The circle banner., 1919-11-07

| Montana State college at Bozeman
! since 1915, has resigned to take po-
sition as manager of the american
ranch at Wallis, Mont. The Ameri-
.an ranch is owned by Maj Wallis
Huidekoper, and specializes in pure
bred Hereford cattle
| Because he is an undesirable" Dick
Morris is on his way from Great Falls
| to Austria in charge of a federal off
Ger, and travelling at the expense of
the government. Morris had never
taken out naturalization papers. and
when this was learned, following his
arrest recently for robbing a returned
| soldier, the matter was taken up with
| the immigration department and an
| order for his deportation was OBJ
| tained
Contracts for the construction of an
artificial ice manufacturing plant for
Helena have been awarded to c. A.
Stout, contractor of that city.
HoWardONelch, veterinarian at the
Montana State college at Bozeman
has issued circular on blackleg. its
prevention, cause and nature. The
circular may be obtained free from the
Montana experiment station at Boze-
man.
The cement work on the new jail
at Malta has been started The con-
tract calls for the completion of the
structure by March 1. 1920. The
cost of the Jail will be S16,I75.
The new Pioneer hotel at Dodson
was completely destroyed by fire.
which was discovered at an early hour
in the morning.
Work on the two new bridges in
Great Falls is progressing rapidly. Ex-
cavation has been completed for four
piers of the Tenth street bridge.
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The federal employment bureau Of
flee in Butte. which has been in oper-
alton since the summer of 1913, has
wound up its affairs and closed
Jospeh Ford of Missoula has pre-
sented to the state historical library
one of the first government bonds is
sued, dated in 1871, and for a princi-
pal of SO, on which the interest to-
tails S20SS. Only an heir of Mrs.
Viburt, original owner, may collect.
November is the month of farm bu-
reau meetings in Montana Communi- |
ty meetings will be held in each farm
bureau county during the early part of |
the month and are to be followed by |
the annual county meetings, where |
projects will be adopted for 1920 and |
project leaders elected.
Railroads of the state have been |
granted an additional month from No
vember 1 in which TO install illumi-
mated number headlights on locomo-
times and electric motors The state
railroad commission granted the ex-
tension on application Of the carriers,
delayed the installation.
Mrs. Margaret Craig Curran, direc-
tor of the rural educational depart
ment of the Oregon State Normal
school, has been appointed director OF
school extension service of the Mon
-ana State Normal school at Dillon
according to an announcement made
)y E. G. Elliott, chancellor of the
State university. She will assume her
luties at Dillon on December l.
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Cold and hunger forced Eustachio
Del Guidice, who shot and killed JOS
,ph Thomas, Missoula bartender, to
himself. After killing
Thomas. Del Guidice fled to the hills
mid a shower of bullets from a posse
hastily organized He had subsisted
or several days on frozen apples from
rees in farmers orchards
1t is announced in Helena that Gov
rnor Stewart has endorsed the cam,
'aign being conducted by the national
udget committee to secure the adop-
ion by congress of d federal budget
ystem He is the thirty ninth COVER
or to endorse the plan. it is said.
1t is reported from Helena, that Col
actor of Internal Revenue w. G.
Vhaley for the district of Montana,
as forwarded his resignation to
According TO A. T.. Strausz of Mis-
Dula, state horticulturist, the Mon
ma apple crop of this year will be =
luch larger than crops of recent sea-
1ns From July / to October IS, he
ays, 2S5 cars were shipped from Mon
ina, as compared with 123 cars for
le corresponding season last year ,
i'd Al in the year before. The total {
lipments from Montana last year :
ere but 262 cars. =
Crushed beneath a slide of dirt and =
'cks, Peter Hansen. aged 81 years, =
ed at the bottom Of a Livingston
rect sewer. where he was working =
laborer. before nearby workmen u