The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-04-16
T HE STATE

i, pT6me court, Will De nedrQ April %
Helena-At a special sale of stat,
lands held here recently 2,375 acre
of land we're sold for $43,136.
Great Falls-Roy Mcknight hai
been elected president of the Mon
tana Automobile Dealers association
Butte-H. Hugo, aged 10, is deaC
from injuries received in an automo
bile smashup.
Helena - The cornerstone of the
new Shrine temple will be laid here
June 10.
Perma-Nicholas j. Connolly has
been commissioned postmaster al
Perma
Red Lodge-P. C. Hicox has been
elected mayor of Red Lodge for the
fourth consecutive term.
DilIon-Owners of irrigated land
in Beaverhead county are refusing
offers of $50 per acre.
Libby-The Libby Rod and Gun
club will plat million fish fry in
the streams of Lincoln county.
Misunderstanding has commenced
in this section. The ground is in an
ideal condition.
Livingston-Within a month Park
SO0hly Will hCO0 LgVUO DlOA III AOod
construction work.
Grass Range-O. Reinhart was
elected mayor over F. w. Miles by a
majority of one vote.
Butte-The union carpenters of
Butte have adjusted their differences
with contractors and are back at
work again.
Butte-Butte has instituted new
system of collecting garbage by
which $4,000 was saved on the first
month it was put into operation.
Helena-Mrs. Rachael Davenport,
a pioneer of Montana, who came to
the territory before the railroads, is
dead.
Helena-Bids for paving the main
road through East Helena have been
rejected by the state highway COM
mission as excessive.
Great Falls-Fletcher Maddox is
managing the Wood presidential
campaign jim Montana and J. w. Sher-
wood is at the head of the Hoover
organization.
Helena-Out of 651 aliens employ
ed on the Butte and Great Falls divi-
sion of the Great Northern two-thirds
have taken out first citizenship pa
pers recently.
Helena-John Dryburgh has been
reelected mayor of Helena, and the
taxpayers have authorized the issu-
ance of 100000 in bonds for water
system improvements.
Great Falls - John A. Collins,
twice mayor of Great Falls, and who
had served two terms as sheriff of |
a. t. inn N
operation for appendicitis.
Heiena-The formation of the Jo-
liet and Whitehorse bench irrigation
district will reclaim $500 acres of
land in Carbon county at cost of
$281,000.
Highwood-Forty-tw relatives of
Mrs. E. v. Davidson, who resides
with her son, L. " Davidson, on the
north Highwood bench, attended
family reunion in her honor recently.
Dillon - Corduroy trousers and
flannel shirts have been adopted as
the regulation uniform for high
school boys, in an effort to reduce
he high cost of living.
Hardin-Wylliam Hart, premier
cowboy of the movies, is planning to
stage a film near Hardin, and his
manager has written to the Hardin
chamber of commerce to ascertain
weather conditions.
Belt-A recent storm in South |
Dakota wiped out herd of 200 head
If stock, the property of Matthew
and James Cooper, which
lad been shipped from local ranges
or winter feeding.
Bozeman-The cries of baby in |
he family of John Keifer, Jr., of
Manhattan, probably saved all from
ire. Smoke awakened the baby
whose cries awakened the father.
The home was destroyed.
Great Fa1ls-A huge copper still,
apable of manufacturing the high
st grade of raisin whisky, was raided
ere a few days ago. The ownership
f the establishment is admitted by ii
ieorge Pfeifle, who is under arrest.
Thompson Falls - A Thompson
'alls woman objected to her husband II
moking in the house, so he smoked
a the woodshed His cigarette set
be woodshed on fire and the family II
ONE was destroyed. III
Saco-John Olson, a section man, II
-as killed when a fast passenger
-ain crashed into push car, loaded II
18th ties, on which he stood endea- u
oring to flag the train. The en- II
ineer could not stop his engine. II
Helena-Many state banks in va II
ous parts of Montana are taking II
.eps to join the federal reserve II
ank system and to do so are in II
their capitalization from II
5000 to $4,000, the minimum re- II
uired by federal law. II
Chinook-The first monthly auc-
on conducted by the Chinook cham III
er of commerce was held recently. III
arm implements, horses, cows and
ousehold goods were sold at a fair
ice. The attendance at the sale
as large. iii
Livingston 49, Elk from the over III
DIVIDED preserves in this section will
) sent to other Ravens. Western
ontana will receive some, Lewis III
Id Clark county will place few
lad in Dry Gulch, Canada will take
me and a shipment is to be made
New York.