The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-11-02
TREASURE STATE PARAGRAPHS

In the Crazy mountains north of Big
Timber, there is counterpart of the
grasshopper glacier near Cooke City.
The discovery was made by Paul l..
Van Cleve, Jr., who crossed the divide
recently with some trout fry. He says
the ice glacier is about 60 feet in
depth, runs in the form of a horse
shoe, and running water has formed
tunnel through it. Inside the tunnel
for a distance of 30 feet, there is q
veritable grasshopper resting place,
| thousands being imbedded In the ice.
| The glacier is on the northwest slope
| of the Crazies.
When a celluloid comb was ignited
| by the heat from an electric reflector
| with which she was drying her hair,
Miss Thula Rodes, a teacher of Latin
| in the Butte high school, was severely
burned. Only presence of mind saved
her. When the comb burst into flames
and her hair caught fire, she ran to
the door to summon help. Realizing,
however, that to open the door would
create a draft, she turned and fled to
the bathroom, where she succeeded in
exitnguishing the flames by thrusting
her head under water faucet.
Explosion of a dynamite cap in a
stick of stovewood resulted in serious
injuries for the 10-year-old son of
John Rider of Charbonneau. The boy
was putting wood in the kitchen stove
when the accident occurred. So great
was the force of the explosion that
the lads right hand was severely torn.
After examination a physician found
amputation of the thumb and fingers
necessary.
Pleading guilty before Wallace p.
Smith. United States commissioner at
Missoula, Earl V. Thornton, arrested
last week on a charge Of embezzling
federal funds, was bound over for trial
in the United States district court at
Seattle. Thornton is accused of en-
bezzlement of postal and money order
funds from the u S. S. Prometheus.
and with desertion from the United
States navy.
Shipments of cattle from Ringing
have been heavier than had been ex-
pected, the total being about lib car
loads. Most of the shipments came
down the branch line and were as
sembled from large territory.
William 9. Roberts, pioneer rancher
Of the Beaverhead valley, is dead after
a protracted illness. He was born in
Switzerland 81 years ago. He settled
in the valley 30 years ago.
Steps towards the establishment of
3 new entrance to Yellowstone park
by way of Three Forks and the scenic
West GaIlatin canyon will probably
he taken within the course of another
year.
While sinking winze on their
in the Big Foot district, be-
tween Whitehall and Boulder, William
Harlan, Dan Donovan and John Foley
)pened up a two-foot vein of ore re-
,ently that shows exceptional values.
The assay returns give % per cent
cad, per cent zinc. 16 ounces of sill
yer and $50 in gold to the ton. The
nine was first located more than 40
ears ago.
Announcement is made that the
Meadow Creek Coal company will re-
ume operations in the coal mines at
Storey. and will employ between 80
nd 60 miners throughout the winter.
Wheat on the John Pick farm on
arrow creek. near Stanford, hailed out
n June, is expected to yield from Is
o 80 bushels an acre. A devastating
all storm struck portion of the Ar.
ow creek bench in June and pounded
Wheat into the ground. A second
rowth soon sprang up, however, and
eveloped into splendid crop.
Cocaine. the standard price of which
yas formerly 81 ''bindle," now sells
or $3.50, sheriff's officers of Butte de-
lare they ascertained with the arrest
f Tom Wing, laundryman of that
lace on a charge of violating the mar
otto laws.