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VOLUME THIRTY -ONE. NUMBER 25.
YEAR IN ADVANCE
Y DECEMBER L 1924.
BELT, MONTANA.
$ZM
MBS ASSESS
SMALL ACCOUNTS
Order Effective December 1st, to Bf
Cheeking accounts that do not carry
an average balance of |100 will be as
60 cents s month, effective
Dec. I, by all banks which ere mem
bers of the Cheat Palte Clearing House
the association ere the First National,
Great Falls Nstionai and Labor Na
association, according to an announce
ment teased Saturday. Members of
tioaal banks and the Conrad Banking
company.
Announcement of the policy was
accompanied by s statement in which
said that a study of method*
it
to
the
local association, has led to
this stop, "in curbing the steadily to
■of
ing balancée in chocking accounts.
to
continues;
to
the
survey of this
by toe clearing bouse
of th« American Rankers' as
« ha* been detwaiioed p>
it seat* about 8 1-2 cents evury
te paid by the bank handling
the account. Local members of the
association have been feeing the Same
problem here. It has proved to be an
, and the
service charge eliminated ft.
In many instances it has also had the
effect of increasing the current tod
ance* of many customers, who other
wise paid little attention to their bal
4
A prepared interview in which an
«r of the association is
with the announce
Is quoted as say
This
Ing that "the
does not raaktoe
a profitable
tikoir stock in tr ad »
or credit.
as the
and the batcher. We are con
wbkb fluctuate from * 2 » to
clerical
Ugh cost ta stationery
amount of,
» Lastly facing a tea# because of
of check» handled daily on ac
oooats running into thousands of dol
banking service poe
F9B DESTROYS .4 BUSINESS
bhlmont.h
HOUSES AT
MONT.
Ryagate, Dee. J.—A disastrous fire
Belmont in th* southeastern
pact of the county about midnight on*
«dap test week, resulting in the total
item ta five
houses including
toe general nmreheudise at Mr. Sas
*y, tile Server
ata two vacant build
During flte fire a heavy wtod blew
fito
to tit by and watch
• pal «■ -1
curried by any ta the
A
toe
ta to»
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te ta «ay ta toe
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fe toe'
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FORMER BELT MAN HONORED
IN HRLBNA.
Henry H. Sauers was elected presi
dent of the Kiwarns club at yester
day's luncheon at the Placer hotel.
Bis election was made unanimous by
motion of J. Victor Kohler, chairman
of the nominating committee which
proposed his name. Norman Win
stine was proposed for vice-president
ami his elactioa, as were the other
officers, made unanimous on motion
of members of the nominating com.
mittee. jack Barker wee re-elected
treasurer, end Hal L. Hart was elect
ed diitrict trustee. The director*
chosen are: L, S. Hasard, Harry
Richter, George Nagle, Harry Dan,
Osear A«^iwn , William C.
and Allan Lemon. The officer* choe
at yesterday's meeting will serve
daring tike year 1086.
Firemen's Carnival
New Year's Eve
Th« Belt Firemen ere once m*r»!»«d
preparing for their annual carnival
which they intend to make bigger m*f
bettor than ever.
The carnival will be betd In the K.
P. hall on New Year's eve and will
as tong sa the
«tor in previous carnivals will be re
will be eMro mated and new
The firemen have a reputation to
maintain. They have never attempt,
ed anything which was net a succès*
and they afetoietennined to make this
the culmination of all their endmv
ors. Bills announcing tike affair are
out and preparation« me to pro gre s s
for the annua! fete. Firemen may be
with titter heads together quit#
often. The committees in charge are
proof concluteve of
The firemen has* decided that it is
bettor to confine their efforts to
t than to attempt to make tired
humanity,
age a second night*» entertainment
Everyone to looking forward wife *s
tietpation to the affair and a«
glad of the fact that in order not t»
miss anything, it wiB not be necessary
to lose two nights' sleep.
POUB HEROIC MINERS ARE
HONORED BT A. C. M. CO.
They Canted
der Ota ta Biasing Underground
Fear Formal Letters
Bach Man With Cheek ter $*.
Edward Farr an, foreman.
Joseph SnQivan, assistent foreman,
John 6 . Downey, shift boas
Den D. Crowley mine rescue fore
ven recently
to tile tafle* ta W, B. Dely,
ta the
ta
from tike
(
to toe tees «f gnat
They
ta
os
ta a
«be MM feta level of the AJMweada
IN
« fir*
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a
utaattof» ta the
fat hi* act of heroism
Mr. and Mm,
ta
:««, w. j.
hmmé ta»* a*T ammmim, -esurauy,
teat bis life m a mte# sccUMit to Ca«
It
be
several months ago.
mw or I
AT FIFE
At Fife Monday evening toe
ers Elevator burned to the gro MB W
through fire probably started friteh
an overhaated stove. The toes is »
timated at 180,000, with |S4.0N8,te
H
"
modern in this section, having *»*«
matte loading mit devices, ||Mh|
The elevator was oat of the nw*t
consisted of s woods» elevator
there were 11,000
while tiie storage tanks were ptne
ally empty
Cart Haigren, the manager ta J
elevator, toft tor Great Faite mm
time about six o'clock, ftsraa**» fa
M
tom
the
on firs
stove
before water tat bucket*
brought, the
top of tike elevator. Ou 1
had
flee eras stiH smetderiag to «tee
to haul erster te a i
to
-it,
T% teiwwMÉa
but the otiy aatesge from
tired» of bushel* of pentood wheat for
chicken feed.
The «levator was largely owned by
ago but
on
the big ranchers nti
been full of grate a
Fife, ft had
*•*»« P* rt of the stored grain had
fortunately been «tipped,
during the period of high prices a
The illumination could be
the
side 0 # Brit and there was
considerable curiosity as to what was
homing. The glare on the sky
«bowed that there was a teg fire in
Great Fall* was burnicg while others
confident that it
farmer
w * ce j"** *»
only a utrawatack which
desired to get «ta of tiw way.
NELSON
vm visits
of the State Nanay and Seed Co. of
Helena, passed through Belt Wedne*
day noon. Be was returning from a,
trip of 7,000 mile« covering the stete
of Montane on which be bad pureha*
ta tor* quantities of tafelfeaesd and
seed com for his company. !
Nelson Graves, former agricultural
ist in the Belt Valley high school, but
He speaks m glowing terms of the
comeback of toe state and predicts s
wonderful
pelted to reach Helena Wednesday
he
in Beit only long
and expressed his
impoasibic for him
for
to stop and visit old friends.
SCHOOL MA'AMS STORM
mi.UHQB BAMBLÄH SHOP
j
m MHHttide, the
Billings.—It te doubtful if even the
by
ta hundred* ta
hern to attend the
as have
ta
«NE. accord
jteg to
'riWretosaori#
have ten oecu
>
jptei by «
of adkoolroom
to*«»
I
ar whatever,
ee jtetepno. or
Tha -
d« fea te
pest pan
ta
<
m to#
, un
ter tike tide of
ag «be test few month*,
feptefey to
*«d mi
jltedfly incres#
teg immtwr-s' tmrmmHon. how- '
felt *«
ta ..fite# rn toe owe safe ;
E be were attending a
mm «fd society
»ort teg ta Ife
TA GLAUS AT
MERKLE'S STORE
to
Lest weak the G. W. Merkte store
hrertised that they would register all
dldren of the age of 18 years and
[under on Friday and Saturday and
fimt on Monday Santo Claus would
Appear on the 4 o'clock train, would
proceed to the Markte store and there
make a «Ht to each child possessing
« registration
Children read the sdvsrtiseimom
,
e !
id all looked forward to
they
g the Tbaadtsgivktor
g that it might snow and die might
unable to return. On Friday and
ay there was a steady stream
youngster* getting registered
to thr««
number
and fifty before the store
I On Monday afternoon
to
to go to the ate
WVWaVQ «I©
slowly move its laggard
I 8:48 by the clock several hundred
waiting expectantly,
ss »ailed in, A è*m
träte No.
hashed Ike little tail as
■ta
of th« red «ait
of the visitor. Tita«
into a roar of ShrtH
ysfl
as be came down the ear «tap*
and ted toe procession down the »toset
to «he Markte store and took hit scat
to toe show window of the dry goods
department.
About 60 children entered the gro
store at a time and filed past
tite vuaerablc visitor who took the
registration card and handed tbs rag
!«tr«ct « sock of candy and nut*.
Unlike the action of voters who os
below 76 per cent in pres
_ » polls, there was s hundred
per cent attendance of chitdran. A
was;toir-tefe» had toiled to register on the:
»Hotted day* were allowed to do *0
il
Shared Sant«'» bounty* A Ham
her of oar grandtetb«-» and grand
were present to snjpy the
THE BIRDS HAVE GONE SOUTH
..
Darin* the oast few months the
grsat annual flights of migratory
birds to the south has taken place.
Tbe tomk of W*I gee* flying by tafl^
mostly was s familiar sound. So the
of great flock* of black
other varieties preparing to
children's fun. It was a gate day for
and withal, good tarer
the
Ms*
*r
1 » occasional bluebird, ow»
will be the only tend bird.
Jim Crow,
or
teft to spend toe winter Utah 0 «. The
. W«
the birds by placing
«Il MF
a Hüte feta where they can get It,)
about the house or shcltwta
1 st the boose eat enjoy
through the window* from
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Heteoe. Nov. »^-Arriving here
iast «jght fro« Greta Falla, Attorney
that he will ap
*
ing
Agg ^AmUtS CORPUS WRIT
FOB BANKER LOCKHART
W. F. Ossuary
pif to toe
corpus for his
fey « writ ta
eftant. L. » Lockhart, who was sen-'been
toaea« hf Judge Le#h# in Great Falk
la a term of one to two
fixed by toe jury
«barge of making
ta toe condition ta
teuton trial, on a.
Eteera State Bank of Sand
jpM«Wiiii tor the writ will be ou
- Loekhsrt ws* not an
ta to«* bank, but merely s di
: —■—*
..
ÜtetofÄ» say there are 16,000 bots
rat people to fifty desdbesU. W»
*■ tiutoties say*
BAND COULE* WILL
HAY* STREET LIGHTS
Resident» of Sand Coulee hew long
realised the deficiency of tfeehr street
lifting eyatem. They here discus»
the matter pro and eon hat found
oat A«t nothing would be (tone nth«
they got together on the proportion.
Tuesday they presented a petition
the board of county commissioners
district be made of the village for the
of installing electric lights.
The Band Coûtes people ask tor twea-,
Ly-six 100 candle power lights and
represent that the cost for potes end
wiring would be about | 6 ©o. Th*
commissioners have not taken up «te
subject yet teat within a tow days
they will doubtless
which will give the Sand Coulee light
STEVENSON FILES LEASES
FOR MM ACRES OF LAND
;
1
Completes Contracte for the Warm
Acreage aad
Total
to
Eleven oil
I I . M I MM ■
tompletiag *11 of te £Ung» of the
w totee structure, were filed in the
office of the county clerk iafasritoy
of tend I« that we
covering «bout Sd*M
having been flfled tws
^
H
to
that drilling has been resumed at the
Ways« wail, work having been
tools could be brought from
Th* tools arrived Saturday, Mr. Ste
Owner» of the land on which leases
were Bled Saturday are Frank Ca
tena, W. E. Abernathy, W. F Shirley.
Valmore Beaudry, Beaudry Brother»,
Isabella Pinlayaon, Jamas F. Irwin,
** mud Joh T"' Thom " F " *** ***
c ^' t ' îw
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FORMER GREAT. FALLS BOY
DIBS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
Portland, Ore., Nor. 28.—Gerald F.
McGowan, son of Mr. and Mn. V. H.
McGowan and brother of Robert and
Gordon, formerly of Highwood, now
,iving ln Port Jand, died Nov. fO, IW4.
at St Vlncant hospital aftor s long
<lln *** H * WM b®"» tn 0/mt Falte,
Nov - 2®. 1S08 Y* 1 « family lived at
Highwood until 1022. They then
^ed to Portland. Gerald spent a
**** in th * «mtbwestern states, then
"turned to Portland. Sic knees over
him te the spring, which con tin
l 4
a °g", ''v
Nor 22 trom the ch " reh « «•
Sacrament_-Trtbane.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
Harry T. Stoog, pastor
Morning worship at 11 o'clock. Ser
mon by the pastor. Subject, "The
Power of toe Gospel."
Evangelistic servie»* at 7:80. Ar
will speak on th« sob
er Substitute."
Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
Junior choir at 2:80.
Epworth League devotional meet-,
ing at 0:80. Laider, Harry T. Stoug.
The Wm-MyChom servi«» ara
sterting off to a way that promt«**
*- Rev. Edwin Dover,
chie Joseelyn
"Genuine
M
Rev. A. C. «now and Guy Rader have
to# speakara this week. Nexi
week we wfll km with oa, lev, Cteo.
Mecklenbeig. Rev. i# sa# Bunch, Rev
E Bltita, and Rev. J. A, Martin. To
be absent from one meeting Is a real
loss to yen. Mooting« each tight at
7J9. except
to be held in
the l. O. O. F. ball this Saturday
Supper will be served. Tbl» is
big event of tbs year, and it is hoped
that the people ©f the eomimwntjr w3l
rive It their hearty
Oh' come, .let «• worship «ta bow
kneel before Jehovah,
down; let
w M a >ur^ ~
ns
wti HUH SUN
** * «vMi Wiw»W
«AS VAKISHEI
S
Charles Vota left
Or WWmmmgfm
November 81st, amt him net tows
seen since. Be lives jnet ter from tie
Peek and Lacy oroMtng end
hastate** in Great Falls,
in a touch driven by Par Carlin. Prom
Belt he took tom train to Great
—
and
tab. -
His wife te nearly
Mends «toi «tig»©** have to
the seareh as wwM as the
flwmt Faite sad Salt
te a heavyeat mam of »Rgfti jy
th
over
He is
f tow took rn teste» «I, Tfe* tost
he had a
ta
on his
hit relativ*«
asm Irifetotfafi
he should wish to lea-re hte
. He was
f, hte children are well
, . _.. MPH
mjfm CHESMTABLT*
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m
'it it Igr
k»t dmm jrmm.
a goft'%ht to th* balls «#
d4smA Id» to M .f.v sw A*nav*eaJ& 44t.«
^L unn
ha« hü te
»to ftatow to «HU tor
Obragon cans* Into power m tog m
a wave ©f revolution* that shook
country after the
let go hi* dictatorial bold. He
out after triumphing over a®
it r<!VOiii"OR. wjmcfi-y w®
i> support he received from
back into its turmoil of iswi ewmr
and <ft
two week* hen«», haring given ta
four year* ta what
most bo called, comparatively
ing, tranquility. His dwto far the
presidency Mia« Otites.
reins with the prospect that the
tour years will be even wort toad*- •
clvc to ordered development is both
the political and eoonomic sphere*.
But, white the strong hand of 04
most completely interna! dissension
ti»e problems that will confront Mex
ico during tiie next few yean are
from negligible. Th# time h«s
for Mexico to adjust its relations with
the re»t*of the world, and particular
ly with the United States, mm ~
servativ* lines—-a difficult feat to
view of the social and economic révo
lution that has changed and muddled
its external contacte
Mexico was rapidly slipping toward
something closely akin to Bolaheriam
when toe United States, exerting up
■*>
on présidait Obrego® enormous proa
ta courte of dalaw,
soft «f eompaamataan to
whose rights bad
Mexico's excoraten tote
government ta an agreement te pro
beet the property rights ta America»
by the Washington government to the
of 1988 and the setting
> •
ter
That, however, was only •
nlng. Th# M«*ka» goverom^« re
esptkm and toe era ti«
rades toe nut ta to*
Th* mm tip# 'til
cotai try b tioiqr to toi pwÄ » «ta
êé <M
fa».d«tB«tvteßy
4k
wllî work except '% » psM^mI
and tise world m «nraiiitta'
not permit of tfe« PM<WM^ ..
o^wty notary *r ife.