The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-03-16
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of the city of Roundup is rapidly near
ing completion.
Gov. J. M. Dixon has affixed his sig
nature to the bills providing for inner
itance tax, the license tax on crude oil
production and the rewritten measure
to impose license tax on sleeping cars
operated in Montana.
An excellent entertainment and re-
ception was given the mobiles Of Al
Bedoo temple who were invited from
Billings to Livingston to attend the
celebration of the Mystic Shrine club
of that place recently, according to
members returning to Billings.
Eighty-five journeymen of the build
ing trades crafts have organized what
is termed an american Plan union"
a unit of the Associated Industies
The organization has proceeded to the
election of temporary officers, and the |
permanent officers will be elected soon.
Governor Dixon signed the old age |
pension bill introduced by Representa-
tive Lester Lobe of Helena, which
would give counties authority to pen
sion persons over 10 years old, under
certain conditions. 1t will enable coun-
ties to substitute a pension system for
maintenance of pioneer families"
poultry show will be held in Mis- I
soula some time during the spring by
the Western Montana Poultry and Pet
Stock association, according to a decis-
ion reached by the organization at its
htcf
show will be the first exhibition the
association has held in Missoula since
before the war
j. II. Craver, general superintendent \
of the central district of the Northern .
Pacific system, which takes in the ter /,
ritory from Mandan to Paradise, said n
that work on the new roundhouse and a
other improvements at Missoula, an
nounced in the budget, will be COM P
menced as soon as materials and men Ia
are available for the work 81
The MisSOula chamber of commerce c.
has placed its stamp of disapproval on II
carnival companies showing in the %
CITY, The directors acted on the re-
quest of a carnival company to be
permitted to hold a Fourth of July :,
celebration by ordering a communica- DO
.-on - pe se,it 10 me city council ask go
ing that body 70 forbid all carnival
companies from visiting Missoula.
That the prosperity of Winnett and
surrounding territory is not entirely
dependent upon oil production, as
many have surmised, is shown by re-
ports of elevators men, which show
that to date 100000 bushels of grain oh
have been received there and that from q
10000 to 10000 bushels are still in ne
storage in that vicinity. These es- he
Inmates do not include corn. FIR;
The Hope and Katy mines, together ust
With IL other claims. have passed into get
control of the Jib Mining company. a thi
corporation said to be backed by men /
II large means and important business zls
according to reports from !
Basin. The Jib company has already
nwatered the shaft of the Hope. /,
ought out the Atwater interests and - y
prepared to prosecute mining oper-
tons vigorously, it is declared.
Deliberation over appropriations for =
tate officers, state departments, state Mo,
cards and commissions and state in n
titutions of approximately for the
ext two years, and covered in about7
bills, proved as great a problem TO It
Dive If not greater for the Eighteenth
'gislative assembly than did the ag- FOT
reement on the enactment of some of fir
lie taxation measures. Between these OF
vo problems both branches were de- SO
lined in session 40 hours beyond the Bl
institutional time limit for adjourn
Tent
Arthur Patten, well known rancher -,
wing on the Gallatin three miles north -
Shedd's bride and a mile west. was
stantly killed when the automobile he o.
as driving turned completely over Br
I'd he was caught beneath it. His
ull was fractured. His 16-year-old
tighter, Myrtle, who was riding with
m, miraculously escaped injury. She W.
is caught under the machine. but In D. Al
way that did no harm to her. and she 10 L
is rescued few momentc fto, a. stock
cident ernm
Governor Divon hoe or TIL
/ No 400 ,,.n,;,1;,,.. e ri MUSE bred
N 70 +bo ,,oo,,,o &c 'i'o 9ooiiiis- TAM
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tutiona amendment to provide q r. &c
nus to the soldiers. sailors and ma Inv,
- VINO served the United States at 81
ring the World war The measure Ser
similar to the law voted at the last delive
leral election, but which was held are n
by the state supreme fully
lrt. The governor also approved upon
Use bill No. 81, which provides that MATT
state may receive gifts and dona.
rs to go into permanent school 29e
d for the support of the state uni
sity.
: lively demand for industrial sites
ing the late winter indicates both Exp
ansion of many business lines and are t.
location In the state of many new ago a
lstries during the coming summer But 0
ording to A. L. Sedwick, real estate womer
ut for the Milwaukee railroad. etics
he Northwestern Improvement COM prove
y the coal mining department of due +,
No fIrt.r Do