The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-11-09


against him; the subsequent divorce
proceedings in which the main witness
was granted absolute divorce, and the
wide publicity of the alleged details
and facts connected with the crimes,
Judge Law was inclined to believe an
extra large panel of jurors was neces-
sary. For this reason he ordered
drawn the largest venire-120 men
ever called on a jury panel in Gallatin
county.
Charles A. Corkins has been ap-
pointed United States commissioner
at Hardin by Judge George Bourquin
to succeed j. w. Johnston who re-
signed.
Thomas Gould, for more than 40
years resident of Park county, died
at his home in Emgrant just one day
after his 85th birthdate. Deceased
had been a resident of Emigrant 81
years. Death was due to old age.
Thomas Gould was born in Boston,
Mass, Sept. II, 1885, He came west
in early manhood and located at st.
Paul, Mimi, removing to Livingston
little more than 40 years ago.
A large portion of the Bitter Root
apple crop which was damaged by hail
storms during July, will be manufac-
tured into cider this season and
modern plant is now being installed in
the old creamery at Woodside for the
handling of hail-pecked stock. The
cider factory will be operated by Ray
H. Keays and company, of Corvallis.
Hydraulic machines, with pressing
squeezing the juice from the fruit, and
modern sanitary measures will be car
ried out throughout the process. 1t is
expected by the management that over
100 carloads of Mcintosh apples will
be made into cider at the plant this
season.
The government has appropriated
$4,000 for the immediate purchase of
milk heifers, sheep and Chickens to be
sold to the Indians of the Blackfeet
reservation on the installment plan.
Under the program the government
has furnished a flour mill at Heart
Butte sub-agency. This mill was used
last year to grind the wheat for the
Indians. When this mill was built, the
greatest support of the program was
shown in the vicinity of Heart Butte,
and for this reason the mill was To-
Gated there 1t has developed now that
all have shown such good will in the
program that the one mill cannot pro-
duce the flour demanded. Authority
has been granted to build a new mill |
at Browning. This will accommodate
the wheat growers in the vicinity of |
Browning and the north side and will |
be under construction very shortly. |
The first unit will have a capacity of |
so barrels of flour daily and, if neces-
sary. another unit can be added.
For the second time in three months,
yeggmen recently broke into the North
ern Pacific station at Dixon Nothing
of value was taken from the building
and no attempt was made to force
the safe, but all telegraph and tele-
phone wires were cut and completely
severed from the main cables. 1t is
believed that the yeggs were planning
a bank robbery or other crime in the
near vicinity Evidently they were
frightened away by passers-by in the
early morning.
A worlds record is claimed for a
band of ewes owned by Barker Broth
ers of Ingomar This year the band
is running on the range in the Calf
Creek country in western Garfield
county. The band is composed of 357
head which raised this year $40 lambs.
In the past four years only Is head
have been lost from the original band.
In 1919 at the Ingomar plant these
ewes sheared 12h pounds per head.
This year the 357 sheep will give the
owners $4,000 from the sale of lambs
and 81, 400 from the wool clip.
Two companies of militia have been
mustered in for the third battalion of
he Montana National guard, head
luarters company at Wilsall, and Com
oany X at Lewistown, according to
Major Charles L. Sheridan, adjutant
for the regiment. The head
quarters company. which has roster
If 25 men, is in command of Lieuten-
mt J. D. Working, battalion adjutant.
company X has - men and is in COM
nand of Captain f. K. Cheadle, Jr.
Previous to the organization of these
ompanies the Montana regiment con-
listed Of only two battalions.