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* THE CIRCLE BANNER Ben M. Larson, Owner and Publisher Published every Friday at Montana Circle. Entered as second-class matter Nov. 27th, 1914, at the post office at Circle, Montana,under the Act of March 3,1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year... Six Months. .» 2.00 .» 1.00 Advertising Rates on Application, OFFICIAL PAPER McCONE COUNTY( COMMISSIONER'S PROCEEDINGS Office of County Commissioners Of McCone County, Montana, at Circle, June 2nd, 1919. At 10:00 A. M. the Board met in 148, Section .1, Session Laws of 1915. Present: John H. Bawden, chairman, K. F. Kirchner, and Charles S. O' Brien, members, and Jesse F. Dawe, County Clerk. The meeting was duly proclaimed by the Sheriff. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. At this time J. A. Jones appeared before the Board and made object ions to road running thru his farm. George S. Stephenson, et al, ap peared before the Board relative to road and bridge matters between the town of Circle and Rose Valley. J. L. Warren, et al, of Prairie Elk, appeared before the Board relative to roads in their vicinity. The hour of I noon having arrived, on motion the Board took a recess until 2:00 P. M. At 2.00 P. M. the Board reconvened, I all members and clerk present. Road I I J I I I I ■ the attention of the Board the re mainder of the afternoon. The hour of 5:30 having arrived, on motion the the Board adjourned until 9:00 A. M. At 9:00 A. M. the Board met pur suant to yesterday's adjournment, all members and clerk present. Road and bridge matters occupied the at tention of the Board the remainder of the forenoon. The hour of noon having arrived, on motion the Board took a recess until 1:30 P. M. At 1:30 P. M. the Board reconvened. All mem bers and clerk present. At this time J. D. Walsh appeared before the Board relative to bond and contract for the transcribing of records for McCone County . After the matter had been fully discussed, on motion the bond June 3rd, 1919. was approved and ordered filed. The auditing of claims occupied the at tention of the Board the remainder of the afternoon. The hour of 5:00 P. M. having arrived, on motion of the Board adjourned until 9:00 A. M. June 4th, 1919. At 9:00 A. M. the Board met pur suant to yesterday's adjournment, all members and clerk present. Road Petition No 1: For a public highway beginning at the Southeast corner of section 16, Township 20, North of Range 48, E., M. P. M. runn ing thence west three miles to the southwest corner of section 18, Town ship 20,N., Range 48 E., M. P. M., running thence one mile south to the southwest corner of section 19, Town- [ ship 20 N., of Range 48 B„ M. P. M. running thence two miles to the South west corner of section 23, Twp. 20. north. Range 47 E., M. P. M. was read and on motion F. H. Handforth and K. F. Kirchner were appointed to act | as viewers and to make their report thereon as required by law. The hour of noon having arrived, on motion the Board took a recess untill 1:30 P. M. At 1:30 P. M. the j Board reconvened, all members and clerk present. Road Petition No. 2; For a public highway beginning at the Northwest comer of Section 25, Twp, 23 Range 46 E.. running thence South one mile to the Northwest comer of Section 3«, Twp. 23,N., Range 46 E.. was rand and on motion F. H. Handforth and K. F. Kirchner were appointed to act as viewers and to make their report thereon as required by law. Road Petition No. 3: For a public highway beginning at the Northeast comer of Section 10, Twp. 20 N., Range 49, fad to continue west on the section line as near as possible to the Northwest comer of Section 10, Twp. 20, Rangé 48 E., was read and on motion F. H. Handforth and K. F. Kirchner were appointed to set as viewers and to make their report thereon as required by law. «•«ft £ The beared 5:8* P. ■mwd adjourned \ .Sim I ft to A. M. M * the iv V .. . ; ; ;V • • <• faenasn Commissioner O, Brien being absent. The auditing of claims and mis cellaneous matters occupied the at tention of the Board the remainder of the forenoon. The hour of noon hav ÉÜ ing arrived, on motion the Board took a recess until 1:30 P. M. At 1:30 P. M. the Board reconvened, all members and clerk present. On motion the salary of Thomas Kearns as Janitor was increased to $60.00 per month commencing June 1st. 1919. On motion it was ordered 1500.00 be transfered from the gen that eral fund to the clerk's petty cash fund. At this time county assessor, E. B. Lewis, appeared before the Board re lative to matters pertaining to his office. At this time G. R. Taylor appeared before the Board relative to school matters, and on motion Charles S. O'Brien was appointed as appraiser for school district Nos. 3, 4, and 133, and requested to make his report at the next session of the Board. On motion Ina L. Seeley,Superin tendent of Schools, is authorized to appoint a clerk at a salary of $100.00 per month. The personal bond of L. B. Keeling What for. No. Name Amt. Amt. Claimed Allowed Dis-Allowed $15.00 Amt. 25 Burroughs Add. Mach. Co. Machines. $750.00 $735.00 $6.30 $2.75 $3.00 $2.05 $234.50 Supplies. $3l!55 Printing $195.03 Printing $60.68 Postage & express $34.80 Building Vault $634 $25.25 $192.28 $57.68 $32.75 $400.00 27 Circle Drug Co. 54 Larson, Ben M. 57 Larson, Ben M. 74 Thompson, O. J. 79 Wilde, Jake On motion it is ordered that claims numbered 1 to 39 inclusive, on the contingent fund be allowed in full as designated in said claim reglsterer and the Clerk is instructed to issue warrants in the names of the persons appearing in said claim register in the amount set opposite their names as allowed by this Board. On motion it is ordered that claims numbered 6 to 24 inclusive on the Road Fund be allowed in full as de signaled in said Claim Reglsterer and the Clerk is instructed to issue war rants in the names of the persons ap pearing in said Claim Register in the amounts set opposite their names as John H .Bawden K. F. Kirchner Services as Commissioner Services as Commissioner $44.00 $33.60 There being no further business coming before the Board on motion. the Board adjourned, Chairman. OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Of McCone County, Montana, At Circle, June 16th. 1919. At 10:00 A. M. the Board met in Special session for the purpose of establishing polling places in the var ious precincts of McCone County and appointing Judges of an election to be held on September 2nd, 1919. Present John H. Bawden, chairman, K. F. Kirchner and Charles S. O'Brien members, and Jesse F. Dawe, clerk. The meeting was duly proclaimed by the Sheriff. On motion the Judges of Election were appointed as follows: No. 1 August Hamelau Leslie Garrison Herman Meeves Union Polling Place Heide School House. • » No. 2 H. E. Potter Polling Place Watkins Store. * • Watkins W. J. Mackin J. W. Herron No. 3 Frank Kellogg Polling Place Skull House. Watkins Crowley Albert Hedstrom Emil P. Nelson Watkins Creek School Paris >• Polling Place Paris Store, * No. 4 Victor LaPine George Myers J. P. Donohue * * No. 5 Alex Brockway F. J. Ward O. M. Moxness Polling Place Brockway School House Brockway * * No. 6 C. B. Louden Circle Dan Murphy Frank Morgan | Polling Place C. B. Louden's Resi dence. | No. 7 Guy Stevens • * * • Circle C. W. Loomis Harold A. Grove Polling Place Circle High School. • » • No. 8 A. T. Kirchner J. J. Kendig Wm. On Polling Place Myer's School House. Circle * * No. 9 Wm. Garfield Henry Voerding Christ Metger Polling Place Garfield School House. • e • • No. 10 Thomas Browning F. L McMahon O. M. Williams Polling Place LaValley School House. • * • No. 11 Rufus Morris Harold Crooker Ait Wendt Brockway Paris Faria n as Justice of the Peace in and for Cusker Township was read and on motion approved and ordered filed. The personal bond of Earl Cham berlain as Justice of the Peace in and for Cusker Township was read and on motion approved and ordered filed. The personal bond of D. L. East-1 burn as Justice of the Peace in and for Circle Township was read and on motion approved and ordered filed. The County Treasurer's quarterly report for the quarter ending May 31st, 1919 was read and on motion ap-1 proved and ordered filed. The County Clerk's report of fees collected for the quarter ending May 31st, 1919, was read and on motion approved and ordered filed. The Board at this time having com pleted the auditing of claims filed a- J gainst the county Claim Register No. 1, on motion it is ordered that claims numbered 25 to I appear in as 80, inclusive, on the general fund be allowed in full, except the fol lowing which are allowed in part, or disallowed in full as designated In said claim reglsterer, and the Clerk I is instructed to issue warrants in the of persons appearing in said | names claim register in the amount set op posite their names as allowed by this Board : signaled in said Claim Register and the Clerk is instructed to issue war rants in the names of the persons appearing in said Claim Register in the amount set opposite their names as allowed by the Board. The Board at this time having com pleted the auditing of claims and business before them, on motion the Clerk was instructed to issue war rants on the Contingent Fund as fol lows: allowed by the Board. On motion it is ordered that claims numbered 3 to 6 inclusive on the Bridge Fund be allowed in full as de Polling Place Rufus Morris Ranch. Brockway Horse Creek " Polling Place Nelson Creek School No. 12 C. R. Johnson Walter Hoffman Charles Lalla House. Circle " » 0 * No. 13 W. W. Markle Prank Groh Oscar Lee Polling Place at Winkler House. School ♦ ♦ ♦ No. 14 Charles Lambie Christ Aasen Redwater Weldon King Polling Place Redwater School House. * ♦ • No. 15 Elmer Decker George Fountain " Ed. McKnlght • " Polling Place Fountain School House. ♦ Circle * No. 16 T. F. McGurren Thomas Jarvis E. W. McCartney Polling Place Weldon Store. Weldon * « No. 17 Dan Bartley J. T. Romine Arnold Lee Polling Place Romine Ranch. No. 18 Harry Carr E. M. Tone William Artz Polling Place at Hamblin Store. * » » * « « Hamblin Vida Paxton Vida I School I No. 19 Geo. J. Vaughn Chas. B. Stewart Lage J. Johnson Polling Place at Jack Oswald Res. Paxton • • No. 20 John F. McNess Tom Hudiburg Paul Schillinger Polling Place at Hudiburg House. • • * Prairie Elk " Hamblin Polling Place at Goolsby Residence. Quam " Polling Place at Quam Post Office. Bonin P. O. No. 21 Ernest Carlson Daniel Oaroutte Matt J. O'Leary • • No. 22 Jasper Parsley Charles Davis John W. Kelly No. 23 Swan Norris Reier Egland Osmund Odd egard Polling Place at Bonin Post Office. Pattonhill P. O. • • • * No. 24 J. L. Warren J. M. McAnsland L. R. Patton Polling Place Illmont School House. • • • • Pralrie Elk Pattooblll Prairie Elk No. 25 Jap Parlsey Fred McNaal J. B. Himrod Polling Place Prairie Elk Store. • • • • No. 99 A. M. Anderson Band Creek t. No. 27 William Young Terrace School Riverside W. C. Gardner " " J. Linderptan Polling Place Muus School House. • • • • Puffer A. C. Nefzger Polling Place at Terrace No. 28 Henry Hilger Polling Place Riverside School House. « « House. * James McGeorge John Olson Nickwall Wolf Point " " " " No. 29 J. B. Harkness Mildred Poor Alpx Copper " Polling Place Nickwall School House. ♦ * * * No. 30 Lee Burch Clive Byxbe Harve Bailey Polling Place at Burch School House. • * j,No. 31 L. B. Keeling Polling Place Reed Bros. Ranch, Wolf Point Wolf Point I " " " " I Polling Place Kimmell School House. | • • Murl Purdy Will Reed ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ No. 32 H. F. DuBois B. A. Folden Louis Kimmell * Oswego I Nina No. 33 Henry Duskey Geo. W. .Conklin Farman Drawz Polling Place at C. K. Ranch. * • ♦ * No. 34 Don Frazer Jim Twitchell Henry Gillen Polling Place at Bartch School House. • * * No. 35 Frank Harris Geo. Young W. S. Kirkland Polling Place Trail Coulee School Frazer Hay Coulee House. • « • The hour of 3:00 P. M. having ar rived on motion the Board adjourned. Chairman. Democratic Party ha* Enacted all Reforms Demanded by 1912 Pro gressive Platform Chair-I man Homer S. Cummings, of the De mocratic National Committee, Wichita, Kan. at I Only a few houre ago, one of my j associates who is with me here hand . . ed me a copy of what was called "A J Contract With the People," a plat I form of the Progressive party adopt I ed at its first national convention in Chicago, August 7,1912. After some and Lincoln, it begins this way: "The | deliberate betrayal of its trust by the Republican party, and the fatal ln- I preambles glorifying both Jefferson capacity of the Democratic party to deal with the new issues of the new I time, have compelled the peddle to forge a new instrument of government through which to give effect to their | will in laws and institutions." I And so they founded their party be cause they wanted certain new and necessary social legislation and be cause, as they believed, the Republi can party had betrayed its trust, hav ing had an opportunity and having failed to improve it, and that the De mocratic party was incapable of carry ing through these great reforms. Now, they were correct in their first proposition—that the Republican party bad betrayed its trust and no longer was worthy of the confidence 0 f the American people, but they were wrong intheir suggestion that the Democratic party was Incapable of carrying forward these new measures and placing them in the structure of our laws—remedial statutes which have proved so beneficent in their operation, and so splendid in their effect that no opponent dares sug gest their repeal. And just glancing through this Pro gressive platform of 1912, I find that they ask for effective legislation look ing to the prevention of industrial accidents.occupatkmal diseases, over work, involuntary unemployment, and other injurious by-products of modem industry.You all know what we have done in the matter of vocational train ing. You know what we have done in the matter of the Workmen's Com j pensation Act. You know that the I Democratic party, for the first time in I the history of the Government, has I placed in the Cabinet of the United States of Secretary of Labor, and you know what the Federal employ 'ment agencies are endeavoring to do and you know that the power of | these agencies to find employment for the unemployment has been de | llberately impaired by the Republican party. One other of the prominent planks | in the Progressive platform was the prohibition of child labor. | knowwhat the Democratic party has done in that, regard, time in the You all For tba first hV ilM tory of America, we lobor law an», whan I passed the cb I the courts declared It nnconstltntion al, we were so Intent upon that meaa I ure so that we have provided altar [ ante measure so that it may ha effec tive. The eight-hour law, a recogai tion of the right of labor to that ra 'sard, urged by the r rogru eslvu a, was one of the Democratic bills, and to it has been added the great internati onal recognition of labor which is one of the splendid things of the coven 1 ant of peace draft at Paris. Progressives Asked, Democrats Gave I passed along to a more Import I ant plank, They wanted this: "We plege ourselves to the establishment of a non-partisan scientific tariff com mission." „ scientific non-partisan tariff commis The Democratic party established and there is now in operation a sion. They condemned the Payne Aldrich bill as unjust to the people. We repealed it and supplied a vast improvement over that system. They asked for a reform in the currency of this country, believing that the present existing method— that was in 1912—would be harm tul to American business. Against the greatest opposition that ever con fronted a Congress, against the com bined power of the financial interest of America, against the protest of the great Republican leaders in the Senate and in the House, against the protest of all the special privilege in terests of America, under the leader ship of President Wilson there was established the Federal Reserve System, and that system has proved so effective in practice that it not only banished panics which had been Report of the condition of THE FIRST STATE BANK OF VIDA at Terrace, in the state of Montana, at the close of business June 30th, 1919. RESOURCES 79,994 53 395 51 3.799 45 I Loans and discounts_ Overdrafts, secured and unsecured — Bonds, stocks and warrants_ Ranking house furniture and fixtures, Cash reserve, gold coin,_ ... ! " " silver coin,_ „ " currency,_..... Due from approved reserve agents,... Due from other banks,_ Other cash items,_ Expenses in Excess of Earniasg_ Total. _ 84,189 49 3,340 00 , 3,340 00 5 00 889 15 983 00 8,113 82 9,990 97 13,847 56 271 58 562 85 111,303 45 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid up,_ Surplus fund,__ Undivided profits less expenses and taxes paid, 20,000 00 5,000 00 25,000 00 Individual deposits subject to check. Demand certificates of deposit,. Cashiers checks,.... 38,529 20 1 00 703 82 Dividends unpaid,_ Time certificates of deposit,due on or after 30 days,.— 43,963 98 Savings deposits subject to 30 days notice,_ 39,234 02 43,963 98 Certificates of deposits Issued for money borrowed Note8 „j bills rediscounted,. - c as ij Over 3,000 00 3,000 00 4 45 Total 111,202 45 State of Montana, County of McCone, ss: I, P. M. Krebsbach, Cashier of the above named bank, do aolemly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief, Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of July, 1919. P. M. Krebsbach, Cashier. Paul W. Fay, Notary Public, in and for the state of Montana, residing at Terrace. My commission expires April 10, 1920. Correct attest Edw. E. Krebsbach, Paul Schillinger, Directors, ' Charter No. 11101 | Report of the condition of | Securities other than U. S. bonds, owned unpledged Reserve District No. 9 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, at Circle, in the State of Montana, at the close of business on June 30, 1919. RESOURCES Loans and discounts_ Notes and bills rediscounted (other than bank acceptances sold)_.__._ Overdrafts, unsecured_ Liberty Loan bonds, 3}, 4 and 4} percent,unpledged_ Liberty Loan bonds, 3), 4 and 44 per cent, pledged to se cure U. S. deposits..... »163,219 15 »163,219 15 162 63 450 00 2,800 00 3,250 00 3,381 19 900 00 2,705 00 1,500 00 7,900 00 9,562 01 3,381 19 stock of Federal Reserve bank (50 per cent of subscriptionJ I Value of banking house. 4 2,705 00 Furniture and fixtures_ Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank_ Cash in vault and net amounts due from national banks.. Net amounts due from banks, bankers and trust companies other than included in Items 13, U and 15_ Exchanges for clearing house_'._ Checks on other banks in the same city or town as report ing bank (other than Item 17)... Total of Items 14. 15, 16, 17 and 18.... Checks on banks located outside of city or town of report ing bank and other cash items... Interest earned but not collected—approximate—op Notes and bills receivable not past doe_ War Savings Certificates and Thrift Stamps actually owned 2,039 57 309 28 11,910 86 6,000 00 69 22 Total $300,998 05 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in Surplus fund.... Undivided profits.... Cashier's checkt on own bank outstanding.... individual deposits subject to chock.. Certificates of deposit due in leas than 30 days (other than for money borrowed). Total of demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to re*erve,Items ,3445, 36, 374849,40,41 Certificates of daposit(other than for money borrowed). Total of time deposit* subjsct to reserve. Item* 42, 43, 44 and 45...... . $25,000 00 5400 00 6493 25 Lett current expenses, interest and taxes paid 6493 35 1,051 88 90461 11 1,000 00 91461 H 46,791 81 Hills payable, other than with Federal Reserve Bank, in cluding all obligations r e pres en ting money harrow ed, other than redise ouata... ._. 46,791 81 39409 00 Total »300,998 05 Liabilities State of M County of McCsse, u Cashier of the bank, de solemnly swear, that the above •wen to Mm am this 10th day of July. 1919. Owharrikud a 0 ' omam qpi — r . ^ - A A. (piiridn Bynoa, A. W. Ryueu, Directors. Correct Attaot: a recurring feature of Republican ad ministrations tor years, but it enabl ed us to withstand the great shock of war, which was the supreme test of any financial structure. In addition to this, Just think of' the various accomplishments of the Administration we sometimes forget. They asked, did these Progressives, that the gold and other natural re sources of Alaska should be opened up to development a' once. American people had to wait for the Democratic Administration before the great reachs of Alaska were opened to commerce and development. It is one of the most splendid pages of sunstructive statsmanship in the history of America the manner in which the Department of the Interi or, under Secretary Lane, and the other departments have co-operated to open up that splendid new terri tory. The Corrupt Practice Act. The Progressives asked for a cor rupt practice act. Wc passed one, They asked for Labor and we created that, and pro vided the place in the Cabinet for a representative of labor. They asked for good roa«Js. We passed a good roads bilL They asked for an inheri tance and an income tax and we es tablished them both. a Department of (Continued on Page 5)