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■/ f / St if. ****■*•] r*ty ; k BEJLT VALLEY TIMES. ^ BELT. MONTANA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27, 7921 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOLUME 28, NUMBER 19 WHEAT MOVEMENT ACCELERATED BY COOD ROADS AND MOTOR HELP tors for a higher price. At the first of the season there was much wheat stored and in cossequence the farm lost heavily in the subsequent drops. The last week or two has seen a • great increase in the deliveries and unless cars for shipping are imme diately available the local elevators will be compelled to stop haulage tern porarily as both houses were pract! cally filled yesterday. There appears to be a temporary shortage of ears suitable to ship grain in, the local ele vators both having put in orders for several cars which failed to arrive the first of the week. Tuesday night the records of the Rocky Mountain elevator showed that 24 40-ton cars averaging 1450 bushels of wheat each had been shipped so far this season. The Farmers' eleva tor reports 31 cars shipped during the same period and between 50,000 and 60,000 bushels are now held is the, houses awaiting shipment. Approxi- : mately this means that 140,000 bush f els of wheat have been handled by the two local elevators. According to th-r estimates of the elevator men. this ; represents but little more than half ! "* of the total amount of wheat that will be marketed at this point this season. | Only a few fields of this section re main to be threshed and those are lo- ! cated in the foothills in the outlying ! The Walter Notwithstanding the fact that the wheat market is still far from-satis factory- to the average farmer-ot-thia section, the local elevator men note an increasing tendency of the farmers * now delivering their wheat to sell out right rather than hold it in the eleva . r «■ districts of the valley. Wood and Walter Mehmke machines are operating yet in the upper Little i Belt and Willow creek sections and a ; machine or two are still working in thé T i g e r Butte and Evans . Some of the heaviest yields are re-'t • corded in these districts, and the ag- ; pregate amount of grain from these smaller farms will be unusually large. I As an instance, the Maki farms at the I head of North Willow operated by ! the elder Maki and sons. Richard and Emil, are reported to have threshed out 14,000 bushels, and part of this crop was injured by hail in August. For the past week there has been a i steady stream of wheat coming in j from all directions and the elevator 1 J ■ j »SBE ii ; The will of the late J. B. Long, who died September 29, at Los Angeles. Cal., to which place he had gone a number of years ago fronrGreat halls because of his health, has been filed jn ; the district court of this county, and in it several Montana chanties are re merabered with large bequests, the Y. : W. C. A. of Great halls being H'v® n $25,000. the Associated Chanties ?•>,- ; 000 and the Montana Childrens Home $5 ^000 . _ . 1 The property of MfT~Long, which ts estimated to value $400,000 and which must be converted into cash within | five years from the date of his death, is mainly in Cascade county. Roy F Clary and J. J. Bauens of (in-;.: Calls «zagw qpa» 1 * Mr CBW Besides his widow and two adopted f daughters, who received generous sums, there is a long list of benefi ciaries named in the will, including _ÇIary and Mr. Bauciîs of Great Falls, and in the will Mr. Long ex pressed the wish that each of the ben eficiaries should, within a reasonable time after receiving the legacy, devote one-tenth of the amount to the benefit ! of deserving poor. One of the provi- ; sions of the will spys that any of the 0 « beneficiaries who contest the will shall receive the sum of $100 instead of the amount bequeathed. Will of J. 8. Long Ben efits Mont, institutions Mr. The medical fraternity, of .the nation have organized a campaign for next week for the purpose of desseminat ing knowledge of what has been, done in the mdeical world in the trearme of that dreaded scourge, cancer. In line with this work. Dr. Larson of Great Falls was in Belt Monday and „ enlisted the cooperation of Dr. Gray heal and Dr. Fonts in the program, The cooperation of the several worn en's organizations of the city haa also been enlisted With the result that a meeting will be held next Wednesday evening at the auditorium to which all are invited. - At the rpeeting, qualified physicians will lecthre on the progress medical • science has made in combatting this terrible disease, demonstrate its eur ability if taken in time and also tell what has been accomplished in the ay MARK'S CATHOf IC CldfSnr ST. MARKS (ATHOLK t Ht RGB - Sunday masses at 8 and 10:30 o'clock, Sunday school at 2 o'clock, ev ening devotions at 7:30. On Tuesday, All Saints* Day. a holy day of ohliga -ill t- -i-bited „in 8 and 9 o clock. ' v Lectnre-nn Progress in Treatment of Cancer matter of prevention. men are expectisg a still greater rush as fall work on the farms nears com pletion. Road conditions were never belter and the increasing use of motor trucks for haulage makes deliveries more rapid. A number of custom trucks operat ed by independent owners have been Qged j n this section and have clearly demonstrated the value of the motor truck for rapid haulage from farm to market. The usual charge of these in dependent haulers has been one cent ^ mile per bushel of wheat, which appears a fàir haulage rate and leaves a pro fit for operation, 7 Wolf Greek Can yon Road Unpop ular With League ! t The proposed road through the Mia i so« 1- » river canyon between Craig and Hardy to be built by aid of a special : election and bond issue seems destined - to flivver before it gets fairly started. H has been regarded in this section as merely-a "Great Falls" project, but it ; « now evident that there is really very ! little support for it there and practi tally none at all in this section of the | county. Petitions have been received by sev ! eral in this section from the Great ! Falls Commercial club, requesting an election to be had for the purpose of voting a $100,000 bond issue for the i building of this road, but so far as ; van learn, they have met a rather cool reception by the taxpayers of this . locality. That this view of the mat er is not confined to this end of the ; county was shown at the meeting of ^ ascade County Taxpayers' Lea I Ttue held last Thursday evening at I Créât halls, where a resolution was ! unanimously passed stating that the league was opposed to the calling of any special election at this time. The league at least is clearly opposed to the scheme. Among those taking part in the dis we i j cussion against the road were John y° r ' c * S. Stewart, John Young, Charles Hay. Alfred Malmberg, Wm. Snell, Jack Mainland. J. O. Selstrom, R, J. McDermand and several others. A resolution offered by A. II. Gray commending the board of cminty com- j niissioners for refusing to use anyi part of the $200,000 bonds voted by the people two years ago and still un sold, for' the canyon road, but to use them only for the benefit of county roads was ad()p ted. Residents of that portion of Lewis an d Clark county including Augusta and Stearns have expressed their op position to the inclusion of their tern t ory within any new county, and also t^eir opposition to tse holding of an election to vote on a bond issue to build the Lewis and Clark county part 0 f the canyon road. taken a t a m eeting at S tearns, at tended by officials of Lewis and Clark This action was coUnty. | -- , . r w • nlOfT1C]UiSt KCSIÎIlS " ° as Cashier of Bank Owing to his long service and close connection with the affairs of the State Bank of Belt; the resignation last Friday of W. C. Blomquist, for the past 12 years cashier ofdhat in stitution, was the cause for some sur prise to hia friends in this se ction «i t the county. The explanation, how ! ever was that the affairs of the Stock ; men's National Bank of Raynesford, 0 f which Mr. Blomquist is the presi dent, is demanding mope of his atten tion and time than'would justify his retaining an official connection with the local bank. In resigning from the cashiership of the State Bank of Belt Mr. Blnwtquiat also disposer of- bis stock in that bank to L. B. Lockhart, president of the institution. Mr. Blomsuist wijl retain his resi dence in Belt for the present at least, land will divide his time between the*in bank af Raynesford and property in terest* in Belt. The Stockmen's Na tional Bank of Raynesford, of which Mr. Blomquist assumed the presidency about two months ago. is a well os tablished finaneisl inBtrtution. whk'h under Mr. Blomquiat's supervision r shown substantial growth. It is local -1 ed in the center of one of the best farming and stock raising regions of the recently created Judith Basin, county, besides a field that, extends into a good part of Cascade county, Many of the most substantial farmers of thafsection hold stock in the Dank, — - NF.W U(K)K BtHiK C ALf* oS A HOME BAKING RFA IV AL . . . . . . . . . . ( A new cook book which has just been published for free distribution is re-j sponsible far fc sort of home baking re jnya! in this town This is the New ; Dr Price's Cook Book, so crowded. with good old-fashioned, as well as ^ >nij untl8ua| that everyera, homelover in town has been ti-yingj them out to see how good they are. For those.who have not yet bean j able to procure a copy, we add thate* may be had free of charge by sending . : .. . Fmiooa tetftpeets die quickly * i 4* ♦ 4* v ♦ + + v + 4* ♦ f 4* 4* v ❖ ; *!* .. A WEEK OF*fclGNIFlCANUE + : The week beginning November 7 is a remarkable one in many *5* It contains the anniversary of the essential defeat of the Ccn- *1* 4* tral Powers of Europe and the crushing of an ambition to rule the *5* 4- world by the power of arms. It is to be commemorated by a gathering + 4* of men in Washington whose hopes are to make future wars extremely diffiCTlIr tfTîôTTnTpôssîble . This week is also set aside for the fathers * and sons of the nation with the idea of cultivating closer relations of 4* 4* intimacy. The idea is sound and possibly needed, though speaking as a 4* 4* father and also one who has not forgotten his own boyhood, it appears 4* . % ways. 4* the week beginning November 7 is to be distinguished as Hume Town 4* Paper Week. 1H Of course, every week in the year is home town paper week also, 4* 4* but the country weeklies of the nation have decided upon a campaign to 4* 4* do a little boosting for themselves, and while the choosing of the date 4* in conjunction* with the important events heretofore mentioned was 4* 4* 4* 4- that the devotion of about 52 weeks in the year is little enough for the 4 cutivation of the sentiment implied in Father and Son week. Lastly 4* + * 2 * •j. 4* probably accidental, it is not a matter that will conflict or he dçtri- 4* mental to the results of those world moving incidents. 4* The home paper is an institution in a way impersonal. If firmly •> 4* established it is a part of the community that survives all changes of 4 4* management and personnel in its conduct. In America there are pub- 4* 1 4* lications that have appeared weekly for 150 years—longer than the life 4* 4* of the nation. We like to think that the Belt Valley Times will be pub- 4* 4' lished long after we have laid down the pencil—that it will preserve 4» its identity when perhaps the memory of its founders has been lost in 4* 4* the obscurity of time—that it will go on taking its part in the affairs 4* | 4* of a growing and prosperous community. We feel that it will, but at 4- j 4* present we are more interested in making it a weekly visitor in every 4* 4? home- ift the Belt Valley. 4* To that end we are making every effort to get acquainted with 4* j •}• [ ' I '' + ;• 4* 4* 4- 4* 4- 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* [ j ! I j I I j I j j ; j j y 4* those who have not received it regularly. We are sending out sam ple copies each week free of charge. Look them over, if you are not a + 4 4* regular subscriber, criticise it and let us know how we can make it a 4* better home paper. We want your opinion. 4i ej* A A <£• «1» «f> «J« •*« Œ Looking for an Early Fall T * À rc / m / V J FRIO V, . >)] m a 5 Ï ! j I French War Bride of John Collard Dies at Home in Casper, Wyo. day morning for Casper, Wyo., in sponse to a message received Moniky conveying the sad intelligence of the death ,f their daurtter-in-Uw, TU r>r*iii*u u John B. Collard, at her home on Mon day morning. No details were con-, veyed in the message, but as it is known that Mrs. Collard had been a sufferer from tuberculosis for some time it is assumed that this was the caue of heç death. - MfS. Coliacd was wcli known m Belt,--tore having lived here for several months before going to Casjier with her bus band about two years ago. It is pre sumed that the funeral and interment will be held at Casper, Mr. Collard be ing employed there at the Midwest Oil refinery. Mrs. Collard was formerly Miss j Gabrielle Founjier, a native of Lille, France, and her marriage to Mr. Col lard was the result of a war time ro mance which hafi.it» luceat.'on fr o m one of the wards of a French hospital . at Dix. France, when; Mr. Collard spent a week and where Miss Fournier was a nurse. Before her work began 1 the hospital Miss Fournier saw and j Mr. amf Mrs. J. S. Collard left Tues « -—-1-—— -— - » • pi j r ■» ;yJfS. [VI C O HÜYIE (lYl (l ( fCOVEC ^i)EE(lT j ^ Kf/fW ffl CtEfi/lt /v///c AdMtf/pni fft \ t r tritt- t lit là | fft The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Me cabane, who died Wednesday of last k wag h )d from St Mark * a Cat | ' ' olic church F ntlay morning at . oojock ^>th requiem high mass Rev Father Richard officiating. The church was completely filled by friends of the behaved family to hatemtothe beauli ,ful and impressive services. floral offerings were unusually beau ( L!/ u a „ r? r ?j u a? ^ r , Chas. M. Dahl. Thos. Noble. Ora W il son. Will Irwin, Patrick O -Neill an V. Beaudry all friends of king stand me to the family. . The remains were laid to ret in ( al vary vemetory in Great Falla, the fut cortege of automobile* accom panymg being unusually large. The au itomobile hearse of the T. F. O'Connor company of Great Falls conveyed the remains from Belt to the cemetery - c«»-. ... ft, morning from) St. Am cathedral »t re-Iron and sufferings of the great war. j Her mother was killed in the bomhard j jt L /' k ' on 14 : 1914- "I MrüJS, h ' b T' l, th r'Æ„. P f - ncKi oy «^rmarm t r lèverai months. When Lille was evacuated by the Germans she was g.ven her liberty upon a promise that she would become a Red ( ross unrse. She went to Pans and entered Lh.- training hos pi ta I there and then was sent to the hospital at Dix. where she mef her fu Belt,--tore husband. Her father had died at the beginning of the war and W brother was killed in battle at ('ham-~b pagne. Through the aid of the Red Cross she was able to secure trartspor talion to America after the close of hostilities, end c«me direct to Belt, awaiting the return and discharge of j Mr. Collard, their marriage taking on May 17, 1919. Mrs. Collard was a woman of un usual personal charm and had no.diffi ulty ip making, friends in bet new . and sTrangc enfîromeriis The news of her death will be received bv many Belt friends of the family with regret, c he is survived hv her husband and an aunt in France.' j experienced heFfulI share of the hor- 9 o'clock, many of the fr-nds of the family attending from Belt. Burial u was made in Calvary cemetery, where hi« mother, who died a couple of year* i - n a j g/ , j buried. He jg gurvjvf , d bv a brother, M. D. 0 f Windham, and three sisters, Harry Brennan and Miss Mary . Spe(f ar of tîfeaf Falls and Miss Anna Spegar of Butte, besides his father \fj < .bael Spegar of Belt. Mr. Spegar's , e daughters. Misses Anna and Mary, re t , jrned w jth their father to Bel* «Der funeral for a few day# visit. - CARI) OF TH ANKS ' _____ . » , . « Die undersigned desire to express 'heir sincere appreciation to their many friends of Belt who showed their sympathy and consideration by many «eta of kindness and assistance during the recent Blnees and death of Mrs. CLARA ^2S'SSra»NE < HARLEM Mc»ma ,^r. BELT COAL HOLDS THE MARKET IN COMPETITION WITH THE BEST WWK ln tnt , Ioca , C oa. mausiry. Not on j y t f,at, but the direct delivery to consumers by truck haulers to Great j hall* customers from the Sand Coulee and Belt fields has caused consterna ^jtion among the dealers in that city ! that culminated in a sudden drop in That the short haul by truck is a real factor of competition with the ra i l ro ad Ts—proven by events uf the ast wreck in the local coal industry, | prices last Friday and Saturday of 1H j from 50 cents to $1 â ton. The qual-I ity of the commercial coal that has been put out by the Belt mines during the present season is a matter that is causing worry to the dealers who have been handling the much touted coal M n f ri rt fl 4 rt r fft j qJL ||Ul UuIMvl (U I U I M ■ ' 1 D TO O O TU 01 1 H 11 y|| ||tlutjivuilUil IliiniQnn H n m n IN |f j |I|j | (j || (j udllltl | j j to hold a meeting here next Wednes day evening at the Pythian hall for [ the purpose of amusing interest in the I protection and the propagation of Montana's game. Aside from his of ficial connection with the associates, [ which is doing much to preserve tjie wildlife of Montana, Mr. Carpenter is an enthusiast on the subject and loses no opportunity to impress his views upon casual listeners. He says he is j selling "a new brand of sportsman-1 ship for Montana"—the factor neces-j ry to propagate wild life. He told of eastern states of which ! varia is an example where game has I been carefully guarded and in .Penn sylvania where it was mi possible for j sportsmen to get little more than a, sparrow, H is now possible forthem : to get 6,000 deer without seriously I depleting the herds. In UM«. 500 elk were killed for their I teeth in the Yellowstone district, he said. The poachers dress in white j clothes asd sneak up oil the herds of elk, shooting them with small calibre I guns, possibly with silencers, and then (follow the wounded animals until they die, taking only the teeth and allowing j the coyotes, wolves and mountain lions j to tear up the animals. The game ; wardens and foresters have reduced j this practice until osly 60 elk were j killed for their teeth last winter. Mr. Carpenter does not confine his energy and efforts to the preservation but includes the song M. S. Carpenter, secretary of the Mostana Sportsmen's association, was a visitor in Belt Saturday arranging HD ! of big game. birds as well as all game fowl, tuts made a deep study of the whole j game and song bird life of Montana and their enemies, and has a most'in teresting lise of talk for all lover* of sport and wild life. Wednesday evening will -be- illustrated with a fine collection of lantern slides. Mr. Carpenter has also arranged to talk to the school children Wednesday morning, believing as he slates, that he has «B- int e r es t ing -and- in s true t i «<e| J^J^Ufe!^ ° U He His lecture next -1 "I C rtHMir iU I «ijlj fc P W,,rth Lea 8 Ut Wl11 [)..j () ,| VSIldCVI IC her 1 U T ° UUV • . v V'£Z.~_ , # Following the very successful ef f ( , rts j n «musing the public with the : borne talent play, the young folks of fu- the local Epworth longue, under the. direction of Rev. A, Alton, are prepar i n g a »even-act vaudeville program c given at the High school'auditor-I j U m on November 5. The program Is „ varied one. and by the securing of of special talent from neighboring towns n really fine program is assured, in of eluding Mr. W. E. Morris of Fife, who has been heard before in Belt, and who j possesses a baritone voice that has been listened to'with favor upon a real stage. Miss Camille Pntutnik of Great Fall*, a former Bell girl- and who has a soprano voice that her friends hope will bring her fame on the concert and operatic stage in the near future, has consented to appear, Master Edward Dotseth of Great Falls, a 14-year-o)d boy whose violin playing has attracted the attention of masters of that instrument and who, predicts for him an artistic future, Mhl Arthur Lrtris, whose specialty is Kcottlah aonga.will not be the leaat of the attractions on the musical part of, the program , ""^berson the ***'' 1 h " taking of ^he a JP acular production, Ehe I)»nee Dolls ' "Getting Kid of lo f, h eMHdy sketch, and The < hocolate Drops, music açd comedy. _ Tlv v-/vrw*fu hAST OF TH K TAX-NOTH m ARE TO BK SENT OUT TODAY —- v The taxpayers of Cascade county will have all received their tax bills by the end of this work, according to County Treasurer Fred C, Andretta. About 12,000 lists have been prepared i and sent out. Tax payments ,are being received ^ da ' y ' t the treasurer's office, but the Renera ] to the tax window hag not Btar t* d , The heavy business 0 f t«* collecting is not expected to be- I untj j the ^ jrat of November, when |h( . pavrw , nU become due. Taxes be JL" " *" , iuck. a from more distant mines of the state aiid a de cided cut has been made in prices by these dealer», who find that the local coal has invaded their mar ket and made for itself a place in di rect competition with coal that hereto fore has held the highest reputation. The recent cuts by retail dealers leads one to wonder as to former profits in the retail coal business. The opera - tors, so far as we can learn. have made no cuts in prices recently, in i fact they claim that there is not a . chance to produce any cheaper coal at the present scale of wages, At present eve field is working mine in the Belt time and most of j them finding it difficult to 1ceep up with orders. The mine of Ou* G. W. Merkle Coal company is now employ : mg 125 men and producing 3.0QÛ. tons i per week. Probably 76 per cent of the I coal from this mine is Jaken by the Great Northern railway, the balance being carefully sorted and screened and graded into commercial sises for the general market, been impossible for this mine to fill all orders for commercial sises. Altogether there are close to 200 men employed in the coal industry in the Belt field, and notwithstanding the telepathy which makes known in dustrial conditions throughout the mining region, there has been no great influx of men seeking work, and at present there are very few idle men in the district. Of course, with the pres ent conditions obtaining in the west, the mines have had no difficulty in securing all the skilled coal miners needed and there is no encouragement for those seeking work to come herd. ery foil • Examinfltjon( , for phyllical defects among the school children of the city r havp Wn continued this week by Dr. j G A Fuson, secretary of the county j hoard t(fht , aIth , Assisting Dr. Fuson Jn th{> work were Miss Dora Mecljlen : h of tht . Montana Association for So far it has A BABY CLINIC TOMORROW AT HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM the Study and Prevention of Tubercu losis, and Misses Verna Rollings and Maude Carter of the Deaconess hospi tal. These examinations replace the nu trition classes held during the vaca tion period, hut the pre-school or baby clinics will be held monthly as here tofore. Ihr. Fuson and Miss Mecklen berg will be here tomorrow and con duct the regular pre-school examina tion at the auditorium at 1 o'clock p. m. Wilson Begins Long Jour of to «<e| autoni<) | [) j F r -pbgF tleath occurred Monday morning in a j Great halls hospital, was G. à. Has« | kel1 - * rriv:>d in Octoï * r 3 ln -I»»:«» »■ W"»»-.**" relatives here. They had planned to remain in this section for some tim« and rwssibly to locate permanently. Mr, Haskell was taken down noms 10 ^ (l( - 0 W)th an atta< . k of ery „|pelas a an(] WaM uken tf , (; r ^ ut Falls for treat m ,, nt Laat we( , k picuro-pneumonia de ve j K .,, roKU | t in<r in his death Mon J da v j Jr waa _ native of Maine, u|ld js BurVlVW | by a widow and moth ney with Body ot Friend L. I). Wilson begafTa sad journey Tuesday, the unfortunate ending of a pleasure tour beginning at Boston the early part of the summer, when he left Great Falla Ith ttu bod' qf his friend and companion of a pleasant The friend, whose er, who wire apprised of his serious illness by wire, and, were preparing to come here, when notified by another wire of his death. The funeral will be held and interment made at' h s old home in Wutervillc, Maine. Mr, Haskell was about 30 years of age, and had come to Montana in the hopes of benefltting his health, which •fiuw not </4 the best tn the ««A. was a member of the Masonic lodge and also of the order of the Mystic I J j ( . (j ( from a Newberg Ore j n ne ^g paper wag received Sunday. i sUt'ing that Arthur Vernette Love, L n nf Mr and Mr s. John S. Love of place, died Tuesday of last veek ^ n fn ftn attack a f infantile parelysls. ^ det . ( . ai ,ed was 16 years, mi J and a ka lf months old, and was attending high school at Newberg. He went to wjth h .s parfnta about a month aJfo f rom Mi Began, MonUna, where the family had lived for the v two y( . arg or more on a ranch owned by Mr. Love. - Besides the fath er and mother, the deceased leaves one aifltor Mr8 R. B. Jones, who live* near i NVwb ; rK interment was made in the Newberg cemetery ' The- Ix.v. fsm.K reaided in Belt for ma ^ Store l^aU^g m. Vranch - Ri cev nj e about 20 years ago The a h ]d -bout three years ago # t several months spent in , r , vt .|i n „ throiurb various stetes Mr- i»_ and f am jj y lived for some time at ", ÄÄT ^ Shrine. • Son of John S. Love Vic*- tim ot Infantile Paralysis