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BELT, MONTANA, THUftSDAY. JANUARY 26, 1922
VOLUME 28. NUMBER 32
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Death Comes to Geo. Bratley From
Blow From Man He Had Befriended
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George W. Bratley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. M. Bratley of Belt, died at
the Columbus hospital in Great Falls
from pneumonia Monday evening,
having been taken to that city last
Friday following an allegeg attack up
on him a week ago yesterday at Stan
ford by one Ed. Hall. Hall, who is
a former service man and a laborer at
Stanford, is being held by the sheriffI
of Judith Basin county .
According to the story told by the
dead man to his , father, who was
called to Great Falls last Saturday,
Hall had been staying with Bratley
and his wife at their ranch 19 miles
west of Stanford in the Little Belt
mountains. Hall was broke and Brat
ley went to Stanford for supplies,
That night Bratley stayed at
town home alone. Hall spending the
night somewhere else in town.
Bratley regained consciousness fol
lowing the encounter £pd told the
sforiff that he had opened the door
to his house just about daybreak Wed
nesday morning in response to a
knock. Immediately he was struck
over the right eye with what he
thought was a revolver. When ques
tioned about the affair, Hall said he
would "let George tell it," according
to Sheriff KeHey. Whether there
t had been previous trouble, whether
r the alleged attack on Bratley grew
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Beaudry Bros. Get
Ranch Judgment
As an aftermath of the high finance
tactics of J. E. Mason and M. L. Ma
son, of several years ago, judgment
for $56,326.21 was allowed in a decree
signed Friday by Judge J. B. Leslie
in favor of Valmore Beaudry and Al
bert Beaudry and against John A.
Niles. Phoebe Niles, Ben R, Comings,
Comie Comings, Adolph Aman, Cas
cade county, the Cascade bank of
Great Fails, the A m e ric a n Rank and
Trust company, the Conrad Banking
company, J. E. Mason and M. L. Ma.
. The decree ordered the sale of
wh^t has ben known for years as the
Beaudry Bros, ranch, comprising 3,
114.86 acres of land, situated near
* r Riceville, to satisfy the judgment,
According to the nleadimrs in the
case Niles and his wife December 3
1918 executed two promissory notes
aggregating $45 0000. The decree pro
vides for counsel fees of $3 000 and
vraes w>r wunsei lees 01 M,wv and
entrai tJlZ* h St Î ft
not brin
The «nip tu k . '
^ n1 ranch " as on one
former occasion the cause of a suit in
S t, H wh i e ? Tr H*hl ' a PT 1 Falh
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tne Mason Drotners. ine neaudry
brothers won this suit. The Masons,
shortly after their deal for the Beau
dry ranch, negotiated for the pur
chase of the Buchanan ranch on Wil
low creek, but this dea 1 dropped
through when the high finance meth
ods of the Masons again became evi
dentdent.
Mixed feed at $1.00 per ciwt. Also
Cascade flour at $1.80 tor 49's or
$3.50 per cwt. This is the flour which
in the past gave such good satisfac
P tion in this community. TFy a sack
and be convinced that it is as good as
it used to be. G, W, Merkle Coal Co.
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Court Dismisses Charge of
Theft Against the W lisons
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Holding that the evidence submit-,
ted was not sufficient to sustain the
day dismissed the case against Wade
and Nahun Wilson , brought on the
complaint of David Graham, charg-i
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n|r a e . e a s na sto en a
number of chickens from the Graham
coop. A number of local persons
tended the trial during the day. The
defendants were represented by J. W.
Speer of Great Falls while Asssistant
County Attorney Julius Wuerthner
conducted the prosecution.
Howard Graham, son of he com
plaining _ witness, testified in direct.
examination that he and his father,
, after discovering the loss of the
chickms. traced three pairs of foot
steps, two of which were evidently
made by men, while the third were
those of a woman, across the field to
the county road, where the thieves
jumped into an automobile and drove
f away. This car was equipped with
✓ tires of a distinguishable tread and
had a chain on the left rear wheel, ac- ;
cordig to hi« testimony, and by foL
lowing this trail be and his father
reached the Wilson ranch. On cross
- examination by the defense young
Graham testified that he had accom- ;
panied his father on the trail of the
. automobile only as far as the Cath- ;
charge, Justice of the Peace P. • J
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Matinee Friday
at 4 p. m. Evenings
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Prices: 30c A 55c
44 Greatest Story of a
Mother's Love
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In Films
Over the Hill
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Tonight and
Tomorrow
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out of revenge or the aftermath of a
night's drunk on the part of Hull,
still remains a mystery. Hall re-!
fused to discuss the matter and was
held by Sheriff Kelley.
flail was said to have been drink-}
mg and had the appearance of having
been intoxicated when he was ar- 1
rested. Sheriff ^elley said. He is «1-1
leged to have talked boastingly of
[ the encounter with Bratley following
his arrest, according to Mr. Bratley,
Sr.
- Bratley*» right eye is said to have ;
been destroyed by the blow. He was
conscious at intervals until Friday, !
when his condition became so serious
that he was brought to the Columbus
hospital in Great Falls. His condi-,
his»tion was such that it was impossible
to take an X-ray photograph of his
head, .the physicians said.
Tuesday evening an inquest was held
the coroners jury rendering a verdict
to the effect that Bratley came to his
death as the result of a blow or blows
inflicted early last Thursday mom
mg by Ed. Hall while Bratley was
standing in the door of his home at
Stanford.
Alfred Chester, deputy sheriff of
Judith Basin county, who placed Hall
under arrest, was the principal wit
ness at the inquest. He testified that
he had been called to the Bratley
home early Thursday morning. When i
he arrived he found Bratley lying on a
bed, his body bruised and battered and
covered with blood. Hall was still in
the house when the officer arrived.
A broken c hair was found in a comer
j back of a stove, he said, and Hall is
! alleged to have told Chester that he
had struck Bratley with it. Hall also
pointed to a rifle standing in the same
cor n er ar >d admitted using it in the as
®?,^ on Brandy, according to Chester,
Neither Hall nor the wounded man
W(, uld give any explanation of the al
■ tercation and since arrest Hall has
refusedi to^ make any statement.
^ r ; '*• Macaulay, who attended
Hatley, said the man's skull had been
fractured by a blow oyer the right eye '
an< ^ ** ** assumption that the butt
■rifle was otad, W M Bratley.-]
fibber of the dead man, told the jury
story his son had related to him
befiw being removed to Great Falls,
is being held in jail in Stanford,
Bratley was 39 years old and is
survived by a widow, his father and
mother and three brothers, J. M. Brat
ey .• * * a u^ e Bratley who is
m,w a ' Malern, Oregon, and F'rank
P rat,e >'' whose whereabouts are un.
j <nuwn - an d bas two sisters, Mrs. Hal
* ec ^ ^ < ' ra bline and Mrs. Carl
ReminRton of Bi cT andy
Tht> body was shipped to Belt yea
te ^y afternoon and the funeral will
be held this aft ^ r noon at 2 o'clock
from the M. E. church, Rev A P
ARon officiatinR
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foreclosure is ordered
FAVORING LONG COMPANY
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Judgment and foreclosure has been
allowed in the district court in favor
0 f the J. B. Long company in the
sum of $21.163, on a note and mort
gage, the land ordered sold being
1 % 120 acres in section 1 and 2, town
ship !6 north, range 5 east, and in
sections 26, 27 and 36, townships 17
north, of range 5 east.
Thi defendants in the action were
Louise Vetter, Frank L. Howard,
Sam Kurth, Mary Kurth, the Amer
ican Bank and Trust company and
Roy W. Graham.
The American Bank and Trust com
pany and Graham were named de
fendants because of their interest in
the mortgaged property.
olic church, stopping there and going
up town.
Returning to town after Deputy
Sheriff J. W. Lcland, and accompanied
by him. the witness and his father re
turned to the Wilson ranch and after
a search of the premises, he said,
tb< r y discovered approximately 17
chickens lucked up in a coop. They
identified the chickens as those that
had been stolen. On the floor of the
at-.coop, according to the witness, he
found three chicken heads, one ofthem
belonging to a rooster which, he said,
he could identify. This particular
head preserved by the plaintiff, was
entered as a state exhibit and the wit
;.ess sa d he was confident that it be
longed to a Graham rooster.
The witness further testified
Wade Wilson had appeared in the
yard wearing white rubber boots that
were spotted with blood. After he
and his father were convinced that
they had located the stolen chickens,
the witness said that Wilson asked
how much the fowls could be bought
for. Mr. Graham was quoted as hav-!
ing replied that he could settle on
a charge of burglary. Deputy Sheriff
Leland was called and corroborated
the Graham testimony as to the find
ing of the chicken* in the Wilson coop,
and the offer of Wade Wilson to par
chase them. Witnesses for the de
fe»*e a mi the defendants denied any
knowledge of the theft
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M rs . Cl ara McCarthy of Rayneaford
. fi Li suit i n the district court of
i Ï, s . ul tne aisinct cown «
* »scade county, asking that an ln
, junction be issued restraining C. H.
Kelley, sheriff of Judith Basin coun
ty, and Matilda Lindsay of this cfty
from selling: 240 acres of land lying
near Raynesford. in which she holds
a one-half interest. Mrs. Lindsay,
in November last, brought suit
against Mrs. McCarthy, who is a for.
daughter-in-law, to enforce the
payment of three promissory notes of
$],000 each. The defendant admitted
signing the notes but she declared
that her mind was so disturbed by the
death of her husband that she was
not responsible for her actions. How
ever, judgment for the full amount
' was returned in favor of Mrs. Lind
say.
Mrs. McrarfRy T s complaint reads
that Sheriff Kelley has advertised
the land for sale February 4. by vir-i
the of the writ of execution that wu
issued on the day that the judgment
was returned. The plaintiff alleges
that the land she now occupies
homestead property and as such is
exenifft from execution or forced e le
She claims that it is worth only $2,
400 . She asks that the defendants be
cited into court to give reasons why
a permanent injunction should not
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W ith fh„ th» R„it v-m,
7 " e ' iates ° f Belt
ers ' Short Course, which comes this
year March 9-11, only a little more
than a month away, plans are being
raï >i d ly laid whereby a good list of
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speakers^ will De assured * or ^
event. The extension service of the
State College, realizing the value of j
|hese meetings, is cooperating heart
jjy* ®L date they have promised six
specialists for the Belt short course,
Supt. George Morgan of the Havre |
experimental substation, haa express
^ a willingness to come down and
translate into common language for
the farmers of this section the results
of the experimental work at Havre.
From the state>department of agri
culture at Helena, Commissioner Dav
is has assured at least one speaker,
The program for the farm women will
occupy as important place as that for
the men. Miss Gräber and Miss
occupy as important place as that for
the men. Miss Gräber and Miss
Milam of the state college, will be in
Belt the entire three (lays
of the
course and will conduct special courses
for the ladies.
Though a good start has been made,
several speakers are still to be se
cured in order to assure the well bal
anced. constructive course that is to
be held here this winter.
To lay plans for the course and t<>
name committees to handle the dif
feront features, a meeting of the
business men of the city and tho"<
of the country who are interested in
the welfare of the course, will be held
at the High school next Tuesday even
ing, January 31. It is hoped there
will be a good attendance at thif'
meeting in order that the plan* may
be promptly gotten under way.
that-for
BELT VALLEY GRADUATE
MARRIED IN OKLAHOMA
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Clarence Knight, a graduate of the
Belt Valley High school, with therb"
of some six years ago. was married on
January 10. at Nowata, Okla., to Miss
Mabel Garrett of Great Falls ar
cording to word received by fnem)
of the bride in Great Falls Mr
Knight is now in business at Coffey
ville, Kan., where the young people
will make their home. He was form
erly a resident of Geyser, when- his
family now reside«, and Mr- Knipti»
is a former teacher iti 'ho Geyser
school,
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filmed—Iby some critics named as the
j ^ , g w ow _ ,, p.r+hi»n
j theater today and tomorrow. We
i tyant every mother in Belt or vicinity
to see this picture and have made ar.
! rangements with the management of
j the theater by which we can present
every mother over 60 vears old with
' a ticket to this great presentation, '
' 4< Over the Hill." We regret that a,
longer notice could not be given, but |
unfortunately the contract was not |
; closed until the first of this week and
the only open dates are those named, j
: "Over the Hill" is a story of mother
love and plumbs the very depths of i
emotion, with enough smiles for re- 1
-lief, a pleasing romance and a most )
satisfactory ending. In our own and(^
possibly crude opinion, it is a picture
fhnr goes far to nullify tim unmy hml
pictures the film companies have
been guilty of.
We invite every mother, step-moth
er or mother-in-law of Belt and vicin
ity to call at the New Drug Co. store
today or tomorrow, between the hours
isjof 1 and 6 o'clock, when they will be
presented with a free ticket to this
.Now by a representative of the Belt
Valley Times. There will be no pub-|
licity and no embarrasing features; :
just see Mr Bemis at the drug store |
and he will give you your ticket. We,
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The home of Mr and Mrs Ollie
home of Mr. and wu*
Irwin was a lively scene last Saturday
evening when almost the entire Tiger,
Butte community turned ^ut to give
*bem a surprise in the nature of a
farewell party, as the Irwin's intend
leaving for Washington in the near
future.
A cheery welcome greeted them and
after the guests had warmed and
chatted a short time, the large kitchen
wag cleared of table and chairs and
dancing was enjoyed by the younger
folk* and many of the older ones,
while those who did not dance enjoyed
themselves at cards and music. Ex-i
cellent music was furnished by Ras
mug Ndson and the Paulson brothers
a nd a most enjoyable evening was
spen t. About midnight the' ladies
served an excellent lunch and after
wan j c .,g a rs for the gentlemen and
candy for the women and children
were
passed.
Roy A. Johnson then asked the as
sernbled guests for their attention
a nd upon behalf of the gathering pro
reeded to tell the Irwin's how sorry
their neighbors were to see them leave
the community, and wished them pros
tterity and happiness in their new
home, ending with the presentation of
a beautiful set of heavy silver knives
forks and spoons as a token of the
high esteem in which the Irwin* are
Id by those who know them best,
Mr. Johnson was followed by ('has.
F. Anderson who also expressed re
^ret -at the departure of the Irwins,
by Ted Johnson, who thanked Mr. Ir
w j B j n behalf of the Tigy Butte Dra
matic club, and by several others.
Mr. Irwin feelingly responded,
'hanking the guests for coining and
the remembrance given him and
his family and assur*d them that their
kindness through 14 years' residence
among them would always remain one
of his and his wife's most cherished
memories.
Dancing was later resumed and it
was six o'clock in the morning when
-he guests departed with many ex.
pressions of best wishes for th- futur
happm«*** of the Irwin*.
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Good baking results require good
flour. Many housewives are going
back to the old standby, f*a*eade fhmr.
no* that it i* back on the local mar
ket. $1.80 for 49's, $3 60 per cwt G.
W. Merkle Coal Co, Adv.
Judith Basin County Debt to Old
Counties Increased Court Ruling
Bridge funds amounting to $160.000
and hl [ d by Cascade county at the
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county cannot be considered assets of
the county but are public fund held
jin trust by the county, the state su
prenie court rules in the opinion hand
ed down December 19, 1921, affirm-1
ing the judgment signed by Judge J.
8* Leslie June 17, 1921, in which the
findings of the commission named to
adjust the indebtedness existing be
tween Cascade, Fergus and Judith Ba
sin count ' es were sustained. A copy
of the opinion was received Friday by
1 County Attorney W. J. Tighe.
1 The opinion similarly ruled that
! Fergus county road funds amounting
to $129,000 are not assets of that
I county and also that county record
books are not county property because
ithey cannot be sold and have no mar.
1 ketable value, Considerig the inter
; pretation that the state supreme
| court has placed on the question of
what is county property, it is main
tamed that the commission of ad
j U8tor , acting erroneously in includ
; ' n ^ bridge and road funds as as
s * ts Fergus and Cascade counties
anrf therefore a greater debt is owing
the old counties by Judith Basin
^URty than that determined by the
commission.
Because of this apparent error In
11 *"' commission's report. William M.
Blackford, senior counsel for Fergus
fpunty in a letter to the firm of Nor
r,t » Rhoades A Hurd, who represented
* county, advocates that the
* wo .°' < * ™>u n ties join in an action to
i^uire the board of adjustment to re
assemble and modify their report in j
conformity with the findings of the
supreme court. It is the contention
of counsel that the withdrawal of the
bridge funds as assets of ( aacade
county would increase the indebted-j
n ess of Judith Basin to this county by
between $H.OOO and $10,000. The i
commission decided that $44,000 was ,
ue Cascade county and that approxt
uiately $250,000 was du e ^ F 1 ergus
county . The- increase-m tnrhdTteitnPKS
would proportionately be greater in
r, 'î£t ct Fergus county.
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" G. Poland, B, P. McNair and V. F.
Baroch. made their report, with Bar
dissenting, Judith Basin county,
refused to accept it as an accurate
statement of the obligations existing,
between the new and the old counties.
Lidith Basin county instituted pro
ceedmga to secure n writ of mandate
compel the board to reconvene »nd ,
correct^certain alleged errors but the
proceedings were dismissed by Judge
fa-slie. An appeal was then taken to
the supreme court. '
Judith Basin county raises! Objection
to tb<> a< 't'°n of the commission in ex
k)dmy Firat Avenue north and,
Tenth street bridges in (treat Falls
fr ° mth< * uRK ' >t *° fth< ' c ° unt y HnH <"*
satisfaction was also aroused by the 1
r b.ssific« t ,on of county record books
DE| AMANTE IS , N JAIL
AWAITING TRIAL IN COURT
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John Delamante of Belt is held at
the county jail, unable to furnish $500
bail, the amount fixed by Justice of
the Peace Charles A, Wilson of Great
Falls. Delamante is charged with
transporting liquor and entered a plea
of not guilty when arraigned. He
was bound over to the district court
for trial.
Delamante was pinched Dec. 24, to-(
gether with five gallons of moonshine i
which he is accused of having in his
possession.
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Belt High Wins Stockett
Game, Lose to Fergus Co.
1 Defeating the fast Stocket» -Sand
j (xmlee team last Saturday night by
a score of 21 to 12. the Belt Valley
High school basketball team played
their first winning game of the sea-•
son, and easily showed the effects of,
< fficient coaching during the past
month. The defensive work of the
team was all that could be hoped
for. while a vast improvement was
noted in the offensive. The visiting
team proved a foe worthy of the best
efforts of the locals and- kept them
ion fhejr toes at ail times.
Belt started in to win their game
and at no time were they in danger
of losing it, the score being in their
favor from the first, the the first
half ending with a score 12 to 4 in
j their favor In the second half the
visitors came back stronger, and
} while they could not prevent the Belt
High from running up a total of 8
' points, making the final score 21 to
12. The lineup was a* follows:
Belt— R.-S. C.—•
Goasack L f. Centoni
Butts r f. Bywater«
McCoy c. Curran*
Pattsner r, g. Whitehead
f. g. Wood
The scoring for Belt was done by
(iossiick with one field basket and
thfe.- free throw* out of a possible!
six; Butte, five field throws; Paris-1
ner, one tyeW basket; Shannon,
free throws, with a perfect score;!
as public property. Like objections
! wt " re raised in aspect to the 1350,000
of road bonds in Fergus county,
It was contended by Judith Basin
j cour jty that the bridge* could not be
I considered public property because
they were not in use at the time of
the creation of the new county. A re
duct ion in the amount of the indebted -
With practically the entire stock
of the State Bank of Belt represented,
the annual meeting of that institution
was held Tuesday, about the only
change from the present orgaruza
tion being the cutting of the number
f directors from five to three, the
resi|piations of V, Beaudry and -J. E
TTeuTey. which were put before the
board last July, effective Dec. SI, be
(ng accepted.
L. B. Lockhart was elected chairman
Q f t t K , ar( j the other directors being
^ £ McOy and E. E. Dawson. Of
fj C( , ra w<?n . <>lected a* follows: Î. B.
l^ckhart president; E. E. Dawson,
cai | 1 j #ri an( j Messelt, «sustain
ra shi«r.
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institution ir in the^ur
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P v „_ r ,L „„u -l,« n «howe.i
^ yf* r - though the report showed
I** the bank had enjoyed a pro.per
out year, considering the conditions
the reorganization of the mstitu
8 t*t«ment as of
PeqWlb t gJit 1821, showed undivided
profits Mill carried under that head
T* 1 * a* r r ier t * and . I Mi,,e,: " 1
j**J* and th * F,r>t Nation« 1 Bank of
**"■ the.r annual meetings on
.January 10, there being no changes m
either the board of directors or in the
iRt of officerg at eHh „ in>titutio)1 .
Neither bank made any change in the
amount of capital stock or surplus
and neither declared a dividend,
though the stockholders in each ex
pressed themselves as being very well
pleased with the showing made under
the conditions they have operated un
der during the past year. The Farm
ers & Miners bank, in its statement
the last day of the o!d year, showed
undivided profits of $5,031.33.
All three institutions «re looking
forward to a continued return to
ward normal conditions and a more
nés» established by the commission
was demanded on the basis of this
contention.
In defining the term "county prop
erty", the supreme court went back
to early day interpretations. County
property, according to the opinion, is
property that a county can hold and
•ell; a highway or bridge is not coun
ty property because it cannot be sold,
and funds held by the county for the
purpose of building roads or bridges
are not public funds, the county act
ing only as an agent in expending
them The application of this defi
nition to the facts in the case involv
ing the three countie« made it cleay
that the judgment of the lower court
must be affirmed, the opinion says.
The opinion was signed Dy all mem
bers of the supreme bench.
The remittitur, or return on the ap
peal in affirmation of Judge Leslie's
decision, has been filed in the office
of Clerk of the Court Alex Remneas.
The memorandum shows the costs of
the appeal have amounted to $50.60.
Belt Banks Hold
Annual Meetings
prosperous business.
Johnson, relieving Cossack in the sec
ond half, one fieki basket. For Stock
ett-Sand Coulee Bywater* and Cen
j toni did the scoring, the former with
one field basket and six free throws
out of a possible 14; the latter center,
ing the hoop two times from the field,
Fourteen fouL« were called on Belt
and eight on Stockett Leo Spogen
refereed the game, while Sederholm of
Tracy, was the umpire, both officials
giving excellent satisfaction,
a return game with the Choteau
County High is scheduled for the lo- ■
ca j floor a week from tomorrow night.
February 3, and the locals are look- *
m>r f f)rward to their revenge for the
| ngg 0 f game to Fort Benton early
j n ty,,, gt . aaon .
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Last night's game with the Kr-rus
County High resulted in a score of 40
to 8 in favor of Lewiatown. Iti the
fir-r half the locals played the game
with the idea the* possibly they had
a eht.nce to make s showing at least
against a superior team, and held the
score down to 12-6. But in the laat
half they seemed m lose all hope* with
the result that Fergus scored 28
points to Belt's 2. Belt scores were
made on free throws
Tomorrow the locals leave for Ubo
two'teau for a return game, and Satur
day night play Cascade at Cascade.
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Fergus 40. Belt 8