The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-05-04
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Helena.
Sponsored by the Independent ordel
of Odd Fellows a new boys organiza
ton, to be known as the Loyal sons
Ffreside circle No. 1, of Montana, has
been organized in Butte.
Forces In the locomotive shop OF the
Northern Pacific at Miles City have
returned to an eight-hour working day
for the first time since the strike OF
the shopcrafts in July, last year.
With delegates In attendance from
every local In the state, the quadrien-
NAL convention of the Woman's Bene-
fit Association of Montana met April )
at the knights of Pythias hall al
| Great Falls.
BY the narrow margin Of three votes,
Laurel citizens defeated the PROPOSE
| ton to vote an additional 10-mill levy
for general maintenance of schools in
the Laurel school district. The vote
was II to so.
TIL voters of Three Forks have decld-
ed to erect a new high school ana
community building and at special
election passed the proposed bond
issue of $4,000 to pay for it. The vote
was sc to 49,
During the month of March there
was an increase of 20 per cent in post
al receipts at the Butte postoffice over
those of the same month a year ago,
according to figures compiled by POST
master InIl Goodwin.
Contract for eight miles of cement
sidewalks In the business and resident
districts of Shelby and for three-mile
extension Of water mains there has
been let. The work will involve an
expenditure of $4,000.
Dairy farmers of the Sidney vicinity
have organized the Yellowstone Co
operative Dairymens association.
Twenty-one farmers who are selling
cream from 172 cows signed the men,
bers' agreement and the work of per-
fecting the organization by securing
the membership of all the farmers In
the locality will be carried out.
Health officers and doctors of the
states of Montana, Oregon, and Wyo-
ming journeyed to Hamilton, In the
Bitter Root valley one day last week
for the purpose of inspecting the work
being done there in the laboratory
maintained for the investigation OF
spotted fever, its causes and its re-
suits. The doctors have been attend
ing spotted fever conference at Mis-
soula.
The Kansas agricultural college de-
batting team from Manhattan, Kansas,
defeated the Montana state college de-
batting team here by unanimous de-
cision of the judges, in an argument on
The question: Resolved, That the sew
eral states should establish courts to
adjudicate labor disputes in essential
with power to enforce their
decisions" The visitors held the af-
'irmative side.
1t is noted that arrangements are
,eing made for the re-opening of the
lorse sales yards at Miles City. For
many years Miles City was the greatest
lorse market in the world, but when
he first of three lean seasons struck
hat section, and automobiles began to
Ippear in greater numbers, the de-
nand slackened. With horses again
oming into favor it is believed the
market will be better.
Beaverhead county high school, Of
Dillon, won the second annual inter-
cholastic music meet at Big Timber,
which closed April 9. Great Falls
7ill have the meet next year, accord
1g to a decision by the music section
( the state educational association.
he section also decided that the con-
est should rem"in a single event for
year or two at least, instead Of being
onducted by districts.
The Sunday school contest between
idney and Malta has closed, and
lalta staged an eleventh-hour rush
nat carried her to the head of the
olumn in the matter of total points.
] the matter of attendance, Sidney /
ad the best of the argument, but
Ialta forged ahead by reason of the I
Consequently Sidney |
preparing to carry out its part of the i,
which means that 1t will [
eat the winner to Ice cream and |
Ike.
Headed for the Flathead reservation, t
e advance guard of party Of set s
srs from southern Idaho arrived In |
issouia, being In charge Of the ship |
ents of five carloads Of belongings. G
,veral automobile loads of the fam '
es of the men are making the trip I
automobile. The five carloads {
lich arrived brought stock, farm ma .
inery and household effects. In the q
ipment were 80 head of horses, some t
tile and $4,000 pounds of certified I
ed. Also there are tractors, wagons, f
plements and as one Of the party b
Id, I'VE have everything to start Il
ring work" n
twenty-five thousand brook trout of
ger-length were planted In the Rose
q and Its tributary streams last week a
the Custer Rod and Gun club Of
les City, according to an announce F
mt made by J. G. Whitman, score d
y of the club.
Dreaming that he was chasing a
T. Plenty Coos, aged chief Of the Il
,w Indians, while sleep-walking, d
wled out of window of the Eagle &