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

Q old boy, showed his two small nepl
4 ews that a switch key wasn't nece.
e sary to open a railroad switch, nea
Whitehall, the G. B. g. Q. Kansas Cit
? to coast passenger was derailed an
four persons killed. The dead are
: Engineer Thomas Barry, of White
hail, Albert Jacobs and Red Malice.
OF Laurel, and e. Bollinger, of Cal
fornia. Young Macarthur told the at
thorities of his act without quafr
OF conscience, apparently. 1t
thought the youngster is mentally IN
balanced.
The body of Tracy-Turns-Back
Plenty, Crow Indian 10 years of age
who was drowned recently, was re
covered at point about Is mile.
south Of Hardin, where it had lodged
on an island after having been sweep
down the Big Horn river about eight
miles. The youth who, lived at Pryor
attempted to ford the stream, which
is high and swift, and was swept from
his horse by the force Of the current.
"Judge" John Shea, for three sue
cessive terms secretary of the old
| Western Federation of Miners, the
metal miners union before amalga-
nation with the U. M. w. of A., and
well known in political circles through
out the state, is dead. He died at
Butte after a long illness. He was
born in Cork county, Ireland, fifty
four years ago.
Present weather conditions are
worth $1,000 day to the forest SER
vice in the Missoula district through
their elimination of fire danger in
the woods. The reports gathered by
the chief fire inspector for the month
of June show that there were % fires,
covering a total Of II acres, and none
of them reaching ten acres in extent.
Montana Indian reservation lands
lead in size of government reclama-
ton projects. The largest Indian land
projects in the nation are the Fort
Peck and Flathead, both located In
this state, according to report of the
reclamation department.
Albert e. Woehner, an employee Of
the Great Falls Drug company, at that
place, filled a large jug with carbon
bisulphide and then dropped it.. He
Is in the Columbus hospital suffering
severe burns from the flame which
resulted when the volatile liquid burst
into flame. The explosion was heard
for several blocks.
Lorin, the young son of W. q.
Lockridge, of near Boyd, was found
one evening recently in semi-con.
scious condition with his head half
buried In the soft ground suffering a
frontal fracture of the skull and Sc
we're burns on his right arm. 1t is
believed he was struck by lightning.
Arthur Harm, of Miles City, is serv-
ing sixty-day sentence in the county
jail for third degree assault, which
was committed by slapping his eighty
year-old mother.
The annual meeting or the firemen
# the state at Hamilton ended with
JdliQuCL SeSSlOu. 1uSIS WeI6 uOIG
han 100 seated at a table, The con-
-ention closed it's business with the
lection of officers. Chief Collins Of
anaconda was made president and
thief Frank OTalley, Glendive, vice
resident. Chief Mozier, Bozeman,
yas elected secretary. The following |
yere chosen as members of the board .
f directors to serve with the officers:
thief Steele, Billings; Chief Duer, .
Iavre and Chief Baker, Lewistown.
Officers elected for the coming year 3
t the Goth annual meeting of Montana 8
ankers' association in Great Falls 9
ere: President, f. e. Stranhan of 4
enton; vice president, t. 0. Ham
ond, of Helena; secretary-treasurer, q
!. t. Hubbard, Helena. State bank
,ction: President, A. L. Stone; Mon Y
ina branch of the American Bank =
s. association; member executive n
,uncil, Sam Stevenson, Great Falls; s
ce president for Montana, H. III. 8
Foodward, Hobson; member of ma
,nal committee, H. FL. Wood, Butte; q
ce president, trust companies divi- V
IN, ]. NJ. Keith, Missoula.
ot ss 1900 u
w. IA. Kelly, former representative u
Custer county in the state legisla-
re, will be the first conductor in "
arge of train on the new Montana -
yoming railroad. Mr.. Kelly recently
t Miles City for Illco, Wyoming, to ~
n a mixed train which is to be start Ip'
soon on the division between that l,
ice and Salt Creek. ~
With liens against it amounting to I'm,
1913 the huge arena at Shelby in ltb
itch Dempsey and Gibbons staged
cir Fourth of July battle, was re- or
ltly sold under foreclosure sale for so
500 to the Monarch Lumber COM Inc
~ of Shelby. Holders of liens had
'eed to prorate their claims. lni
Respondent over failing health Mrs. Nv
ephine Chaffin, SO years of age, a loa
mber of one of the leading pioneer Ina
niles of the Bitter Root valley, Ina
unified suicide by hanging herself | !