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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-03-02
OBITUARY

Madeline Arnett, daughter OF John
and Margaret Anett was born Nov. T.,
1907 at Churdon, Iowa and departed
this Lille to dwell in the land OF the
Diessed on Fb. %, 1928, aged 15 years
months and l6 days.
rne family moved to Montana In
1913 and resided near Redwater, Mon
tana.
Madeline went to school to Miss
susan Arnett during all OF
ner school life, except ABOUT seven
weeks and since she attended the
circle High School. After the moth
ers death in 1916, the sister OF the
bereaved husband, took the mother
less children into her heart and has
devoted much of her life to their IN
terest and care. She has mothered
Them and has led them to high ideals
N life.
Madeline was a member of the First
j. b. Sunday School of Circle, also
Of the Junior and Senior Christian En-
deavor Societies, and took an earnest
Ind active part in the work. AT
recent Church service she took a de-
cided stand for Jesus Christ, the Saw
iour of the world
The Sunday School and Endeavor
ocieties and all will miss her greatly
nd will feel deeply their great loss,
but rejoice with her in her great VIC
tory and the joy of her new home In
Heaven.
There remain to mourn her depart
ere, her father, aunt Susan, one broth
er and four sisters and host OF
friends in the community, school and
church.
The funeral services were held at
the Arnett home in Circle and were
in charge of Rev. G. w. Lomis, Pastor
of the First U. B. Church. She was
laid to rest by the side of her mother
on the .Arnett homestead near Red
water.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-03-02
RIDGE NEWS

Roy Johns made business trip to
this neighborhood on Thursday OF
he past week.
Mrs. Lillian Mildner and children
pent several days with her borthcr
Jacob Oswald last week.
Word has been received that Mrs.
John Sorley who is in a hospital at
Rochester is slowly recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart were Paxton
shoppers Friday.
Mrs. Hugh Vaughan and baby daugh
ter returned from Sydney last week
just in time to take care of Hugh who
was quite sick for few days.
Helen Nerud spent Friday night
with Mrs. Lage Johnson.
Jacob Oswald visited over night at
the G. A. Vaughn home last Sunday.
The Adrian coal mine Is one busy
place since that real blizzard-more
Of the law of preparedness.
Lawrence Remington's family left
for Michigan last week and he is
staying with Arthur Larson for few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harve Sauers have
been on the sick list for few days.
Mrs. Jewel Vaughan's mother has
come to make her a long visit.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-03-02
HAM BLIN NOTs

The Jas. Rudolph family are on
the sick list.
Harry Bridge and Herman Winn
were in Circle Saturday night to play
for the dance.
The farmers have all been taking
advantage of the snow and have been
doing as much freighting as possible
but it looks now as though our snow
will soon be gone.
There was dance at the Louis Carr
home Saturday February II, which
was a huge success. Quite number
from Sand Creek attended.
Herman Winn left Tuesday for Pop
lar to see his mother who is very ill.
Miss Cecil Warnke, who had been
guest of her sister, Mrs. Ray Cotton
for some time has returned to her
home.
Dorothy Carr visited at the Dave
Williamson home over Sunday.
Mrs, Herman Winn is spending
a few days with Mrs. Sam Funk.
Fred Mccartney is around again
after an attack of the grippe.
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RADIO FLASHES

picked up by Homer A. Hoover)
March l, 1923-A petition has been
filed with the Interstate Commerce
Commission by a representative of
railroads west of Chicago asking per-
mission to consolidate the railroads
into four great systems. Under the
proposed plan the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific would consti-
tute the principal part of one system.
One of the benefits of such consol-
idation, as stated in the petition,
would be a reduction in the costs of
operating the roads and thereby MAX
ing it possible to spend more money
for development work and building OF
new lines.
March l, 1923-The Chaplin-Negri
engagement has been broken accord
ing to signed statement by Miss
Negri. She gives no reason for the
breaking of her engagement to marry
Charley Chaplin.
March l. 1923-General Won Hinde-
berg in an address in Germany stated
relative to the occupation of German
territory by the French.
Remember you are Germans. 1t
IS better to die in honor on the field
of battle, than to live in shame in
subjectfon and slavery"
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BRocKWAY NOTES

1
cutting ice The ice house is well filled
A farewell party was given at the
school house for the o. A. Moxness
family who contemplate leaving
Rrockway soon. They were presented
with a gift from the members of the
community. Mr.. O'Brien delivered the
farewell speech. Mr.. Moxness respond
ed Most of the evening was spent in
playing cards. Several musical num-
bers were rendered.
A large crowd was present at the
hard-time dance given at the Watkins
School last Saturday evening. Mr. E.
B. Hughes and Mrs. Grimes received
prizes.
Several of the Brockway people
have installed radios in their homes.
Geneva Malcolm went into the bar
ber shop Saturday to get hair cut.
Your bob is very becoming.
1t keeps Bernice busy to keep her
nose powdered and her waves in
place Her parlor is in her desk, the
mirror, etc. are found there. Now
we know why her desk is always up"
However she is not alone, Clark also
enjoys looking at himself, semi-oc-
casionally.
Marian started a new style. She
same down town Sunday with chain
around her head She said it was to
keep her bangs in place.
Harold Czoernig and Everette
Boyde have returned to school, since
the ice hauling is complete.
Marian was not the only one to get
that algebra problem, Mable also,
had come to class with it worked
Another shark.
Some Of the Brockway men have
begun their practice of indoor base
ball.
Mr. Drew of st. Paul is spending a
Few days in Brockway.
Mr.. Johnson of HarIowtoWn who
has been in Brockway the past week,
drove over to Terry Saturday because
of illness.
Everette Boyde purchased motor
cycle. We all expect to go for a JOY
ride.
Bernice came to school, early Mon
day morning with her hair all curled
up. She was trying to beat Sigrid.
d. F. A.-Oh, what is the name of
that piece you are playing?
F. A. D.-"Angels of Night
D. F. A.--Do play it again. | like it.
Wonder what the physics class did
with the ten pound sack of salt last
Monday?
Harry wonderingly) 81 hear hQl-
low sound Who raped my skhll?'
Everette: What is the best food
for pigs?"
Clifford: Corn
Eyerette: in the ear?"
Clifford mo, in the mouth"
Did you ever see.
A red-headed mule?
Merle chewing gum?
Lenore with bangs?
Herbert late to school?
Everette hurrying?
Merle Boyde laughed in English
class.
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WELDON ITEMS

Mrs. w. Groves had the misfortune
of slipping and falling on the ice
which resulted in a serious sprain OF
her wrist.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Sine spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Johnson on Nelson Creek.
A few of the neighbors gathered at
the ranch home of A. g. Slime last
Saturday evening and indulged in the
pleasant pastime of dancing.
A daughter of Mr.. Heggy from Rock
Creek arrived here Sunday from Miles
City. She reports conditions in Miles
rather trying and as yet there IS
nothing definite in regard to the build
ing o fthe branch line out OF that
town.
Mrs. John. Weinberger who has
been down in the neighborhood OF
Glendive for the past few months, re-
turned home few days ago.
Deputy Sheriff Payne transacted
business ih the neighborhood last
Saturday.
Mrs. Lockhart CT the Horse Creek
school is to oe commended by the
way she is endeavoring to develop
interest in literary work and commun-
ity harmony.
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Tells Of OOingS
Up At Helena
Senator Rorvik Writes Another Letter
About What's Doing at Helena
Helena, Mont.
Feb. %, 1923.

Feb. 22, 1928.
EDITOR
like to say a word about the spec
ial investigating committee looking
into the several state departments.
You will notice that these investiga-
tions are quite damaging to the state
administration. At closer fange it
looks to the Independent observer that
the investigations-to start with-are
made for that sole purpose-to dis
credit the administration and espec-
tally the governor. The committees
are appointed by the president of the
senate and are always made up of
men who are known to be willing to
"blackwash" or "whitewash" as the
occasion demands. That the reports
are unfair is proven plainly before
our eyes on the floor of the senate
and otherwise. Any attempt to intro
duce the truth or any attempt to get
impartial men on the committees is
fruitless. Such would spoil the whole
SCENE. Dixon is trying to curb the big
interests and he must be crushed at
any cost.
The Investigations comprise a great
lot OF data which 1t would take weeks
to gather. We know therefore that
they are rel = not made ~ these so
called aor,", res at all Du: are hand
ed to the committee by men whom
the big interests have mad at work
months ago. The men working in the
different departments sometimes
make sworn statements showing these
committees never have been into their
offices or ever seen the records.
| should not be surprised IL this
legislature m lEes 1t absolutely Deces-
sary to call a special session. cannot
see where the money IS coming from
to run the state.
H. B. lat passed both houses. 1t is
a good law as far as it goes.
rule was applied to Sen. Haaland's
nti-discrimination bill under which
old line elevators could rot freeze out
cooperative concerns.
Hail insurance law stands chance
of being enacted but is of little i'm
poriance t. cTs fai@aer.
PETER RORVIK.
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The cases on the calendar to come up
at this term of Court are as follows:
March 20: State VS.. Wind-Attor-
neys Hoover and Warren.
March 81. State VS.. Coll Attorneys
Hoover and O'Neil.
March 81: State VS.. Bdewer-Attor-
ney, Hoover.
March %: Shaw vs. Daly-Attor-
neys Hoover and Miller. \
March %: Tabat VS. First National
Bank of Wolf Point-Attorney Step
hen, Marion and Foor and Norris,
Hurd and Rhoades.
March %: Rorvik VS.. Todd-Attor-
neys, Hoover and Stephens.
March %: Sec. State Bank, Terry
VS.. Davis Flachsenhar and
Stephens.
March %: Jensen VS.. Davis -Attor-
neys, Flachsenhar and Stephens.
March %: King vs. Schoengarth-
Attorneys Hoover and Stephens.
March "a: Ennis VS.. Berry-Attor-
neys, Hoover and Murn.
March "a: Travnick VS.. Travnick-
Attorneys, Arnold, Graham and Phil
lips and Hoover.
March 3D. Y " M. Co. VS.. Hahn
Attorneys Hoover and Schoening.
March "a. c. S. Bank VS.. Gram-At-
torneys Hurley and O'Neil, Marion
and Foor.
March "a: First National Bank of
Wolf Point VS.. First State Bank of
Buford- Attorneys, Marion and Foor,
Lunke.
March "a: Davidson VS.. Kinney
Attorneys Welliver and E. N. HILL
March "a: Shreve VS.. Shreve-At-
torneys Stephens and Hoover
March "a: First State Bank of Wolf
Point VS.. Snyder-Attorneys Marion
and Foor and Schoening.
March "a: State VS.. Kendig-Attor-
neys Anderson and Hoover
March 26: State VS.. Higgins-At-
tOrney Hoover.
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URGES MONTANA
GROW MORE FLAX
U. S. Uses 80 Million Bushels in Year
Grows Only Eight

st. Paul, Minn.-With the United
States heavy importer of flaxseed,
efforts to increase the production of
flax are being made by agricultural
colleges in Minnesota, North and
South Dakota and Montana.
First appealed to by large national
consumers of flax seed, Dean w. G..
Coffey of the college of agriculture,
University of Minnesota, is urging
farmers to grow flax in a manner max
ing it less difficult to handle, by grow
ing flax and wheat together.
Dean Coffey explained that last
year there was consumed in the Unit
ed States 100000 bushels of flax
seed whilee only about 100000 bush
els were produced in the country, the
remainder being importd. With a
good protective tariff benefitting flax
growers in this country, and with an
average price of more than 81 bush
Ell for the last 10 years, Dean Coffey
predicts lucrative returns from the
growing of f1axseed for years to come
with the production difficulties OBJ
Waited.
Experiments have proven that farm
ers get better returns when flax and
wheat are grown together, on an av
erage of about 80 pounds of wheat
and 28 pounds of flax seedlings to the
acre, the dean stated. The crop is
harvested with the wheat, bound,
shocked and stacked like wheat, and
threshed with the latter grain.
Separation of the seeds after tbresh
ing Is not difficult, due to their dis
similarity. Also growing in this man
ner eliminates much of the weed men
ace and gives a clear crop.
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sPRINGLIkE WEATHER

Last Friday and Saturday there was
sudden change in the weather, it
commencing to thaw in grand style.
Sunday We had another real snow
storm when about inches of snow
fell, but now what snow came Sum
day has also practically disappeared.
1t has thawed so much this week that
Old Redwater has been running bank
full for several days. Last evening it
turned cold again.
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NEW BRANCH LINE
OF NJ. p. IN STATE
From Forsyth South to Coal Field


st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 22.-Construc-
tion of s2,OOO,OOO railroad in south
eastern Montana is contemplated by
the Northern Pacific railway as an aid
in development of coal mines in the
Rosebud district, according to the St
Paul Dispatch today.
The newspaper declares its infor-
nation is from authoritative source"
although officials of the railway re-
fuse to discuss the matter. The rail-
way company is acquiring lease on
40 square miles of coal land, the news
paper account says.
A line running 35 miles south from
the main line near Forsyth, Montana
will tap the coal field, it is said, and
construction of the branch line will
start early this spring.
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PETER RoRvIK.
Helena, Feb. "a, 1928.
CIRCLE BANNER:

! The big show was pulled off yester-
day The majority report of the COM
mittee on taxation was to kill the
gross metal mine tax. The minority
insisted that the question should come
on the floor for debate but the con-
troversy only gave the copper men
chance to get up and display their
eloquence and loyalty to the Anacon-
da whose representatives were on
hand to witness the triumph and take
note of scores made their different
performers.
In the Governors as well as in 9TH
er state offices it is claimed that the
state cannot run on the money pro-
vided by the legislature. There are
either shut up the state institutions,
such as the state prison, the reform
school, the university, etc, or else call
an extra session of the legislature.
The only hope is that the men voting
to strangle the mine tax will be given
to understand from home what the
constituents think of them. A moral
coward subject to be bought usually
is just as much of a coward when
faced by the Indignation of his fell
low men. 1t would of course be less
expensive to hold the legislature now
than to call it later
The procedure by which the matter
was handled showed plainly that ev-
erything was cut and dried and-if
for no other reason-this alone would
! be enough to make any senator OBJ
| iect to the strangling process il he
would be fair. | am pleased and proud
20 say that Senator McCone swayed
not bit although the two represen-
tatives from Dawson forsook their
people. But what can / say of Sena-
tor Adams of Richland, Peterson OF
1 Valley and Lowe of Roosevelt-ali
three representing agricultural coun-
Z ties BY rising to explain their votes
they made themselves only more con-
temptible. Imagine this hero of farm
er, Peterson, who supplanted the cor
rupt democratic machine in Valley
! County. Hero, yes, / should say so, he
has boldly attacked the highway COM
mission just. about like lion. Oh!
man, such ferocious courage displayed
against something already condemned
4 to slaughter Then he introduced
bill which was destined to put the
/ farmers on the map and the banker
ont of business. Everybody knew
what chance such legislation had in
reactionary senate, that has just pass
ed law under which you are liable to
J jail sentence, etc, if you use the milk
or eggs from a mortgaged COW or hen.
But this and more radical stuff will
! be needed to justify the farmer hero
in voting to strangle the measure that
more than any other his constituents
not only wished given chance OF
hearing but wanted him to vote and
work for the mine tax. Had he for
gotten that the farmers OF Valley
County are over taxed? Why was he
afraid to tax the mines? Because he
was not sure how much they should
pay" he says Why then tax the farm
ers at all? He certainly knows they
Continued on last pagel
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Ed. Bjorge returned last week from
Moorhead, Minnesota where he was
called by the serious illness of his
sister. He reports that she had con-
tracted cold which later developed
into sleeping sickness. She is still
reported to be in a critical condition.
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Jury List
March Term
List of McCone Residents Called For
Jury Duty at Term OF Court
March goth.

AS announced some time ago jury
term of District Court has been called
for Tuesday, March goth, and below
we give a list of the McCone County
residents who have been called for
jury duty:
Walter S. Good, Wolf Point.
David Anderson, Frazier.
Douglas R. Geer, Sand Greek.
Oscar Amundson, Bonin.
G. w. Geer, Sand Creek.
Julius Bratvold, Brockway.
Albert Holderman, Vida.
Joee Braun, Horse Greek.
Mathew Kondelik, Union.
Jannick M. Beck, Vida.
John F. Geisen, Weldon.
Frank Breitbach, Horse Creek.
Fred Beckle, Watkins.
John K. Curtis, Circle.
John McCloy, Circle.
L. E. De Lapp, Horse Creek.
Norris K. Boice, Weldon.
Ludwig Sorley, Paxton.
A. H. Anderson, Vida
Osmund Erickson, Vida.
John Breitbach, Horse Creek.
Emil G.. Olson, Riversidee.
Frank Whitmus, Hamblin.
Joe Conklin, Nina.
Marius P. Johnson, Sand Creek.
Frank Travnick, Weldon.
P. L. Vanderpool, Oswego. :.
Kasper Kuhne, Riverside.
A. B. Hubbard, Wolf Point.
Henry Romine, Weldon.
Silas Estenson, Vida.
Walter A. Bond, Brockway.
A. Khune, Riverside.
Frank Eggebrecht, Vida.
Conrad Lindh, Brockway.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-03-02

Einar Mortenson returned home
Monday from points in North Dakota
where he had consulted specialists
regarding his health
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-03-02

these days. The snow is just the right
consistency
Lloyd Decker, our famous editor, is
sick with the chicken pox and cannot
contribute his usual quota to his gos-
Isip "colyum."
Donald had better trade his skis
tor boat if this weather persists.
Margaret came back to school We'd
nesday with her bobbed hair all done
up with a gorgeous red ribbon. (z1ore
Flapperism.)
Oh! Say Girls! Freddie has got
pair of new breeches, khaki tooiiI
Dramatic Club Program
Friday Evening High School Auditor
Piano Solo -.---.--------.--- Frances Robson.
Reading ..--.--..----..-.--- Iona Ferch
Play, "a Button p
"A Button"
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Peterson and Freda Mahlstedt.
Radio Concert After The Program
Grammar Grade Notes
There are many pupils absent yet
on account of illness.
In Memory of Madeline Arnett
Madeline was the sweetest girl |
ever knew,
She was always kind, gentle and
true,
She has always been the world to
me,
And good to her, I've tried hard to
be.
Hs~ since that loved one has pass
ed away,
Far above this earth to stay,
I'll say, when | think of that sweet
child,
Madeline was aa 90 wg,ywstee
Madeline was always good, sweet,
and mild
That sweet soul has taken flight,
To Glory Land, beautiful and bright
To stay with the Saviour so good
and gentle,
Who has placed on her breast
golden medal.
He has welcomed her home, to a
throne,
Made of precious, glistening stone,
She is there to be happy, no more
to sigh,
No more to weep and no more to
die.
God heard her humble, pleading
cry,
I knew He would answer it by and
by,
She wished when she died, she
might go above,
To see her mother whom she dearly
loved.-By Myrtle Dave.
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Some of the boys evidently thought
that Washington's birthday is still
school holiday as they failed to show
up Thursday afternoon. They are now
quietly serving their sentences, by
staying after school writing out an
swers to missionaries given them
by Mr.. James.
Flappers is gettin thickl Edna and
Bessie Wilhelm appeared in school
Monday with their hair bobbed.
Snow balling is the popular sport
, 1923-01-23

kets. The American farmer has had
larger foreign markets since the war
than in any period prior to the war.
The trouble with American agricul.
turo is not the price received for
farm products. In dollars and cents
the average price of farm products
today is higher thar It was in 1918
or 1912.
The trouble with American agricul.
ture today is the fact that the farm.
cI's dollar has n lower purchasing
power than It hal prior to the war.
II will not buy as much coal. 1t will
not buy as much railroad Transports
ton. II viii not buy as much general
manufactured products as it did
prior to the war.
Secretary of Agriculture waIlace
is pretty good authority upon farm
matters. and he Is authority for the
statement hat the purchasing power
OF tho farmers collar is from Is
to as per sent less now than 1t was
in 1919. while the purchasing power
of the dollar OF the railroad employe
the miner. and the average industrial
worker is higher today than it was
in 1913.
Obviously, this situation cannot be
remedjed by Americas entering Eu-
ropean politics. 1t is a domestic situa.
ton 10 be hanCled and remedicd sole
ly by domestic legislation. What
Europe does OF does not do has moth
ing at all to do with the relatively
low purchasing power of the Ameri-
can farmers dollar.
, 1923-01-23

growing method of literary criti-
cism" seems to nave been borrowed
from the political arena: it is analo-
gous to what used to be called Till
manism. Some of the more aged
readers of these pages may remember
the time when that aristocratic, cour-
ageous and cultivated gentleman.
Wane Hampton, represented South
Carolina in the United States senate;
he really represented her. beng typ
ical of the finest type of breeding and
manners we associate with the Old
South. He was succeeded by a man
with a pitchfork. who at first
shocked but ultimately delighted
thousands of Americans by an exhi.
bition of language and manners
quite otherwise than traditional At
first he seemed out of place: but soon
his picturesque habits Of speech
unused the groundlings to such an
extent that Tillman became a decid-
ed1y popular man not only in the
senate but throughout the country,
and a whole school Of imitators
sprang up who had all Of his gro
tesqueness with none OF his sincerity.
Coarseness WAS taken for v'rility.
Much of the same change has