The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-04-27

as chief engineer Of the state highwa
commission to take the office May IL
at $4,000 year, has been announce
at Helena.
The first semi-anual dividend of tn
Montana Mutual Dairy Loan associa
ton, established in Missoula ST.
months ago, has been declared at
meeting of its directors.
Curtailment of activities of the stat
highway commission because of re
duced appropriations will include the
closing of the district office in Billings
about April Is, according to R. ]
Ephland, district engineer,
To reorganize for 1923, the Spring
Creek Boys Corn club of Custer coun
ty, met at Miles City with County
Agent G. NJ. remington, with all of its
10 members present. Each member
will grow approved seed corn this year
A crew of men is working in the
canyon of the West Rosebud, near Co
lumbus, In the construction of the
Mystic Falls project. An SO-man camp
has been established and several cars
of material have been hauled to the
works.
Trains will be running on the Mon
a-Wyoming railroad between Miles
City and Sheridan by December of this
year, according to George NJ. Huss,
chief engineer of the new line. Mr..
Huss is vice president of the Wyoming
company.
Construction of new Catholic high
school for boys will begin at Butte
this spring. Announcement has been
made that subscriptions within few
thousand of the $4,000 sought as the
cost of the new building, have been
secured as the result of an eight weeks
campaign.
At a recent meeting of the Wilsall
Commercial club it was decided to
make the Shields Valley Livestock and
Dairy show an annual event The first
show was put on last fall late in Oc-
tober and 1t proved to be such a sue
cess that 1t was decided to make It
permanent institution.
Announcement has been made at
Livingston by Vincent Evans, scout
executive. that the tri-county council
Of boy scouts Is an assured fact, This
council will be made up of scout troops
In Park, Gallatin and Sweet Grass
counties, and will comprise approx
mately 500 members, under one exc
cutive
Montanans will have an opportunity |
to file on 139, 1000 acres of grazing land |
in eastern Montana this summer, &C
cording to information given out from
the general land office at Wash, D. G. |
Most of the land is In southeastern
Montana, in Carter and Powder River
counties. Nearly all of it has been !
to allow filing on 640-acre
homesteads.
1t is expected that a worlds record
output of trout and grayling spawn
will be established at the hatchery at
lake this spring, accord
ing to an announcement by J. H. Brun-
son, superintendent of fish hatcheries
N Montana. With favorable condi-
ions it is expected to secure 100000
-ainbow trout eggs, between 100000
md 4OOOO,OOO native trout eggs, and at
east 30,000,000 grayling spawn.
A hundred dollars net from five good
-rade Holstein cows in one month was
ealized by Truman Denny of Lone
line, according to the milk sheet which
as recently been summarized and re-
,orted to the state dairy specialist.
his includes a net profit of both but
er fat and skim milk, after deducting
he cost of feed, figuring butter fat at
he going price paid by the Plains
reamery, and the skim milk at so
ents per hundred pounds.
Billings merchants, bankers and
armers have been requested by At
orney General Wellington D. Rankin
D submit their opinions regarding the
xisting freight rates now charged by
ne various railroads In the state. The
alta received in the attorney generals
ffice will be used as evidence in a
earring before the railroad commits !
ion, which will be held In Helena,
-DTD 10. III ill 6llDTI 10 INV SI tlic {
.eight rates on lntra-state freight
lipments.
Evidence of the great amount Of
uilding that will be done In Miles City
lis spring, and of the reawakening
,tivity in all lines, is shown In the !
let that some of the more enterpris- :
e property owners are adding Inn
-cvements to their homes now, and
,cavations for Easements for new !
,uses are being dug in various parts :
the city where new buildings will
on be erected. Houses which have :
God vacant about the city during the :
lst several months are rapidly being :,
led up. :,
Fred W. Handel, leading business :.
an of Musselshell, suffered an attack
heart failure on March 81, and :,
opped dead at the bedside of Mrs. :
andel, who had been seriously i'll for :
me time So severe was the shock
at Mrs. Handel died about an hour Il
-er. Nj Handel had suffered ?
art attack about three weeks ago, =
d his wife had nursed him through II
at Illness. Soon after he was able q