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h Belt Valley Times a r ary — BELT, MONTANA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1921 VOLUME 28, NUMBER 27 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Basketball Now Holding Center ot |() terest In B. V. Hieh School Athletics With the quieting down ol holiday activities, the interest of the Belt pub lie will be revived in basketball, and especially in the progress of the Belt Valley High school team which will . B M ÜK. a tty Ail luiuament h umu» lu! this district. There has been some „ changes in redistricting the state for the annual high school basketball championship, and Belt is included in the North Central district, taking in , 17 high schools eligible for play. This district includes besides Belt, Great Falls. Harlem, Chinook, Big Sandy, Fort Benton, Havre, Sand Coulee, Cas cade, Augusta, Choteau, Conrad, Va * lier, Shelby, Cutbank, Inverness and Chester. Instead of having eight districts in the state as formerly, there are now nine districts. Sixteen teams will be invited to the state tournament at Bozeman, March 8-11. Where a satis-j factory district tournament is held the tournament winner will in each case be invited to the state tournament. W inn i ng of s ec o n d place will not aa sure a team s attendance at the state tournament, as the seven teams that are not district winners to go to Boze man will be invited on their seasons re £° rd ... The number of games that Belt will compete in during the district tour nament will be largely governed by the 1 support of the public. It will be seen • that the expense will be rather heavy for those teams located on the edges of the district, as Belt is now placed, A game between Belt and Chinook, for I instance, would be a rather expensive ley High has not been completed, eight games have been arranged for, the first of the series to be played with j the Chouteau County High at Fort < Benton January 6 . On the 12th the j Teton County High plays here and on ' the 20th Belt goes to Lewistown and j on the 27th to Choteau to play the Tc- ! ch"„Srco"Lt High pî.Th«.-; St 10th is an open date, and on the 17th -* ! I I j : r* In the Good Old Wide Open Days better than those of the present. Those of us whose recollections cover the period when Montana was "wide open" ; are prone to forget the hardships, the evils and lax conventions of the ear lier days of our state, and our minds only recall the romance the adventure ^ te a s the pleasures and recreations of those ' days had the robustness sadly lacking in the diversions favored by the youth of modem times, but more than likely âÜnÂÏÎ ÄÄ rhat vamshed vouth Lgeta, However, there is a real appeal to everybody in anything that savors of lh, earli., hl.t^ry oflh, .cat ,.nd when last year the Belt Volunteer Fire department attempted tp put on a carnival in which the amusements of | pioneer days were depicted they w « re j fairly overwhelmed with the success of the affair. They repeat the experiment next week by giving a car nival two nights, Friday and Satur All the old stunts will be there and several new ones They are P*"*- 1 pared to entertain all who come. Mrs. Wm. Mclnnia of the Rocky Ridge section, who with her younger daughters. Elsie and Evelyn, are liv irig in Great Falls this winter, .where the girls are attending the academy, are expected out today to go to their t j 1 ; j at Great halls ended last Thursday, s Of course they were not, yet we like to think that the good old times were , day ranch home to spend the holidays. Belt Gets Share of Hon ors af Falls Poultry Stow Although the annual poultry show the final awards were not announced until Monday. There were but few exhibitors from this section and those scored well among the thousand or more entries from all over the state and pven some from neighboring states. Mrs. J. D. O'Connell, one of the most successful breeders of poultry of this section, entered several of her choice White Wyandottes and was awarded a first on cockerej, also a fourth. Her exhibit also captured third and fifth on cocks and fourth and fifth on pul _lets. '_ Mrs. W. H. Porter of Fife took a figst on dark hen in Plymouth Rock claas and a fourth on dark cock. Mrs. Par tar also exhibited Bronx« turkeys, » capturing first and third prizes on hens, second on Cockerels and third on toms. i R. F. Porter of Wayne also had a Bronze turkey exhibit, getting first tom, second hen and fourth cockerel. : W. H. Porter of Fife, in the Rhode Isla nd R ed pxlrrtnt. took rhtrd-prrzc '-n'O»« i • K-kerel* m Friday Night Basketball Belt High BELT AUDITORIUM Raynesford vs. the Kçrgus County High comes to Belt and or. the 24th Belt goes to Cascade, Lewistown is" the only school not in this district so far scheduled, but be ; mg old rivals were anxious for jjanjea. The season Will he opened here to morrow ..night with the Raynesford team as opponents, and while the locals have been getting some hard workouts under the direction of Coach D'Am our and feel they will be able to win their first game, a hard battle is expected as the Raynesford men have played together for a number of years and are veterans. A preliminary will be played at 7:45 and the public is as j snred they will receive their money's worth in these games. __________ A # Ill I_ Ä V nfiyiTQII lA/pipOrnP wIlUvvIQII V V UIUUIIIU T _ A irriAiiUurSnlA I fl II yT | I P 111 Til f 10 f Q I Ü fl gl IUU11 U I IOIU - . — " - Arctic weather of the oast ldeaJ Arctic weather of the past week possesses some disagreeable fea tures to those whose occupations com-> P*1 them to face it, but a realization 0 f future benefit to the agricultural interests lends cheerfulness to 1 everyone, regardless of present dis comforts. The farmers themselves probably get more real hardships due to cold and storm than those of other occupations, but knowing that there is I more moisture in the soil at" the 'pres' en t time than has been the case for They feel assured of ample moisture 1 a t least to give all crops a fine start j j n the spring. Stock is reported to < h e doing well in all directions and with j ample hay and big straw stacks for ' shelter and feed they are not worry, j j n g on that score, ! , . .. According to the weather records of a^e for rainfall, but fortunately In l h,s sec , t, t °. n the rains came at the right, year an< ! 8 K T d C n OP r ^:i suited. The present storm has brought ! the moisture of the year s ightly above the average of the past five years.: There is undoubtedly more snow m the mountains now than there has been at ; this season for five years past This U n^xÆS„ m °' " " the st«ams The easier sm e«me on TK «m ni i* the moisture a if "nÆo'h^^roS oivi^g the d^^t ^oiature fha" it ; had for yea« A™ greater part "he winter wheat' in thTs section was sown ear i y and ot d t , t d L^din^o report was in the best of conditioTtoinTureaTood crep. hat was proS^prepa^d to mature I"* cron next summer Thal of course is to be questioned. buUt would be a drv season indeed that did not b ?y om th rain hT i LZ ilT C h f ouHook for a ora bIe. ' ° 0 ^ ery -1_ Tho re .„ v p „ d „ ct|on «n V er the Hill" will come to the p V - ^bian theatre Saturdav and Sundav > | Dece^^DJanua« f Advancesab^nsanci j of reserved seats at theatre box office ^^ns Thuredav Decemb^ 29 Four ^r *,ws reserved rtTsT-Adv __ C- n0 n* DHoifOr FlomOnH 1 La|JüLI DiISRuI Uu ill u II U fnr Pnd After UnliHouo JOf Ü03I Allßf nOliuSYS * iT . -,— A lack of orders m moat of the coal ■ minea of the district has resulted in considerable enforced idleness among t the miners for the past two weeks, with a rather poor outlook for resump jtion before Christmas or New Years, The G. W. Merkte mine operated two days the present week, while the Bro j die mine got in three days since last 1 Friday and may possibly get in one or „two mote this week. -«~ Simitar conditions prevail in practi ; cally all the mines of this district and j in the county. At the smaller mines handling commercial coal exclusively, t , i (-b a t the continued cold weather will prob ably deplete «locks of jobbers and householders and orders are not im probable for steadier work by next week. The coal mines which are handling the supply for the railroads expect that immediately after the holidays there will be o/ders to keep them in operation for at least three months steadily. The expectations are based on the plans of the railroads made public last week, which include the storing of a big tonnage over all the western roads. Theae storage plans are said to call for a million and a half tons of Montana coal alone. The general impression that there will be arr early resumption of the copper mines and smelters is g source of hopefulneaa also among the coal oper- ■ iVlors and miners, - - ——— Miss Amy Spiller, who is teaching in the schools of Missoula, arrived at her home here Tuesday and yriB spend.ess '-n'O»« holiday« yacatiBn with turr parents, Hr. and Mrs. Alois Spiller. Holidays Bring a Continu Round of Pleas»™ Stamina Will Be Requisite In Those Who 4 • • / > I » n ^ j Aim to linjoy tne u^ompiete rrogramme --— - rr .- a jj up and no p i ace to go" » <?*presskm-that has^ no t j on ^ f ar as Belt is concerned, for t b e holiday week at least The diffi cu j ty appears to be in the decision whether it is best to include the whole program for the week or just to pick out t h { . high spots. If one decides for t j, e former there is no problem in volved, except that of endurance, per haps, but as for the elevated places, here is the list and you can make your own choice; Tonight (Thursday) Christmas tree f or t he Sunday school of St. Mark's Catholic church in the Parish hall. Tomorrow night (Friday)—Enter tainment and Christmas tree at Epls copal church; ball and supper by the Gold Sea! club at K of p ha j 1; baa ketball game at auditorium. Belt vs, Raynesford Saturday' night Program and Christmas tree at the M. E. church; bi * b mass at niidnight at St. Mark's Catholic church. Sunday—Mass at 8 and 10:30 at St. Mark's Catholic chuch, and even ing devotions at 7:30 p. m.; special Christmas sermon at M E, church and nF —-$7 ( ([ | /\.OOUt öö O HOUTS TO K^hriSttflOS *— Jl ■ - - -- 1 " ■ .... . . JLi p|(-— H—TTÎT - "1 - ~ZS^ttF s \ — 7 — Hin 1**" * I**™»*'! 11 jl j Tl {] - .. i i jiin Siff 1 »i \r \ *ICH0P XXlt) / I «j i . - - -, . .. 1 jäT. " JrjHf I IMV 60« HI Of * „ ««L ? 1 - rmS &*?,* '** ! /(QrVVK Wlf WW WajWÄWtHlö.., ^ A V Æ T ft , /I JkU /TS: /iWfi Miy ! ^ Q ÿ /ffl ; i WT'*? fa , äT A 1 m È IV V» ' ^ ^ " A WT/ i ! ! t \ \\lA H rl A Ä #*- JirU I 11' iiiiÄÄa. . . ;J'ljl^MIIHimiir UU ^ U U of-- T¥ 1 m « r ^ /-/ fi70J /JfJ'V I N fj *1 U LV Ifl Ufiy ifl \JVt7 OU ^ f 4 ^ *1 T ft 9 Years of Age in this Localityr - -Tl T ' II/-/ . 1/ / llC / ItfieS W tSflBS tO A HOW UYld l)(>~ .... sires to Make their Acquaintance 'i 5M0UIP 1 I CHOP SOMt 1ÛNPUH' VYOOP ? j V/ / 3 j As a tribute to all mothers of Belt and vicinity, and more especially to the», „„„he,, who h..c p...c.l ,hc meridian of life and have experienced the poignant pain of parting from the daughters who have left the borne nest, and have known the sym P a 'by that goes to them in their fail ures and felt the joy their successes bring, these are the mothers the Belt Valley Times especially wishes to meet a ' ld honor. To do this in a way that will bring no embarrassment or no unpleasant P ublicit y th< * 9 ® we havt made arangements with the manage ment of the Pythian theatre to give all mother# over 50 years <•( age of Belt and vicinity ah opportunity to be our gu e8 ta at the showing of what we| think is the greatest moving picture ever screened, "Over the Hill," which j s to be shown at the theatre Decern ber 31 and January 1. I Ail that is necessary is that every niothurs of Belt and vicinity over 50 y e ar# of age (and this includes moth --— -- it to Gem Cafe Changes Ownership Negotiations which had been under way tor several weeks were closed last Saturday, and on January 1 Oscar Johnson of Great Falls will take over the business and good will of the Gem Restaurant, which for the past two y ta r 8 has been owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs, Andrew Johnson. The Gem is one of the first restaur an ts established in Belt, and was founded by the late Rudolph Alber. w b D in 1894 opened in the building which is now a part of the Mace lodg j n ^ house on Bridge street. He con ducted an eating house there for sev erai years under the name of the Royal ca fe, moving later to the build i n<r south of the Oriental on Castner street and changing the name to the (j em When the Roman building was built, Mr. Alber moved the Gem to its prwsmt location and operated it until a short time before his death having sold the business to Carson A Scott of Fairfield. About two year# ago Mr and Mrs Johnaon bmlght the busi and besides making ■» finatn:al success of it, have made an ermahk reputation as first class caterer# The appropriate sermon and service at the appltea-"''fcp'tSc>>pärcHürch "at usual hours. Monday—Legal holiday everybody loafs. ' 7 " J L Tuesday evening—"Little Players" at auditorium. Last of Legion Ly ceum course Wednesday evening_"The Texan" at auditorium. Amateur talent of the Epworth League Thursday-Repeat Friday- Second annual Carnival and Jubilee of Belt Volunteer Fire dejiart ment. Wide open, all wool and « yard wide. , Saturday—Same, only more so. Every night-High class moving pictures at Pythian theatre; Mexican chili at Barney*s cafe and satisfying* meals at the Gem; solo and rummy everywhere, and tom and jerry no where If tha t dmrt make an exhaustive program fur one week, we are no judge of small town activities. Personally. our will is strong for the entire list . but we have some doubt as to W physical ability to go the complete route. However, "faint heart gathers po moss." so "Let's go '' - er-in-lap and step-mother# too) tocall at the^New Drug company store be-1 «. ,hj hour, rf lU 4 „'clock. Friday afternoon. December 30, and they will be presented with a free tick et. good fur a seat at t*e Pythian theatre at any showing of the great picture "Over the Hill " That is all there is to if—cail at the drug «tore between the hours named and our Mr. Keniis will see that you get the ticket. We have seen the screen version of "Over the Hill" and have no hésita tion in saying that it is the most grip *"'* P it>tur ® b «ve ever witnessed All the joys and so) rrows of a lifetime are crowded into three hour, of a por irayal of the happineas. pain, rnisfor. ; une, triumphs, success, misery' and joy that makes up the life of a family| »md neighborhood such as we all know, and through it all there shines the ex-j alted love and sacrifice of a mother 1 whose heart goes out to all her chil- ; 'dren, both the good and the had. The moat stolid will lau^h and the most hard boiled will weep. -_____--:—- 1 (Jem has always been recognized as t h e leading restaurant of Belt Mr and vj rg Johnson expect to move K , <; re at Fall# immediately after the first ,f the year but have announced no definite plan# as to their future per „lanent location ' 0 , , , , . Jtk-ar Johnson, wno succeeds in xne ' 1 ' ,na ^i' rn c n l and ownership of the ha) ' had a wioe experience ,n | ,,1 of J* f J" t i 1 or th P a8t 8,x V**" "f" '? rin * c 2 f with the Gerald < ale * r '. ' raat Falk, which in itself is a *rij ar ': 1 ? sustained a* the leading gating, of *** .. Mr ' JohT ) w,n J 188 *; ; am,y . 't. , wl * he,r rature ru,,m ' ,n >*lt. -— MT. MARK'S CATHOLIC CHI R(H -—" Midnight mass will be cekbrated at St. Mark'# Catholic church Saturday night at 12 o'clock. Mass at 8 o'clock an f| )P:3P Buiuiay morning, and even mg devotion « at rM REV. A, J. RICHARD. County Treasurer Andretta Announces 85 Percent ot 1921 Taxes Collected * A total of $1.622,714.68 in 1921 taxes. or 87 per cent of the amount charged to the county treasurer's of fi< * for bas !***> received, Thy County Treasurer Fred C. Andret ta - accordin 8 to his November report to the board of county commissioners, wh ' cb wa8 «»»pleted last Friday. To ,al collections confirm the prediction made early in November by the covin ty trt ' a! *urer that he would collect at b ' ast 85 P* r oent of the amount on his (books. His report shows a total of $259,293.40 in the delinquent column, Tbe amount of taxes paid to the ,rettSurtr dur ' n P the month of No vember on * jr ' reached a total of fl, 577,784.47, the report reveals. Re HU*« JA SlTO nITPQ "1# III Ulli I U IW 111100 I * f*Ar P K I*! nlm ft ftiî rl A flJl 11HI I nIITI fl Nil Ofi ■ win lUIIIIUU IIIIU - Aside from the more frivolous diver siong of the holidLiTtime anLrtlTn' rulbLüÄÄÄ irance of Christmas time K«*. j uif urt . Dar .. j i hv the several rhnn-h«« ar f d ŒT school oTseU an T th! " I YrirtlmWiJn «Ti. most n«rt^ ,!rÔ nrJn^i f,Vr * ; 1 *. f — *' 8 P ec - * „ îr e , Ha _ _ ,e.,Kii? a k)Wer th . e ^ will Uke place bef inth clsimr'of :î :s;r:r ,or y . _ , . .... . . •ÎTÆ'.rt decorated ( hnst mas trees and the non» generally, ,are suitably decorated for the occa Yesterday morning the chil SÄS , l5f.Äl 'Christmas playlet, which was well re-j ceived. il.ther .t'th, P.rhTh h.U' h beautiful Christmas erected and the usual distribution of Christmas gifts will take place. The! (children are not to be asked to con- j tribute to the entertainment, and the .program, which is to be informal, will be by the teachers of the Sunday (school and will be mainly musical. Frida >' the Sunday achool of the E PÎ* so P al «-burch will give a nro gram of entertainment, the children having'been rehearsing their(parts for time and which be sum. where a tree has been Z ^ " b t> he d / da ' Christmas tree aad distribution of gifts. Saturday evening at the M E Ä tJfiSSi <* p r Jt. w. t h! . t T y w h ^ ^ P la « d a P«-'-mment place m the church and appropn.tely decorated. h .. ^.«eÂ^HJvÆo«^ be SiT . aicepten an invitation to De pres îri*fœ k «;ii. wi plJ3SSrn; the roads from the North Pole are [^t'throuirh 1 sonfehmw^as 1 ^ uro ' £ . / . .. . 1 TpIrÄ.oS „ „ H __ , . . . .. , . . 1 . P . j . y ■. • ? ™ BB '^ «grated at (OMnteht Z j f ' it,* s.m,?"' , . P, . . * ' j nt 8,1 th e churches. § Phrioim^O Vflol Coin hu UnriSrmaS Oöfll OalB Df Dfiy Vnniite PlrtOOP Cd DuV uCOllIS UI0S6S Uflll Saturday in Belt for the year, by the Boy Scouts making a complete can vass of the town and also by having a booth at the postoffice lobby, permis «»on beinK secured for the same from! Postmaster John. S.. Pearson« A44 the banks and most of the merchant# The sale of ( Jiristma# seals will end still supplied with the little seals and it is expected that the quota assigned ! to Belt will be practically disposed of ut the end of the campaign Saturday are night, "pportunity to make an.-investment in th * 8 *' *«'"(«. which are the main source ' o1 income for the Montana Tuberculo 8 ' 8 association, which is doing a great r work in radicating the white plague Death# from tuberculosis in Mon tana ar< , dec jj n j njf j n num ber, accord |n ^ ^ an announc «,ment of the state board of health. In the first months i of ,92) - 261 dt ' ath " occurr< ' d in tht ' state. The department figures that if thi« rate is maintained for the last i mj art4!r it will mean an annua) total oft 34 °- or 8 rat ® of 61 f* r of popu^on. ; "The work of the State Tuberculo- ' aaao< .i a tion is supplemental to our own educational efforts and is of a type which in view of our varied activ- j itie# and appropriations, we cannot advantageously perfonn. It is sun ported by the sale of Christmas seals, and every citizen who purchases these *o-al# can do a<> with the consciousness that be is aiding In vanquishing the greatest disease enemy of mankind,* said a state health worker. Everyone has or will be given an ceipts from other sources, which in , dudes licenses and county officers' fees, swell the lota! November figure tû 11,588. . 38 2, 5g, k--e«Bt the county $149,706,40 to operate during the ! month, which leaves a December bal ance of $1,590.912.69 in the hands of the county treasurer, according to the report. The expenditures include a remittance of $4,526.09 to the state treasurer. ■ New balances created by the addi ; tion of tax money to the several coun ty funds are: General $107,701, road $>4,713, poor $42,158, bridge $26,143. contingent $119,468, bond interest $60,713, county sinking $36,262, pro test tax (county portion) $4.328; mig. ratory stock $267, public health $3,068, k<>pher $1 828. special relief $2,266, re J'?* sinking $9,440, special relief bond interest $11,960, land class | ification $14.191, insect pest $50. <Je. P*" d ® Bt and delinquent children $6. ~ 4tf ' " d V - 7 '&- The total new balance of county funds is $513. t 4 ®®; NeW h " 1 *™* 8 of ., tb * 'f 118 * and / Un ^ 8 f pe: ^ General school WÄ' '* 7 '**?' ^ county unit ? $^®7»422, state ? 7 ^ Bta * B ' nkin * (1911) $16. state bond interest (14th ; insane asylum, tuberculo 818 and « n ' Ur y improvement $3; Vet erana welfare commission |2,0S6, live stock commission $487, city of Great Fa 9* $290,776, Great Falls special n>ad U.928, city of Belt $6,676, town ° f Cascad< ' f 6 - 064 * Cascade special 1 m provement $4,366, city of Neihart, $857, district court clerk deposit $8, 7fi ®. redemption fund $26, estates $10, H47 protMt Wx (T and A ponton) $9> . ooj mi(fra tor)' stock $308. hail insur unc€ >3 696 / ort 8haw irrigation $1 . t)06 rhestimt valley irrigation 96.162. <ta "' »a* The same appeal that preserve, the j H .pularily of the "wealern" drama on thr screen, willflo doubt pack the au ditorium next Wednesday and Thurs state law vmforcement $170, state edu cational interest and sinking $12,140, ! war defense $12,140, Ulm irrigation $2,938. Lüts of Thrills in Amateur Drama day evenings, play, Texan." will be presented under the auspices of the Epworth Uaguc. It ! is a Texas story of war and romance E and as full of thrills as might be ex ' "* "*"** F ° ll0Win " " ^ Doyle Harry Browning; Major Trues dell. Howard Graham; Capt. Hemlrum ' E^ïr'TrUJ^ CUbert Engdahl; Trooper Murphy, Gilbert key; Carl. Dan', nephew, Marter Jas. ' Alton , : Mr * In ^ ia ^7 bb p.5"° n ' ,el '*1® ,^u ^u" 0 ! Et bel ' * servant. umpe KA . ^ ®T'.. A CXa r ' < T " <OM< * n f 'be play, and his sure*« informer ef ~ tb,B 8 kusrantee hat "The Te^an will be a .at.sfymg en. 1 „ . , )h ' An "/l? 1 •***? M R *ter He ry • T violinist of Grea Falls _ who w.Il ren. d ® r *eb-cti<>ns between the a« _ _ , f .p ha * u Z plcr^^'^l cmioanv m-ar Gerber fierce ^a on pa y , 7T k?/ pJ!, here * with hi# ram ly Belt Valley High Will Enter for State Debate In preparation for the state contest m high school debating, the finals of ! which will be held in Bozeman next .spring, the debaters of the Belt Val j t .y High school are already giving A sched ^ be- arranged, the first of which will ' be between Belt and Geraldine, \ Kr ,. a t deal of interest has been r shown, due largely to the important question selected by the State High School Debate league. Japanese im migration is a topic that touches this western country quite closely and ona i that the federal, government is con sidenng very seriously. The ques tion stated is: "Resolved, that the i fpderal government should enaci kg i#| a tion to exclude rigidly Japanese immigration from the United Stite#." ; A preliminary debate will be held at ' the High school auditoriom this aftar „ O oii for the purpose of selecting: a mam to debate with the Garaldm« j ream The following people will ap pm in the preliminary: Affirraa tive: Ella Graybeal, Paulina 2mm» ne k, Rosia McGraw, John Vatin, Remo Keto and Vilho Hauskam». Negative: {v^ri Marquardt, Gladys Bngdahf, jjarmce Stftbefland. S, A. Remington, j r> Waiter Auren and Wilton Welt mt much study to the matter. u b- of elimination district contests is ley.