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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
BUTTE PREPARES TO FIGHT
INCREASED PHONE TOLLS
Claim Company is Without Rights IN
Collecting Advanced Rates for
Service Made Last May

Butte.-Claiming that the Mountain
States Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany is without rights in collecting
the advanced rates for service made
effective May l. 1919, under the war
time emergency provision authorized
by Postmaster General Burleson. the
city of Butte. through Mayor Tom
Stodden and City Attorney r. l.. Clin-
ton, has notified the telephone com
pany to reduce their rates. Failure
TO comply with the order, Attorney
Clinton said, will be followed by legal
action.
The recent decision of the supreme
court of the state of Washington,
handed down on March 4, is applicable
in Montana. where the conditions sur
rounding the increases granted the
telephone company were practically
parallel, Mr.. Clinton stated. In the
Washington case. carried to The SUI
preme court from the Thurston county
superior court, at the instance of the
cities of Tacoma and Seattle, ii was
commission was acting without author
ity in putting into effect in that state
the wartime telephone charges order
ed by the postmaster general. Similar
decisions, affirmed by the United
States supreme court, have been rem
dered in the state supreme courts of
Kansas and of North and South Da-
kota, Mr.. Clinton said.
Under the revision of rates, effec-
tive May /, 1919, in Montana and au-
thorized by Postmaster General Burle- |
son. substantial increases were made |
in the cost of service in Butte. AT
that time it was stated by the tele-
phone company that during the pre-
ceding three years commodity costs
had increased on an average of 112
per cent.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
CHILD KILLED BY TRAIN;
PARENTS ARE WITNESSES

Lewistown.-The little son of Milton
Notterf. local bank clerk. was killed
by Milwaukee train here The moth
er of the lad, who was powerless to act.
saw the tragedy from the window of
her home and witnessed her husbands
Intellectual effort TO reach the lad in
time to drag him from in front of the
oncoming train.
Mr.. Notterf and his little son were
walking together and the little one had
run on ahead of his father, stopping
on the Milwaukee track just as the
passenger rounded curve a short
distance away. The child was struck
on the head by the locomotive and
hurled from the track, dying instantly.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
ELK ARE GOING BACK
TO THE HIGH RANGES
Condition of the Big Herds Around
Yellowstone Park improving Slow
Iy.-Little Illegal Killing

Livingston-Th situation in regard
to the starving elk herds in the vicin-
ity of Yellowstone National park has
shown an Improvement during the last
few weeks, according to a report made
to the office of grazing of the forest
service headquarters at Missoula by E.
w. Shaw supervisor of the Absaroka
forest with headquarters here.
Mr.. Shaw states that the herds are
beginning to drift back into the park
and many have gone in. Those for
merly in the feed grounds ut Gardiner
are taking to the hills. Supervisor
Shaw says there is very little Illegal
killing going on along the Yellow
stone.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
SHOOTS WOMAN SHE
SAYS STOLE HUSBAND
Calls Police on Phone From Victims
Home and Tells Them They Had
Better Come for Her

Los Angeles, Cal, April B.. Mrs
Nellie E. Ferguson was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded in her home yes
terday a few minutes before Mrs. Lii
liam Connally, using the Ferguson tele-
phone, called the police to arrest her
for the shooting. Mrs. Connally is in
the city Jail, where the police say she
will be kept until Mrs. Ferguson's con-
dition indicated what charge should be
preferred.
Mrs Ferguson is the wife of dep
uty city auditor. A moment after the
shooting Mrs Connally called the po-
lice by telephone from the Ferguson
home and said:
81 have just shot woman who has
been taking my husband away from
me. | am at this woman's residence.
l would come down and give myself
up but I have no automobile, so you
had better call for me-
The shooting was witnessed by four
children of Mrs. Ferguson. Six shots
were fired, of which four took effect.
Detectives said Mrs. Connally read
them a letter she said her husband had
written to Mrs. Ferguson and which
she had intercepted. A paragraph
read:
81 do not blame you for accepting
my attentions. But | do blame you
Cor seeking me out. Ny wife is the
BEST little girl in the world and | am
going to be true to her"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
FOREST SERVICE RETURNS
SHOW DECIDED INCREASE

MISUNDERSTANDING for the first
eight months of the fiscal year of
1920 for district No. of the forest
service exceeded those of the same pc
Rod last year by $4,000, figures re-
veal. The income Of the forest service
from July l, 1919 to March l, 1920,
amounted to S26S,610, while last year
for the same period it was $243, 415.
The sale of timber brought $22S,979
during the past eight months. Permits
for grazing cattle. horses and sheep
brought $11,167, while grazing trespass
brought revenue of $1,421,
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
FAIL TO AGREE ON
railway WAGES
CONTROVERSY AGAiNN PLACED
BEFORE THE PRESIDENT FOR
THE THIRD TIME
BOARD is NOT ASKED TO ACT
Railway Executive Members Refuse
to Act on Demands of Labor and
Quit CONFERENCE.-THE of
Workers Expressed

| Washington. April 3.-The whole
railroad controversy was placed be-
fore President Wilson yesterday for
the third time since railroad labor
filed IFS demands for general in
crease in wages last summer.
In a letter to the president, B. Nj.
| Jewell chairman of the railway COM
mittee, which constitutes the labor
party on the railroad wage board, said
he regretted very much ''to advise you
of our failure to obtain any beneficial
results from these conferences.
The employees. Mr.. Jewell said, were
keenly disappointed at the position
taken by the railway executive com
mittee which announced Thursday
night deadlock and the withdrawal
of the railroad members from the CON
ference.
Mr.. Jewell did not ask the president
to lay the wage controversy before the
railroad labor board, which is to be
nominated by the president as pro-
vided in the transportation act and
on which the public will have repre-
sentation.
Attached to Mr.. JEWELS letter was
correspondence setting forth the at
titude of the men and the executive
committee. e. T. Whittier, for the rail
tives did not believe congress contem-
plated settlement involving so great
an addition to transportation costs
without the public being represented in
the conferences.
Replying to this letter Mr.. Jewell
said he believed the reason given by
the members for terminating the ne
gotiations was mot in accord with our
of the law"
'The attitude of your committee in
failing to carry out the wishes of the |
president of the United States came
as a surprise to u.s., Mr.. Jewell wrote |
to Mr.. Whittier.
eve understand from this that your
has definitely declined to
assume the. responsibility and perform
he duty which is so clearly desired
n the public interest, and which fhe
act, as we understand
t, contemplates That of agreeing in
conference upon rates of pay for rail
Dad employees which are just and
reasonable"
Union officials reiterated that, at
he request of the president they were
going along to give the transportation
Ict a fair trial. although they did not
ndorse any of its provisions. They
ook the position that with the break
ng up of the joint conference the
Whole matter was made more diff
ult since the union membership was
ecoming FESTIVE.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
Hay Embargo Lifted Till May I.

Governor S. V. Stewart has lifted
the embargo on shipments of hay from
Idaho and Utah permitting shipments
into Montana until May !, over the ex-
listing quarantine, in order to assist
stockmen in feeding cattle and sheep
throughout the state.
The quarantine placed on hay from
Idaho and Utah because of the pres
ence of the alfalfa weevil on recon-
mendation of the state board of horti-
cultures was originally effective Feb
ruary l, but has been removed at the
request of stockmen, who say they will
be required to feed hay until May 10
this year.
The same regulations will govern
shipments during April as have been in
effect during March.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09

that have never had any more such
trouble.
AT one time / became Ill with some
thing that the doctors did not seem to
understand. / finally consulted DR..
Pierce by mail, and was wonderfully
helped by the medicine he prepared
and sent me. I shall always feel very
grateful to DR.. Pierce and his medi-
cines for the benefit receiyed."-A. S.
Frown, 1882 N. 9Th st.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
SEEDING LIGHTER
THAN SHOULD Be
LABOR SHORTAGE AND LACK OF
MONEY ARE THE TWO MAIN
REASONS FOR CONDITION
NEWS OF The CAPITAL CITY
Bond Issues for Fl Counties in the
State, TotaIing $4,775, 900, Have
Been Voted During Past Few
Months for Relief Farmers

Observation-Disclosures are that seed
ing will be somewhat lighter this year
than the soil and moisture conditions
would warrant, according to reports
throughout the agricultural districts
of the state. 1t is said that the farm
ers are fearing a labor shortage and
and that already they are finding it
difficult to obtain the usual amount
of help which is needed i'll seeding
time.
This fact, coupled with the financia;
condition in which most of the ranch.
ers find themselves after three years
of drouth, are the factors which viii
have the most significant bearing on
the light seeding.
Moisture conditions this year are
exceptionally good, according to the
reports. If the June rains do not fail
to come, the ranchers will have a good
year in spite of the fact that they
will find it impossible to plant us
heavy a crop as they would like to-
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
WILL NOT EXTEND LINES.

Great Falls.-No extension work will
be done on the lines of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway in 1920
with the possible exception of a 30-mile
addition to the Lewistown-W innett
branch to accommodate the oil field
business, according to II. B. EarIing.
of the road.
New building will not be undertaken
until the lines have been in the hands
of owners again for at least a year,
Mr.. Earling says.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
Relief Bonds Total SAYS, 900.

Bond issues for 81 counties in Mon
tana, totaling $4,T75,OO0, have been
voted during the past few months for
provisions, feed and seed grain to be
furnished farmers, according to data
compiled by officials at the state
house. In addition to the bond issues
authorized, two counties have decided
to act under the law which allows
county commissioners to furnish seed
grain up to $4,000 without the neces-
sity of Il vote of the people. This will
make grand total of $4,795, 900 for
the benefit of the farmers who are
unable to secure provisions. feed and
seed grain without county assistance.
In number of the counties, espe-
cially in the northern part of the
state, considerable portion of the
money voted has been loaned TO the
farmers for the purpose of buying
provisions and feed during the win
ter However, considerable proper
ton of the amount available has been
retained fol. seed grain. In conse-
quence of the assistance furnished
farmers unable to obtain loans else
where, a larger acreage will be plant
ed this spring than it was believed
last fall would be possible.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
DlsTILLERY ROBBED.

Grantsville, Nd, April 3.-On the
sixteenth visit to the warehouse of the
Fair Chance distillery, thieves took
the last drop of 40 barrels of liquor
left at the distillery at the time war
time prohibition became effective.
1t is believed the distillery was the
most robbed whisky warehouse in the
United States. 1t is located in a
rather lonely spot. The whiskey taken
is valued at between $4,000 and
$4,000.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
Few Pieqan Indians Left.

Few members of the Piegan Indian
tribe are left in Montana and of a
group of head men who were in Car
lysle 80 years ago and are known to
many Of the pioneers, only one, White
Grass, is still alive, according to wore!
received by officials of the state his
torical library from A. G. Warner of
Chouteau. Mr. Warner. who is also
a pioneer, has presented the library
with rare old group picture of the
head men,
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
sIssoN BACK ON JOB.

Missoula.-President E. o. Sisson of
the State university has arrived in
Missoula from Forest Grove, Cal, to
resume his duties. Mr.. Sisson Las
been absent on an extended leave of
absence since the latter part of De
cember.
President Sisson, who has been I'M
der considerable nervous strain since
coming to the university in the sum
mer of 1917, says that his health is
much improved.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
Biliousness
and Constipation

Muscatine, Iowa.-"T have used DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for three
years. I have found them pleasant, re-
liable and first-class medicine for
biliousness and constipation. r. B.
Williams, 705 e. Fifth st.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
Vain Endeavor.

"who is the espondent-looking per-
son?'
1.-The former proprietor of cabaret.
He says life holds nothing more for
him"
"Why doesn't he establish himself in
Cuba?"
Its too late now. He wasted the
savings of years trying to convince his
patrons that the vaudeville he gave
them while sober was just as good as
the performances they used to applaud
wildly when three sheets in the wind"
Birmingham Age-Herald
The man who marries disagreed
BILE woman for her money swallows
bitter silver-coated pill.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
500 Reward, 500
LEFT BEFORE TROUBLE CAME
Spectator at Moving Picture Refused
to Be Mixed UP in Any Shady
Domestic Affairs.

81 saw you at the moving picture
show last evening" said the fat
plumber, 'but when / looked for you
little later | missed you"
'Yes, | got up and went home"
"When was that?"
81 left when the villain began to
lay snare for the wife of the man
who had to stay at this office on ac-
count of business"
Didn't you see any more of the
picture?'
mo"
"And you left at the most interest
ing part?'
yes"
"Why?"
81 knew If things kept on as they
were headed there would be fuss
pretty soon between the two men, or
between the man and his wife and
made up my mind | wouldn't be mixed
up In anybody's domestic troubles
Youngstown Telegram.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
BAD BLOOD.
BOILS
Davenport, Iowa. - "Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery at one time

saved me a lot of
s u f f e r | Il 6. My
blood was in very
bad C o n d. tt o n,
which resulted in
my having numer-
GUS boils. / could
not get them out
of my system until
I took the Cold
en- Medical Dis
covery' and 1t so
purified nv blood
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
soIefuI Music.

Salesman-Here's something new,
madam. Combination footstool and
photograph.
having a dreadful time lately with my
feet going to sleep, and this will wake
them up.-Boston Transcript.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
INDIGESTION
Caused by
Acid Stomach

Millions of people--in fact about out of
10-suffer more less from indigestion,
acute or chronic. Nearly every case Is
caused by Acid-Stomach.
There other stomach disorders which
also sure signs of Observation-Disclosures
ing, heartburn, bloat after eating, food re-
peating, sour gassy stomach. There
many ailnentg which. while they do not
cause much distress in the stomach itself,
are, nevertheless, traceanle to acid
stomach. Among these are nervousness,
biliousness, cirrhosis of the liver, rheumr
tism, impoverished blood, weakness insol
mia, melancholia and lone train of phys
ical and mental miseries that keep the
victims in miserable health year after year.
The right thing to do is to attack these
ailments at their source-ges rid of the acid
stomach. A wonderful modern remedy called
EATONIC makes it easy to do this.
One of hundreds of thousands of grateful
users of EATONIC writes: II have been
troubled with intestinal indg estion for about
nine years and have spent quite sum for
medicine, but without relief After using
EATONIC for a few days the gas and pains
in my bowels disappeared. EATONIC Is just
the remedy I needed"
we have thousands of letters telling of
these marvellous benefits. Try EATONIC and
you, too, will be just enthusiastic in it's
praise.
Your druggist has EATONIC. Get a big
Soc box from him today. He will refund
your money If you are not satisfied
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
Contrary Result.

"Your patient eats nothing but rich
food" 81 suppose that is why he has
such poor appetite"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
GRUMPY?
If Constipated, Bilious or
Headachy, take
"Cascarets"

Brain foggy? Blue devils got you?
Don't stay sick, bilious, headachy, con-
stipated. Remove the liver and bowel
poison which is keeping your head
dizzy, your tongue coated, your breath
bad and stomach sour. Why not spend
a few cents for box of Cascarets and
enjoy the incest, gentlest laxative-ca-
thartic you ever experienced? Cas-
carets never grippe, sicken or inconve-
nience one like Salts, Oil, Calomel or
harsh Pills. They work while you
sleep.-Adv.
A new broom sweeps almost as
clean as a straight flush.
Eskimo children play football with
a bag stuffed with hair
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
Distributes Auto Plates.

With plans complete for distribution
of $4,000 automobile license plates in
1920, Secretary Of State G. 7. Stewart
is sending the first carload of plates
throughout the state. The second car
load of plates is expected from the
factory soon.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09
The Result.

'Esau gave up his birthright for a
mere pottage."
Eyes, and he made a mess of it,"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09

Office seeking may be neither a
trade nor profession, but disease
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09

Fresh, sweet, white, dainty clothes
for baby, If you use Red Cross Ball
Blue. Never streaks or Injuries them.
All good grocers sell it, sc package.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09

Highway Contract Work Soon to Start.
Work will be started early in April
throughout Montana by those to whom
contracts for road projects have been
awarded by the state highway commits
sion, according TO r. F. Zahnizer of
the commission, who has received word
from many contractors that work
would be under way now except for
the recent SHOWS.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-09

INDUSTRIAL census VIII Be AIKEN.
Allen f. Drake, acting chief special
agent of the census bureau. arrived in
the state from Salt Lake City to take
an industrial census of Montana. The
state has been divided into five dis
tricts. A special agent will be in
charge of each district. The statistics
to be collected include capital per
sons employed, wages, cost of materi-
ais, value Of products. character and
power of machinery from all manu-
facturers, operators Of mines and quar-
ries. oil and gas wells and forestry and
forest products.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-07-28
INTERESTING BRIEFS
FROM MASON TOWN

R. M. Kidder and H. c. Hansen
went on fishing trip to the Elbow
Saturday night, returned Sunday with
the limit.
George Ellis and family returned
from two weeks camping vacation
and report a most enjoyable time.
J. T. Moore and Bill Daily are out
camping.
Mason was sure an empty burg on
Sunday-the following on fishing ex-
cursions: P. H. Cook, l. S. Dickson,
S. A Taboo and families, also 7. H.
Lever and wife, Dave Gurr and wife.
w. J. Askins, wife and son. accom-
panied by Vernon Peterson, returned
from Oakland. Mr.. Askins purchas-
ed an Overland while on the Coast.
The people OF Mason are anxiously
waiting the ruling on the ore rate
question. This is of vital Importance
to the town, in fact to the whole
valley.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-07-28
IN PAY ORE

A report on the Mammoth mine has
been prepared by l.. Fl. Bartholomew
chief owner OF the property. supple
menting a report by F.. B. Mills. of the
Mason Valley Mines Co. The prop
erty is i'll Mineral county in the Was
suk range OF moutains. west of t|aw-
thorne and 25 miles from Wilson. a
station on the Copper Belt railroad
The mine has been developed by 5000
feet of tunnels, drifts. and crosscuts.
developing vein from three to 10 feet
wide Ore of $4,000 gross value has
been treated in small mill and ore
oil more than this value is said to be
in sight. The metal content OF the
ore is gold, with small amount of
silver.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-07-28
THEY NEED THE WATER

United States Senator Henderson
and W. \. Pray OF Fernley left last
Friday Tor Yellowstone Park to CON
fer with Secretary OF the Interior
Payne regarding the need of rc'cas-
ing more water from Lake Tahoe for
the proper irrigation OF the New
lands project and adjoining country.
Mr.. Pray will represent the farmers
at the conference, says the Journal.
The question Of more water on the
Ncwland's project and. i'll fact, along
the entire course of the Truckee
river has reached tremendous proper
tions, according to Mr., Pray, and
unless prompt measures. are taken to
remove the sand now obstructing
the outlet of the Truckee river from
Lake Tahoe the farmers stand to lose
both their second and third crops.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-07-28
DISASTROUS BLAZE

a S300000 fire, star ring i'll al, out
house where it is 3elicye lighted
match must have been dropped, caus
ed the total destruction OF the box
factory OF the Verdi Lumber Com
pany at Verdi yesterday (Sunlay)
afternoon, making a loss there alone
OF 100000. says the Gazette.
Seven Southern Pacific freight cars
partly filled with lumber standing OH
a siding near the factory where they
had been left to be loaded, were conf
p1etely destroyed at loss OF $4,000.
Other losses amounting to about
$1,000 included two residences owned
by \. Reveal. a house owned by A.
Rinne and a-nearby Il shanty.
The losses OF the Verdi Lumber
Company and the Southern Pacific
are entirely covered by insurance, as
well as that OF A. Reveal.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-07-28
PRIZES FOR HEAVY LOADS

To aid in the heavier car loading
campaign which is being waged all
over the Pacific Coast by such organi-
zations as the Good Railway Service
Association OF California. Agent W.
Frank Shelly of the Southern Pacific
Company at Wa5uska. announces that
his company has decided to offer
cash prizes to .all its agents in a car
loading contest which will start \ug-
lst and continue three months. A
first prize of $1,000 and a second of
$500 will be awarded to stations on
the Pacific Coast which show the
heaviest loading in each II different
commodities. An additional prize goes
to the Agent who makes the greatest
improvement over his record for the
corresponding period of 1918. Five
credits will be allowed each station
for each ton per Car increase over}thc
system average for corresponding
period OF 1918 and two credits for
each per cent of increase load to ca
pacity and lesser increases in proper
ton. Award will be made to Agent
at Station earning the highest number
of credits for each commodity con.
sidered