The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-09-10
THE STATE.

Deer Lodge-The illness of Dis
trict Judge Winston, who is in :
hospital at Anaconda, with a Sigh
operation, has necessitated postpon
ing a session of his court at Dee
Lodge.
Helena - Mrs. Bozo Masonvitch
aged rs, wife of a rancher in Nit.
cheil gulch near here, shot and killed
herself, according to officials. The
motive Is unknown She leaves the
husband and two small children.
Miles City-Miles City will send
lO representatives to the irrigation
and development congress to be held
at Seattle September 16 and IT, il
as decided by the chamber of COM
merce.
Miles Cfty-Authority having been
received from Adjutant General
freeman for the organization of a
national guard company at Miles
City, the move will be started at once
by II. L. Anteny, physical director of
the ''Y" here.
delena-At a formal ceremony
last week, ground was broken for the
van Orsdel memorial, 100000 ad-
d1tlon to the Montana Deaconess
school here. The ceremony featured
the days sessions of the Montana
conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal church.
Helena - Members of the Joliet
and White Horse bench irrigation
district in Carbon county have ap-
Piled to the Montana irrigation COM
mission for 1t to assume Jurisdiction
OF the district under the state law.
1t is the first district created under
the 1903 statute, or old law, to ask
the state body to assume control.
halfspel1-Fook Joe, a Chinaman,
who came to Demersville in the old
days and to Kalispell when this city
was started and Demersville moved
bodily to this site, died last week.
Joe came into this country as fore
man of Chinese extra gang when
the Northern Pacific was built. For
more than 20 years he has been in
charge of. A. H. Hays store. He
was past 20 years of age.
Helena-Timber lands in Montana
will be assessed at SIT an acre as
the full and true valuation judging
from the action Of the state board of
equalization, which heard the ap-
peal of the Northern Pacific and
Anaconda Copper Mining company
from the assessments of the RavaIlf
county board of equalization. The
board granted the reductions for
which the appeals were made.
Heiena-Patrick Dougherty, who
was connected with ranches in Mon
tana from 1863 to 1870, particularly
the Round Grove ranch near Helena,
died at his home in ST. Paul He was
81 years old. Also he was a pioneer
of Minnesota, in 1856 having aided
In the development of Mississippi
river traffic and in the building of
railroads. A wife and five children
survive.
Malta-Appreciatin the necessity
Of making determined fight to re-
Fain the waters of the Milk river,
which stream rises in Montana and
courses into Canada, returning to the
treasure state, instead of permitting
Canadian interests to take most of |
he water, the farmers of the Malta |
'egion are preparing to be we'll rep
resented at the next International
tearing on the subject.
Neutrality-suspicious. by the
Interstate commerce commission for
publication on one days notice of a
ate of 35 cents per 100 pounds on
rude oil from Winnett and Cat
'reek fields in Montana to the Grey
full refineries has been made, on
pphcation OF Montana producers,
mo claim there are no refineries
ere and storage facilities are mea-
er. Ii
Helena-SamueI Cohen, one of the
all blazers of Montana, died last
eek at the age of so years. He was
ne or the best known men in the I
ate and during his As years resi-
once here contributed much to the
pbuilding of Montana. He was we'll {
nown in Helena, Virginia City,
reat Falls, Choteau and Butte, I
here at different times during his
Ie he was a figure in the business :
e of those communities. 7
Butte-To prevent a possible coal
mine In Butte, such as afflicted the
ty last winter, directors of the
amber of commerce at the weekly
ncheon In the Silver Bow club took
ton to seek to obtain sufficient
rs for coal from the mines to
itte- Ed Lang and P. L. Wills,
anager, were appointed a commit I
. OF two with full power to act in :
der to insure Butte an adequate
al supply for domestic purposes. :
Helena-Visitors in Helena state n
II week will be asked to pay $3.50
firstclass single room and $2l
: first class double room each
sht, according to M. Max GoodsilI, =,
'retary of the Helena Commercial g
Id, who is listing all available -,
oms in private homes. All reser- 81
tons at the leading hotels have q,
an taken, indicating record .
saking attendance this year. Some e
pms will be rented for 81 a night =
o. :,
Butte Fertilizer COM :.
ny filed articles of Incorporation -.
III the clerk and recorder last =.
Elk. John B. LeSage, George Kles-
and c. p. brennan are named as
incorporators. The company will ~ ~
TT building plant In the vicinity ~ ~
the proposed stock yards at once,
! 1t will be the first of its kind in :.
ntana. The fertilizer business