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• M.. A n ; Sä Mo*» Amta* [ fYTHBMtaTIE ■■ sit. dr. ti-u * "a •<# taste ¥-*3 «na», ed •**» In All American ?T?Wii FIB.fcSffr.IKk 13-13 r 1 t i * II JSwé âtu Sjn f ^ <sj > Êtg^k Evening at O»» Evening at 8 P. M. fhrWX * - »♦ w 6m Pries tQ AH - 10c % w ✓ —a——— ..« if —» 1 —— TTT *1' àu i . _ Ik .'i fttai Jt< Mb A. A** 'V ,; ,, np?T H ftlft =s SUM PÄ» me abl fil M fy =SSS5Ä 1 i" i l '.,... ' Bg n^RMRKI^ 11 I gSUL belt. MO NT ANA , T W ? a / "ft Vf« - 1 JT 'I * ■ ■ ■ ^ .JL ^ s'fl% KIMS Mr. C. B. Prorin. City Treasurer, Beit, Montai Itasr Sir: In accordance with your vorbei re quest for an opinion relative to dis posal of funds on band to the 191« Special Sidewalk and Curb Fund, please s|k>w me to submit the follow rag Am J understand it there are six teen warrante, each for a thousand dollars, coming due on January 1, 1926, representing the indebtedness ipenrred because of the sidewalk and curb construction of 191«, Special assessments have been properly levied against the property Involved and payments on these assessments have permitted the payment of all interest ■on the warrants to date, with an es timated amount on hand on January 1, 1926, sufficient to pay interest due da that date and at least two of the warrants. i I find that by the provisions of Section 6249, Revised Codes of Mon tana, 1921, you should pay out ot fluids on hand on January 1, 1826, in terest on the tqtol warrant indebted ness of «16,990.00. The balance of funds in this 1916 Special Sidewalk and Curb Fond should be applied to retire as many aa possible of out standing warranto, in the order of their registration with you. 1 sug gest that if yon have a surplus after paying a certain number of these warranto (any two, aa you suggested that this would perhaps be that you offer tor apply such on the next registered dollar warrant It would from what I say hereafter that the holder of■ sorti warrant would be will ing to swept part payment, without » pndndidnf Us righto as to the col ivction of the balance, of course, and thm enable the City to save the dif ference the two ftnd par oeat interest received on your hands and the six per cent re quired to be paid by tim lams at «be warrant. Or rather in this case, the saving will be to the 1916 fund, as 1 to am of the opinion that the city to not liable on these warrants. The proceedings resulting in tads issue of warrants to be based on tiie authority at Section 6244,' Codes of 1921, tibia section being a part of the act covering this matter enacted by tiie legislature in 1818. By this act (see Code 5247) Special assessments as made in this case (by Resolution No. 60, City of Belt), con stitute a lien upon the property upon time ago I went into the matter of | the personal liability of property which the assessments to made. Some for these assessments, bst«! convinced that the rttg could j do nothing along this line, fids the opinion also of Mr. Frank Woody, f tax expert and attorney tor the tana Taypayer* Aiutociaticm. Be that the only aotathm was tor Ûm city to pay off the »pasta! aa ta out of era! fund and take a Acad te the to the of the fited a»d I f lavoivud ï county taxas to worn the realty market to that it does got to so .*51 If M got good titlb ta # the ...... ,-i to ot tik» ..y»- ^ * * from a| .titan SB* f ta upi te ftivîii «i it. ttn it l i t ihS 1 d a i il have aot been m PROCLAMATION WHEREAS. the Ooveraor of t^i* jpreftt State of Montana has doc toted Um» Month of December to aa "Montana Month* in which a pro gram at patriotic exercises and pub licity will be carried en throughout the entire «täte for •wakening the people «n developed resource# of Ifausn». -eg ricoMnd, jkAntdfcl md tour*«t, Ml for the purpose of «»operating with iha Great Northern. Nartbern Padfk and Burlington railroads in a nation* wide advertising campaign which wiQ bring Montana before the people the Baited State» so that tbay may know the opportunities awaiting the pioneer and home builder in the Treasure Stats: THEREFORE, I H. W. MILLARD, as Mayor of the City of Belt, do here by declare and order to be set aside, MONDAY, the 16th day of December, to be known as "Montana Day** and do hereby urge all organisations to teres ted to the welfare of this com munity and this state to join in pa triotic Montana exercises on that day. Signed, H. W. MILLARD, Mayor of Belt, Montana. Issued this 11th day of December, 1924. . REAL ESTATE TRANSFER During the past week the Park-to Park building, now occupied by Straight A Marquardt, was sold by Mrs. D. A. McLeod to Was Intermih, who recently sold out bis interests to Belt Park. The consideration is not known. Straight A Marquardt have reoeiv to vaca te in 80 days. In or der to dispose of their stock of sup plies and accessories, they are put ting on a aale Which will be of interest Mr. Intermill, who is well known here, formerly owned the ranch now owned by Peter Blais but has of tale been ranching in Belt Pesf. He eg pect» to employ e first-class mechanic and pacsonaHy take chary# of the ARTHUR MeCAFFBRTT WEDS MISS FRANKIE K. GIBBET Wednesday, December 8, at three o'clock in tiie afternoon, Miss Frankie E. Gieaey and Mr. Arthur W. McCaf ferty were united to marriage by Rev. George Mecklenburg at the Methodist parsonage In Great Falla. They were attended by Mias Laura MeCafferty and Percy Sovereign, Arthur MeCafferty to the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William MeCafferty of Lower Beit. He bps lived in this community for 16 y gars, but is now taming near RayneStiord. Frankie Giesey to the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Giesey of Monarch, She has lived in Montana all her die. The bride and groom Will make their Home on Otter Creek- Che entire com g couple a waalmnnity wishes the long and prosperous life. -i The Guild of at Luke's church met with Mrs. aeon. The time was spent in on garments which are to be sent (he aa burtons ot the rtnreb te r i will not holidays. 'Katherine arm Arthur Etoos of Gt. r »toter Faflg sosfN liât »»AD mmp 1» izmétthsïm aaa ta' i m ., ■ .. • V-HÎ- ' ■ ■ ■ ■ the streets pemahto to John Jaap, our draymen *• times —. -X ■■ i tor ether e serve» commendation from al! cit J • • ~m - Campaign of » have joined the railroads in tike na and their own sections in par This month |p the tensiwely advertiêedj Cities and towns «• over the campaign for publicity for M< ticolar. been advertised because of the than leu favored section«. As •flowed to slip. The publicity jhajoyed is not forthcoming. AU I be that we need advertisiiv i«w ^Indisputable fact that there are I any in the state whose owners Id get a fair price. There are Lflad to sell half their acreafe if pynce from encumbrance. Hr practical farmers with capital above mentioned and thus The Belt Valley should h* that it has mere to adverti t h¥ {«mortality h#« besst 5 » section might ha# for want of organisation. || pa « than other valleys, yet it is Ü ranches in this vicinity equal | would be glad to sell if th#y cou ranches whose owners would N thereby they would free the bf* The Belt Valley needs a f< who can purchase and farm thft stabilize the price of farm lands of residents. There is one thing which at the present to accomplish and that is far m residents of the facts stated above over Uhl country through the medium of letters to their friends. Theaegtatter« should deal chiefly frith farm lands and fanping coombns in this section. They should tell of the reputation of the vS||v for annual crop«. These letters are only a few farm» few in the hands of the ordinal loe#ers. and that these farms are on the market because of death, business failure and hard times. The sale of farm lands may apparently have no interest to you personally, yet in fact it has. Every new settlor, p ro sp er ous on his newly acquired farm is an asset to every town in this local ity. Every Wt by which the prices of hum lands among us hi stabilized adds so much to the value of town property ss well as to that of farm property. Plan to assist in tins advertising campaign by sending a dozen letters to friends and acquaintances throughout the nation. All and who are as worn-out fact it is, which this mg us and complete our quo# time it is not too late t tiiia valley to spread should emphasize the fact Mfc, the land bemy soil, high rants and dlass distinction«. Many of theae would be glad of a chance to buy a place in *he west if they could be sure that it would produce a little more than a living every year. You might reach one of these. Take a chance and send out before Christmas a dozen letters. over the east there are farmers whe srs land hungry hampered and kept down by local conditions such Industrial Review GREAT FALLS — Denver geolo gist estimates Cat Creek oil supply good for 20 years. LE WISTOWN—Department of In terior report indicates district of 2200 square miles south of Bearpaw raoun tains as favorable to perfection of gas and oil. First National Bank of Lew to t o wn authorised to open " business wflh IlfOJMO capital CHINOOK — Blaine County Mar ^ hogs. Turkeys for Christmas trsdei bring from 86 to 40 cents a pound. I MISäOULA 20,800,009 tact pin* *t Eagle It per M yafiow ptne at I J0#j and «JW0 IE90. feet of LEWI8TOWN lor — School boys build farm shop here, for manual will be built wfthta » ppar. Ma yf Ot pro troleom*' established after three year »*, .n to 4m& émty . GREAT FALLS — flJJOO JKK» com to construct gssettow B ■ Vgfgg | ÿf mwKS&è , CHINOOK — California Company resumes work on test 10 miles south, now down 2500 feet and many men begin work on $1,699, Q0C Holly sugar factory. Five-year extract, are mads lor 10.000 acres of beet. GREAT FALLS — After a fight of rmn. right of way is secured tor POPLAR - City vote, franchise -aw v—w Federal appro priation of *500dX)0 for Sun Eta« storage naarroir would mean sugar hast plant here, and add 46,090 acres of land to cultivation. SIDNEY — One hundred teams Mfng Coulee road, 84 hour service. GREAT FALLS BILLON - New;water systeu to «Var moat of eHfr. • MISSOULA — Engineers report «bat nod from Lake McDonald to ü ßtüSMStX™ m» ' ■ ^ ois fér year end! Srewnteg - Work to resumed in •WltaMMp Chtof Pii w«fl, tobén shrfW to ty not* feund fuel altoation of cattle market ■ I bat state banks show increased do -ata rr sj|gTf"--r— ,.F. M»U ft A. D. Skinner, manager of thy Farmers MUJ spd Elevator eon» •tac» July baa severed bis connectlou with that company and with hk fan» ily has gone overland foe a vielt 4« Nabrnak* They held a aale ai timte household good* on Monday, this • prices My. and Mrs. Skin« er while reatafta dents of Belt have mad* a wide «tede ot ^ " tn&£ low the departing friend» to their received wer» very satisfactory. departure and whose MM MOM John W. B^r.ck .uccftftd» Mr. Skiniwr u manager of the etavatar company and he needs no introduction to Ekelt people. GETTING APTBR PBDDI There art already Indications that the coming session oI «be Montana Legislature will be no different than traduction of a Bock of bills. Oeser siiy speaking, nearly «yeryteody, sz* cept to. LmZrS, to tired of new laws. Much of the tl»s of a session might be profitably own pied In repealing a few dosen »tat utaa and, as a matter of tact, a good deal of time to spent that way, but ! the output continues, the net result being that toe books have mom taws for the courts gnd the lawyer# ta «en s a- * •1CW*» ' cpl IftM compSsh and malts a bons« no^ttie houaearif« and mw meMhants of the Mata of | •mount ofH If« which (a «heir dm. The Retail Mg Montana has beta of for r#Ü. w& I H fl ll fr mefttinn^hers^nd* thin and*m* nounces that bs has a bill prepared tar presentation to the Legislators, which will hold water and net fj* fringe on the interstate commerce guaranteed by the constitution. Over in Washington s similar cam paign is on, A proposed tow is pst temed after an ordinance in force at Portland, Oregon, and which is said to be successful It protect* the public against frauds and also against the house to house canvassers, who, even jf they sre honest, frequently find themselves unable to fulfill their ob ligations. The Portland ordinance licenses SO . . „ „ .. i,c,tor » defines « »oHc'tor as any ,ro " ho °" to h T* ** ,Iin « or taking order# for, good*. wares or merchandise, or any article f or futur» delivery, or for services to j* performed in the future, or for the making, manufacturing or repairing '«f »ny »rticle thing J*™**™ sSISftS: Jy to solicitors who demand, accept Qr rftcej¥e p , yff1et1t or deposit of mon * y tn Avance of final delivery* Solicitor( within th f meaning of tf|e ortJinanc# m requited to take out a licenser and give bonds in the «600 for the faithful' performance of the final delivery ppqétiaed «r servi to be perffpld. Tb« ôeenae ta is I1245Ç per quarter or 96 monthly of tor s o Hc itor s on foot and 996 ly tar tatoee ««te»/ This, <4 wm, Hpj with the itinerant ped dl er, hut it rag do away -♦—rj| the of ItoM a. wfr * MiMfts Lorett. Cotorchik, | teoto* Wm 1 Brodto. and Ralph Millard. John of $dm tait «lia i I c a lier St The Tinte# office on Tuesday. a : T i Ben i ■-mm f* j Petroleum w* w». V» '»•afft" v«t«ai of ti* t* !h«p8QHä *• S**t *9 tito 9*»* tif¥ «W ta **• W it ff» ta «•ry ». . a ; - - . _ ¥ mu Mm Isli until thajr **» *k»U % tfcfir A large sours» of tap mmmm of nsvsral of the moat paoduc-u ¥ »ho »to*». Its maty, east of its parent county while its Use start» at a point «Ä rmt*mk boundary- runs north six mike, .«» »»i*«. «®rih 18 mttMk, JBÖ<ta sortfe six f 1*8 «M*. it plbw, «ta-half mile and ftorth I« mi «he Missouri river, which is He m m met tig *bsra boundary, I« includes a *4 «mall martini 11 iltlr' 4** -.mnr J in irlhl -f TT ifr- h SMilww W mABMPtwè 1 a»» fcy ®W«i » J rrn* (ha to ¥ the W mm ti>«'^J Kay«, two y» am P. J. W. Beck. 9 yean; Dm ■ II MUtosp; M'IMW ««»or, K. E. Park; thwaurer, W. Kindt; clerk of district court, * Rigg; superintendent of i ! Amtnds Swift; attorney, N. lf» g hausen; surveyor, Edward J, Fgjplft son; public administrator, John Sta clair; coron«, J. L. Alexander, Stanley Goo waa in Belt yeatpptagr Q , tending school to town. Mr. and Mm. Jos, Baadsm wspe to *««n on th» town «fMsV'SHPPhe» Wednesday, Richard Maki of W»ö«»w Creek was. of city and Mr. atan a Wm in i JK WMr :, Stolen Jerri «â3 «MT 'V te I tarn» tototeff is.m fÜf jrtn ta «a Utfi* Ta««Nr ■t 9« art Jaalf» gm rl ■; Mr # v