The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-04-13
THE STATE

Helena Charles B. DON
aldson of Wesleyan college, has re-
signed.
Helena-H. P. Smell of St. Louis
has been appointed chief engineer of
the public service commission.
Chinook - North Montana high
| schools, it is expected, will hold their
annual field meet here this spring.
Great Falls-Harry Mitchell, dem
ocrat, was elected mayor of Great
Falls over DR.. Maryland, republican
nominee.
Butte-William Horgan, democrat,
won the mayoralty race here over
James G. Cooking, republican, and
present incumbent.
Butte-Assets of the estate of the
late ]. r. Wharton consist of life in
surance, stocks and mining interests
valued at about $4,000.
Deer Lodge-Frank Conley, form
er warden of the penitentiary, was
elected mayor at the recent election
for the twenty-eighth consecutive
term.
Great Falls-Charged with selling
narcotics, F. Kesilring, local vet
Urinary surgeon, was arrested and
arraigned before w. S. Frary, United
States commissioner, here.
Missoula-Al Miller, a lumberjack
in the employ of the McCrea Lumber
company at its camp near Arlee, has
been arrested in connection with the
passing of forged checks on Arlee
merchants.
Butte-Injuries suffered in foot
ball game two years ago have proven
fatal to Timothy Sullivan, % years
of age, better known as Tim (BulD |
Hurley. Sullivan died a few days
ago.
Miles City-Trains will be running |
on the new railroad to connect this
point on the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railway with the Salt Creek |
oil fields of Wyoming, by December
at the latest.
Lewistown-Th eastern part OF
Fergus county is remarkably free
from scabies, according to DR.. Will
kins, deputy state veterinarian, who
has returned from a trip of inspec-
ton.
Great Falls-Application for an or
der to confiscate $50 quart bottles of
bonded whisky, seized recently by |,
federal agents and turned over to the
Cascade county authorities, has been
made in district court here by Sheriff
Bob Gordon.
Missoula-Only 20 minutes DELHI
Grafton was required by jury in dis
riot court here to decide that John j
Rogers is not guilty of completely in
he burning of his insured ranch ,
near Roman on August 81
asst.
Helena-William G.. Brooks of
Roundup officially has assumed the
office of state fire marshal, place
o which he was recently appointed {
~ State Auditor George P. Porter, {
ire marshal ex-officio, to succeed the
ate Robert S. Mentrum of Anaconda. I
disqualification of Robert Jack
on, IA, and Robert Wells, Is, both !
If Kalispell, in striking out for !
themselves, ended in tragedy when {
Jackson was crushed to death be- I
leath a Great Northern train near {
jennings.
Kalispell = Not less than IS or
more than SO years at hard labor in {
he state penitentiary at Deer Lodge
vas the sentence imposed upon Ray I
nond Douglas, IS years old, con- s
1cted of second degree murder in {
district court here a few days ago !
or the killing of Ben Ramey. I
Great Falls-All district offices of ?
he Montana highway commission are I
0 be closed on May 1, with the ex- I
option of the Great Falls office, ac- II
ording to orders issued at Helena. '
Jnder the announcement, offices at s
1lssoula, Billings and Bozeman will T.
e discontinued.
Butte-The last formality prece-
ent to an execution on the gallows d
n Silver Bow county was disposed of II
Then Judge ]. ]. Lynch signed the Il
iarrls, convicted and sentenced to g
ang for the murder of Cyril Schil- a
ing on Thanksgiving day, 1921. 4
I1vlngston-Sightless, but amaz- u
ngly able to get about, Jean Rudolph
'lJon, who says he had the misfor- p
lne to be shot in battle while "a. "
.. L." on the Aisne in 1918, stroll d
I'd into Livingston the other day and d.
nnounced he had come from Ari- "
ona, via Seattle, on foot and was u
his way back to Chicago.
Miles City-With the employment
y the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
aul of crews of men to remove the I
O-pound rails from $50 miles of fl
'ackage on the Musselshell division W
nd replace them with 90-pound CT
.eel, it was reported here that the a
ID rails will be turned over to the d;
ew North and South railroad that W
to connect Miles City with the oil n,
elds of Wyoming. al
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