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* N Belt Valley Times * • « VOLUME 28. NUMBER 40 BELT, MONTANA, MARCH 23, 1922 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE -— - Council Holds Short Session, Ad journs to Tonight, Will Fix Salaries The regular mid-monthly meeting of the city council was held last Thursday evening, all aldermen ex cept Remington being present. The ' regular first of the month meeting was not held because of the lack of a quorum, owing to the illness of some of the aldermen; a special meet ing for a week previous also failed to get a quorum, leaving the full month's business to be handled at last Thurs day evening's meeting. But at that, none of the city dads were overwork ed, and beyond listening to the re , ports of city officials and allowing the bills little business was trans-1 acted. _ In answer to a communication sent j to the state fire marshal requesting information as to the procedure to be followed in condemning and getting rid of old buildings in the city which j have become a menace to public saf- j • ety, asked for several weeks was read. The marshal stated that a representative ofihis office would be in Belt later in the spring for the purpose of inspecting powder maga zines and other hazardous fire risks, and at that time would inspect the buildings in question and make ommendations as to their disposal. The matter of these buildings was brought to the attention of the coun ago, j rec Scouts Take Both Games From Falls Winning both games of basketball in the inter-city games with Great Falls last Satruday evening, the Belt Boy Scouts returned home jubilant Sunday and were met at the depot by a large number of their friends to congratulate them. The lightweight game, played between teams weigh ing under 90 pounds to the man, re sulted in a score of 9 to 4 in favor of Belt, while the game between the grade school boys, with no weight limit, was closer, with a 14 to 12 score, the local Scouts gaining the two point lead in the last minute of play. This was a very close and in teresting game throughout and was featured by long shots that resulted in baskets. The Great Falls Scouts played a double header here last month, the teams winning a game each, and the Saturday night games were a return visit. The lineup follows: Lightweights Bell Great Falls Center Lease Forward F orward Coster Byrne Nohl Jewell .Guard Leland Wright E. Furlong Zadick Humphrey Belt substitutes: Remington and Samuelson. Probat was sent in to re lieve Nohl. Field goals; Coster 1, Byrne 2, Probst 1. Lease 1. Free throws: Coster 1, Wright 2. Heavyweights Guard Belt Great Falls .Collins Redding Kirwan Millette Lucker Bo both Vitosky Probst Becker I» patch Center ) Forward Forward Guard Guard Substitutes: Blais for Probst, Sei fert for Collins. Field goals: Boboth 2, Vitosky 4, Redding 2, Millette 1, Seifert 1. Free throws: Boboth 1, Probst 1, Collins 2. Referee, Eddie Mullan. Time-keep ers, Harry Browning, A. Gemberling. Scorekeeper, Joe Schuler. Harry Boyle a Candidate I . CARD OF THANKS , _ t W * a heartfelt ; thanks and aprecration to the many j ■ T* fjî*"' help and sympethy f rTjf, ™ umen« and death of our wio . ,, j «K ANL m K». A. G. HOLLIS AND FAMILY for Unit School Trustee Harry Boyle of the North Willow creek section has filed his petition to become a candidate for the position of trustee of sub-division five of the unit school district. Residents of school district No. 37, believing that it would not only be to their advantage, but to the advantage of all the schools of the sub-division to have a man thor oughly versed in the requirements of the smaller rural schools, circulated the petition for Mr. Boyle and vailed upon him to stand for the elec tion. pre Clark Bumgarner of Fife, is the outgoing trustee in sub-division five, but whether he has decided to run for another term or not is not known. The districts included in sfcb-division five are 8, 9, 10, 11, 24, 37, 40, 43, 46 and 55. Mr. Boyle has been a member of the board of trustees of district No. 37, which until the advent of the unit system, was one of the most success ful of the smaller rural schools in this section, for a number of years, and the standard maintained at that school was greatly owing to his -ability and the time which he g a ve to it* af fairs. It was for this reason that his neighbors prevailed upon him to be come a candidate for the position upsor'"* the unit board cil by a fire department report, rec ommending their removal. The frost gt>ing out of the ground has had the effect of freezing up water mains at several points on the east side of the city, the fire hydrant ! at the Brodie mine, and the one near the Chas. Johnson residence on See ond avenue south, being reported as frozen up. Water Overseer Sommer ville was instructed to make an effort to open these lines, Mayor Spogen reported that the cess pool at the school auditorium was overflowing and that the efforts of Supt. Culver to get it cleaned had iso far beim unavailing. He recom mended that the improvement com mittee have the city teamster attend to the matter and the members of that committee said it would be at-! tended to at once. A motion that the meeting adjourn | for one week until this evening, ai which time the fixing of the salaries, for the coming year will be made a special order of business, was made and carried. It is very probable that some of the salaries which it has not been possible, according to law, to cut heretofore, will be reduced. The report of City Treasurer Provin for the month of January showed the necessity for this action. The report showed that on January 31 there were outstanding warrants against the general fund, out of which the sal ies of the mayor, the health officer and city attorney, should the city em ploy the latter two under salary, aPt paid, amounting to $2,299.09, while there was but $28.07 cash in the fund, The contingent fund, out of which the| treasurer's and clerk's salaries are paid, has an indebtedness in register ed warrants of $1,371.39, with but $3.66 remaining in it. The street fund has registered warrants against it totalling $6,421.86, and cash on hand of $70.28. The police fund, de spite the fact that for nearly two years there has been no regular po lice officer under pay, and only the. police magistrate's salary drawn up on it, still has $534.15 in registered warrants against it. with $96.89 on hand. The other funds, fire, park. water works operation and firemen's disability, are on a cash basis. The| total amount of registered warrants, according to the report, was 111,-1 150.35, and with outstanding bonds and coupon warrants amounting to $72.-, 574.32, makes the total indebtedness of the city $83,724.67. In accordance with a foreclosure complaint filed in the district court by Sarah Connor Buchanan, John Blair Buchanan and Eva Conner Buchanan against A. V. BcVay purchaser of the Buchanan ranch on Willow creek, on which he has built up an excellent herd of purebred Hereford cattle, and J. H. Wngley, alleging that the de fendants have failed to complete pay ment of the purchase price on a 172C j acre ranch on Willow creek, Judge J. ! B. Leslie last Friday appointed C. H. Provin, cashier of the Farmers & Miners State bank of Belt as receiver j of the land and other properties until a decree is handed down by the court. Provin's bonds were fixed at $3,000. The plaintiffs allege that McVay and his wife signed an agreement ! July 16, 1919, to purchase the ranch ( for $44,000. The agreement called for the payment of the amount in annual I installments. The defendants, cording to the complaint, have paid j $13,000 of the purchase price and have defaulted in the payment of taxes on | Provin is Receiver Buchanan Property property. to satisfy an alleged debt of $21,000, sas.^sras»- "s'M *s*ra si' of a receiver, the plaintiffs assert that part of the mortgaged property is of a personal character and that there danger of this property being removed ifaa™ fr Sv^nt , 1m* solvent anq that he has a large num her of unsecured creditors. As a basis fur their fears, the plaintiffs allege Hurt McVay has already sold some of h»s personal property. . W H Reed of Harlem a successful, dry land farmer, will address a sene* of community meetings in the county, beginning tonight at Geyser, it was announced Saturday by L. E. Jones, secretary of the Great Fall* Gommer cial club. Mr. Reed will speak under the auspices of the Montana Develop ment association. ——- : ing dates up to the end of ( ve been arranged for Mr. tc* for Belt. Sand (ouke, ; Stockett and Htgbwood yet remain to the sri. Ttf. Ke«d is on* of the very j few farmer* a'bo have made a success j®* farming the past few years in his home locality, ao speaks from actual experience rather than from book knowledge -— -—- ! The ^ regular monthly meet-n g of the baby elwM will be held at the au ditomun tomorrow, March 24. i || Harlem Mae to Speak Here Soon on Dry Form Topics; arch , but V'-W*. ] Spring Fiction ■ m & ¥ 1*| wir ^ . B E P* ~^i.. . II Jr** ' I '*\ ]|| 1 ' ' " ...■ ' ...— - - - ■ • ■ '* * M* as * » ** . ||IT|pr|f)Qn I ûflflflll pilÜfifHtünO I.IIOOtO fllllwl lUull kUcLiUll LlllliLlllUllO wUOUlU ® ® - M ft lrn n . 1} „ „ f n I J- j Ai * a fin 11111 9ill / rillflll X ullTlQ 91| Il 111|10l"TO llll Ul ^ulllCaU HUH U mIIIIII QHII vUJwV 10 - • f pp i Kg' h * gïSJjfSs $ goto frQ 1 ï I //. f*j Cù 3 m " was 8 muc h clearer conception 8 8 deeper interest in the aim* and; | P0* ,c,e8 °* the American Legion, that ! BCOTe or more of business men or ! Belt gained by attendance at the open | a *' e F Post, No. 101. i , „ last Thursday evening at the K. p ' c ] ub rooI p- By the strajghtfor | wa ^d statements ox Adjutant GraytMU ! anc * Kx-commander Healey touching u P t>n 'oral and national matter* in y , " 1C8 , e '-< e K ,on as an organisant)* bave taken an active interest theevery Guence of the body of young men who P roved the,r patriotism by personal 8t?r y lce to their country in its time of 18 an ea ? 1 ? recognized netur ln . j u 5f °* tbe nation. All un 8' enn 8 doubts as to the sincerity of i P ur Pos* in directing their activities i t,,waPC ' t"*. higher ideals of citisun !* hl P are d "P®»«*. and the assomp : ^ ,on may be safely carried that the io c ? post has the wholehearted support | , ,. e c, rizens who enjoyed their hos _ ; p a j' UPe of the City lighting Sjr# tem ; whl!e Probably curtailing the at I ter >dance to some extent, did not dig tract from the interest of the occasteÜ, and the guests did full justice to the refreshments provided under diffi culties. The session was opened by Commander King, who made a brief introductory talk, and was followed ! by Adjutant Graybill who outlined j the intentions and purposes by which the Legion came to be. and gave also ■faKrief resume of the national, state and local achievements of the organ ization following with an outline of what they hoped to do in the future, Mr. Graybill's talk was clear and lucid and cleared away the obscure and mis conceived ideas of some of his listen era. Mr. Graybill called special at tention to the non-partisan attitude of the Legion in political affairs. Ex-Commander J. P. Healey then read a paper on the adjusted compen sation measure which is now engaging the attention of congress and is the measure aproved by the Legion. The bill offers the soldier his op tion of any one of the five following provisions for compenÄtion: (I) Adjusted pay for the term of service put in; (2) a paid up 20-year insur jance policy; (3) expenses paid for a course in vocational training; (4) a loan for the purchase of a home or (farm; (6) application of a man's ad justed pay on the purchase of gov ac-jernment improved land. The adjusted pay is to be set at the rate of $1 per day for home ser-1 vice and $1.25 per day for service I . • Il I Assessors Lowering Val uations, on Farms Mostly - gasinir his statement on 1922 as «essmênt liai returoed tohLoff ire " ^ay that lower valuations were placed on- all classes of real and , r rt ar ;„m a ..nnti»« who ^ "SÂTSTfiraî e al ^""^^'rderabTv lowerthlnlast year narticulariv in retrard t/i farm lands Sr» 4 j;sr. ee„. auction -Wre condition, no, . .... ... . . A ^fl 80r u Màdy MHJ th f goal being sought by his men was a fair andequit, able scale of valuations which wdl serve as a "hub on which future a»-; sesamen ts can be determined. Values could then be lowered from that scale or increased in accordance with condi tion*. according to Mr. Mady Field men covering the rural dis triets of the county are being delayed in their operations because of the ai most impqpaable road*. Unlike other years, they are unable to uw* an auto* mobile and have been doing most of their traveling by horseback As resaor Mady mid it would require a longer period this year to complete the assessment work. Schuyler Arm strong, who'Is covering the country district* in this part of the county, de tayed starting out until the first <rf this week heraus« of the road condi- j lions, and is haring difficulties in sc- j rompHahing anything hi lh* wtlyng datrlete. rant. overseas. The face value of the life Insurance policy offered is to be 3.88! times the amount that would be re-I ceived by the same man as adjusted pay. His vocational training aid or farm or home loan would be 140 per cent of what he would receive in cash, Mr. Graybill also stated that the lo cal post has been called upon to join in the national census of veterans of the World war, conducting a house-to boost and a farm-to-farm canvass of city block and township in the »country. Every veteran will be inter. viewed, asked 48 questions and his answers recorded. When the national census is com plete, national headquarters of the Legion expect to have a concise and complete record of every man and wo man who was in the service. This rec ord will be invaluable to the legion in prosecuting its fight for the disabled and for all classes of veterans who have unsettled claims or adjustments to make with the government. Every veteran will be asked if he was wounded or gassed or injured by accident, if his health was impaired In *n> v«y 'while he was in the Tmrvlc«,i and if he received satisfactory med icai treatment and compensation, The recording of what choice each veteran will take under the five alter natives provided for in the adjusted compensation bill will be a result of the census. This question is to be asked of every ex-soldier in the com murrity. Severny of the guests were then called upon by Commander King, all responding in more or less extended remarks of an impromptu character. Geo. W. Merkle, after eulogizing the ex-soldier in a graceful manner, call-j ed attention to the fact that although the Legion as an organization might with propriety refuse to mix in par tiaan politics, he felt it was their duty to work unitedly in a just cause af feeling the welfare of the community, j county, state or nation, even though j the question at issue were political in ! nature j Talks were also made by Judge Hackshaw, Wm. Brodie, J. W Inland, J. P. Healey. R H. Bemis, J. B. Dens-! more and others. A short program j which had been planned for the even-! ing was omitted as the candles pro- ! vided for the occasion gave insuffi-1 cient lightfor the stunts contemplated, After a final passing around of theap plea and doughnuts, Commander King expressed the appreciation of the post for the presence of the guests, and then adjourned the session. n -------r-rr--when .< • _ . , .. "Truth in Fabric" Bill Petition Filed in County - » i, , , . It. . . A,kmK f ° r " ubm,M »° n , the V " U ' M at the coming general election in November of an initiative measure re quiring the labeling of all cloth, fabric „„a . / i as of v,r ^ n WO ° l manu ' ' factnr< ' or otherwise, a petition carry the names of 33 C ascade county sheepmen and farmers' was filed in the, äwä <" The petition recalls the "Truth in Falnrfc" bill, which was defeated in the ^ ieMJon q{ th<> >uu legislature. ,^ meaÄim , whlch the petitioners hop« to enact by the vote of the pen p j e> wou i(j ma ^.. jt a misdemeanor for' ,, ny U) apparel without haring it labeled as U* whether it i* „II wool, part wool or haring no wool content Violation of the proposed law yrould bring a fine of not less than $26 or more t han $300 If the measure is placed before the people and approved, it would become effect ive Mmrch 1, 1923 Caonty Clerk verify the figures and then forward the petition to the office of Secretary of the State GHarles T Stewart, It ia miM that other petitions of the same. character are in circulation in other parts of the state. The petitions must hare « certain percentage of electors who voted in the last election before the measure can be placed before the people of the state Moran expect* I But Little Interest Being Shown in Coming School and City Election Very little interest is being shown either in the school election, which comes a week from Saturday. April 1—all fool's day—or in the municipal election on Monday, April 3. C. H. Pcovin and Fred Burrows are the members of the present board of trustees of school district No. 29 j whose terms expire this year, and jboth have expressed their willingness j to serve again in case there are no I others who desire the positions. Both realize that it is a thankless job, and one which under the present financial conditions of the various school dis triets Is going to require even more of their time than in the past. Mr. Burrows is the only member of the board living in the western part of the district, and there has always ibeen a feeling that the section should j have representation on the board, so it (is probable that he will have no oppo sition, and the same will probably be true of Mr Provin, there being few who are willing to serve and none who would want to make a race for the place. For the cit V offices, while there have been some name* mentioned, no one ha* definitely announced hi* can. Hidacy with the exception of Mayor Spogen, who is seeking a sixth sue cessive term to that office. There is a rumor about town that should mayor have opposition some dark horse petitions will be filed with re-I idea of breaking up the opposition ■ vote. C. H. Provin, present city treas urer, has signified his willingness | accept another term, though he perfectly willing to retire if there anyone who wants the office. D. i Sullivan, present police magistrate, Ur also understood to be a receptive j candidate for re-election, and so of there are no avowed opponents j any of these throe office*. It is ex ! peeled that the salaries for theae three offices for the coming year will be fixed at tonight's session the city council and the results this may make some difference in the desirability of the positions, One alderman from each w%rd also to be elected, Phil Leveille retir ing from the first, S. A. Remington j the third. Mr, Leveille has announced ! that he will not stand for re-election, and while Mr. Remington and Mr. j Millard have not definitely declared ! Ithems^lves, it is known that both would prefer U> retire and have some 0 «e else fill the position*. There j ' j j j ! ( p, J. "Pat" Hughes, a nephew of ! Mrs. John Epperson of this city and ! half brother of Mrs, J. J. Dockery I Hamilton, and some 16 years ago an employee of the Belt Valley Times, f or few months and known to many here, was shot at Cascade Monday j afternoon by Pred Marcoux, a for. I mer hotel proprietor of that town, j H e was the first white child born in j Great Fails. Hughes for a year or j mot* past has been cashier of the ! Stockmen's bank at Cascade and the j trouble that led to the shooting arose lover money matters. Marcoox, after »hooting Hughes in the intestines, the bullet lodging outside the left hip j bone^ shot himself, dying instantly. Marcoux had gone to the bank to ! Hughes about obtaining some money, remarking to an acquaintance that ne expected to get it or "know the reason why." He appeared to be under the influence of liquor and Mr. Hughes was heard by a couple of pa-1 irons in the bank at the tim« to order] ^im to leave several timek, and it in the second and H. W. Millard Former Times Man Shot at Cascade n Hughes started toward Marcoux evidently with the intention of eject ; Tzxrz ... Great Fall* and placed in the Deacon e ** ho*pital, suffering intense pain and bleeding profusely, and was un ; conscious. No effort was made to re move the bullet. Little hope for his re^.very ■» entertained. Marcoux* body was taken to the ] George undertaking rooms in Great j i f alls and held for word from rela lives. He is said to have a wife re siding in Seattle and other relatives •• ,nd g,tk - LSglOR W0«8R lO MM) tO r — * ... .. . FOFffl Id AliXI âfY MCtl. 31 ' - All women eligible for membership in the Woman's Auxiliary of the Am erican Legion are requested to attend > meeting to be held at the K. of P. club room* on Friday March 81, at 2l30 p. m,. for the purpose of effect. in »f organization. All mothers, wives, daughters and sisters of veteran* of the world berahip. In the action of the Stoskrnen's Na tionai bank of Raynesford against George Hay. the motion of defendant for change of venue was granted by lodge J. B. Leslie in the district court Friday morning, snd the case trans ferred to the Judith Basin county dls war are eligible for mem tojCHANTH CHANGE VENUE IN G BORGE HAY CASE tnct court. has been no definite announcement of candidates for any of- the places though several names have been men ttoned as possible candidates. There remains one week from this (Thura day) midnight in which to file pe tirions to place names on the ballot for city offices and it is probable th«* before that time there will be suffi, cient interest taken in the matter to at least have one full ticket in the field. - J. J. KELLEHER NAMED BRO THKR'S ADMINISTRATOR - Jeremiah J. Kelleher of Monarch, a brother, was appointed administrator of the estate of Daniel Kelleher by Judge J B. Leslie Saturday. His pe tition for letters of administration was opposed by one asking for the appointment of Robert Crowley, a Great Falls attorney. Kelleher left an estate valued in excess of $12,000. Eleven brother* and sister*, the ma jority of whom live in Ireland, are heir* at law of the estate, Judge Leslie appointed Alfred Brown, Omar Malcolm and Sam Stephenson, all of Great Pall*, ap praisers of the estate, and 8. J. Doyle, also of Great Falls, waa »elected as an additional appraiser for inheri» the tance tax purposes, to is is E. of of is a j m«nt. i Hog Experiments Profit Local Folks The hog markets of both the east and west have shown mocb strength and stability for the past few months and many farmer» who elected to stick to the business of hog raising are beginning to realise upon the wis dom of their course. Tne trend the market seems to be toward the coarser type of big bone and frame, as the demand for tbta type is regard ed as a permanent one. Expert ob server* base this tendency to the in creasing use of vegetable oils in the household in preference to lard, and predict that the fat and chunky type of hog "will be practically extinct in a few more year*. Belt Valley farmers in a few in> stances have been e hog feeding and find to be gained with feeder* at the pr«a> «nt martlet. A. 1. Crary of the Valley Livestock company has been doing some feeding this winter usin corn and skim milk, pigs December 1st, weighing 68 pounds each for $78.00, bought $37,00 worth of corn. Then be soW four of the original on March 7 for $72.00, average weight 160 pounds, and still has some corn left and eight pigs, Boyle Land company of Box Elder has secured s phenomenal gain on a lot of 37 hogs by feeding wheat. Be low are some figures which give the facts: Avgrage weight at start of feeding period 164 pounds. Average weight at close of feeding period ZIP -pounds. Average net gain 66 pounds. Feed period was 37 days, Average gain per day 2.41 pounds. Average cost for feed per day per hog 18.7c. Gross return per day 19.28c. Net re turn per day 6.59c. The wheat fed was not ground. The quality was such that it would prob ably have been taken for feed wheat at the elevator because of smut and dockage 70c per bushel was the price charged against the hogs. Be sides marketing the wheat to an ad vantage, a neat net gain of $2.06 pw day was the result of this experi of in xparimenting in tlvîre is a profit Belt a He bought Give Birthday Party Fri or of the 27th birthday of John Mar quardt. Guests to the number of iA were Pment «,d enjoyed a session of 800 in which Mrs. Fred Sieghnff j and Hilmer Dahl proved their superior skill by winning the first prize*. Miss Alke Beaudry oust rated inferior skill or possibly ts . impromptu natora by some of th* talent «* Miss Nellie Klimas and L.uise Ldchray favored the com pany with vocal solos. Misses Blck ford and Knutson with a duet. Mrs. Siegling and Miss Besudry a duet in French, a violin solo by Miss Beau dry and a whistling solo by Mrs. CuL day for John Marquardt At the Henry Morrow home Satur day evening, Mrs. Maud Appleyarjf, assisted by Mr*. Morrow, Mr*. Culver and Mrs. McCoy entertained in hon and Wm. Snooks dem ver. The guests present were Misses Pearl Marquardt- Thea Knutson, Lou is«' Bickford, Louise Lochray, Alles t» Nellie Klimas, Shroeder, hannon. Hazel Bowman and Messrs. John Msr ;jr Johnson, Hilmer Dufai, Muk. 'Arthur 8 — t a e l s o ft, laglnig. Lorn« McCeofcey, psrton. Shannon and Arne udry<. Pearl SI Pauline Yurko. William Herbert Sidney 1 Bakko. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Siegling, Mr and Mr*. Sam Wilson Bea Ben Kennedy adf the Ml 8srtnn company has rae sd ve d «a Intern«triwsl track which win be used i the stoSwU implement business