The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-31
News Of Montana
Brief Notes Concerning the
y Treasure State y

and for several years operator of sew
eral large sheep ranches In Meaghel
county, but now making his home IL
Boston, has been appointed assistan
to Lewis Penwell of Helena, as director
of the wool division of the war indus
tries board.
Blackleg has made It's appearance
in the Gallatin valley and the ranchers
in the vicinity of Bridger canyon are
yaccinating their stock.
Bedelia Belle, Jersey COW owned
by r. f. Logan of Stevensville, has
just finished an official II months
record, producing 6,755 pounds of milk
testing 443.5 pounds of butter fat The
test was conducted by the department
of dairy husbandry of the Montana
State college at Bozeman.
| Because of the war the enrolment
in the state school of mines has been
reduced from 50 last year to only 80
this year, and but four men are in this
years graduating class.
| To encourage residents of Helena to
| have war gardens. the city council has
passed an ordinance giving free water
| for gardens that do not exceed a front
age of 80 feet.
A 100000 deal in ranch property
was consummated in Dillon when John
Peterson bought the famous Nay and
Jacobs ranch on Horse Prairie.
Eight of the 10 nurses who gradu-
ated recently from the Montana Dea-
coness hospital training school in
Great Falls will enter active war SER
vice Immediately.
The Milk river irrigation project is
so nearly completed that the water
has been turned from the Nelson reser-
voir and the big ditch is being used.
o o
All manufacturers of candy, soft
drinks and ice cream in future must
send their acquisitions for sugar to
State Food Administrator Atkinson at
Bozeman, who in turn will issue requi-
sitions upon jobbers to them. Jobbers
have been ordered not to deliver sugar
to such manufacturers unless requisi
lions signed by Mr.. Atkinson accom-
panying the order and such acquisitions
can only be secured through him.
Hon. Walter S. Hartman of Boze-
man has been appointed head of the
enforcement division of the United
States food administration for Mon
tana to handle all legal and enforce
ment matters for the state Mr.. Hart
man has offered his services to the
government in this campaign without
pay.
Friends of Montana nurses are urged |
to write members of the Montana con-
gressional delegation asking them to |
support a bill pending in congress in
creasing the pay of nurses. Nurses
would rank with second lieutenants.
Two hundred and fifty convicts in
the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge
are being drilled in military science as
the result of a petition presented to
the warden. The men, in for short
terms, hope to induce the governor to
pardon them and allow them to sail for
France to redeem their good names.
The capital issues committee of the
federal reserve board at Washington
has notified the county commissioners
Of Cascade county that the proposed
ssue of bonds in the sum of $467, 900
Tor the construction of two bridges
lcross the Missouri river at Great Falls
mas been approved.
Kenneth Ross of MissouIa, general
manager of the lumber interests of the
Anaconda Copper Mining company has
,een asked by John D. Ryan to place
his liability and wide experience" in
he service of the federal aircraft
,oard.
Plans for the twenty-third annual
convention of the Montana State Ep-
worth league have just been complet- :
d. The convention meets in Living
ton June 10 to %. Railroads have
ranted rate of a fare and one-third
n the certificate plan.
Further meat conservation has been =
allied for by the food administration, t
nd Alfred Atkinson the state admin r
'trator, has issued a circular calling !
ttention to the necessity of reducing G
ne allowance of meat to one and a {
uarter pounds a week.
Herman Bausch, the wealthy natur-
Iized German of Billings whose re- a
lsal to buy Liberty bonds led to an o
-gument in which he disparaged the r.
merican flag and also expressed the f
)pe that Germany would be victor C
us over England and France, for
hich he was arrested and convicted of r,
'dition, has been sentenced to term II
Deer Lodge of from four to eight e'
ears.
The state fuel administration is in Is
rmed by more than so dealers that
me response is being made to the II
ga TO consumers tn store coal The 4.