The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-10-25
| MONTANA NOTES
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSELY TOLD

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A drive has been started in Billings
to secure members for an organization
to take over the magnificent Elks
home building and utilize it as civic
center.
OF the 500 students enrolled in Mon
tana State college at BoZeman, $50
are women. One hundred and forty
nine of the men are studying as men,
bers of the students army training
corps to become officers in the army.
A. J. Birmingham. in charge of the
U. S. employment office in Butte,
states that many men there employed
in non-essential industries and occupa-
lions have failed to report to his Of
flee as applicants for positions in es-
sential work.
st. Patrick's hospital at Missoula
has secured complete modern X-ray
equipment, the base unit being one of
the large army model machines.
Mrs. W. X. Smith, convicted in
Miles City on a charge of sedition, was
sentenced TO serve an indeterminate
sentence of from five to ten years at
hard labor This is the first woman
to be on trial on a seditiOn charge,
and the first to receive a prison SEN
tence from Custer county in many
years. Her husband, w. X. Smith,
was convicted ON similar charge.
Ministers of Butte are up in arms
over the action of the county health
authorities in closing the churches to
prevent a spread of the Spanish influ-
enza and excepting the saloons and
pooirooms.
Olaf Dahl of Troy was instantly
killed when he fell with his automo-
bile a distance of about $50 feet from
a high bridge over the Callahan creek
canyon about four miles from Troy
Spanish influenza in Billings has
caused the sovereign grand lodge of
Oddfellows to abandon the annual
meeting set for October IA to II, in
elusive, to abide by the health regula-
lions. The expectation is that the
meeting will be held later this fall if
the situation improves. An attend
ance of between 600 and 700 had been
anticipated.
. The Montana railroad commission
has been advised by r. H. Ashton,
regional director of railroads. that
hereafter men engaged in the military
service will not be granted furloughs
to engage III railroad work. For a
time such furloughs were granted, but
the privilege has now been rescinded |
There will be a civil service exam
nation at Fort Shaw November 9, 1918 |
to secure a postmaster for Sims, a |
fourth class postoffice, at a salary of |
S763 year, unless it be decided to
give the plum to the old postmaster.
Many Flathead lumber mills are
about TO suspend operations, accord
Hunt, representative of the Kalispell
Lumber company. The mills are fore
ed to do this because the government
regulations have temporarily suspend
ed ordinary lumber trade. The only
Salable timber at present is for rail-
way ties and mine Stulls.
The Gallatin county commissioners
have ordered the red bridge crossing
the West Gallatin river, 80 miles from
Bozeman. closed as unsafe, and have
posted signs on the roads leading to 1t
the fact. The road may
still be used but at the risk of the
user.
Helena and Bozeman divided honors
in the baby show held at the Montana
State fair this year, as is shown by
the winners in the scoring on points
the results of which have
just been announced. Edith B. Brack-
EFT of 625 Second street, Helena, was
the most perfect baby girl who COM
peted, and Herbert Lay of 52S Boze-
nan avenue, Bozeman, was the cham
oion baby boy.
After a hearing, Governor Stewart
declined to grant the request of the
governor of Washington, for the ex-
of George B. Hammond, ar
'ested at Bohemian ON request of the
authorities on charge of
wife desertion. The testimony at the
rearing showed Hammond had been
sending his wife regularly one-half of
lis earnings. Deputy Sheriff Irby of I
Spokane, who presented the papers, |
las returned home.
Governor S. V. Stewart has appoint :
d Miss Elga Shearer, assistant super /;
ntendent of the Butte schools, a men, :
'er of the state text book commission {
0 succeed Dr. e. P. Rowe of Missoula, {
Who resigned on account of going into {
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