The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-02-27
| MONTANA NOTES
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSELY TOLD

In an opinion by Chief Justice Brant
ley, the supreme court has made al
order disbarring j. w. CaIlicote O
Bowdoin, Philips county. This steI
was caused by petition filed in tn,
supreme court by the office of the
attorney general alleging that CALI
cote had pleaded guilty to charges OF
maintaining a nuisance in conducting
place where Intoxicating liquors
were sold.
Bishop John p. Carroll was in Butte
| last week to confer with Catholic
priests of Butte, Anaconda, Bozeman
and Missoula on matters pertaining
to the diocese to be disposed of be-
fore the bishop departs for Rome to
visit the pope soon after Easter. Bish-
OPP Carroll stated THAI he is assured
it is possible the Great Northern rail-
way will grant the old Hebgen base
ball park grounds in Butte as the site
for the new Catholic school, which Is
to cost more than 100000.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the
Russell lumber yard at Billings, with
an estimated loss of $4,000. This was
the first lumber yard established in
Billings. Four horses were burned to
death in the flames
George Diedrick, assistant cashier of
the Farmers State bank at Highwood
experienced a peculiar and painful ac-
cident recently. While sitting at his
desk he sneezed and threw his shout
der out of joint, which necessitated
the administration of an anaesthetic
to have it replaced.
Lump sum settlement of S1,417 will
be paid to Carl Ryders by the state
Industrial accident board. Ryders sus-
tanned an injury to his right eye while
on a wedge with sledge
hammer. A tiny piece of steel flew
into his eye and became lodged back
Of the eyeball, which necessitated re-
moving the eye to remove the splinter. |
Land that produces more per acre |
IAN be bought in Montana at about |
the price of eastern land"
'ays c. ID. Greenfield, commissioner of |
agriculture and publicity, in a card |
which iS haipU p1aiIad +bo +bo,,
lands to all commercial clubs and |
in this and other states in
roof of the great productivity of Mon
ana lands.
Missoula banks have now on deposit
approximating $4,000 in I'M
laimed accounts, according to repre-
entatives of the four institutions in
he city.
Alex Dederer, employe of the Boor-
ian Lumber company of Great Falls,
as presented report OF an injury |
} the industrial accident board which
likes first place for minor injuries in
he vast number received by the board,
ccording TO officials. The reports,
owever, are sought by the board on
II cases because of subsequent diff
Ilties in many cases. Dederer was
rushing his right hand over his coat
hen the lead in pencil pierced his
umb three-eighths of an inch.
Ripe olives, containing bacillus
,tlinus, caused the death of five per-
ms and the illness of another at Java,
Iathead county, last autumn, accord
G to advices received in Helena by
e state board of health from the U.
bureau of chemistry, where the sam
es of suspected food were analyzed.
ne same poison caused deaths at De-
oft, Mich, Canton, o., New York and
emphis, Tenn.
Clyde beaverton of Absarokee en-
red plea of guilty to charges of
and larceny at a preliminary hearing
fore justice of the peace at that
ace and has been bound over to the
strict court with his bonds fixed at
900. beaverton was arrested short
after the discovery of fire which
stroyed the flour mill at Absaro-
e, and was asked to explain how
acquired a wagon load of articles
ssing from the mill. He has not fur
shed bonds.
More than four million acres of Mon
Ia land were treated with poison
It in 1919, according to figures from
farm bureau headquarters at Boze-
n. A total of 3,555.76 acres of pri-
e land, 475,200 acres of state land,
| 510,520 acres of federal land were
ated with the poisoned grain in 20
mites.
faying completed the checking and