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A, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1924.
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VOLUME THIRTY.
$2.00 PER YEAR Bf ADV ANC»
NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN.
BELT, MO)
GEORGE LESTER
DIES SUDDENLY
George Lescanets dropped dead
heart failure in his home near the
park at shortly after 11:80 Wednesday
afternoon. He had been around
usual and was {»«paring t© go down
town. Mrs. Leacanetz went to Vele
bér's shop after meat and when she
returned home found her husband ly
ing dead on the floor. She was fran
tic with grief and summoned neigh
bors. An attempt was made to revive
Mr. Lescanetz but life had fled. Be
cause of her condition very little
be learned of the early life of the de
ceased. What has been learned is in
substance; Mr. Lescanetz, or Lester,
*s he was more often called, came to
Anaconda in 1888, moving from there
to Great Falls where for a few years
he worked in a butcher shop and ran
« saloon. In 1894 he brought his fam
ily to Belt and built a two-story build
ing across the street from N. H.
Browning's garage. On the lower
floor of this building he ran a saloon
and eating house for several years.
For the last few yeah he has been en
gaged in ranching just north of Little
Belt. The couple had 10 children,
eight boys and two girls, of whom the
younger ones were born in Belt
The two girls died in Belt and are
buried here. The sons grow to man
hood and sought other locations. John,
the eldest, is in St Louis; Rudolph,
Anthony, George, Will and Edward
are in California; Frank is in Marsh
field, Wis„ and Louis is believed to
be m the middle west.
Tie family have lived here so many
years that they are known to every
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with the bereaved wife. Telegrams
have been sent to all the boys and
funeral arrangements can not be
completed until replies have been re
ceived.
EMPLOYERS MUST GIVE
INFORMATION
C. A. Rasmussen, collector of inter
nal revenue for the district of Mon
tana, calls the attention of all em
ployer» to their obligation, under the
law, to file with the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue at Washington on or
before March 16, information returns.
These returns are prepared on Forms
1099 and 1096 and must be filed by
every individual, firm, corporation,
partnership, receiver, trustee, execu
tor, administrator, and employer, who,
during the year 1923, paid out sal
aries, commissions, rent, royalties or
other fixed and determinable gains in
amounts of $1,000 or more to any one
individual. These information returns
are entirely distinct from income re
turns, and must be filed even though
the employer is not liable for the fil
ing of a return within the meaning of
the regulations.
No extension of time can be grant
ed by the collector for the filing of
iformation returns.
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MONARCH
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Roy Benson came in from his ranch
at Nason Tuesday.
Mrs. F. P. Boulais left fear Great
Falls Monday where she will visit her
daughter, Mrs. David Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Thornquist
were business and pleasure visitors in
town Sunday. Mr. Thorpquist was
arranging his hauling outfit and track
for its removal to the Dyke.
Thomas Weiten left for Hariowton
Monday where he will join his family
He has been here the past several
weeks baling and hauling his hay.
Mr. Vaughan Rhys was * business
visitor hei« Saturday from Monarch.
from Groat Falls
for a short visit with relatives. She
over on her
eenaaateu h e »'4 d w m4 i r ~ to Neihart on
Monday
Ray Wolf visited a few days here
on his return from Geraldine where
he was a business visitor. He sccom-1
panted the Thornquists home Sunday.;
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson and son j
Fsrriast motored over to Denton Sat
urday where they visited Mr. John
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Edith Broker has been nek for th*
post week but is now much better.
Call for Leo
Belt, Mont., Feb. 27, 1924.
Editor Belt Valley Times.
Dear Sira
In your last week's paper I
noticed an article saying that a
number of school districts had
closed on account of lack of
funds, and among them was
School District No. 68 which
closed for lack of pupils, "not
funds."
I do not know why the other
districts closed, but I hope the
mistake about District No. 68 is
made right.
Yours truly,
Harry T. Stong, Pastor.
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, mem
bership roil call and the administer
ing of the sacrament of the Lord's
supper. Every member asked to be
present. The sermon will be deliv
ered by Rev. Jesse Bunch, district su
perintendent, who will hold the Sec
ond Quarterly Conference immediate
ly after the service.
Sunday evening at 7:80 an illus
trated lecture on Italy. This is a very
fine set of slides- _
Thursday evening at 7:30 prayer
service.
Choir practice Saturday evening.
Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
Junior League at 8. The Juniors
will not forget the party at the Finn
Hall this Saturday evening from 5 tiji
Arthur Beckstrom,
Trustee.
Methodist Church
o'clock.
Epworth League at 6.:80.
Arrangements are being made to
have a basketball tournament, swim
ming contests, etc., at Great Falls on
Saturday, March 8th for the boys who
are under the leadership of Methodist
pastors at Fort Benton, Cascade, Belt,
Choteau and Belt This promises' to
a great day for the boys.
and Indolence are cronies
that are never on friendly terms with
those inseparable pals, Hard Work and
Success.''
Public Baseball Meeting at K- of P.
Hall Saturday night at 7:80. *-
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES.
(From the Anaconda Standard)
The presidential primaries are
not far away. Alabama and
New Hampshire will start the
ball rolling on March 11. North
Dakota will hold her primaries
on March 18, and South Dakota
hers on March 26. South Da
ket* has already in a way com
mitted herself to Coolidge as the
republican candidate and Mc
Adoo as the democratic, but the
people, will have an opportunity
to endorse or repudiate these
selections. Wisconsin will fol
low on April 1. Michigan will
vote on April 7, and both Illi
nois and Nebraska will choose
their delegates on the 8th. Other
presidential primaries in April
will be 1 those of New Jersey on
the 22nd and Ohio on the 29th.
In May will come California, In
diana, Maryland, Oregon,'Penn
sylvania, West Virginia and
Montana. Montana's primary
on May 27 will be the last but
one. North Carolina patting
hers off till June 7. In Arkan
sas, Arizona, Louisiana and
Washington the delegate« will
be choeen by the respective state
committees. In all the other
states state conventions will be
held to choose delegates «nd al
ternates to the national conven
tions.
Four yearn ago the lack of
uniformity In presidential pri
maries gave rise to some curi
ous phenomina and there was
much earnest talk of national
legislation on the subject with a
view to holding all such primar
ies on the same day and under
the same roles of procedure.
This year there are fewer men
of large wealth among the can.
didates and no great amount of
excitement is expected.
DIG SRNOYRINS
DISTRIC TITLE
As noted in last
high school team i
trance to the Nori
Times, th*
hurried
riBtnct toar
Centervilto's
nament at Havre,
place.
Their first opponAs were the
Shelby team. If the) lied won thl*
they would have had {day the Ot.
Palis team next and l dem third.
Not considering th i capable
getting far against th
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the tournament it se «ed wisest to
ose the first game uch they d!4
But they met a Tart* in th« Teton
County high school aif lost the gam#
31 to 19. thus being ti
further play. The bqi
see the rest of the touts men t and ro
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The most of the teas arrived homo
°n Sunday's 44, although a few of the
boys visited friends md came home
Tie Shelby game malted la • Tie
toI T for Shelby by a «ore of 10 to 1
Tie tournament w* won by Big
Sandy, Great Galls smonri ami Har?
k m third.
Big Sandy and Great Palls will be
the representatives of thia district at
the state tournament in Bozeman neat
week while Harlem plays Butte an
Saturday night at Anaconda to see
which team will make the l«th team |
*t Bozeman. It was previously sa
nounced that the fourth team in ti«
Mining district should play the third
*•»» 1" the Northern district, the wfe
ner having the privilege of attorn
the tournament.
The Harlem team is light but fast.
Their defeat by Great Palls was not
decisive but still the odds are appar
ently in favor of Butte since the Har
lem boys are compelled to make a long
hard railroad trip before the game.
Notwithstanding all thia, the sympa
thies of th« teams in this locality are
with Harlem.
best teams
mated from
remained to
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DEAD" VETEDAN FILES CLAIM
Arthur Frazier, also known as
Arthur Green Littleswift, of South
_f
October «. 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne
offensive. This was confirmed by
sergeant of Company B, 28th Infan
try, who stated in a letter to Charles
Frazier, Arthur's father, that he was
eye witness to the death of Arthur
Frazier. In this letter he stated that
Arthur Frazier was killed by shell
fire on October 6. 1918, about three
kilos out of Exermont, France. A let
1er which was sent to Arthur by bis
father was returned to Charles Frazier
marked "Killed in action October 10"
and verified by a lieutenant of Com
pany B, 28th Infantry. On Septem
her 10, 1921, a body was shipped to
his family as that of Arthur Frazier,
their son. This body was buried at
Niobrara. Nebraska, with full mili
tary honors and the American Legion
post at St. Chartee, South Dakota, was
named in honor of this Indian hero.
the in
Dakota, soldier of Indian parentage
w«s cited among those killed in action
an
troop D of the First South Dskote
Cavalry, on April 4, 1917. On August
6, 1917, he was discharged from his
organization to enter service in the
United States Army. He was on the
Mexican border service on June 11,
1918, «s a member of Company D,
136th Infantry, which was then sta
tioned at Camp Cody, New Mexico,
Letters written by him to his mother
end now in her possession, show that
daring July and Avgust, 1918, be was
with the A. E. F. Company B, 28th
Infantry.
The Adjutant General's office,
Waldington, D. C-, under date of Feb
ruary «, 1919, informe dH f* . F r a il e r,
reported seriously wounded in the kft
foot and was being treated hi Base
his mother, that her son previously
reported missing in action wa« then
Hospital No. 69, A- E. F., October 29,
1918. Several year» then slipped by
and nothing more was beard to
up the contradictory reports of this
case until the fall of 1928, when « Mr,
Lessert of Martin, South Dakota,
whose brother had been reported raise
ing In action, heard of an Indian ser
▼toe boy who waa being eared for bp
TOWN 5 BESTS
BUICKS 29 TO 21
The Buicks of Great Falla were de
feated in the game on the local floor
Friday night by a score of 29 to 21
before s good crowd. The game was
fast and for the most part cleanly
played. Clark Grady of Great Falls
refereed in an impartial manner end
received the approval of the fans hi
pH his decisions.
, The Buicks played a gentlemanly
game and had the crowd with them
during the second half. An exhlbi
%| 0 n of temper on the part of one of
Belt players did not meet the ap
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jLTTbSr.l.i.'rzff.rs
mt untatentionil .nd th.
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*"• l°«*'s to • standstill and
was called to give them a chance
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Silsby replaced Lease in this half
• nd * did • ome ****7 Goorwork that
«»de the Belt guards stick a little
closer to home.
Oossack and Fluhr were unable to
find the basket consistently while Bill
Bobber dropped into the scoring col
umn with six points.
At the end of the first half Bett
led 15 to 8. At the end of the third
quarter tile score sms nearly a ti* hut
Belt came back and in the half got
14 pointa to the Butck's 18.
Beit (29)
provsl of the crowd who from »that
time on almost wished for the Buicks
1 » win.
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During the second half the visitors
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ttener (15)
MUka tawwemi
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......... Lease
Left Forward
Fluhr (4)
Dunwiddie (1)
Center
Gillette
Doran (8)
Right Guard
..... Murphy (f>)
Hnbber (6) _
Substitutes—Silsby (2) for Lease.
Referee—Clark Grady, Great Fall*.
the American Legion at Ponca City,
Oklahoma. Mr. Lesaert immediately
went down to see If this was his bro
ther and recognized this boy as the
Frazier boy, and notified his parents.
Photographs of Arthur were then sent
to hla parente who felt sure that it
was their son, and immediately went
to Ponca City and identified him and
returned with him to hie home at
Winner, South Dakota, November 20,
1923. Mr. Frizier is suffering from
what the medical profesaion calls
amnesia, or almost a complete loss of
memory due to severe shock. He has
I"*' 'he of hi* left arm. The
unusualness of this case is of interest
to medical men, and also goes to show
that ultimately the U. S. Veteran«'
Bureau finds all who are entitled to!
H» assistance.
Soon after this man returned home,
or November 21, 1928, he and his fsm
«F were interviewed by the members
of the squad who were checking up
Indian claims in South Dakota. This
»Quad consisted of two doctors and a
««Id representative, who gave him a
complete examination and filed
claim for compensation under his cor
rect name. This was necessary as the
claim filed in Oklahoma by th# Amer
ican Legion was filed under an as
sumed name, due to the fact that he
did not know his correct name. The
wanderings of this service man since
the time he came out of the army,
covers a good part of the U" ited
States. It is known that he has been
in Arizona, and Oklahoma. He does.
not remember being discharged from
the army, nor where he has been. He
has also forgotten how to read and
write, although he was s high school,
j gradua t e u n h i s e ntr y into the service,
He recognizes his old friends and fain
ily only by their nicknames. How
ever, he does remember that while in
the hospital in France, he was
informed that he had been buried by
(«hell fire for about six hours before
clear.being rescued. He also remembers
that he vu in some army hospital
(presumably in France) on the day
the armistice was signed, because
there was lots of excitement and some
one told him that th« reason for this
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was that "the war is over."
MISS MAMIE BYRNE VISITS
HOME POLKS. LEAVES TODAY
Miu Mamie Byrne of Seattle has
been at home visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Byrne, for the past 10
days. She returns to Seattle today
where she will resume her duties as
secretary to the president of the
Northern Life Insurance company.
She is looking well and enjoys her
work immensely. She graduated from
the local high.school with the class of
1918 in the commercial course.
She was unable to visit home dur
ing the holidays owing to the fact that
this is the busy season in the insur
ance business.
Woods Buys Bull
H. E. Woods, Jersey Breeder and
dairyman »t tile month of Little Boh,
received by express a woek ago » new
bull for his herd of ninety Jerseys.
The old bull with which he iron the
state championship some year* ago,
he has disposed of to N. T. Wilson.
The new comer's name is Silver
Bells Kamak Boy, His sirs was Lady
Compass Karnak Boy and his dam
was Silver Bel) of Oak Grove.
Archie MeKillop A Son of Hamil
ton were the breeders who sold the
animal to Mr. Wood.
Kamak Boy's record so far is a»
follows; Dropped Dec. 1921. Sept.
1922, won first prise at Ravalli Coun
ty fair; Sept. 1*23, won first prise at
Ravalli County fuir; Sept. 1921, won
first prise at Montana State fuir.
Mr. Weed has made an enviable
success es s dairyman. Ha has ■ herd
of ninety purebred Jerseys of which
he has forty head of milk stock. One
heifer this year has produced forty
pounds of milk a day, and of sU those
tested the amount of steam has «*.
ietered between five per cent and 6.8
per cent
The place at the mouth of Little
Belt is ideal for a dairy ranch and any
warm day the bunch of cattle, which
show their blue blood in every Hue,
may be seen grating in the pasture*.
Besides being a satisfaction to their
owner, they are a credit to the Belt
TOWN TEAM BOWS TO HAVRB
The town team returned on Wed
nesday morning from a trip to Havre
where on Tuesday evening they played
the Havre All Stars. Although de
feated 61 to 21, the men enjoyed the
trip and the opportunity to meet
real team. The height of the individ
ual members of the Havre team,
coupled with their uncanny- ability to
find the hoop spelled defeat for Belt.
The Havre aggregation will lake part
in the national tournament in Kansas
City early next month after which It
is possible that a return game may be
secured for the Belt floor.
1 The expense of »uch a game will be
iconsiderable and the hearty support
the townspeople wîfî be necessary.
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pQ^LTRY MEETING YESTERDAY
room
we „ attended by po altry f, nc iers and
^, hoo j students. Quite a fine
d , , f ow i B WBI grouped «round
^ r0 ^ m
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Wednesday afternoon a poultry
meeting was held in the agricultural
at the high school which was
Am the
of bjrda >howT) were . Ted wynegar.
gjhrer Jjʀ9d Wyandrt tes- Fred Bar
row> Columbian Wyandotte«;
Brab j er BrOW „ Leghorns; Jude Hub
^ Uffat Brahmas; John Jeffries,
ßarred pj ymout h Rocks; John Dolln,
Orpingtons and Silver Laced
j Wyan dottea; Frank Horan, Rhode
Ia , and Herbert Barber, Buff
Orpingtons; Gas Probst, White Leg
| horn# . w H p or ter, Barred Plymouth
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Mat Richardson and Shelby Good
man, administrators of the Goodman
estate, recently sold to the A. C. M.
company the standing timber from the
Illinois *nd Hunter raining claims on
Carpenter creek. The timber is one
of tbs finest stands of lodge pole pine
to be fonaä anywhere and the cOMld
B
«ration named was $6000-00. These
claims were owned by the late George
Goodman and Mat Richardson. The
claims are patented and were not in
eluded in the sale. They are in the
vicinity of the Silver Dyke. The t» n >'
her will be used about the works of
the Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
sas
STATE REVIEW
OF INDUSTRY
inefficiency In high
«*
sitioas simply emphasise
recognition of faithful publie
and for tax reduction. Uatiasited
funds cause
He expenditures.
CULBERTSON—Corn acreage to
Roosevelt county developed to a very
high degree.
BUTTE—Metals Bank A Trust Oa.
gains lurga depepit since doom ro
Montana to get 964.889 federal aM
for road construction.
HELENA — The Industrial
source booklet for Montana,
ing of 171 pegsa, wsü lllustratoA
which was «ont pi led by Ckeri e e Ik
Greenfield. Jr., now being distributed.
HAVRE—Great Northern
will spend approximately $1369366
on the Montana division, which en
tends from WilUston, N. D. to 096
Bank, this coming summer.
During month of December, 1988,
148369.76 barrels of oil receiv ed by
pipe line eompeniee opens ting hi 096
Creek and Kevin-Sunburst ftebto.
while shipments from thorn two
during month aggregated 182391-6*
barrels.
BUTTE .Anaconda Cupper
company launcheg enlarged dsretep
»sent program «hat Involves »'mkim
mors than 4.008 fast new end
ttonal shafts In six largest mines an
Butte hill.
Bite on Flathead river where
8*0 tort hifb would icreate a tm
with capacity of 1386.996
and produce 90,000 horse power
been surveyed by U. 8. geological
HARDIN—Carload shipment* tor
year 1928 touted 1360 ear» Ite ate ,
car*; cattle, 389 ear»; wheat
oars; honey, 8 ears; beans, 8 earo;
sheep, 7 can; horses, 6 ears; hog*, t
cars; miscellaneous, SO ears. Tan
alfalfa seed grown in Big Horn
■hipped from other points.
LEWI8TOWN — Government re
ceives $281.198.18 royally oil receipto
from operations in Cat Creek for p«6
year.
GREAT FALLS—All »unburst
oline now steam distilled, according to
H. H. Rathvbn, Superintendent of
refinery of Sunburst c om p an y ■
&
A increase of 100 per cent in earn
acreage is anticipated this year in the
Simms district.
LEWI8TOWN—Beef cattle ship
ments from Montana to marketing
points outside state during year 16»
greatly in excess of normal yearly
shipments and nearly 100300 head la
excess of shipments for year 1922.
During the test six years. Groat
Northern trains carried 47329JMI
passengers an average of 86 mSm
each without a single fatality. Tfcte
is an aggregate passenger
of 4312328377 mites.
DILLON—Bean raising to be givaa
trial on Beaverhead valley and hmek
lands this summer.
NEIHART—Vein carrying ore «J»
to «22.2 ounces silver and $46930 in
gold to ton uncovered In 80-foot win*
sunk in lower tunnel of l*y»om
being
Skero lease on Big Seren group.
SINGLING—Meagher is second ed
all counties in state in number sheep
within its borders, being credited with
128389 head.
LIVINGSTON—Plans for expendi
ture of $800300 in Livingston by nor
thern Pacific railway company in eon
struction of new boiler shop and en
largement of machine shop announced.
$2,600,000 expended in Montana
year on highway construction.
.GREAT FALLS—Hock for wearing
surface and sand for body of Larren
ite bitnlitbie paving on Central arena*
will be shipped from Tin linger ranch
near Hardy. ' ....
BAKER.—New buauteas firm The
Golden Rule store, to locate hero
WHITEHALL—What Montana
will produce is illustrated in
ence of local fa rme r whose product*»»
of vegetables netted him $268.96 trem
single acre garden ground during rea
son of 1928.
GREAT FALLS—Total of llgm
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of Union and foreign eeaatetea.
made ore of temp on Einr ? ««*
during 1923.