by Justice Holloway,
says mining may sometimes become
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age to his residence by blasting, etc.,
in the nearby Corbin mines.
Elmer B. Wilson, former postmaster
at CARMEL, who pleaded guilty to EN-
bezzlement recently but promised TO
appear and make good the peculation,
did not come into court and his bond
was declared forfeited ana a warrant
issued for him.
Fourteen financial firms interested
themselves in the bridge bonds which
Cascade county placed on the market,
II representatives being present in the
office of the board of county commits
sioners to submit bids for the several
The bid accepted was
that of the Wells-Dickey company of |
their figure being AZ per
cent interest on the issue of 1924. 900. |
and straight per cent on the issue for |
900, both bids carrying a premium |
Of $40.
Total registration of German women |
IN the state is less than 300 accord |
ng to official figures. Butte leads
with Sc.
Tony E. Butler, an employee of the
Patrick creek mill of the Somers Lum-
)er company, lost his life in a horrify- |
ng accident. Part of his side and
shoulder were cut off by a saw, ex-
posing his heart. He died in seven
hours. He leaves a widow and four
mall children in KalispelI.
Secretary Ensign of the State fair
that he intends to have the
biggest poultry show at the coming
air ever seen in Montana, and he is
ending circular letters to all the
reeders in the state, calling attention
0 the fact, and urging their co-opera-
ion.
Herman Schubert, former resident
Helena, where he made a will De-
ember 2, 1917, and who died i'm San
francisco April 4, 1918, leaves an es-
ite of $4,000, and gives all of this !,
loney to people and institutions in
ermany except $1,000 which was be-
ueathed to the German Lutheran
hurch of Montana to form the nucleus
an orphans home.
The contract for the construction of
lie sewer and waterworks system of
cobey has been let to a North Dakota 1
,ntractor for .$109.431. g
Telegraphic advices received in Bill /
ngs announce the death at Long s
each, Cal, of Colonel A. L. Babcock, 1
resident of the Yellowstone National e
INK, Montana pioneer and merchant. il
e was 6S years sold and is survived v
I his wife and one son. f
The state board of examiners has a
lected the site on the capitol grounds a
r the state laboratory and excayat- n
g has been started. Il
90 d.
Federal Judge George NJ. Bourquin n
lnded down decision in the $195 900 j.
ntract suit brought by Walter B. Jor-
IN against the Tongue and Yellow
one River Irrigation district and 9TH II
$, in which he practically found for 4,
e plaintiff on all essential issues. II
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The Billings land office has Just #
mpleted its annual report of vacant #
Ids in that district. OF the six coun- A.
IS in the district, Musselshell county n
the only one having agricultural nr
Id left untenanted. The other five fa
Horn, Carbon, Rosebud, fpr
llwater and Yellowstone have only oil
'untainous grazing land left. %
The plan to Americanize foreigners 90
Butte through education in English e.
saking schools is to be put into ex- 30
ltion this autumn. The American