Belt Valley times. [volume], October 13, 1921, Image 1

About Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977

Image provided by: Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT

                
Hittorieul
Library
4
if ?
1
N belt valley times
BELT, MONTANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1921
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME 28, NUMBER 17
i
Sheritt Bob Gordon and Deputies Give
a Bunch ot Whiskey Runners a Chase
Last Friday night was a busy time
for the county sheriff's force and an
unlucky period for a quartette of
... . , , •
whiskey runners, the totter losing two
valuable automobilesSind several cases
... . , , . , .
whiskey into the road to impede tne
PI Nnkl?s car thâniBaann^nal over a
bill amt Lcnre tha IhVriff r'nnld rWk
nn on his trail drove thro.i,rh « fence
uTto n faJrt vard and Moblà and his
nartner esearvpH into the darkness
wCnUeoffbers found tL machine
it was clear^f its rarVro Tw cases
ftf "SftnHv Mi'IVmnM" wptp fotim)
"on,"the road when the officers re
turned to Treat Falls Sheriff Oor
don had trouble in brin^incr in the
Noble r-xr but finâllv Zr the holes
in the'e«s tank were nwted «nd the
™«oline sunnlv renlenished the n«r
driven in under its own nower
Refore the chase Lean DeriuHes
I-eland and p«l»e-i b..d been following
the trail of SkmS hvAlex
Stewart and Martin Frnes who were
sa M to hZ Wn wnrkiis tinder the
direction of Nnhle When the Hen
uties siezed the car after folio wine it
intn ( re «t Fnll« it w»s f n ,. nr i t 4
.„„tv Stewart and Fmest l iter di- !
reeled the officers to a place where
seven cases of whiskev were found
The tw^, men were released
After their capture Deputy Sheriffs
Iceland and Palaci drove to the garage
in Great Falls owned hv Noble lo fill
up their gas tank In conversation
with tbe obliirinv attendant wbo was
unaware of their identity they inti
mated that their car contained con- !
traband goods and casually inquired
___ ' _j
The
whtokèy.
ly after a hair
Sheriff Gordon,
Guy Pel
of supposedly goi
capture was made
raising race in wbi
and Deputies Fred*
agi and Jay Letond took part. *|
The roce began about eight ( miles
north of Great Falls soon after mid
night.
information that Harvey Noble would
be traveling the Lothair road with a
cargo of whiskey, and taking his dep
uties he prepared for the capture. It
was not long after they had reached
their point of waiting before an auto
mobile appeared, and the çhase was
Sheriff Gordon stepped on the
gas and for a time the two cars were
along side and so close that the offic
ers believe they recognized Noble as
the driver of the fugitive car.
The î/othair road is narrow, and is
unfamiliar ground to Sheriff Gordon,
but he kept pace with the Noble ma
chine. Once Noble decided to crowd
Sheriff Gordon into the ditch, a
was then that Deputy Huotari dé
that the use of a revolver might effect
a atop and he fired twice, but without
results.
placed three shots in the gas ta
the pursued ear and the
spouted with street sprinkle«
The fugitives, realizing that
could not be won, began throwing the
outari,
r
Sheriff Gordon had received
on.
it j
ided
A few- moments later he
of
line
'ect. 1
t* race
>
>
Archie Sommerville, H. C. Tobin,
Walter (3oltord and Theodore Carlson
will leave this evening for Great Falls
to appear before the compensation
adjusters of the federal board, who
will be in Great Falls tomorrow. Mr.
Carlson's claim has already been ad
justed and his examination is a spec
ial pne to determine his fitness for
vocational training.- The traveling
board will be in Great Falls for five
days, And will make the Veterans'
hall their headquarters during their
stay.
The board will have authority to act
on virtually every case that comes be
fore it. Included in the board are an
\ examining physician, a service contac t
officer, a rating officer and'a war risk
officer. Only exceptional cases will
be referred, either to the Tegjynal. nf**»
1ice&. w*. A i iwn eapOHS"*&r tHe headquar
ters at Washington
It will be necessary for men appear
ing before the board to. have their
files sent from the regional office in
order to have their service connection
ed%iblished, it was stated, and those
appearing before the examining board
who have failed to have their files
sent to Great Falls in advance will he
treated in the light of new cases.
Four Belt Ex-Service Men
Examination Tomorrow
Fnfprtainmpnk ü MirPPÇÇ
LillVl IfllllliiStl 0 fl uUwllw w
The "Carolina Trio/' three you n
todies of pleasing personality and ex-;
ciblent voices, supplied the talent for
the first number of the Midland Ly
ceum Bureau entertainments to be
given by The local post of the A mert
can Legion. The first number was
given last Thursday evening at the ao
ditoriurn and brought'out a fair sized
crowd, which at iso time during the eq
tertainment was slow in *h< , • , ap
preciation. The young ladies made a
hit with a musical program, :nade up
of vocal trio*, duets and solos, and all
displayed special talents at the piano
in turn. To vary the program read
mgs were also given by two of the
young todie. that were better than th.
usual mn of that class of cutcrtufri
mi nt
The next number, billed for Novem.
her 17. ia the "Romany Serenades» '' a
First Number of Legion's
If'
as to th echances for disposing of it.
The attendant waa sympathetic and
, advised them to be careful and if ap
n reached bv a suspicious car to step
^ er ••
With the idea in mind of resuming
the annual farmers' short course Agri
culturist Ben Beach of the local High
schooi has recently taken the matter
of dates up with the extension service
at Bozeman and expects soon to learn
what dates would be available for
Belt.
These courses have been very popu
tor here in the past, in fact, it is no
exaggeration to say that some of the
best short courses in Montana were
those held in Belt, but owing to the
conditions prevailing the past two
years it was thought advisable not to
hold them here.
This year, according to Mr. Beach,
it Would b. j Slide t<> gel a more
varied program than ever before, and
the plan would be in addition to bring
ing speakers from the State college at
B ozeman( t0 a i so have men from the
state de P artment of agriculture and
from 8everal c °ncems who are main
taini , n P field workers in Montana. .It
would 8,30 bt> h,s ldea to re8um<> the
l ' xhibrt8 of livestock, poultry and
grains, which proved so popular in
yt>ars past ' A feature that would
- v ' ,l - V< l - a
< ' orn sHow ' tht ' re bemK enout '' h farn ' '
ers ra,sm £ thls P ram to make a cred -
ltable exhlb,t - Farmers who raüed
corn th ' 8 year urped to *® v . e tb i' ir
best ears with tb ' s idea in m l nd - Tbl '
matter of entertainment would not be
overlooked, nor the home economic
course for , th J' women, and it is Mr,
Beach s that ^ cou,d bc «f:
ranffed 1,1 8U< ' h « way that they would
P rove a d ™wmg card than
ever ' U 18 P robab, . e that a t,f
the bl i 8ine8S r^ n of the clt X aod farm '
•' rs w b? woulu lake an act t rest
,n makni^ thu course a success will he
! caBed ln tbe near future. s
|Why, is the sheriff liable to be
around this time of the night?" iq
ouired Le land.
"Sure, was the answer, that son
of-a-gun never sleeps.
Reduce Valuations
In Drought Areas
j
1
otatf npoves i»m>
^TOR STAGE I R<>\ ES I OP
l , ' AK WITH BELT ( ' ,TIZEN S
. . '""Z — , * ,
I ^ ast week G. H. Brown began mak
inp r^ ular tr jP 8 dail y hgfwegn BejL_
Armin Kf ftr ! a oa Great Falls, amf fnim
tfle f* 1 " 8 * tr 'P is evident that during
fair Weather, at least the line will be
! P°P ular witb those who have occasion
travel between the.terminals of the
line. The mot,or car in service is an
eight-passenger Packard of such
roomy size that in a pinch it will carry
10 persons comfortably. The proprie
portation 'business nine years and
states'that he has never injured a pas
»enger.
The stage leaves Belt at 10 a. m.
' and at 6:30 p. m. daily, and is always
available for extra trips in between
times and evenings, It leaves Great
Falls at 8 a. m. and 4 p, m., thus giv
ing local people five hours in Great
Falls during business hourtin
Should the business grow. Mr.
Brown is prepared to put on additional
cap. Passengers may book passage
at either Wilson's pool hall or Shar
card's barber shop by telephone and
the stage will pick them up at their
residence and drop them at any hotel
in Great Falls. A telephone message
from any hotel in the Falls will bring^
the stage for passengers at the sched
uled hour. Express will also be han
died by the stage.
*-
« ni* i «I | • J
i|PHjf AMU lI TIl 1I1J |JLß{]
v * » " TT J'' W '
» a « . 1 * 1 - janliaai
If] A||T||2f|||||||l{ A|;(i|f]RflT
*
r .
While replacing a punctured tire on
his car that he had driven to the side
,,f the road between the ranch and
town last Friday evening, A. f. Oary
of the Belt Valley Livestock company,
was struck by the car of Nels Roman,
knocked down and dragged several
feet before the car could be stopped.
( r«ry s uff e red a slight got on the
head, a few, bruises and several rents
in his clothing, but considers he was
very lucky that no serious damage re
, 8U | ted f rom the encounter.
Mr. Roman was driving the car and
can .only account for the müfttap as
the result of a lapse of judgment in.
calculating distance, as he saw Mr.
Crary as he was approaching .'.he car
standipg at the side of the road, ahd
thought he had turned out Sufficiently
to clear him.
dent and was relieved to find that Mr.
Crary^s injuries were not at all ser
ious.
— - :--odor
EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICES
■ ' "rt""- ■
Rev. S. D. Hooker will hold service*
at the Episcopal church both morning
and evening at the regular hours next
Sunday, October 16.
-
The funeml of Emil JiiiobiflP. o
Fife, died at one of the Great
Fall* hospitals Tuewiay, will be held at
the W H. George chapel at 2 o'clock
"?■ A G L °^' wi "
-----,
He regrets the acci
]D
There*s a Big Welcome Awaiting Him
K
rJT*
-J?* '4,
4
'S
-V.
£2
l
¥
m
I
!
-J- '£Ê. " 1 / T. I
MtMÊKKÊ/^Ê
VI jSf//: "} xj| \ 'j \
\ -'Æf/nh •
1 * wriUll ''«IJp \ / A"j s
L-IU H"- - 1 - r " îCla -.... . . .— iLJ
11 i; 11 —~ J -■ •; •— - ■ •— - - ■ —— ~~~r~ .;.-••• " - r
p* ■ rs ■ *» ||l| n | U IIAnillllA f* IT
jLnU|Y V II M11 fl Y Irllniyilvlirlnr fl I ^
LnllL I vUllUn I IflUlllllIvU I 111 L. fi I
*
Ififlàl ft DHII III 111 fO HI IT flH A ftTIA II I U
M|||iuK| *H VwIrrX Hill rHulillliU* I Y
ITI U 11 M11 U 11 fill LU UU I I IlflU I lUflluL I
■ tS "
lAl üfil T DI fl P1/ i ki DllOfklCOO PCUTOT *
W El 1 1 ! I III 111 a K IN hllAlNr^lA lirNIfll
IIIIWL.L. ULUvIt 111 UUviilkvU UL.il I K L.
-—:
i
ï
-*•
>
mm
- o»
*
5^»
J U
?
' '
'/A
\
V
Il J
■
W
■
ylfT * / %Jfr - a ! V^
$
h
i
-
# /
^ J
try
...... .. • . . . ...
j * ltb nothing but the most primt.vo
utensils to fight with, the citizens of
Monarch were compelled to stand al
mt)8t id j p and watch a w hole block 0 f
the business section of their town be
.It in K destroyed by fire which started
about 1:90 o'clock in the morning Sun
day A c i ean sweep of every building
in f rom and including the old postoffice^fhusing
building to the Bra zee garage was
a mailu ami prauliualy DOM of ihr con
' tents of any of the burned buildings
- were saved. The fire spread rapidly,
requiring only about two and a half
ir hours to complete its destruction, and
' the heal from the burning buildings
was s0 i n t t .„se that practically all ef
f oris to salvage property was futile,
Th e total loss will approximate »50,
000. with comparatively little msur-'
ance . '
Tht . buildings destroyed were the
old postoffice building, owned by Roy
' Brady of Great Falls, loss »2,000 w th
no insurance; Monarch Mercantile
company building, with all stock ami
s fixtures, value of building »4,000, with
»2,000 insurance. The building was
owned by D. J. Condon of Neihart. The
stock of the Monarch Mercantile com
Pany in the' buildisg is estimated to
inventory »254KH), upon which there
wa" atL insur a nc eaf »18-ûûtL Tbo-up-:
per ' story was occupied by H. S.
Haney, manager and principal owner
in the Monarch Mercantile company
as a dwelling and the furnishings and
personal effects of the occupants were
totally destroyed with a loss of ap-i
proximately »5,000, upon which $1,000
insurance was carried. The records
and books of the concern were in the (
safe and it is thought that they were j
intact. _
market of Oscar English, loss!The
$2,(»00, no insurance.
Residence of Sam Giescy, loss »J. non
with no insurance.
Residence and blacksmith shop of
Albert Brink, loss between »3,000 ami
$4.009, with 'ho insurance. 1
Soft drink and confectionery store
Q f Henry Danielson, loss between »3,
000 and $4.000, with no insurq.q^er I
Pool hall of O. R. Woodahl, loss be- :
tween $3,000 and »5.000, with »1,000
insurance.
Vacant lots intervening at the north
and south limits of the fire was the j
only thing that prevented the flaim »
from sweeping practically the whole
town, and during the progress of th >
fire the contents of adjoining build-'
jngs were moved to places of safety
and only returned whin the flameal
he fire I
'c bee w toi»w4-»b»-Gr^tt Nc.rtheriT depot,
locateii across the street and railroad
right of-Way from the mimed build
"ngs, and the agent. Hugh Wilkins i-
moverl the records to a place of safety,
The heat waA so intense that at times
the workers could not approach within
160 feet of the conflagration. '
The origin of the fire is a mystery,
Mr. and Mrs. Haney spent the evening !
at the home of Herman Nebel at Al
bright at a card party, returning in
the early morning to find their home i
j„ flames and a realization that thetr
personal possessions consisted of th ]
clothing they happened to have on
Their loss is better imagined than de- :
scribed. In addition to the numberless
articles made dear by association and
possibly of no great intrinsic value, i
Mrs. Haney is known to have pos- !
sessed a very valuable collection of cut !
glass.
Ernest Haney, an employe of the
company, went to the s tore at' about j
I I b T clock in the evening","being called !
tomer for oil, and stàtes that at that ,
time there wasmothing to warn him of:„
fire, as he noticed no smoke or tlw
of tmufcc and anything unusual 1
about the store. The fire was dis- j
covered by Albert Brink, who w»t
awakened by the light of the fire, and (
at that time the whole building of the i
Mercantile company was a mass of
flames. It appeared to him that theji
fire originated in the northwest cor- !
irwr ni th** whtrh wss j ♦>«
the name roof a* th- «tore proper
one was injured tn the fire.
The Monarch Mercantile company U
---- - - - -
from his home to serve à tote cus-j'
. ...... . ,
established about 80 years ago by L.
of E. Howes, who sold out about 16 years
ago to A. M. Luther* formerly of Belt,
f Mr H aney f ir8t wcnt to Monarch
about 10 years ago. taking the position
| of bookkeeper with Mr. Luther. Later
he associated himself with Ü. J. Con
don, banker at Neihurt, the firm pur
postoffice^fhusing the business, which has been
rapidly built up under Mr. Haney's
nwngfinefit until il Wfli fêCOgnlZeâ
HS one of the largest and most pro-,
gressive mercantile establishments in
this section of the county. The firm
will reopen for business at once by
Utilizing either the old store building
or the warehouse, property which the
firm owns. Already plans arc under
way for the erection of a fireproof
building on the site of the one de
st roved, which will be of concrete and
modern in every way.
While the owrfers of the buildings
: -'^troyed have not made any plans as
yet, it is thought that all t Ce bu'ned
structures wiH be replaced ia. a short
time, as the future of Mqnarch is se
cured by its location in the heart of
one of the best farming sections in the
southern part of Cascade county. It
is the natural trading point for the
Michigan settlement, a good share
the Kibbey country and th-.-Belt Rife
region, a scope of country that has
never known an absolute crop failure
It is one of the most important hay
shipping points in the state'and is also
the outlet for the rich Barker mining
district. In the summer season it Is
the center of the enormous trade from
hundreds of campers who erect their
( tents or occupy scores of cabins or
j bungalows along the banks of IWt
'creek, which flows through the town,
loss!The influx of summer campers, which
is increasing each year, means a great
deal l<> Monarch, both in business dr
des and socially The Y-G Bee Line
link of the National Park-t o-Par k
Highway also runs directly* through
1 the town
Monarch is the oldest town in south
erh Cascade county, with the exception
I of the joining camps of Neihart and
: Barker. In 1889 the town sprung up
'as the "end of steel" of the Neihart
branch of the Great Northern, which
was built to that point and further
j construction delayed for a year or so
<luring which period the little moun
tain town enjoyed a great prosperity
as the railroad terminal for the boom
ing camps of Barker and Neihart.
During this period it had all the accès
sortes of the Hve town I II
I tt a
lam distort, which quiid tiff
ities of th'- town with many lines of
légitimât« bnsim
ner wa» »larte.l «ml ff.und material to
interest its r eaders. In 1891 the rail
road was continued on to Neihart and
in 1892 a branch line was built to Bar
ker. leaving Monarch as merely a
junction point and an almost deserted
! town. A few years later settlers on
W grounding benchlands-discover 0
,bat f r °ps could to- grown without ir
i r'gation, and gradually with aupropn
atmn uf the public land by farmers,
] ? nd lb<- increasing-summer vacation
'«t». Monarch gradually became o m/
portance again, peopled by a me. P r
gressive class of citizens, who w t <■
courage of that class, will build a n w
town.„eventually looking upon , lf
present misfortune as a hfessinsr
' "
, f wh'-at from 100 acre* on bis raneb
e q r Cora creek, f. N. Jarvis has gone
»„ Spokane Wash., for the winter,
leaving Saturday morning bv aulomo.
h'le H<* was accompanied by hi« anns
W. II, and F H. Jarvis and w'H loin
th,.jr famHto« there, they having been
Being in Spokane on account of Mr«
W. H Jarvis' health, the doctor bav.,
ne . advi* d " lower climate for her,;
if, er h.rir- l>een ill for f-m
♦>« trouble. sp#nrffn* th#» tPfc#» tn a
Nojw-tol ;
T*:. ik the f'rrt cron -to ♦hejtsew«
ranch for three year* Mr. JafVl* ha*
ïïâï pU " n
, -,. r .. . ..
Af'TOMttBff.R FOR SPOK ANE
' ___ithe
; , . . •
After having harvested •>" nusncis
T. N. JARVIS LEAVES BY
Mayor Wants Cash on Salary War
rants While Others Hold the Sack
With all members, except Harner
present at the regular- meeting of the
idty council tost Thursday evening.
I what little business that did come be
fore the session was disposed of with
dispatch and u minimum of discussion,
The resignation of Mrs. Elizabeth Me
! Shane as city clerk, which was pre
senfed to the council several months
Cascade county is due to lose heav
ily on land assessments next year as
the result of crop failures in the north
ern tier of townships in this county,
according to Assessor Harold Mady.
Assessor Mady has prepared a 1921
" drou tb map' which will be used In
making the 1922 assessment. An area
of about seven townships is included
in the colored or drouth area and in
this district reductions in valuations
will be made on the assessment rolls,
A' 1 the area is "dry land" farming
country where the wheat crop was
from a total loss to 10 bushels an acre.
* "This area was taxed this year at
$30. $25. $20 and $16 an acre, said Mr
Matiy. "Next year we will have to as
sess this same land at $15. $10, and $6'
mir acre A aeries of crop failures in
g* made it impossible for
j )et) pi,. to pay high tuxes on
their lands and it is no more than fair
that they should be given a reduction
in their taxes proportionate to their!some
loss in earning»."
i 'I he loss in the county assessment
roll will he .round $ 1,6<'o 000. it is es
timatod. Assessor Mady made« per
sonal »investigation of the drouth area
Hlld gkëlflwd îri ÏÏU dwÜîH «WÄ
ship by township. The line of
Great Northern marks in a general
way the southern boundary of 'he!
crop failure area, which extends north
to the northern line of the county,
Starting at the west side of the county
it follows a few miles hack from the
bank of Sun river as far as Grwit
Falls. An area of several section»
north of the B A M. smelter is omit
ted from the low assessment area, the
line taking up the trend of the Mia
souri river east of the smelter and foi
Iq^Afig to tin* northeast comer of the
courftjr.
If
Farmers'Short
Course Revived
TRYING TO KLIMINATE DAN
G ER ON OTTER CREEK ROAD
of the several hazardous grad
of.crossings an ihe Otter creek, road,
pm b mWy the %«>r»t 1» thf «Jn~ ahnnt ;
two m jies above Raynesford where the
highway crosses the Great Northern ,
track at the foot of n steep hill and
t he view of drivers is obstructed by
high banks. There have been several
narrow escapes at this point, but for
tunately up to the present time no ac
r j d<<n t. There are two or three more
.Tossings of a similar nature in the
otter creek valley, though the one
„„.„tinned is the most dangerouiT.
Monday the commia*loneni of Judith
Basin county interviewed the Great
Noffliem officials at Greit Falls with
)( v j,. w t „ ,h.. removal, of this most
hazardous crossing. In reme<lying the,
njtuatlojl. Judith Basin county asks for
fh,. abandonment ôf the crossing and
proposes that a road be constructed
n i„ng the railroad for several miles to
a (r^Ge, where entrance -could be
ma de to the other side,
Mr Roaenquist. chairman of the
Board, «aid an effort was being-made
have the railroad share half tfie ex
constructing tbe road, which -
v>1 || approximately &S4W No
agreement was reached Monday, hut
commissioners said the railroad of
fj ( .j a j 8 expressed.the view that they
wou (,| Be willing to cooperate in ef
f . • . ■ the desired chsnge 1
-, ||... . n
•• | hO ylllQp'p I ïjWVPf
"110 V liiugu UUffjul
> in X J
tA/ill IflUPfip n^VflP^lfirn
ft III IIITOUw HOjIfwWlUlU
... .
wa „ 8U<ct .ssfully put
^ jn g elt ^ (h( , | (K . a) Kpworth Lea- i
w jj| Be repeated at Raynysford to
morrow ev ,. n j n ^ "The Village l.aw
„ a ( . onledy and w ith txperk-ncc
jne<J jn a fj rs t performance, supple-1
nt(fd j )V f ur (Ber rehearsais ar.d
^ . those taking part, the Ray
nes f or d people should enjoy an enter
taimng evening. :
„rmeeds of the Raynenfcrd
Uy ari . , ' U) gf) U) th(a futM j ,,f ,h,. to«.,
e Being raised to improve the sum
mer camp Arroumla of tha state JeftRUe |
e8 to d j„ the welfare of the league,
which voted at their tost session toes
tablish the grounds war Monarch per- ;
rnanently. realizing that it will be
aiided asset to the summer life of thf« I
æctidn ofthe state-,
-.... . -
\fyflCE TO KNIGHTS PYTHIAS
__ , ,
,
All members and roi«urn.ng broth^-,
^ Kmjrhts <*f I'yt-hias ur«
•« ad to be prem*.at at the art-j
non at the K. of P. hall nsxt (
evening. October 17. at 7:30 ^Vgree ,
* ■»»i™*
....__
_,, ground* of the state league
institute, which are located near .Mon-1
areh. AF>out 5(K) membiTs of the Kpi
worth league are expected to attend :
a nnual sessions of the inalllulc.1
each summer at the camp grounds.
^jj Valley/people are inter-j
j ago, and which they were reluctant to
) aclu pd7i~a ppa r e ntl y , was brought up
. her 8t> and mot ion "
, . ' _
wns accepted. Mayor Spogen there
upon presented the name of Prank T.
Heron to act as clerk for the unex
pired term of the former clerk, and tha
same was confirmed by the council.
Mr. Heron assumed the duties of his
1 appointment yesterday.
; Although no definite action was tak- -*
j en, correspondence between City
Treasurer Provin and the public ser
! vice commission of Montana relative
i to the cashing of certain warrants was
i read and brought out considerable dis
feussion. In 1919 after an inveatiga
j tion of the Belt waterworks depart
J ment,- the engineer of the public ser
I vue commission recommended that
one-half of the salaries of the mayor,
city treasurer and city clerk be charg
led to the operating cost of.the water
department. Some months ago a war
j rant for the mayor's salary drawn on
the waterworks fund was presented
and paid by the city treasurer. Treas
urer Provin questioned the authority
; for drawing a salary warrant upon
that fund and refused to cash similar
warrants presented until he had taken
the matter up with the commission,
Substantial the reply of the commis
awn sustained the city trcaaurer on
his position. The commission went on
to state that "the only thought of the
engineer was, that inasmuch as the
city officials were giving part of their
time to the water service, it would be
only right and proper that a portion
of their salaries be charged to tnat ac
count. We believe it is the practice in
their!some cjties, where condition» aw »hn
'»«r to your own, that a certain per
centage of the salaries are transferred
from the water fund to the contingent
fund, and of course the warrants could
he drawn against the latter, The com
town.-mission s only intiYMt in this Wlttlf
thoisthat the water utility be charged up
with its proper proportion of the cx
pense of maintenance and operation.
It apparently did not apjiear to ihn
council that tbere^would he any justice
in the mayor getting cash for his w a r
rants while the other officials of the
city and citizens generally could not
do so. and as long as the state law
specifies that the mayor's salary shall
be paid out of the general fund of the
city the coilhcil appeared favorable to
sustaining the treasurer in his position
and it js not Ikeily that any salary
warrants will be draw^n on the water
fund, practically the only one of the
city on which cash can be obtained, in
future.
_. . , ,, . . .
Mark s fatsopc church are plan
'* ,n \ to be-gtvaa at-tlto
f amb V aI1 Wednesday evening,
October 26. This will be the first of
" !, < ,r i«•« to to- given during the winter
months,
The ladies of the Altar Society of
There is still a list of delinquent
faxes still unpaid which amount» to
»»0,004.84, ae< urdlng to Tounty Treas
the, urer Fred C. Andretti's check on the
amount <»f 1920 delinquent taxes. In
the report of the treasurer for Sep
lember, rt cost the county approxi
to mutely »70,090 during the month,
leaving a balance in the treasury of
the end of the month wwea» foitowa*.
General »9,949. road »2,747, poor
- »4.357, bridge - cont i nge n t »28, -
HI, bond interest $4,701, county sink
ing »1,720, protest tax (epunty por
tion) »1.334. migratory stock »267,
public health »112, gopher »1,817,
special relief »2,859. special relief
1 1 interest »2,270 l end classiflp
dent and delinquent children »9 82.
Balances in the trust and agency
»3.169, high school »4,195. district
»79,038, county unit $4,070,
8 talc fund »1.522, state bounty »24.
(.state sinking »113, state bond interest
$56. insane asylum »22, veterans' wel
i $26. livestock sanitary board $34,
livestock commission »34, Great Falls
special road »26. Belt city »79. Cas
<ad <* <*lty »165, Cascade special On
provements »266, Neihart city $168,
court clerk deposits »2,419, redemp
tion fund »32, estates »10,873, protest
tax »3.308. migratory stock »308, hail
: insurance $1.064, Fort Shaw irriga
t'*>n »109, ( hestnut valley irrigation
»«,177, Chestnut vàllcy irrigation and
bond interest »232, state tow enfor e
| state ^education i>çnd sink*
, .
; ,l b speeches. ''neOTsapfl«^ r
"*. ■ 1 • n ,' m.
I w»t Thursday on e a , '
urdie y' n 8 c ' . ..
(•"•'' E_ B i-,ration corn
,y ia locat
, , ' a, ' y r
o .f" Tf u r u.c nr ju
Butte oil with J B
. Un m tr** t of
1 naar rtlla a
ed and opera _ y . Mr
kl* u, ^ »***.
Large Sum in Delinquent
Taxes To Be Collected
»189,446,76.
The balances in the various funds at
bond interest $232, state tow enforce
nient» 127, stale education bond sink-
ing »19, war defense »19.
:
Drilling for Oil on Proporty
of Former Résident of Belt