The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-02-22
THE STATE

Melstone-Local oil operators are
planning an early test of the Ragged
Point district.
Butte James R. Veitch, Milwau.
kee railroad official, who was well
known in Montana. died in Seattle
a few days ago.
Bozeman- Mrs. Nelson Story, wife
of the founder of the Montana family
by that name, is dead. She came to
Montana in 1868.
Butte George Woodwork, Big
Hole Basin, Montana, rancher since
1885, died at his winter home at
Long Beach, few days ago.
Great Falls Wolf packs which
heretofore have done much damage
in the Highwood hill, have been
pretty we'll cleaned out by hunters.
Great FaIls-Two increases in the
price of oil is expected to greatly
stimulate development work in the
northern oil fields during the coming
season.
Helena In the year 1910 typhoid
fever took 1913 persons out of every
100000 i'll Montana. IN 1928 the
ratio was only three persons to the
100000.
Lewistown- S. l.. CIeve of the
state banking department has issued
a statement to the effect that the
closed Empire and State bank will
pay out in full
Conrad With the first signs of
fin inf ~, 81 Irnr sc
being revived, and 1t looks now as
though this section would see the
greatest activity in this respect that
it has had yet.
Miles City The identity of the
young woman who died in local
hospital recently after giving the
name of Mrs. Brown" has been as
certained as that of Mrs. Vaughn
Lockhart, of Seattle, Wash.
Great Falls A. j. Breitenstein, |
manager of the Hotel Rainbow, was
elected secretary of the Montana Ho-
tel Mems association, at meeting |
Of the association which was held at |
he New Finlen hotel in Butte. +,
Dutton-"As near as / can esti-
nate at this time there will be about |
.hree times the acreage planted to |
,orn this year in this country tribu-
AIRY to Dutton that there was last
rear" said c.. o. Juelfs, successful
armer near here.
Miles City Engaged in repairing
he roof of a homestead shack near
Mont, an inland pointn
100 miles northwest of this city,
fred Heist, rancher in the Hole in
he Rock region, was shot down in
old blood by an unknown assailant
Who made his escape.
Havre-The Great Northern rail-
way will spend approximately ST.
100000 on the Montana division,
which extends from Williston, N. D., '
0 Cut Bank, this coming summer, {
ccording to Great Northern officials {
If this S1,000,900 about 100000
ill be spent in the vicinity of Havre I
lone. !
Cut Bank Seven million eight
undred thousand lbs of coal was i
onsumed by locomotives and other I
over in the roundhouse during jan {
airy. This is half of the usual
mount of this kind of fuel. In adj t
ition to this big item, 555, 700 gal 7
ms of fuel oil was also consumed. t
his means that an average of 49,, t
90 gallons were used daily. 4
Helena During the month of Il
ecember, 1928, for which reports /
ON the oil transportation concerns 5
ave just reached the office of the n
ate railroad commission, 148,859.75 y
lrrels of oil were received by the o
pc line companies operating in the v
1t Creek, and the Kevin-Sunburst C
elds, during the month aggregating 5
'2,901.85 barrels. The great bulk o
this movement was in the Cat $
eek field where the posted field a
ice was 95 cts per barrel through t;
It the month. II
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