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BELT, MONTANA, THURSDAY', FEBRUARY 23, 1922
VOLUME 28. NUMBER 36.
»2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Candidates for City Offices Appear
tor Most Part Extremely Modest
With a becoming modesty, the
aspirants for election to city offices
appear to remain in retirement for the
most part, but as the time of election
approaches it is expected there will be
enough patriots found who are willing
to brave the honors that at best bring
little beyond empty thanks and often
not even that.
Speaking without authority and on
second hand information, the infer
ence is that Mayor Spogen will be a j
candidate to succeed himself as mayor ;
for another term. This may not be t
t^ken as an insistent demand
the citizens at large or even from his ;
political party. As a matter of fact,
Mr. Spogen has now held the office so
long and has so successfully retained
developed into a habit, so to speak,
so we take it with confidence that he
will again be a candidate.
It looked for a time as though Mr..
Spogen would have a vigorous oppo
si tion, as many of the friends of J. I
A Kierotead had almost induced him ]
to get into the game, but we are now
informed bv Mr Kierotead verv em- l
phatically that there is no more do- •
mg in that direction "Nay, nii<, |
not for me,''says Mr. K.erstead. "Pos- 1
itively, NO!" and that eliminates one
that would undoubtedly have given (
Mr Snn«r nn int^restinp race for the
Mr. bpogen an interesting race tor the
job of mayor. Other names have been
mentioned and dropped when the own. ;
ers were interviewed on the subject.
But Ihre are evidently many who
would desire to see a change and it
is quite likely that a candidate will
come out of the brush in time for
lining un at the harrier
In this connection we note that the
in tnis connection we note tnat tne .
'»die? displayed a better brand of pa.
tr.ot.sm m volunteering for service
without pay at the coming city elec-i
tion, than the men did. The ladies are^-f
eligible for «11 the citv offices a ,
u Die ror an tru niy oil ices, as ;
they are well aware, and while we are j 1
not offering anv »nwf«tinn« it mio-ht
not offering any suggestions it might
be^er—expedient for aspirants of thei^J™
male sex who have visions of munict- ;
paFTionors, to inquire a little more
dnselv into the activities of the var
ious exclusive club« and societies that
have had s^h a vogue am^ng Ihe f a S
sex during the past few months. They
bear a rather significant and ques
tionable aspect at this time and it is a ft
matter worthy of serious thought
So far no mention has been made
publicly of nosible candidates to fill ^'
the d ue.ofrotirin ealdèr uîtn It is
uuite possible the«c men mav h<- in 8
dmïd to ron Wm t^ sucTeed them'
dneefl to run again to succeed them-.
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School Funds Low
by Interest Default
be
In common with all school districts
in Montana, Belt and the rural schools
in this section suffered a financial
loss in the per capita apportionment
of state school funds, owing to the
large delinquency in the paying of
interest on farm loans from the per
manent school funds of the stete,
which amounts to approximately
ai 50.000. This was determined by
County Superintendent Jane Keeney,
who has recently completed thf ap-i
potttionment of the funds to the 91
schools districts of this county.
Last year the per capita amount
was $6.10, while this year it is but
$4.90, or a loss of $1.20 on each child
living in the district. This is the low-'
est amount since 1916. In fact the
amount has increased each year since j
that time up to the present, and school
• fficials all over the state were ccn-,
siderably surprised. (
The result of the failure to pav in
terest on farm loans means a loss to
the Belt district of $757.20 the dis
trict having received from the state i
apportionment last year $3,849.10 as
compared to $3.091.90 this year. This I
is due entirely to the reduced m-r Î
capita allotment as the census of dte i
trict 29 S remains nracticallvThVLmc
631 for this year's apportionment & a 1
compared to 632 for last year. While
the local—hoard had not anticipated
any mcST in revenue fron tîhs I
sourc é" °th e v^ had exacted Lrecer >t
the same as last year, and this, with!*
the further fact that the revenue of ;
SZ '
olanned for is eoinc- to makp tho
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5 Stockett
Sand Coulee 1^73 »6,237.70
». oi 71 ^»0
10.' Arlington 58 2M.M
it zsr c<n,w s ,m
1 «, r.van» 2f) 122.80
18, Nason 14
21. Houskin 5 *«•
22. Betts 22 107.801
2*. Monarch 42
27' Neill Creek 19 93.10 1
2». »eh Ml 3.091.90 *
24, Black Butte 6 29.46
38, Neihart 131 641.90>
M. Belt Park 19 93.10 J
37, Roosevelt 28 137.20 led
4«. Burlingame 40 196.00 j
53. Calvert 9 44.101
M. Goodman 12 58.801
58. Tiger Butte 5_ 24.50
90. Lochrav 12 58JO
69. Rice ville 4 19.40
76. Willow Creek 13 «3 70
8« Peterson 5 24JS0
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selves and if so, there is little que.
tion but they would have a good
chance to be reelected. The present
council have made a fine record in
their attempt to inject economy into
the conduct of the city's affairs. They
have succeeded in reducing the indebt -1
edness of the city by several thousand
dollars during the past year and are
determined to continue the program as
long as they have the power. As
j one of them expressed it. their idea
; seems to be that "the less government;
t Belt has, the better off it is."
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.J*"' I ' a " s Commercial club
w,n nlakt ' « «trenuous effort today to
I eonvnje the county j Commissioner.
] roHt } fr ? m ( ra, K
Wolf creek is the only thing needed;
l for th< * future greatness of Cascade
• salvation of Great j
| ^ as a8 „ the tourist tenter of the
1 ^te, However, the taxpayers' lea
. w ' a * so ^ ave repfoaentatives on
( w " u will endeavor to convince :
the comniiHsioners that the Mid-can.
luxurv that th,. m.mt,
y r n)M 18 aiuxurytnat tne county
; £® n ' ery vv<l11 do w 'thout for BOm e
t,l S* t0 con J e - .
. Th * county commissioners, through
th " 8 ^ tus " fthlR chnnericalnroLt
01 hub cnimericalI project,
by stating that it is their understand
ing that the b a'f-million road bond
. voted sonn- vearo um, in thi«
8Ue nlÏÏ
™ • n pl ^ecta g iwe MrtfvXT
"r l " , ", Pi°J e " 8 8ln ce partly com
pletod and for the improvement of |
then existing roads, and had no refer
; * .. Mid-can von nroiWt It in
j 1 C ,V ,u ♦ canyon project. It is
not bkely that the attitude of the
eommi88 ; oners „ ^ inf1u i
thei^J™ 8 '°»^ ^ ^ !
pX^tmn eîcial ctab
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Mid-canyon project is one that,'
de, * i »f ns to a scenic route to
^rten by a few miles the route be
^ween Helena and Great halls and
('"ds.ts main support in Great Falls.
ft .™ 1 benefit 8 very fa *-niers
who 1,ve directly on the route, and
tbe coum >' at large not at all. The 1
^' r8t 8cbem ' > Proposed by the Great
Fa,is ^immeroial dub was to call n
8 P« 0 '** election to vote bonds of IKK).
000 for tht ' P ro -» ect bu t the blank pe
tition8 S1 , nt ouf ca ni n g for the special f
election met such « frosty reception i
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that this
abandoned,
ing county funds for the purpose to
be made today deserves to be turned
down, and that will most likaly occur.
method was apparently
The assault upon exist. :
ASSESSOR MADY PLANS
FOR ASSESSMENT WORK
j
j County Assessor Harold M, Mady
returned to his home in Great Falla
1 the latter part of last week after
being confined to a hospital for sev
eral weeks as the result of a fall, and
is now at his office again directing
preparations for the annual March as
: sessment drive.
Though confined to a hospital bed,
Mr. Mady has been in touch with his
office every day during his sickness
and has directed the planning of the
: drive, has taken care of a mass of cor
I respondents, and dictated replies
! thereto and from the hospital room
; has accomplished much work that
would tax the average man, and it is
not anticipated that the work will
be at all delayed because of his ill
ness.
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i ^* e °^' cia * basketball season will
with the e " d mg of the state
1 bourna ) m « nt Bozeman the second
week March, the district tourna
ments be,d tb ' 8 week - The Belt
I Valley H,ih u ' am ha8 or tw o play
° ff » fames ******** a " d will probably
0 to («fcade^Saturday to play that
; ^ 1 a ?'»"d the |tenford team <s sched
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team * n district tournament
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The Embroidery club was entertain- f
led yesterday afternoon at cards at ;
the home of Mrs. R. H. Bemis. At «he
conclusion of the games a light lunch •
was served Mrs Thos. Wright anud j
Mrs, Jo«. Leveilie cut for high bon- ;
or», the former securing first prize.
Mrs. 8. A. Remington won second hem- j
ora and Mrs. Ray Wilson the consola- j
tion prise.
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: More than sufficient volunteers re
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»ponded to the cal) of the city council
^ wrson! , w w 0 willing to
aerve without pay as judges and
clerks at the coming municipal elec
fjonHto fiH all ÏÏStfon« "ÎS3T of Se
A majority vob
unte€rs werp wom '' n - «'though there
sprinkling of men who exnres
8 . . . express
LIÎkL'e W c to . ac, R to various
m< * nib '' rs of the council. By the ac
tion of th *** P*"Ple « »aving of some
^ 10 the < a *PW« made
poag j( ) j e
Those selected by the council at
\ .k, y . ,
mi ^" nî onthly meeting l&st Thurs
d evening to serve on election dav
- v eietuon ua>
«« the various wards are as follows:
First ward-Mrs. Ghas. Jenrvngstmittcf
and Mrs Cba8 T - Ri «- J^ges; Mr..,
phil Leveilie Mrs I 4 Kiersi... i
. r „ r .' . .. , , K| rr»Ua I
8 o "*°. t * r »V b ' !l - clerks.
joh^ RobertsmiTl^dges^ Cîeonni^MHcè
Kessler and Franklvn Frve
™ s Ke8Slf ' r and W ^ ry<> '
c,e ^* r ward _ Mra tjeorif .,
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r , -k rr k'' v,? ''le. judges^ Mrs
, a a rr 'JT '. . , ^ ' lard
^ /,, A Hackshaw clerUs,
^ JP* 8 m *? ,,n F Mayor hpogen is
«ued the election proclamation, calling
f or ,h '' lect,on " f a mayor, a city i
t" asurer - « P°' , <'e magistrate andUine
alderman from each of the three i
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Cold Weather and Possible Menace
of Strike Speeds Goal Production
.
' oa ' aimers and operators of Mon
tana are showing a natural interest
in the proceedings of the convention
th» Ilniiwi Min« Wnrt.r. n ,. u . ui«,,
f,, M,n * Workers now being
" e " Indianapolis and much com-;
m «nt is heard upon the streets as to
the outcome. Union men as a rule are
no t free in expressing an opinion an< i
, „ , ... . *
themac ' ve8 om ' way or
"u lae more conservative are
nalur ^*y not ra ^ oi « «Hike and
^°? le eVen , acka °wledge that they do
n0t expect tnat roe miners will de
lncrea8€S oyer the P re , 8 «/ 11 , 8ca "'
no e f. 0 80 . a8 *?. a<lmlt .[** j
anytbm,r in , th<, |
^ ha ,^ °. f a v ^l ct, ° The ^ operators ,
decline to express any opinion on the
mat *f r whatever, and will not even
a8cnb ^ tbe h P re8 f nt °/ the ™ ml
business throughout the state and lo-:
CÄ " 1 y • any ^nt-erted action to fore
8ta . th< ', P° 88lb ' e consequences ■ j
prolonged strike of the miners. So
^ ar a ? t '? e 0011 °P erator8 kn " con- j
cerned. the present activity of the ;
local mines is simply due to "order. (
[or coal" which they are doing their
best to fill. If these orders are u pre
cautionary measure of the consumers, |
the operators at least have no knowU
edge of it.
Five and six days a week for the
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W ,L L PHI LUF BURN
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district c OU rt Monday An undivided,^
w hich te*noi n known".*gteen''to 5o^
Michael Streiv.g, son of
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r- «»• Ç vs
, lives at Conrad, and who is named 1
^executrix of the will
Th« »1 be«Uts are made to John
Streivlg. brother-in-Uw; Mabel Strei
i vig, a niece living in Cine inatti, and
10 George f. Lawrence and Ed, Ben- i
der ^ whose present ad
dresses are unkown. Th<- 11 n d 1 v 1 Jed I
» half interest in the estate is given
f John Streivig. Jr., on condition that j
; he, within a year, satisfy the indebt- j
edes« existing betw«>n Burns and his j
• father According to the will Borna,
j was in debt to the elder Streivig *p-jaa
; proximately »3,000
Mr. Burns' estate consist* of pat-inel
j anted mining claims in the NVibart
j district and some personal property, j
The value of the claims, which are lo-1
wards to serve for terms of two
warns, to serve tor terms of two
years, and instructed City Treasurer
1 Frank T Heron to issue the election
i call and prepare for the holdine of
the election on the first Monday in
April '
' German Millard reported to the
council that the fire department bud
handed him a list of the old huiMimm
nanti eo nim a list or the old buildings,
the condemnation of which they rec
oni mended. The list included the Mrs.
j Worries building on Thir.l avenue
south, the old Harrington building
north of the Tmv i„, m drv >.nd th,.
American Brewing coin nanv building
Aim man Brewing companv building
opposite the N. H Brownirtr Karate.
'rhes.- wer.- considered mennee« to
mise were consiaereo mtpaces to J
public safety by the department eom-i
making the in vestige Hop, ami
the city clerk was instructed to write
rh,. fir., .. »k„
th. state firt marshal as to the proper
procedure to force the tearing down
condition " Pü ' ^
Thi. was all the kusine » t,.
™ 8 JJ 11 n J a !
J wL then raken «
T'urununt was th« n taktn about .»
o idock.
The officials, whose terms expire
spring are Mayor Spogen, (-)tvOnc
Troasurer Brovin, 1 olice Magistrate
Dennis Sullivan Alderman Leveilie
in the h irst ward, Alderman Wanta
in the Second ward and Alderman
Millard in the Third ward.
, local mines has been the role for the
! past three weeks and orders are now
ahead which will probably require the
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the better part of the next month to
fill. Full forces are employed at
I however, is in the development stage
«" of the mines in the dis.
1 tn<r j »jth tihe exception of the High
wood Goal Mines. o|.rratir> K on tne
east side of the creex. This mfne,
and in order to prepare for further ex
pansion. all the rooms were closed
down the first of the week for the
purpose of preparation to install new
machinery which is being shipped in.
j T" e ma ' n . entr y being widened and
| n * w 4 ra ' l * . ia,d - a " e * t, PP lt ' and coal
, chutes builcfing all the men being put
on this work that there is room
some of those laid off in the rooms
^'ng retained for this work and shar
mg the time with the others. It is
!«xpected the coal catting machine
j will arrive about the middle of March
and upon its installation work will be
j resumed in the rooms and new rooms
; opened as rapidly as the main entry
( can be driven forward.
Whatever the cause, both miners
and operators appreciate the present
| demand for coal which promises to
make up in part at least for the «ev
Ural weeks of slackness in the coal
trade at the beginning of the winter,
■' cted on the north side of
''j Gulch, is problematical, although
V'"^*s.ra= t, 'a < rtE
* th||ri |{ „ t th , pre ^ nt time.
\ had «*•" * hi P^ in recent,^
the/«"*_ford.
OITION TAK EN ON SILVER
LEA " " ,s —" !rrA ' ,r,m '
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(A mining deal of considerable im
portance waa closed op Saturday
when Peter Bernier, president of the
Black Bear Mine, company of Wal-.
i lace, Idaho, took an option on the
property of Oscar Heising find swoci-.petition,
I atisa of Le w is town, located on Wolf
to(Or«*k in the Belt mountains. 20 mile*
northwest from Stanford. This is a
silver-lead property and has been op
ened up to a considerable extent by
th« owners Mr Bernier will, as soon
the weather conditums are favor
able, begin work on a 500 foot tun
to tap the vein just high enough
(above the creek l«vef to install s con
centratm g plant Later he will get
power for operating from Lehigh.
Town and Country Folks Will Meet
on Common Ground at Short Course
We call it the Farmers' Short
Course, which is probably as good as
name as any, but hasten to add the
quiet tip that in Belt, at least, it has
always been the one occasion in the
year where the town and country
folks just get together, absorb a con
siderable grist of agricultural wisdom
and then enjoy themselves hugely.
For reasons of expediency the an
nua ) 8 j, ort coura< . waa deferred for a
year or two past, but at a gathering of
a few business men last week it was
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Among l e numberless organisa
t t ' oll>l t . hat . hav< ' "P™"* ,nU) being
through the apparent necessity for
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m * n f. I***™' wh ''' h 1 . he * d '}*
meeting in Great halls Sunday after
U appears to be a well-mean
l P*. HOC, '' t > * n<1 c P n . t 5 ury ,i l 0 the pn "'
ciples of many of Die other correct
ive organisations, it doesn t seem to
■ mc ' ned expend its whole ener
K , c8 ul>on adverse criticism of pub
H c official* On the contrary the
^ n ' ne 1 , 1 »
took occasion at its recant
mW j n,f tt # com
off.c.. effort, of son»
^f Sib Gordon and
hls d,p U t[es «ndofCoûntyAttoroèv
nis oepuiies, ana 01 eoumy Attorney
Tighe and assisUnts came in for a
hare of the approbation of the Lea
ltrU( . ag w „ii ati the police force of
S^ t "aîïa
The meeting was addressed bv
1 . , 7 ,, 8 ««'ifeswa ny
JU< } K » L. L. Callaway, Scott Leavitt
nt j R« v . L. L. Totten, each of whom ;
« 4 > um sed law enforcement nrohlema '
jeu- 1,w entorcement problems,
and this was followed by genera dis
ru .si on Judge Callawav unrod that
"fWanSon ÏÏprS '
11 « S r f "mn/rlrm :
gnat caution, prtitrrmg no inarges
unt ,i the facts have been definitely
established and should furthermore 1
>" " —'-ct.vc way rather
tba ü through coopenitioii i
ith -fTT nt «ff 1 **** 1- ; F f llun ' ?* ^
ic ot1wl * h U * d « their duty will thenI
become apparent, he »«id.
The general discussion brought out
nany opinions on moral problems,
speaker said that moral problem»
art . growing more and more serious,
and unr ed that the red-light district
„h.rnW be re-established to protect
young girls from respectable homes,
who are now the prey of certain ,
classes of men whenever they app«'ar '
public plac««.
All agreed that pfyoti«! ' views an
the prohibition law cannot enter into :
lb«' matter of law enforcement, since |
the danger is that if the prohibition j
law is disregarded, people will learn I
disrespect all laws, meaning the
wrecking of all government.
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IH'RtH'-JERHKY HOG SALK
A T FALLS IS CANCELLED
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The Duroc-.Ieraey hog «ale, which
, waa to have been held by Otto Mauror
of Highwood at the Great Falls pnvil
ion on March 1, has been cancelled be
cause it was necessary owing to
weather and road conditions to post
pone a sale at Lewistown from a week
ago yesterday to March 1. However,
a sale will be conducted at the Maurer
ranch on March 1, There 1« > demand
for pur«- br«*d hogs among thv farmers
, in many part? of the state, Mr.
Maurer says.
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According to the terms of the will
p f her° Lste^hosband filed for prolmte
, th i nu , Tk.iru.u..
* w N f ,n«h Hanev Owens ,1
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8 *™£ "1/ 1 ,,^ ^ rieht tBU
n i j n «<- r est in th< real nrftwnv f
( «.rdon Owens Ravnesford who
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£ a „ the'property is bequeathed
to hJr, including a bequest from tht , j
(> f Lrr* runlh m nr
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^ ^ w#<)n alao of !
The will alao provide, that
J3Ü $?"i m^nte for£ reminder
"'.r*
ft A rryer, who was named exe- 1
cuter of the will, filed a petition for
probate of the will and asking that he
he given letter, of administration in
the estate. Judge H. H. Ewing «t
March 1 a* the day for hearing the
swoci-.petition,
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Archdeacon H I Hooker of Helena,
will condwt seroices at the Ht, Uike s
Epiaeopal church »ext Sunday, Fehru
«T M - The evening *?" j
n«*W «tdGaOp. instead of at the
usual hour of 7:80.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICES
" ..present.
Mrs. James Gillette is reported ser- j
Miusly ill st her home on W'lkv ermk. (
rn
j definitely decided that the outlook was
■ sufficiently propitious fora revival of
(the old time annual festival and the
committee« named to see that the
thing was put over in old-time form,
i with all the accessories to make it
again the real annual event o# the
community.
| The program of speakers at pres
ent outlined include A. J. Ogaanj on
tillage, George H. Webster, dairying;
C. N. Arnett, livestock; Dr. Welch,
poultry and veterinary practice; Miss
Alberta Borthwick and Miss Lottie
j Milam on home economics, and others.
It >* hardly necessary to State that
the "old folks" dance will be the out
standing feature of the amusements,
of the occasion in the amusement line,
the program famous over the whole
valley. The old time fiddler and the
dances of other days will renew the
yoat h and limber the Joint* of the pio
nw ,„ of the Beh va fj wh<> are ex .
to ^ in f oVre-expected,
«id we say? Why, they couldn't be
kept away with a barrage of French
75 -,!
Many other amusement* for all age.
are planned also to take up the even
ing ^ ours a comp j ete U ,t 0 f whi eh
w m h,. available for publication next
W eek. The dotes set for the coarse
ari March 9 10 and 1 L
ar JLJ Wftrfn * w 1L
Of course, there are instructive
features injected into the course and
'Ohe forenoons and afternoons of the
three days will be taken up with U,ks
demonstration, of.sobject, and
jj* modern farming and house
keeping by experts in those matters,
subiects that In the n-«t have been
f OU n,j a „ interesting* to the town
a 11 88 ' n >^ee s tinF to tne town
dwellers as to those who live on the
Ik'™- ™ p0 ° Hry
„how tn connection with the course,
The value of the fanners' short
ooura ,. j. not a it oir -ther in its edu
» a 1 aiu ferner in its eiu
.rational and amusement side. In th«
first place it furnishes » welcome
hr ■ i ^
tZt rl '7 7
.1 ' r ,^ h th f- rural aftd urban
j<|ent. Ft supplies a common ground
upon which thev can meet socially
better acquainted and form last
ß ïrïndsh ijs" that
«mouthing out business difficulties
U"d making for amity in future «ac
dations,
,
'
Favors Adoption
of "Honor System
ff
At the special session of the Cas
cade ( ounty Taxpayers league held
: ,n Great Falls last Thursday evening
| G> bear the report of the committee
j composed of Chas. W, Hay, Hk
I I»ril and John York, on the "honor
system'' of making assessments and
tne publication of all tax assessment
M
; the county for mailing to aach
taxpayer In the county as soon after
May 1 of each year as possible, the
league went on record as favoring th«
immediate adoption of the system,
The league look this action in tL be.
j lief that the "honor system," sup port
ed by the publication of the lists.
would not only reduce assessment ex
penses but make possible the detection
of those persons who are habitually
dodging all or part of their taxes.
The committee in a report prepared
after securing information from th«
counties in the state where the "hon
;or system" is in operation, declared
that the employment of that system
desirable because it was ecopom
wfflcient and pbwerf assessments
on an equitable and just bnsis. The
system amounts in substance, they
8aid * eat ' b taxpayer assessing him
** ,f thr ° U ? h the coo ^ t>on o1 the as
«e*«oris office. In Blaine county,
where the system has been used for
84 * v< ' r »' years there has been an annual
-*ving «f »4,000 in the assessor's offtca
Hnd through publicity given certain
,1 t" 54 flodgers, the gain in one year
reached »11,600, they declared.
P *' ter Fak<, > H ^o^y. R- H.
f Wright, F. S. Hockers« hmidt, H. Nors
ko K. Hay and York were named m«an
ttf thl * tb »^ will confer
with C " u "'y As^sror Harold M. Mady
' rw8rdin L « the " hm,or »T**«"" with "
j view to having it inaugurated at once.
*ne«t with County Treasurer
■' a-ä'ä'ä a
through the operation, of the coun
! ty ^ ard ^^ua'i^m^
ani ' *7°' Ä
aA «**4 «te tter yf
sir äätäs ,*st
1 , . . ;_ » JUa
Î*"
^kools^ The Utodttea'lMMd nwal
iSriutSTto Ä
twn * mboa ^K an invltMte» to mm
There will be a busmen« metbt ■
^ V *' l *y
evening at the K. <rf P. hall at 7:80
Jane Keeney, county superintends*!,
to appear at an early meting and ex
plain the merits of the county unit
system.
NOTICE
t
All members
Our mod,
Saturday evenin g, MM W jty JK
W A, UC8ÎKK, li».«Triia
STSfcas
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