The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-05-04

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ing to r. S. Richards, owner of II
consignment.
Jerome Williams, editor of the B
Timber pioneer, and Miss Grace Bel
Martin, for the last five years his a
sistant on the paper, were married
Livingston recently.
| A municipal nursery which, If plar
of its founders materialize, will SON
day supply Choteau's lawns and boul
wards with native ash trees, is bein
fathered by Mayor G. NJ Coffey, il
and City Marshal John Moore.
Old-time residents declare that sue
huge flocks of geese and ducks as hay
appeared this spring have not bee
seen in years and that such a sigh
portends prosperity, especially If tn
flocks go north early in the season.
The Yellowstone county commission
ers have appropriated the sum O
$7,765 to be expended on maintenance
of federal highway projects during tn,
coming summer. The amount repre-
sents one-half of the necessary ex
pense, the remainder being paid By
the state highway commission
Eighty7one thousand dollars, or ap
proximately rs per cent of Missouls
county's total warrant Indebtedness Cd
slightly more than 100000, will prob.
ably be taken over soon by the Bank
ers' Trust company of Denver.
Mrs Alvine Romundstad, commander
of Great Falls Review No. IA, Knights
Of the Maccabees, was chosen state
trumpeter to head the Montana dele
CATION TO the supreme review to be
held May % in Los Angeles, by the
quadrennial state convention which
closed at Great Falls April 10.
Due to the efforts of F. r. Merrill Of
the Western Creamery at Miles City,
farmers are finding a good market for
their eggs, which are coming in such
numbers as to make Miles City one of
the best markets in the state. Mr..
Merrill states that he will be able to
ship out a carload of eggs week for
some time.
With 210 persons, experienced farm
ers of irrigated lands in southern Ida
no, already settled on northern Mon
tana irrigation projects, the colonies
ton movement is now at stage that
assures the placing of family on
every so and 160-acre tract of the
projects of the Great Northern in
northern Montana, according to @. w.
lincoln, agricultural development
agent for the road.
Expectations are that 27Oo0,0OO feet
Of lumber will be sawed at the Polleys
sawmill, at Missoula, in 1923, which Is
several million more than was cut In
1922. The logs come from the Flat
head, where more than hundred mill
ion feet of timber was obtained from
Indian grants by the Missoula mill
some years ago. The plant recently
underwent complete overhauling and
S now in first class shape.
Eighteen Hungarian cartridges,
which arrived in Anaconda recently,
lave been liberated in the Deer Lodge
valley by Anaconda sportsmen. This
S the second shipment of these birds
o reach the state. Last year a num-
yer of the cartridges were liberated in
he valley, and have done exception
lily well, sportsmen say. All Of the
'irds ordered by the fish and game
commission are imported direct from
hungary.
Through an agreement made be-
ween the board of county commission
RS and the state highway commission,
ederal aid projects in Carbon county
7ill be maintained during the coming
ear by the patrol plan and under d.
ection of the state highway depart
1ent. This will mean that the county's |
est highways will receive daily atten-
ion from experienced road men, who
ill put In all their time dragging, cut
ing weeds, filling holes, throwing out
0cks and generally keeping the roads
/ repair.
The question whether Dawson coun-
7 shall issue bonds for the purpose Of
aplacing the old Yellowstone river
ridge at Glendive with a new, modern
.ructure, will be put up to the quail
ed electors to decide in the near
lture. This was determined at a
eeting of citizens of Glendive and
her parts of the county. A commit
.e will formulate petitions to be cir
Hated throughout the county, and If
ley are signed by the requisite num-
sr-20 per cent Of the registered
,ters- a special election will be held
determine whether bonds shall be
sued.
The Montana department Of agricul-
re has been requested by the repre-
ntatives in charge of the three mil
IN dollar Pacific northwest advertis-
G campaign Of the Burlington, North
n Pacific and Great Northern Rail-
ay companies to furnish detailed In
regarding agricultural con-
lions and opportunities In Montana.
This material will be used" the re-
lest says, "as a basis for the adver-
sements which will appear In full
Ige space in national magazines and
rm publications, and also as the
sis for a number Of booklets deal
g with the agriculture of the Paeinc
With an average of 20 eggs Per men
r March, the flock of purebred Wy