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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04
MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES

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On Sunday May 80, Memorial
services were conducted at Cir
Gle under the auspices of the
McCone County Post of the
American Legion.
Rev. Hendrickson of Wolf
Point, a, U. S. Army Chaplain
delivered theMemorial Day SER
mon, and proved to be a good
speaker, his sermon being well
rendered and impressive.
Several selections were sung
by a quartette consisting of D.
l.. Eastburn and wife, Miss Alta
LaRowe and G. M. Gilbert, be-
sides couple beautiful vocal,
solos sung by Miss LaRowe.
Following the program at the
theatre the boys in Khaki form
ed in line in front of the theatre
and marched out to the ceme-
terry to pay their respects to a
departed comrade, John Nagel.
A large number of people took
part in the exercises and joined
in the parade to the cemetery.
Many beautiful wreaths of
flowers were placed upon the
graves of dear ones who have
been laid to rest in the local
cemetery.
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SUMMIT NEWS NOTES

Herman Meeves and Henry
Hubing made trip to Glen
dive this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hubine
and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hubine
visited at the Hughes ranch
| Sunday.
Carl Burgeson and julius Kel-
Ter autoed to the Canadian lines
| last week.
The farmers on the Summit
have their seeding well under
way and some have theircorn
planted.
mir. and Mrs. Andy Miller and
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Heron vi
sited at the Meeves ranch Sun.
Louis Garfield spent a few
days last week visiting at the
home of AlbertHubing.
The Summit Farmers Club
held its regular meeting at the
home of Andy Miller on May 80.
In spite of the rain a large crow
meeting was held. One new
member was received. Motion
ca1ried that secretary b instr
ucted TO correspond with the
s4onnty Agents of Dawson and
Prairie counties for the purpose
Of holding a Tri-County farm
Burean Picnic. Much interest
was taken in the discussion of
building county Dormitory
in some convenient place to ac-
commodate the Children in out
lying districts. 1t was decided
to take up question of Commun-
ity Fair at he next meeting. June
9th was designted as Magpie
Day and the members of club
agreed to meet at August Hame
lau's and hunt Magpie, the birds
hayfng proven very destructive
TOT stock the past winter. It
was voted to hold the next meet
ing at the home of VIM. Hubing
at Brockway on June 9th.
AS there was no more busi-
ness the meeting adjourned.
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NOTICE OF CLOSE
OF REGISTRATION

Pursuant to the laws of the
State of Montana, notice is here,
by given that, for the purpose o
a Primary Election to be held ii
the several precincts within the
boundaries of McCone County
Montana, on the Oath day of
August, A. D. 1920, the Regis
tration books wherein all quail
flied electors residing within the
boundaries of McCone County
may register, will close at 500
P. M. on July 10th,A d. 1920,
said election being held for the
purpose of selecting candidates
for State, Legislative, District,
County and Township offices,
choosing and electing one Coun
ty Central committeeman of
each party for each precinct.
All electors are hereby mott
fled that if they reside more
than ten miles from the County
Court House, that they may re
gister for the ensuing election
by appearing before the county
clerk at his office or by appear
ing before a Justice of the Peace
Notary Public or special deputy
Registrar, in his own precinct in
McCone County Montana, and
register in the manner provided
by law; but all electors residing
within ten miles of the County
Court House must appear at the
office of the County Clerk in or
der that they may be registered
unless unable to do so,as provid-
ed by law.
Electors are hereby informed
Il Cney were reglSteroI and vOt-
ed at the General Election held
N November 1919, o. trey have
sincet 1t t.l,e, they
need not re-register. Electors
who have moved to other pre-
cincts than where originally re-
5istered should have their re-
sistration changed as required
,y law.
Dated at Circle, Montana this
Ind day of June, A. ID. 1920.
Jesse E. Dave,
County Clerk and Ex-Officio
Registrar, McCone County |
State of Montana.
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CRAvER TAKEN TO TERRY

VIM. Craver of Horse creek
who the past two months has
been very i'll suffering with an
iattack of double pneumonia,
has not been progressing very
well of late and this week was
taken to a hospital in Terry for
medical attention owing to the
fact that DR.. Rumble was called
away on account of his mothers
illness.
Miss Craver, sister of Mr.. Cra-
yer who is a graduate nurse
has been helping take of VIM.
OF late, and accompanied him to
Terry.
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Legion Meeting and
Dance, Big Success

The smoker and meeting helG
by the American Legion last Sal
urday, May 29th was a big sue
cess from the standpoint OF
business transacted.
A large amount of work was
gone thru and several new mem
bers were taken in, making the
total 81. The following officers
were elected, who will serve un-
til Nov. 11th, 1921:
John Anderson, Post Commandr
Homer A. Hoover, Post Vice
Commander.
Eugene T. Kirchner, Post Ad-
jutant.
Harold A. Grove, Post Finance
Officer.
Gideon M. Gilbert, Post Historian
All the above officers will
serve on the Executive Commit
tee and the following were ap-
pointed by the Post Commander
Clarence Schneider
r. Hughes
Sunny Smart
Fred c. Kuehne
G. w. Styer
Colin Taylor
1t was decided to hold month
ly meetings on the last Satur-
day of each month. This will
givemembers a chance to get
tdgether and if the attendance
will warrant it, to give a series
Of informal dances and pro-
grams after each meeting.
Application was also made tc
the Government, TO furnish
rifles to the Post. The Govern
ment agrees to furnish the rifles
and 800 rounds OF ammunition
yearly to the Post for target
practice. This vii; allow the for
nation of a rifle club and the
Post feels confident that there
are enough good shots around
here to be able to get away
with some of the prizes offered
by the Government and State.
The dance after the meeting
was one of the most successful
affairs ever held in Circle. A
very large crowd was present
reported having a
very good time. Music was fur
nished by five piece orchestra. |
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DEATH OF MRS. BOYLE

A brief mention was made
last week of the death of Mrs.
Kathryn Boyle, beloved wife of
John Boyle who resides up Red
water. Mrs. Boyle died at Terry
on May oath and interment took
place on the % from the Tarsas
northeast of Bottineau, N. D.
where the remains were laid. to
rest besides that of her father,
mother and brother.
Cause of death was gail stone
ard Eidney trouble. Deceased
Was 49 years of age at tins CT
death.
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WATKINS AND VICINITY.

Glen Malvern, government
reporter for this locality on croI
lconditions, says grain is 10%
better than last year June Is.
Gusaf Stelzer has been quite
sick. He is under care of DR.
Jessie Glaze of Terry.
Miss Everette j. Morsman re-
turned from California May 26.H
Miss Morsman plans only short
say in Montana t
Mrs. John Sparby and child
rem of Terry recently Mrs. III.
Rourke.
We areglad to note that the
Modern Language Association
of America at their recent con-
vention at Columbus Ohio, voted
to abandon ''simplified spelling"
this after several years of trial
and effort. To most scholars it
smacked to much of the Josh
Billings style.
The Redwater Woman's club
met with Mrs. Cobb May 18th.
There was an attendance of a.
bout twenty members and visi-
tors. There was a short busi-
ness session with the president
Mrs. Emerson presiding. Then
lunch was served and a social
hour followed. We were pleas
ed to have Miss Morsman pre-
sent. Meeting adjourned to
meet June 9Th with Miss Mors-
man and June 9th with Mrs.
F1orine Guldborg.
Mrs. Harriet Allen accompanied
by Mrs. Freda Allen and daugh-
ter Harriet are in Wisconsin cal
led there by the serious illness O
Mrs. Aliens mother.
We hear rumors that there
are to be several changes in our
postal service soon.
Mrs. B. w. Malvern is expect
ing her daughters Miss Edith
from Savage and Ermal from
to spend the summer
with her
The coming week Mrs. Maude
Emerson goes to Billings as dele
gate from the Womans Club to
he State Federation melting. She |
will visit with relatives enroute. |
The report made public May |
23rd by the Russell Sage Foun-
lation who have been compar-
ng results of state school sys-
ems, place Montana in the en-
7iable first place, with CaHfor-
liza second, Orizona third New
Jersey fourth and Washington
fifth. This report must come
is a surprise to Our eastern
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04
CROP CONDITIONS IN STATE

Favorable crop conditions in
all sections of the state are in
dicated in the reports from Is
counties for week ending May
22nd, says Chas. D. Greenfield
Commissioner of Agriculture &
publicity. EARLY sown grains
are getting along in great shape,
pasture conditions are excellent
and the weather during the week
was such as to enable the far
mers to do the maxium of field
work. Several counties reported
some winter killing of wheat ne
cessitating re-seeding to spring
grain while in other counties
the winter wheat is reported to
have come through in fine shape
There has been winter killing of
alfalfa but just how extensive
is hard to estimate yet. In no
county did the reports show
the amount of ground seeded
as up to the normal, but the fav-
Orable conditions indicate that
returns, if the season is normal,
will be much higher per acre
than they have been in num-
ber of years. Il
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04
New Principal For
Circle School

c. L Adwin of Forsyth,was
a vista Circle the forepart o1
the w. Mr.. Baldwin is the
new lcipal of the Circle High
Schdthat has been engaged
bv tAocal school board for the
corfg term.
procuring Mr.. Baldwin the
he'd has been fortunate in get
tg avery good man, and comes
Ehly recommended. He is a
an of pleasing personality and
ppears to be a fellow that is
throughly capable of delivering
fthe goods. He is a worker and
will no doubt be a good man to
help make the Circle school one
of the best in the state.
Mr.. Baldwin is a graduate of
the University of Montana and
has also attended the Normal
school at Dillon. He has had
seven years experience as an in
structor and the past year been
principal of the Forsyth High
School.
Mr.. Baldwin is a married man
having a wife and three child
rem and expects to move his
family to Circle next week to
make this their future home
The Banner welcomes the
Baldwin's to our midst and hope
they will find our little city a
pleasant place to live.
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tfriends who have long prided
themselves on the efficiency OF
their public schools. But the
sc.lt % systems of the N esicrn
st;tes have been bu",..eC Oh tat.
experiences of the east aGo froln
Il ,-ir costly errors we have gain
ed knowledge and we do hot
hesitate to believe that the wes-
tern states and Montana par
ticularly will long remain in the
lead.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04
Circle Man Visits
The Mosby Field

We have all heard a good deal
deal of talk the past few months
regarding the discovery of oil in
Montana and particularly about
the Mosby wells, over in Fergus
and Garfield counties, which are
the closest.
A good many of these Oil
stories have sounded rather
fishy, but we have some dope
now that's straight from aCir-
Gle man who has been there and
seen the whole works. That
man is Chas l.. Fletcher who
made a trip to the oil fields last
week returning to Circle again
last Monday evening. The trip
was made by auto in company
with Percy Fleming of Glendive
The gentlemen went via Jordan
and then to Mosby where they
visited the famous Frantz wells
and found them to contain the
real thing and lots of it. The
Frantz well No. 2 which is the
biggest strike in the state SO far
had just been capped and placed
under control when they arrived
and the well was then running
at tn rate of 29S barrels a day.
Before it was gotten under con-
troll it flowed at rate of about
six hundred per day, and thebig-
the oil companies now is place
tostore the oil. Over two thou
sand barrels had been run into a
coule before storag tanks were
gotten to the grounds.
Mr. Fletcher reports that
there certainly is some life
at Winnett, which is some busy
burg. To see the number of
people that visit Winnett and
the oil sections every day one
fully realizs that .'oil'' has been
struck in Montana.
Before leaving the Frantz
well Mr.. Fletcher obtained about
a quart of Montana crude oil,
Just as it comes out of the wells
and brought it home with him,
so as to show us the real dope.
This crude oil contains 4S per-
cent gasoline and is used to furr
ish power for six different dill
ling outfits nearby. In one i'll
stance it is being piped six miles
About thirty outfits are at work
IN the Mosby section now.and
great strikes are looked for.
If you wish to see a sample OF
he oil Mr. Fletcher will show it
o you,and we also have a SAM
Die Of it at the Banner office.
The gentlemen also visited
he Roundup field before re-
.urning but state that the most
activity was in the Winnett sec
ion.
Mr.. Fletcher says there is lots
If work trucking material out to
he oil fields which are about 25
niles from Winnett, and plans to
axe the two large Diamond-T
rucks of the Circle Motor Com
any over there to freight with
his summer
On another page of this is
ue of the Banner will be found
everal Illustrations of tn Mosby
il wells and also a view of the
10000 worth of oil damned up
/ a coulee.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04
LEAGUE MEETINGS

Weldon, Saturday June 5th.-
Circle, Monday, June 7th
Watkins, Tuesday June Sth
Crowley Wednesday June 9Th
Wason Flats, June 10th
Cohagen, Friday June 18th
The speaker at all these meet
ngs VIII b W. r. Duncan. .
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y. B. Ladies Aid

The ladies aid of the United
Brethren Church will meet on
Wednesday afternoon June 9th,
at the church. Lunch will be
served ,25 and 15c. Your pat
ronage will be appreciated.
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Lutheran Ladies Aid

The Lutheran Ladies Aid viii
meet on Sunday afternoon, June
18th at the home of Mrs. Oscar
Lee. Mesdames Lee and Wheat
ley viii entertain. You are in
vited to come and spend the
afternoon with us.
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$3.50 AND $500

That that hereafter the subscription price
CIRCLE BANNER will be $3.50 year,
in McCone County To those who reside McCone
County anywhere States subscription price
be $500.
The above placed effect on May 10th and
will be in force from All subscriptions
will be charged the old at
the new rate from then
We regret that conditions have become
become make this raise
fact the market has the few years. especially
of late by leaps and bounds
Not only is the price many times higher
years but hard to get And this
price gasoline, higher priced ink and labor.
But after all your home newspaper the
thing ITO raise in price. 1t $500 war; $500
during the $500 after the asking only
slight raise of so residents
County and s100 to nonresdents. The ad
diona SO nonresdent is the postage
on those by the system
voved preparing single list each week
We hope that conditions will change and that it
will not be necessary make additional long
time. However the present time subscriptions be
accepted for more than year.
To those whose subscription has expired we kindly
ask to what is due and have year
After June 1st mailing list Will be placed strictly
paid in advance" basis and all stopped Immediately
upon expiration of subsc ,iption
We going to to give this and McCone County
that will be credit both days
quires real to do Kindly give lift
its per year.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-10-08

weeks ending August 81 when COM
pared with the four weeks ending
July 80 show there has been a de-
crease of more than 4 IL per cent.
All cities in the district exhibited de-
creases or insignificant increases ex-
cept Aberdeen. The volume of in
dividual debts is a good index as to
changes in the volume of business
or in the price level or both. AS com
pared with year ago the four weeks
ending August 81 exhibited an In
crease of less than / per cent.
Postal savings deposits declined
IA per cent during the month and
this probably represents the effects
of high living costs, increased unem-
p1oyment and speculation in foreign
moneys. Bank loans are expanding
owing to the seasonal demand for
currency to move the crops, although
rates are firm and high. There was
an increase in the number of fail
ures, particularly among smaller
firms.
Cars Promised Fail to Arrive
'The northwest has not received
the number of empty grain cars
promised. Under the American
Railway association order of March
16 and the interstate commerce COM
mission order of July "a, empty cars
suitable for grain delivered were an
average per week of 2,062 cars in
the four weeks ending August 1, and
an average per week of 2,459 cars in
the four weeks ending August %. |
The number of cars received during |
the four weeks ending August 1 was
but SIS per cent of the number pro-
vided for in the orders and there was
some improvement in the four weeks
ending August % during which there
was received 61.2 per cent of the
required by these orders.
''The federal reserve agent has cir
cularized member banks in this dis
trict, urging them to form local traf-
fic committees to supervise unload
ing of cars and to bring such pres
sure to bear as would be sufficient
% secure prompt unloading and re-
urn of all cars, in order that cars
for grain or coal will not be
lnduly delayed when used to carry
,ther forms of freight"
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MOntanan Likes Brazil

David R. McGinnis has returned te
Kalispell from six months absence
In South America where he made q
thorough investigation of conditions
in that country. Mr.. McGinnis spent
most of his time in Brazil and before
returning to New York secured a con-
tract for 100000 acres of land on the
new railroad in the state of Parana
and hopes to colonize the tract with
Americans. McGinnis states china
tic conditions are splendid in Brazil,
with plenty of rainfall and the peo-
pie amiable and pleasant, but with
lots of ambition. He said there was
a total lack of class conflict and race
prejudice. He says that Americans
enjoy a remarkable prestige in the
southland and that many South
Americans are coming to the United
States to enter American colleges and
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TANNING MILL
WILL SAVE MONEY
MATERIAL REMOVED is GOOD
FEED AND GRAIN WILL SELL
FOR HIGHER PRICE

!, The ordinary man is not likely tt
be enthusiastic about or even favor
able toward farm machine unles!
1t can be pretty definitely shown thai
its use is money saving proposition
This is the reason why many farm
ers are doubtful about the use of g
tanning mill. However, many farm
ers can testify to the fact that sin
| gle seasons use of tanning mill has
paid for the machine severaL-tinaes
over. =.
A prominent grain merchant states
that farmers lose money because they
| do not clean their grain. Ordinarily
every bushel of wheat that comes in
to the central market contains any
where from two to five pounds of dirt
| and impurities. Before the wheat
can be properly graded and market
| ed, these impurities have to be re-
moved, and the elevator men, in adj
dition to making a charge for clean
ing, or reduction in the price for
having it done, keep the impurities
that are removed. These impurities
make fairly good stock feed. For in
stance, the impurities removed from
wheat that arrives in Duluth in one
year would be sufficient to feed 50,-
600 sheep for a year.
If farmer had tanning mill and
used 1t be could keep this saving him
self, season after season, in addition
to being able to market a higher
grade of grain.
There has been a great deal of dis
cussion as to the value of cleaning
grain that Is to be used for wheat
seed. Some tests prove very satisfac-
tory while others gain doubtful re-
suits as to the value of this proce-
dure. However, farmers who make
practice of it are generally very much
in favor of it and they figure that it
Is an economical thing to do. 1t is |
perfectly reasonable to believe that |
the sowing of broken, shriveled grain |
Is not going to increase the yield. |
Some of these grains will not grow. |
Others will produce inferior plants |
and will hinder the growth and de-
Velopment of good plants. Chaff |
and debris will also interfere with |
he operation of drill or seeder and |
his may cause much more loss than |
anyone would think of estimating. |
One man declares that in the years
hat he has used the tanning mill he
las found it necessary to discard
about rs per cent of the wheat seed
IN account of its being shriveled or
otherwise imperfect. The removal
If weed seeds is really a thing that
hould be done with all kinds of seed
,rain. Mustard, cookie, wild rye and
numerous other weeds will get into
he grain, and not only interfere with
is growth, but will injure the quail
ty of the harvest product. |,
OF course, it should be understood
hat there are certain seeds such as ,
,ockle, wild peas, king head and I
Wild rose seed that ordinary tanning ,
Mills will not remove. 1t is better to
ell such infested seed and buy clean
Wheat Il
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TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK
May HAVE MILLIONS FOR THE
STOCK INDUSTRY OF THE WEST

s. McKinnan of Helena has beer
appointed a member of the commit.
tee of big western bankers and stock
men to aid and encourage restock-
ing the western ranges with young
beef. The appointment follows a
meeting of federal reserve heads and
other bankers in Chicago. McKin-
man, president of the Union Bank &
Trust company of Helena, said he
will be glad to cooperate and that
restocking of Montana's ranges,
which offer abundant feed, is neces-
sary for the states welfare. These
states need $25,000,000 credit for
three years to bring the ranges back.
The other members of the COM
mittee are A. E. deRicqles of Den
yer, Colo; George Abbott, vice presi-
dent of the First National bank of
Cheyenne, Wyo.; B. B. Brooks, presi-
dent of the Wyoming National bank
of Casper, Wyo.; Ford S. Hovey,
president of the Stockyards bank of
Omaha.
Propose Financing Program
Representative of the stock inter-
ests of the states west of the Missis-
sippi were at the meeting in Chicago.
They adopted a resolution and ap-
pointed the committee to "look into
the matter of placing and financing
livestock in the states of Wyo-
ming, Montana, North and South Da-
kota and Idaho, to cover shortage
now existing in these states, thus re-
lieving the credit situation in the