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■i' v i; •> > ^hffirA 0 °'er*, %N St* h» Hîrtwte «l ^Library * ■tet —m m • p • * # Belt Times » u k * i ! ft -— I -"K..".r .a.~ VOLUME 81. • NUMBER 8«. BELT, MONTANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1826. $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE OLDTIMER DIES NEAR CONRAD Peter McDermott, Jr., who is now «permting the West Butte coal mine Just south of the Sweet Grass hills. was in town recently. Three of the McDermott boys have married sisters by the name ot Barnes, who have lived all their lives at the head of Miners Coulee fh the pass between West Butte and Gold Butte. Peter McDermott, Sr., and wife are living on the ranch near the mine and are looking after the stock, The following excerpt from the Sweetgrase Sunburst-Sun may be of! interest to the old friends of the Me Dennetts ; Rodney Arnica Barnes was born at| Utica, N. Y„ Feb. 8, 1854, and de parted this life in Conrad, Mont, on Jan. 24, 1826, at tee age of 70 years,; 11 months and 16 days. He moved with his parents to Erie, Penn., when a small boy, living there but a short time. The family then migrated in a covered wagon to Sioux Falls. South Dakota, and settled on a piece of land where Mrs. Barnes, with her seven children, tilled the seul, milk ed the cows, and made butter for a living while Mr. Barnes took his place in the civil war. R. A- Barnes came to Dead Wood, South Dakota, when twenty years of age and was ,, engaged in mining there. This was .. daring the vigilantes and Wild Bill ^ days. Mr. Barnes was in the road hanse when Wild Bill was killed. Later ha was appointed as a govern ■ t scout and came up the Mis souri river on a steamboat fighting Indians all the way to Fort Benton. After reaching Port Benton he was engaged in trapping, bunting and trading with the Indians. In 1885 he came to Gold Butte and opened up the first placer mine, continuing in the mining business until 188« ■ when he wquatted on land in Miner* coulee, which has been his home since. Mr. Barnes stock business for a great many year*. In 1887 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Verona Simmons had been in the and to this union was born seven children, one son and six daughters, ril of whom survive him, except one, Josephine E., who at tee age of 16 preceded her father to the spirit -' world. Those surviving of the immé diats family are as follows: Wayne, Mrs. J. Yates, Mrs. Reynold Yates, Mrik Henry McDermott, Mrs. Peter McDermott, Mrs. Edward McDermott, « step-daughter, Mrs. &. Cook, and a number of grandchildren, ril living in tee immediate vicinity. 'Mis bwÉ«. aged 96 years, still lives to Sioux Falls, Soute Dakota. Two sisters, Mrs. Bear and Mrs. Frebel, and one brother. Prank, liv* abo in that city. A brother, Guy, résidas to Los An gales. A short service was held at home before leaving for Gold Butte, where the föderal services were held in the presence of a very large crowd of sympathizing friends and neighbors, and the body was laid to rest in a cemetery near the town where the re mains of his daughter had been placed, this being his last request. The services were under the direc , tion of Rev. D. A. Kroft of Sunburst, 0 pastor of the M. E. church WHERE THE ARABS SILENTLY STEAL AWAY. If readiness to avail one's self of tbe •> righto of citizenship constitutes the beat title to citiaenahip, how infinite ly move qualified for democracy are the people at Mesopotamia than the people at the United State*! A etrea effort to bring the American ballot box last Kovert» her resulted In mobilising 61-2 per emit In the 1829 election, Cor Meeopotamia, where the to 49.1 - tun, i«4 » tiffi ♦*« jim jngmmmnm njurafl for the to tee first it Three to white to# 4® te» at the to»««. MISSOULA — MM faaued fog ea PÂ'fk* fiMKIÎ't «w t w* ®f *■ The card party given by the Parant Teachers association last Saturday night aras a success and about 960 aras cleared for the purchase of juvenile books. Twenty-five tables wars a« play until II o'clock when lunch aras served by the ladies. Mrs. Wm. Lind strom won the head prise when she cut with Miss Rice and Mrs. Bales. Mrs. Boy Johnson was equally sue cesaful in securing the cut prise, while Mrs. Jones carried home the prise for low score. Mr. Uhtharg of Little Belt captured the men's chief trophy, while the many who had striven earnestly all the evening not to win a game were outlucked by Wm. Snook, Jr. After tee luncheon tee floor was cleared and the crowd j danced until 8 o'clock to music fur nished by Mrs. Clergy, Ed Sunder meier, J. W. Anderson, Jr., and John Sabo. PORTER HEADS STATE RETAILERS With a banquet tendered Saturday night at the Eddy Bose room, the 22nd annual convention of the Retail Mer chants of Montana, was brought to a close after two days of interesting business Neihart was re-elected president of the organization for the ensuing year and the place of next meeting was left to the decision of the board of direc ions. R, R. Porter of tors. Governor J. E. Erickson wm* one of the speakers at the banquet lest night and welcomed the visitors in a brief addreaa, in which he recognised the important function of retail business in the accepted scheme of distribution of commodities. Lieut. Gov. W. 8. McCormick and Representative Ole M. Wold at Yellowstone county, also spoke briefly. The principe: address of the eeeriotw was given at the by Dr. V. J. Bindley, educational di rector of tee Washington Retailers' association. W. W, Gail, humorist, newspaperman and farmer of Billing» acted as toastmaster in his character istic fashion. Taking as his subject, "Whet's the With the Retail Business," Dr. Hindley exhorted the retailers present to extend the scope and strength of their state-wide organi zation to the end that tbe buying pub lic may be given a clearer understand ing of the important part played by the merchants in tbe distribution of the essentials of life. At the business session Saturday morning the convention adopted the! recommendations of the special fi nance committee to increase the mem bership dues of the organization on a sliding scale, according to volume of business transacted by the members. An increased budget was also ap proved for tee coming year. At the afternoon session T. O. Ham mond of Helena, president of Mon tans Bankers' association, spoke on the deposit guarantee law. The following were elected mem bers of the board of directors: Leo W. Singer, Great Falls; H. G. Gray, Anaconda; F. O. Walton, Bozeman, N. Wineetine, Helena; H. J. Fauzt, Drummond; C- E. Varco, Sidney; D, J. Cote. Billings; H L. Haneon, Miles City; D- D. Wade. Livingston; D- N. Coleman, Botte; O. C. Johnson, Wolf Point, and C- A. Hummer. j H. H. Faute, Drummond, was eftet ed first vice president ; C E- Stroup, Billing*, O. L. Brockman, treasurer, and W. H. Bernard, secretary. _The Helena Independent LUG ION LIBRARY IS ADDING MANY NEW VOLUMES;«« . The American Legten realised * small stan at the recent Baldy-Strang entertainment This money is being used by Librarian John Pixzinl to hoy hooks and supplies for tbe library. Ubrary night each week on Thursday night result* fa giving eut shout a „ feature*. The Legtou will guarantee'»to put to good use any and old. The Legtou always welcomes the donation ef good books that have hundred books to Belt reader», young been read sad are no longer of value Ms*!. v alley v ea) Timas may want to give the Time* office or speak to ef the Legion and the boys ; will csB for what hooks you »*y h*v«.'ted Just reewatiy tile focal Port tom re Mrs. and Mr».. Harry Armstrong for EMtly ef Balt, adding In aS over 4» to a« AMPLY NOW EBRs TRAINING CAM Instructions have been r e eslved |g Colonel T. M. Anderson, commanding the 104th (Frontier) Division. Organ ised Reserves, Saft Lake City, Utah. to open the campaign to secure smell ments for the Citimns Military fMW>|cently ing Camp. The area to be covered by this army headquarters consists «I five states, Montana, Wyoming, Ne vada, Idaho and Utah. The main camp will be held at i Douglas, Utah, June 18 to July 1926. The quota of the number beJfc trained has been tentatively set at fÉ> candidates anti! more i Tm iwMsIwI» concerning the appropriation of funis is received. A secondary camp will be held at Fort D. A. Bussel, Wyom, ing, for students in the advn tmfi courses of Field Artillery and 'Carié will apply for this training- 1» teat bettor facilities exist at this post, tee War Department contemplates butter; and more interesting instruction f»y j this class of students by haring this separate camp rather than combining it with the curricula« at Fort Doug-1 Us. UtahItwUl be held at tee „ tb. l»c*l ■ ' T P ry. It is expected teat 140 rendtaafeH Colonel Anderson 'believe« that the quotas will be rapidly filled. Ldpt year tbe young men of the intenmeti* tain territory displayed so much «à*> thus ia am for this period of outdegr life and training that caueed this tab lion of the country to stand alt others in supporting the C. «de« The pected this year. The old custom of opnahfertng ap plicant« in the «am« order as their Re plication blanks are received wifi ten vail. This indicate# that any yffljpg man who expects to attend tela yedr'# should submit hts formal appli .. without 4May to reniue fin* to I shtml t* c. * t i. «» "5» Any farther information will be furnished upon request by Headquar ters 104th (Frontier) Division. 606 dll Commercial Building. Brit Lake City. Utah. COMMUNITY SPIRIT VS. HOME else? Are we getting to be a civi ! : - ** tion that, like the tramp, home » where we hang our hat"? No one. so far, has been able, ap parently, to do anything but criticise «»«1 tement, nor doe* the answer seem «8 closer. But the cry for community »arriea and sociability seem to be in P«rt rosponeible for the condition. This may be right—it le possible that the "home" of the teat few genera tions la doomed to disappear, and in * I*** «* transformation, a community home. Not a communist home, ndr a nation aftzatkm of the home and children, but » «ri home, where, at certain period# during the day tee various member* °f a family nay have a meal or social hour together— a domestic luncheon club—as It were. The trend of the to he toward that In these days of constant criticism of the social conditions, the presses'^ lament of the corruption to high places. Um pulpit's comment on the decay of moral standards, the almost universal decrying of our tees of poise and stability, what about the Home? Where ia our home to all this T Are we losing tbe home, or are we just transferring the home somewhere 1 •* **"*• The blame far tikis condition ia fro. quentiy placed upon the automobile and it is possible teat the desire to nee the family to do with it, hot what about the com. assy have a littl* Surely, with mother toying arid* the old —.—, — -- of necessity break! tb* old faahiMtad "home routine."j the res po nsibility of mem« berahip to from tenie to seven "op lift" societies, still retaining her church affiliations and her several Hum father in addition to bis several Mi * *»d a half to two hour» to place of the I* minutas at tbs "trough" as la the old days, be op every day a result—Butt day afoa»«fMs father available for « day time at the db ♦ STATE REVIEW OF INDUSTRY KALIS PELL —Great Northern has harvested 500 cars of ice from Lake POLSON — Work begun on new 40 room hotel to replace Grandview, ce fMW>|cently burned, . __ ** about l 200 - 000 CHINOOK — California company completes 30,000,000 foot gas well on Bowes structure. Gasoline abaorp tion P 1 ™* *o ba installed, SHELBY — Post office increases put Shelby into second-class office j classification. BUTTE — Eddy Baking company will at once build 1100,000 plant hero, HELENA- Contract let for 980,000 «meUition. 30 r^Tuamnic tom» ' MALTA - Definit« „no^^t made that Utah-Idaho company will build million-dollar sugar factory her*. Five near here. SHELBY —Royal Canadian takes over 4.640-acre leases; to conduct ex tensive development campaign. GREAT FALLS — Artesian wells fion Sun River promise to yield water |lor extensive irrigation. TROY— Groat Northern will begin building new roundhouse machine "hop and other division buildings, as soon as weather permits. Gmt will building Deaconess hospital, work to spent in Montana sinee 1»14 ing oil wells, drilling i, 800 ,000 feet ggd. producing to date »14.060 AOO worth of erode oil. Major building in Monte»« for 1986 to include new concentrator at Mis soula, ore mill at Phillpsburg. 11,500, 006 sugar factory at Sidney, and 96, BILLINGS — 960,000 raised for begin soon. TROY — Great Northern will build new roundhouse here, and extend yard track here and passing track at Yakt. BILLINGS — Midwest Refining company places Moddreli least well on pumping test in Big Lake field. Approximately 980,000,000 drill {»00,000 irrigation works at Sun River. *= etofize « Httie mar* in individual su- 1 jperririon and curbing. Instead of mother's paper on the "Effect of the Volstead Violations Upon the Minds of Our Children," before her weekly uplift society, and father's petitions to tee council and legislature to legis late against this and that temptation, try a little "laying on of the hands" soon find congenial companions eise where, and the spirit of imitation ever strong- within them, form their own social sets or clubs, albeit these clubs do not nasally have the "uplift" alms or names. But can you blame the children much? Hie flapper, the cake-eater, the lounge-lizards, tbe vamps mid the sheiks, am enly the children of years ago transformed by the social spirit and uplift ef their parente. To paraphrase an old truism, "show me tee child end I will tell you how ! many dubs, leagues end whist #ets | his mother belongs to and bow many uplift societies, luncheon clubs and commercial organizations his father The crying need today, if we want to go back to "the things as they were" is to right about foes ourselves. cease trying to supervise the morals and ante «Ke spirits of tbe younger generation to the aggregate and spe support# and attends." aA home, and if need be father can contrive an old fashioned "woodshed strap" in tee basement A« give the children to understand that you a»* »till their mentor* and, if you (heir ideeds. You can not rei*e children in herd«. The good Lord provided them with a brain and soul and a few other thing« that he <BÄ not give cattle and «beep. Her will the laws of "quantity, pro d k rti a «i " work in tbe human family Este child must be band worked end handled according to h» individual disposition and tbe spirit" can never »apply tide personal service. This i« the duty amd privilege of the parents end the boa«« to tim place for ft, fimamunity spirit may be ail right to small doses, but the present whale-} ««to «ppBretion of it «mother, the, spirit, tile very sou! of o» civil ta Arthur Hamment is home fro». Hughes ville where he has been en gaged for the past few weeks in doing the assessment on his claim which lies in the mountain nearly across from the Daniels boarding bouse. Mr. , Hamment states that the Block P. !■ operating extensively with their con centrator running full blast and that all the claim. In the mountain are be ing taken up. Up Dry Pork, which ie Just below the old town of Barker, considerable development is being done. Up this gulch shout four miles, at a point which is only about five miles over the mountain from the Sil ver Dyke, about twenty claim, have been staked by the Block P outfit, who have some ten men at work on teem doing development work. This gives rise to the hope that in the near future another camp may be started which shall still further develop the mining industry in the Barker district REIT HIGH FIVE WINS 1st GAME te the first games of tee basketball tournament 'the result« were ae fol lows; Belt 89, Valter 6. Havre 80, Choteeu 18. Great Falls 83, Chinook 8. Geyser 28. Cascade U. Shelby 14, Cutbank 5. Conrad was touted to defeat Simms and Belt will have to play the winner at this combination to their contest If Brit should defeat Conrad they will probably play Hartem next If they lose to Conrad they will probably he next matched with Centerville. « Stockmen who dealte to change bulls would do well to advertise what 1 Evangelistic services will be held at the Christian church on Thursday and Friday nights of this week. On Sun they have to offer. The farmer who has an extra wagon, a grain drill, or a bog that he does not need can turn it into money by a small amount of ad vert ising. Often thirty cento «pent will save the advertiser severe! days of wasted time and secure a frit price for what otherwise would be • total teas. Try our Classified Ada. Misses Florence Cooper and Loretta Co larch Ik took the noon train yester day for Great Falls where they wB attend the basketball tournament. Howard Bartle of the Stirer Dyke has been to the city a few day# re hOjcentiy. ~ It will cost the smoker no more to ! smoke en El Eecentio. —Adv. Mrs. J. W. Graybeel was a visitor ! to Great Falls yesterday. John Jaap and Gun Manchester | nuu ] e , rounc i trip to Great Fall# on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Nelson tells us that the Great Northern will sell round trip tickets to Great Falls everyday this week up to and including tbe 21st at one and one-third fares for the round trip, There are no string* attached to this and this rate i# good whether you st tend the tournament or not. Date of return ia the 22nd. day night and every other night next week there will be services at the same place beginning at 7:80. Sermon« each evening by tbe Rev. J. A. Pto# of the Pint Christian church of Great Palls. The subject of his sermon for this evening is "Wage* and Gift." T o mo rr ow night the subject is "Sal vation." Meetings have been conduct ed for the past week with good audi ences and intense interest. Everyone is welcome. ■ IN PERFECT ACCORD An Irishman was sit ting jn • depot smoking, when a woman came in and. j sitting down near him said; "Sir, if you war* a gentleman, you would not smoke haw" "Hum," replied the Irishman, "if you wuz a lady you would sit farther away," Pretty soon the woman burst out agate; "If you were my husband I'd give yon poison." "Well, mum." replied the l«teman as he «rnoked sway at his wa* me wife. I'd take it. —Odd Fte low ! ; | !■ i ... , ***** *■* by a .core of 1» to 18. the town team won from the Mo« Power. 66 to 2*. The first half of the high school game was refereed by Henry Ooeoaok » n d the second half by Mike TTveoe. the Shelby team is the heaviest ; team seen here this season and sew- * j ,r»i 0 f ju players appear to have bee* TOWN 5 TRIMS MONT. POWERS Belt High lost to Shelby High m born on tbe 29th day of February. They playod a clean, consistent game, however, and appeared at Hsson to be afraid of hurting the little fel lows against whom they played. The first half ended with Brit on the hmg end of the 6 to 4 score. In tee second half Coach Lowry switched his and the visitors began to crawl sway. In the last quarter Lowry seat to Bo both, who had been palled in tee third quarter, and the rest of his The Bolt score began to climb égala but the lead could not be overcome. Principal Kerehergen of tee high school accompanied hie here. The center and the right fo r wen t seemed to he the strongest men an ten Shelby teem, while tee guarding at Snook and the fioorworfc of Brimtfc won outstanding mi tee Belt squad. The lineup: The tilt batween the Powers m*A Brit was rough and featured by ill-temper of the visiters. They hopelessly outclassed and not to good condition. When their tempers «sited alte Slid teer» were minutes teat looked Hk* a for all. Experience ha* taught Belt teat tt ia always best to have a raforse from « neutral town and though the. reft» ering of Spsgen was of Mg*» Orter, yet tee fact flat he is « Belt man «hater#. A few getting a is usually wril spent Mika Evans played ««tor for tow a town team and his playing at tee into ket on following up shots was riaagp. exert himself, fa I at times h# get In to the teamwork with Wa and also proved teat hi» eye for tow basket ia still accurate. Upon MB Rubber, Henry Gotsaek end Evens fell the brunt of the floor werk white Gillette waited like a tiger tm to invade hi* terri tory the knees and chased the bah «toste in tels position, ta tin endsg ment at the crowd. Ute first half was fast and furtetm and proved too fast for ike wind at the visitors, several at whom were out on their feet before the final whistle. The third quarter was slow but to the fourth, for a time, the pace was swift. Coach Lowry substituted for Habber and Fitter for short periods end Harry Browning took Habber 1 * place in the last few minutes of play. The lineup: WILLIAM WALKER HURT ■ William Walker, who visited some weeks ago, went bock to hie work of patrolling trade on the Greet Northern near Libby and was streak by the Oriental Limited soon after. ble-tracked and to the cuts the rati rood officials have experienced con siderable difficulty from slide*, neces sitating thV employment of patrols. As William was picking rock off the track one night by lafttsrnligbt. be failed to hear the Oriental Limited as it came around a curve and did not quite clear contact with the he jumped when ft was ahnoet open him. He was badly bruised and shak en up but no bones were broken. Lust week he sent for his mother, Mrs. Mabel Barlow to come to Lfhhy a mi take ear« ot him. No apprakensfon la felt as to his l e cov w y . WHY PAT WA« FIRED "Hello. Pat, I hear y m lost your job to the department sfore." "Ye*, got fired the first dey.* "How did thrtlmppent* "Oh. 1 just took a sign team » tody*» shirt waist and pot to on a hälfe fete." "Well, that mmt m mtA wm it?" "I don't know, feq| ■How would yea like te tm pwr 1 girl in te» for UMt K ~-Miff i ployes Jouroak f,. ^ $4