The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-04-06
TREASURE STATE
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According to the official list there
will be 24S contestants in the inter
scholastic music meet, held in Big Tim
ber April 5, 6 and Z.
The Flathead reservation furnished
last year 56O00,0OO feet of timber with
a value of $4,000, according tc
Charles d. Coe, superintendent of the
Indian agency at Dixon.
An order has been signed by the
state railroad commission, addressed
to the 10 railroads traversing Mon
tana, to furnish the information as to
freight charges on hauls within the
state, asked by Attorney General w. d.
Rankin.
Burton X. Wheeler, United States
senator from Montana, sailed recently
on the steamship President Roosevelt
for Europe, where he will visit Russia
at the special invitation of the soviet
government.
| Deputy Game Warden McCafferty
| of Anaconda, has made the statement
| that the rumor circulated in regard to
| the fact that there were hundreds of
dead fish on the shores of Georgetown
lake, had no basis and was absolutely
unfounded
The second annual state convention
of the Disabled Veterans of the World
war will be held in Missoula May IS
and %. Five hundred members of the
organization are expected to attend.
The first convention was held last year
at Great Falls.
Hearing on the proposed censolida-
ton of railroad lines, the only one to
be held between st. Paul and Seattle,
will be held in the federal building in
Helena before Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Henry c. Hall and ok
aminers Healy and Hoy.
The state university at Missoula will
have 1910 less during the coming
year than it had last year. The state
college at Bozeman will have S9.269
less; the state normal school at Dillon
will have $3S,3S4, and the school of
mines at Butte $57, 544 less than it had
available for the year ending this
spring
One of the largest land deals made
in the Shields valley in recent years
was consummated at Wilsall when
Fred G. Sumner disposed of his home
ranch. The property is located five
miles northeast of Clyde Park in the
famous Rock creek section and is in
a high state Of cultivation. 1t consists
Of 631 acres, and the consideration was
$50, 800.
OF Montana's total area of 94,07S,-
OS0 acres there remain in the hands of
the federal government and open to
homestead 5,659,S97 acres, according
to data compiled by the bureau of pub
lefty of the state agricultural depart
ment, which will soon be issued in
book form. Much of this acreage is,
however, in the ''bad lands" Of eastern
Montana or on mountain peaks where
t is inaccessible or unfertile.
With three outfit trains of extra
yangs working on the Rocky mountain
livision Of the Northern Pacific at this
ime and two more being made up now
md the report that six crews will be
working by the middle of April, the
easOn's program of Improvement on
he division, which, it is estimated,
will cost approximately 100000, is
nder way.
Formal application to the state rail-
Dad commission for a hearing and
rider that the Northern Pacific con-
truct two-mile spur to connect
tevensville with the branch line run
ing up the Bitter Root valley south
rom Missoula, was filed recently with
he state railroad commission at Hell
ma by the Stevensville Industrial as
ociation.
Notices have gone out for the first
nnual meeting of the Montana State
Tiles City, April 2. Representative
'om the corn growing counties of the
ate will be present to assist in per-
Getting the organization, which was
,rmed at the corn show banquet last
ovember, and in making arrange
ents for the 1923 show.
Expenditures of S39s,O0O of national
rest service road funds on construc-
on Of pieces of highway in and near
ational forests which will link up
it'll state highways was determined
gently by a conference of forest SER
&c officials from Portland, Ore, and
issoula, Mont, with the state high
az commission and will be recon-
ended to the forest service heads in
q shington, ID. G.
Fifteen companies operating motor
Is ses and truck lines in Montana have
y lied to the state public service COM
!. sion for licenses to operate under
e law passed by the last legislature.
d Ter the law the companies must Sc
re a license and post a bond which
c commission finds adequate The
y gives the commission, when conn
6 Mt is made, authority to hold hear
IS and fix rates for passenger and
G ght service.
Z ccording TO a telegram received in
i tie from Miller Reece Hutchinson,
; irman Of the national campaign for