The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-06-27

| week. Police were on the trail of fh<
thieves few minutes after the rob
berry, but so far the liquor has moi
been recovered.
At meeting held in Bozeman rep
resentatives of the Montana Grain
Growers association and the Montana
Farmers union adopted resolutions to
affiliate the two bodies.
Attorney General 9. c. Ford, speak
ing at Billings, opposed the amend
ment of the primary law. He claims
| the law protects the people in their
government.
Spotted fever is rare in western
Montana this year, according to Prof
r. X. Parker, entomoIogist in the q.
S. health office. Dr. Parker is car
rying on experimental work in the
Bitter Root valley.
The twO-year-old daughter of L. A.
Wollery of Butte was attacked last
Sunday by a bulldog and mauIed so
badly it is feared the child will die.
book of photos and descriptions
of their city has been issued by the
Great Falls chamber of commerce.
Many of the scenic attractions about
Great Falls also are shown.
Mrs. Martha Harrison Davidson of
Anaconda. widow of Private Chauncey
Davidson, has been selected to christen
the q. S. S. Deer Lodge at Portland
The naming of the ship is In honor
of the county of Deer Lodge in its Lib
erty bond records.
Two carloads of wild southern steers
have been purchased for the bulldog
ging and other wild west events at the
Miles City roundup. Some of the best
cattlemen and riders of the country
will take part in the Miles City
roundup.
Sheepmen near Livingston have re-
fused to dispose of their wool stocks
at % cents the pound. The clips have
been heavy and sheepmen claim they
will hold them until they can get 60
cents.
No more near beer is to be sold in |
the state, according to an opinion from |
the attorney generals office. No bev-
erage containing alcohol may be Of |
fered for sale under the present Mon |
tana dry" law.
Havre is. planning a great stampede |
and celebration for July 3, and S.
Wild west events will feature the eel
ebration.
w. h. Harris, rancher of the Gal
attn valley. was fined S75 for beat
ng his horse. An employee of Harris
'anch made the complaint, saying he
luit work because he was unable to
tand seeing the man beat his animals.
Freight traffic on the railroads of
he northwest is on the increase. ac-
ording to ]. b. Baird. traffic manager
f the Northern Pacific at Missoula.
A party of eastern men bagged a
1onster grizzly bear in Choteau
ounty last week. The skin meas
red nine feet from tip to tip. The
ide is valued at 500.
Crops on the Flathead reservation
re being destroyed by grasshoppers.
armers are fighting the pest with
olson bran, but started their work of
ghting too late in many districts.
George Baxter, wanted in Havre on
charge of stealing motor cars, has
cen arrested in Seattle. 1t is al
.ged that Baxter is the man who
scaped from the Havre authorities
fter a running fight.
The first serious forest fire of the
,asOn has just been placed under
,ntrol in the Lolo forest area, 700
res having been burned over
o o
The Polleys Lumber company of the
alispell district will begin its reser-
liioH NuTh dbOul july L ana VIII De
ady to ship logs by October 1, it is
id. About 125 men will be employed. 1
State road building authorities are
ged to hasten road building in order
solve the problem of unemployment.
'outh in many sections of the state
combining to make the unemploy-
INT problem more serious
Lou Hartsell. sheriff of Deer Lodge =,
unity at Anaconda. mas killed 1883 =,
piers this year with Il % rifle His
st record was 128 in one day last 81,
ek. The sheriff shoots the rodents n.
I'M his car as he travels over the ~
lntry. no
Predicting that Montana will soon -
able to hatch 100000 fish fry ~
lually for distribution to the
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