The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-04-13
TREASURE STATE
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grain planted in that county this year.
Through its chamber of commerce
Glendive endorsed the merger of the
Northern PacifIc railway, the Great
Northern and the Burlington roads.
Building activities at Shelby are
again under way full blast. Several
new operations are announced, which
help to make Shelby the busiest place
in Montana.
Bozeman's population has increased
by 5000 since the 1920 census, accord
ing to the figures of a carefully pre-
pared estimate based on the school
enumeration.
A Father and Son banquet was held
ut the Presbyterian church basement
in Forsyth which was attended by 256
men and boys between the ages of -
and IS years.
To discuss financial problems of the
four educational institutions which
compose the University of Montana,
fhe presidents of the four institutions
met with Chancellor NJ A. Brannon in
Helena recently.
Secretary Charles III. Roberts of. the
Missoula chamber of commerce has
been notified of his appointment as
state advisor of Montana for the Ma
tional Association of Commercial Or
ganization Secretaries.
A limitation of the number Of stu
dents, the cutting of extension service
activities, and the closing of the sum-
mer quarter are the outstanding ,fea-
lures of the program outlined for. Mon
tana State college at Bozeman. by
President Atkinson, recently.
One hundred and fifteen methers
and daughters participated In asban-
quet at the Congregational churchs at
Hardin, this being the first affair of
the sort given at which the tables were
turned and the women did the ban
quoting, while the men did the cooking
and serving.
1t has been announced at Miles City
that nine crews are to be put to work
at once on the Milwaukee, five on the
division and four on the
Trans Missouri. This means that 675
men are to be put to work. 1t is I'M
that the S5-pound rails are to
be replaced by 90-pound rails.
AS a result Of the advertising CAM
paign, upon which the three northwest
companies have embarked, a
great many communications are COM
ing in each day to the Billings office
Of the Great Northern railway. These
letters and cards are from many states
In the union and all ask the same
hing-information about Montana.
Mayor William V. Beers, acting for
he city of Billings, has filed before the
state public utilities commission at
Helena a complaint alleging that ex-
,essive rates are charged by the Bill
ings Gas company to the users of nat
lral gas in that city and asking that
"a revised and lowered schedule of
-ates be established" by the commits
;ion
During this season the Livingston
.hamber of commerce will be head
luarters for the r. T. B.-the touring
bureau. d. P. Bates, the
has been working to obtain
he bureau for Livingston ever since
he new chamber of commerce was or
-anized, and recently received letter
rom headquarters in Minneapolis, say
ne that it had been decided to estab-
ish the Montana bureau there.
"Farmers must reduce their acreage
# wheat and produce more profitable
rops," John r. Mitchell, member of
he federal reserve board at Washing
on, d. c., declared at the conference
With business men and farmers in
Billings recently. "The farmers OF the
orthwest can easily cut down by IT,
10000 acres. There is no doubt that
ver-production of wheat Is largely
for the farmers present
Boy Scouts of Montana will be ap-
ointed game wardens in the commun-
les in which they live, according to
tentative proposal made by State
;ame Warden c. A. Jackaways to
cout Executive John Whitney Of Mis-
oula. The scouts, one from each
roop, would hold a special commission
S a Boy Scout game warden, under the
Ian. Each troop would elect the men,
e. they would recommend for the ap-
0 atment
"a their last appearance on the floor
f he high school gym at Miles City,
Il ter High team of basketball play
r.. champions of Montana, defeated
lc Powder River team, made up Of
Vi 1er graduates and star players, "a
} 5, in an exhibition game. The mem
Q q Of the team, with Coach McAu-
+ q will 90 to Chicago where they
i participate in the national basket
az tournament under the auspices of
4 University of Chicago.
Captains of teams working on the
8 .ings Commercial club fund drive
orted a total amount of S7,1165O
k lged for the support of the Com
cecial club activities this year. This
but half of the amount of the budget,
Ne mark having been set at $4,000