The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-09-07

Work of construction on the s50,oo(
y. P. depot at Miles City has been be,
un.
The new boys dormitory, one OF the
most modern treproof buildings In
lilies City. has just been completed al
The state Industrial school.
Fifteen carloads of hogs will De
shipped this fall by the farmers OF
Prairie county. where diversified
farming is practised to large extent.
Miss Blanche Lee, formerly assist
ant leader of home demonstration
agents for the Montana extention SER
vice has been named state leader in
that branch of agricultural college
work by Director Coley to succeed
Miss Anna M. Turley.
The heaviest flax crop harvested in
eastern Montana for many years is
predicted for this season after an ex-
tensive survey of the Glendive COM
munity. Some farmers did not COM
plete the work Of seeding until July J.,
but the crop is reported to be growing
nicely and ii is said that the harvest
will be most bountiful one.
Altogether about 100000 pounds of
wool will be shipped from Dillon this
year, 100000 pounds Of which will
be produced in the territory immedi-
ately tributary to Dillon, while the re-
naming million pounds win be brought
to Dillon and shipped from there to
obtain better freight rates. None of
this years wool has been sold, but the
raisers expect to receive so cents
pound for the 1923 clip.
The question of what to do with a
first class county Jail, now that he has
1t, Is facing Mike Walsh of Livingston,
after being informed that lot he pur-
chased In Whitehall township at tax
sale two years ago Is the location of
the county jail. The lot was sold by
the officials for delinquent taxes
thought to be due on the property,
unaware that 1t belonged to the county
and that the Jail was on the lot.
The 320-acre farm of John Irvine
south of Simms, in Teton county, has
been disposed of by United States
ton of $3,8S8.50, alleged to be due
against the place because a large
quantity of Illicit liquor was manu-
featured there In 1921. The place was
sold to the United States in March,
1922, for the above sum and the recent
resale is said to have brought but 5000. |
Death has claimed another of the
pioneers, the last to go being Martin I
v. Huffman, who came to Montana in /
1854, and who for the last a years
had lived in or near Bozeman. Mr..
Huffman who was So years Of age,
was born at Bowling Green, Ky. With
his brother, the late George Huffman
Of Bozeman, he crossed the plains in
1854, arriving at Bannack and then
going to Alder Gulch. After several
months there they went to the Bitter
Root valley.
With the death in Tacoma of Cyrus
W. Thompson of Billings, one of, the
earliest Montana pioneers, attention is
directed to the fact that the group of
.eal frontiersmen is dwindling to small
Mr.. Thompson's passing
llso recalls vivid memories of the
wild and woody" town of Coulson, ,
forerunner. Mr.. Thompson
Who was well known to the old timers +
# Billings and who lived in that city
or nearly two-score years, founded n
Joulson's first store in partnership !
With his brother, Charles w. Thomp- -
on, in 1880. q
When the Midland Empire fair
pens at Billings on September IS, the !,
est planned exhibition in the history =
f the state will be thrown open to :
he public, according to those in ;,
barge of arrangements. A big ex- -
ibit of livestock is assured. Breed ;,
RS of purebred animals are turning =
ut in force to make the livestock .
how an unusually successful one. :
how officials are cooperating with :"
be livestock men in putting on an
EDUCATIONAL campaign to stimulate =
lore interest in the raising of farm y
took of high type and heavy sales of d
reeding stock are expected to result n
'om it.
At the Twenty-sixth Great Sun SEES u
on, or state convention of Montana D.
ed Men in Butte recently the follow
lg state officers were elected: W. b'
7. Palmer of Miles City, great rt
lchem; c. II. True of Phillipsburg, s.
reat senior sycamore; Roland Lum- g
y of LewIstown, great Junior saga ii
ore, and James A. Jepson of Butte, n
-eat prophet Officers reelected ST
ere: B. F. Stephens, Lewistown, Of
-eat representative; o. N. Olds of N
ute, great chief of records; L. P. q
avalle, great keeper of wampum; tC
avid Kidd of Anaconda, great san VI
Up; Fl. B. Ives of Superior, great a
lard of the forest. di
Montana led the nation in the pro- u
1ction of high grade manganese ores Ii
st year, figures compiled by the ge-
ogic survey Of the interior depart CO
ent show. Last year. 9,571 tons Of OF
anganese ore averaging 35 per cent 81