The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-09-05
| MONTANA NOTES
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERSELY TOLD


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first shipment of sheep from the
} United States Experiment station In
, Idaho has arrived at the United States
Range Experiment station at Miles
City and will be followed soon by two
other shipments that will bring the
total of the government herd here up
to more than 800 head. The initial
shipment was 220 Correidale, Column
( bias and Ramboulett ram lambs. The
other shipments expected soon will
contain 300 ewes and 300 feeder lambs.
General Scott to Visit Crows.-Gen-
eral Hugh L. Scott. a member of the
Indian commission of the United
States, will likely visit the Grow reser-
vation about September 1, according to
c. Fl, Ansbury. superintendent of the
reservation. General Scott is on tour
of the Indian reservations in the Da-
kotas Montana and Wyoming. 1t is
expected that he will arrive on the
Crow reservation after visiting wy
oming tribes. General Scott came to
the northwest AZ years ago as lieu
tenant and before he left he came iHto
command of the Seventh cavalry after
Custer was killed. 1t was General
Scott who found Clusters body half
spade beneath the ground
Winifred Damaged BY FIre.-Wini-
fred was the scene of blaze, Aug. %,
that destroyed property valued at
$4,000. The fire originated in the
J garage and machine shop of G. L. Yost,
/ and was believed to have been started
from a leaky gas tank, the escaped
gas in some manner being ignited. The
blaze spread from this building to-
Hector Goethal's livery barn and to
the gas station which ne also operates,
and to another small building. All Of
these places were total loss. Consid-
erable difficulty was experienced "
the fire fighters In saving the !
YANKEE depot which was locate di-
rectly across the street, strong wind
carrying the barnins embers over to
this structure.
State saoot A. sf4alposson.- FFr~~t
rifle>ien of Montana are looking fsr-
ward with much of interest to the big
state shoot which will be held in Hnrr
lowton on August 27 There are s1'ne
forty rifle Gibbs in the state. I'rac-
tically all clubs will send teams 10
Harowton to compete in the elimina-
tion shoot to select the sharpshooters
who will represent civilian riflemen
10 GO to the great national shoot to b
held at Camp Perry, Ohio.
Hunger Striker DIes.-Aati Tyrvai
men died at Fort Missoula after SELL
imposed starvation of az days, TYR
vainen was arrested at Butte this
spring as a draft evader. He had
evaded service for the World war by
registering under an assumed name,
it was alleged. He went on a hunger
strike soon after his arrival at Fort
Missoula.
1000 Men Find Work.-Two thou
sand men have been directed to farm
ing sections where labor has been
needed since the federal employment
office system opened in Montana sew
eral weeks ago. according to Fl. G.. AL
len, director. From the Great Falls Of
flee 800 men have been sent out. The
state is well supplied with men and
there have been no emergency calls
for farm hands from any one section,
according to reports in Mr.. Aliens of
flee at Great Falls. Cutting of spring
wheat in the Sun river valley and with
In few days there will be men needed
in that vicinity.
New Experiment Stations-County
Agent Givan is hoping to be able to
make arrangements whereby three
small experiment stations may be es-
-ablished this fall in Lincoln county.
one at Libby, one at Eureka and one
at Troy. To begin with, it is planned
% secure only very small tract of
IN acre or two or three at each place.
Mr. Givan desires to secure the tracts
his fall so that the plots could be fall
)lowed and other necessary work done.
Such sections would be of exceptional
Talue to the agricultural development
u the county, In that experimental
work could be carried on and the best
Methods for this section determined.
Che results obtained would also be a
'isible object lesson to the farmers of
he county.
Park Ponds Stocked With Fish.-An
planting of trout fry has
'een accomplished, about 10000 being
distributed in the waters of Flathead
county and Glacier Park. About 1OO,-
'O0 were planted in Bitter Root lake,
everal thousand were put in lakes in
he ''pot-hole" country east of Creston
nd Is cans were taken by David Ross
o Glacier park. Mr.. Ross accom-
'anied by Ellis Fulton, took the park
llotment on horseback to Lake Eliza
eth and the Belly river country. Fish
'lanting in the park has been more
han usually extensive this season.
'lanting during the month of July to-
aling 100000 grayling. 100000 native
nd 100000 rainbow In many waters
quatic vegetation for fish food was
,lanted as the lakes were without
ish and it is thought that there was
nf m ~.