The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24

Brief Notes Concerning the
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One hundred serbians have left
Butte In body, bound for port OF
embarkation to fight in the armies OF
the allies.
The commissioners of Blaine county
have purchased 100 acres of land and
will construct home for the poor of
| the county The place will be known
as the county farm.
William Lundborg Of Billings UNI
derwent an operation in order to
enlist in the q. S. marine corps. Lund-
borg had an extra toe on each foot,
and these were removed.
| The Missoula Country club is hav-
| ing its grass moved by sheep, dis
carding scythes and lawn mowers.
Tom Osborne, 90 years of age and
employed at the Arlee sheep ranch,
near Melrose, was struck by lightning
while sitting under a tree during
storm and was instantly killed.
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| Wallace Kellison, three-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Kelliston, who
live on a ranch near Glasgow, lost his
life as the result of falling into bon
fire that his father had built at the
ranch to burn some rubbish.
The commissioners of Saltwater
county will ask permission of the gov
eminent financial board to issue and
sell bonds not to exceed 100000 for
the purpose of building a new court
house for Saltwater county.
| Montana has been made a recruiting
district for the United States marine
corps with Missoula as headquarters.
There are five marine recruiting stu
tons in the state, Helena, Butte, Bill
ings, Great Falls and Missoula. Here
after Montana recruits will be re-ex-
amined at Missoula instead of at Port
land, Ore.
John Conochie, who has coal claim
near Heat, has been taken to Butte as
federal prisoner for failing to regis
ter quantity of dynamite, as required
| by the new law.
| The Butte stage employees union
las passed resolutions refusing to work
in any theater hereafter that permits
subjects of the central powers to ap-
pear on the bill or in the cast. :.
A report issued by Sidney Miller.
register of the state land office shows
that Montana now has s1.212. 800 in
farm loans, while there is available
100000 above pending applications.
Cash on hand in permanent state funds
aggregates s1,556,056.
e. H. Gagnon, a pioneer contractor
of Billings, is dead at his home in that
city. Mr.. Gagnon constructed the
state capitol building at Helena.
Bozeman's motorcycle policeman has
been arrested and fined $40 for hiding
his motorcycle on the city's sidewalks.
The new flax fiber mill at Havre
has been completed and is now in OPP
Grafton. Three men are employed in
the plant at present.
In order to be prepared for s'any
emergency" the Butte police force is
being drilled in the regular manual Of
arms of the United States army.
Montana boys and girls are joining
the boys and girls clubs being or
ganized by the state agricultural col
lege under the auspices of the United
States department of agriculture, at
the rate of 400 day. The total mem
bership In this state has now reached
$4,000.
Leslie Mckinney, owner of dairy
farm near Helena, has been fined So
for allowing his cows to Craze on the
statehouse lawn.
After having been given a trial in
Helena, the position of policewoman on
the force has been abolished by the
city council. The council expressed
the opinion that there is no work In
the community for a policewoman.
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Silver Bow county subscribed S4,-
397 900 to the third Liberty loan, plac.
ing that community third in the Unit |
ed States for towns of from $4,000 to
100000 population. The quota was ST.
100000. The announcement of the |
final figures was made by Chairman
A. r. Currie.
Louise Wickersham, 16 year old
daughter OF prominent architect OF
Seattle, was arrested in Butte on adj |
vices from Seattle. She was on her |
way to New York to join the Ameri |
can women's ambulance corps. She
expected couple of sailors she knew
at the Brooklyn navy yard to aid her