The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-06-13
| MONTANA NOTES
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSELY TOLD

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| Since tests made last fall proved
that thousands of bushels of grain are
/ wasted each year by defects in thresh-
ing machines, Valley county thresher-
men win this year attend "thresher-
mans school, at which experts will
make talks and demonstrations.
| John D. Ryan, president of the Ana
conda Copper Mining company, has do
mated $1,000 to the Irish freedom fund
| in Montana. Butte has already con-
| tributed to the fund an amount larger
| than asked from the entire state.
A number Of prominent Lewis and
Clark county ranchers and business
! men have announced their favor of the
incorporation of the new county, to be
called Dearborn county. Part of the
new county would be carved from
Lewis and Clark county.
A contract has been made for fhe
erection of baseball park at Glasgow
Glasgow's fast semi-professional team
has already started the season with
games against nearby towns.
Phone reports from all parts of Hill
county say that the rain of last week
was general. As a result the Havre
people will again take up plans for
Gra
mer.
Preparations are being completed at
Missoula for placing in the field this
summer an army Of 900 forest fire
fighters. Already there are $50 men
at work, which will make the sum
mer's force total 100 Many men Will.
be available from other forestry de-
partments to help in the work of fire
prevention and fighting.
The board of county commissioners
of Yellowstone county has named Sep
TENDER as the date for a special cleo
ton ON bond issue of $25O.0OO for
better roads in the county.
Mattresses in the two largest hotels
in Great Falls have gone on strike
following controversy over wage scales.
Since only the two hotels are affected.
the public is suffering no hardship by
the strike.
Two sheepmen of the Great Falls
district have sold their clip of 10000
pounds of wool for 90 cents per pound.
Custer county paid bounty upon only |
10 coyote scalps last month, whereas |
the bounties few years ago ran as |
high as 600 scalps per month.
Helena's claim for the proposed To- /
cation of the branch of the Ninth dis
trict federal reserve bank is being pre-
scented in Minneapolis. 1t is claimed |
in Helena that that city has good |
chance to be chosen for location.
A dispute between county commits
sioners and the county auditor of Sill
yer Bow county is said to date back
to last winter and to be based upon
over coal deliveries.
World war veterans of Park county
are planning great celebration at Liv-
ingston on July 4. 1t is expected that
the county commissioners will appro-
pirate $1,000 to help with the celebra-
ton.
Campaign for state highway from
Havre to Winifred along the eastern
end of Hill county has opened. Coun-
~ commissioners of Fergus and Hill
are to meet in Winifred on
Tune 8. 1,
The Bozeman Elks' club annually |
holds festival that takes the ma
lunt netted more than 10000 gophers |
Ind naturally the hunt received the
praise of Gallatin valley farmers. II
Forty representatives from eight | !
western counties met at Missoula last I
week to form the Western Montana I
hamber of commerce. George C. Rice !
f Missoua Is chairman of the new :
organization. =
Six buildings were destroyed in a | +
errific windstorm in Hill county early r
asst week. Two Or three persons were r
eriously injured. n
Nine engineering proposals have Il
cen considered by the Montana ter
linal elevator board. The proposal q
ccepted calls for an elevator of SAL 4
90 bushels capacity. and will cost j,
222, 600.
James f. crutchfield arrived in Lew
;town last week from India. to be mar !,
ed to Miss Ina Atkins of that city. :,
ne wedding is the outcome of ro- Il
lance that started in Manila
Butte school teachers have been !
wen salary raise amounting to $500 !
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