The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-02-14
! News Of Montana
Brief Notes Concerning the
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master Goodwin of Butte there is a
strong possibility that Butte's federal
building will be enlarged. Representa-
i tive Evans has introduced a bill cali
ing for an appropriation of a quarter
of million dollars for the improve
| ments THAT have for a long time been
desired by all occupants of the post
office building.
| According to a bulletin of the state.
board Of health, there were 80 ,567 cases
of Influenza in Montana during the
last three months of 1918, and 2.4S6
| deaths from the disease during Octo-
Der and November. December deaths
are not tabulated. The normal death
rate in Montana is 500 persons
| month from all sources. The health
board predicts a recrudescence of in
| fluenza and advises the state to make
| preparations to combat it,
Charles d. Greenfield. secretary of
! the state council of defense. has given
out statement by the national coun-
Gil which, acting for the federal labor
department, is scoring private employ
ment agencies for alleged attacks on
the federal employment agencies. The
statement reviews achievements of the
latter and declares more than 100. 600
returned defenders have been placed in
work and that an average of 100000
persons week are being placed by the
federal bureaus.
Captain Hal Stewart, United States
disbursing officer for Montana, who is
preparing for the war department the
final report ON the operation of the
selective draft in Montana. announced
in Helena that Wibaux county had in
Quoted its quota into service without
one cent of cost to the nation. This
is believed TO be the American record. |
The average cost per man in Montana |
probably will be between 50 and Sc.
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The Western Creamery company of |
Miles City has purchased the old brew |
cry plant located at knight and Ivy
streets, north of the Milwaukee tracks,
in that city, and will convert it into
a modern creamery and cold storage
plant larger than anything of its kind
in the state at present east of Butte
or Great Falls.
The body of. Jorn Haley of Butte
has been found in the Slope of the
Stewart mine below the 1000 foot
level. The body was in half sitting
posture and was devoid of clothing.
and is thought to have remained there
for nearly a month. 1t is supposed
the man met with an accident and
died there from his injuries.
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Mrs. Charles I. Stewart, deputy sec
rotary of state, has rendered her resig-
nation to Secretary of State Charles
L. Stewart, to take effect March L.
Nine hundred barrels of beer. which
saloon men had attempted to make |
into near beer were destroyed at .
Havre, according TO d. ]. Desmond. :,
United States revenue officer. with :
headquarters at Butte.
In a resume of its work the past
-wo years, the state railroad and pub /,
ic utilities commission points out that
he number of public utilities in the !;
state has increased from 202 to Ais !
'ince 1913. :,
Criticism of the war work of the Y. :
u. c. A. was answered by C. H. Che
ey of Denver, at the state conference
# the Y. NJ. C. A, which held three /
SESSIONS in Butte last week. Cheley
aid the charges at the canteens in
Europe were in many cases lower than
aid in America by men who stayed at a
ome. He declared the list of killed
nd wounded Y NJ. C. A. men refutad
laims that this organization shirk-
d front line duty.
Office employees and two patrons of -
ne Grand Pacific hotel at Missoula I.
ere robbed by two masked men who ~
btained about $50. They left about ~
200 in the cash register when the "
Jerk made a show of resistance. The u
oiice believe the robbers are the same "a
no held up a hotel at Sand Point, ~
laho, recently in the same manner. "
A large number of revolvers, rifles
nd shotguns. taken away from aliens :
Deer Lodge county who had not ~
ken out alien gun licenses, have been =.
ceived at the office of tSate Game -
arden J. L. DeHart. About 75 ar ~
sts were made and go defendants -,
eaded guilty. More than $500 was ~
Elected.
The Montana railroad commission
IS filed complaint with the west
n freight traffic committee of the :
lited States railroad administration -
Chicago and with subcommittee at ~
naha and ST. Paul, alleging discrim- -
alton in rates on gasoline and other -
troleum products from Wyoming 10 ,es
stations in Montana.