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Mt & ■ % State Historical Library ... * :'v : ' - i .-ääiLüii - - i /|K gif' .; 2 . .. ;.,. f ' ? , n > 4t4f üîii. >■• evs $ »» ■ 7 _ vrv i 4 I ?•?£»*» _ ^ A -, m A ? • p */ i rj A yjjf J & «■ tab* ! BELT, MONTANA. THÜÄ 8 ÄAY, MARCH M. IKi. VOLUME SI. NUMBER 4 L ttN PIS» TEAR IN AOVANCE — - ■il' ■; FORMER CASCADE COUNTY RESIDENT DIES IN HELENA • and altar whom the post office at Mil lagan was named, died early Toe*. day morning at tea home of hia L. Borapart, in The funeral was bald Tnaaday at 2 o'clock tha Baptist eharch and inter ment was made in Fores tvale eeme tery, near Helena. Mr. MiDegan, before coming to Hel en* several yeare ago, had re si ded on the Mi 11 cyan ranch at Millegnn for about 86 years and served as poet master in the little town which boro hie name. He is survived by two daughters and a son. Mrs. Bompart and Mrs. J. B. Ro ber tso n of Helena, and J. W. MiUegan of Eureka. He was a native of Now York, bora at Cairo. N Y., Marta 19, 1888. Mr. MiUegan came to Montana and settled in the Deep Creak country of Great Falls in the early eighties. At MiUegan post office he ran one ad the first dairy in Cascade be ted his butter in Great Falls, where the greet pert of the batter used cam# ty and raar Some 18 yean ago he teased his went to Helena to live hia children. Mrs. E- S. Remington, who died year» ago at the Remington ranch on Belt creek legen often visited nt the Remington ranch and d uri ng his stay there was «(ten sera in Belt Mrs. Maude Rey nolds, Fred. AlBe and Mary Reming ton, all of Highwood, are grandchil a da u g hte g . Mr. Mll drra of the deceased. JSm v-F*! — SENIOR CLASS ENTERTAINED Miss Nellie Carter, senior sponsor, assisted by Miss Wands Sifford, en tertained in honor of the class of '85 Friday evening in the Domestic Sci ence department. Entertainment was provided in the form of games and dancing. The first part of the entertainment included a gamsing contest in which the questions wen answered by the First prise honor» went to Mike Evans and the booby prise to Judaon Burrows. Following this, the guests were mated at a table which was supplied with paraphernalia tor booklet mak ing— magasines, scissors, paste, etc. Each guest cut pictures to illustrate the different titles for the pages, such -as, "Chief Aversion," "The Deys of Real Sport," "What He Sent Her," ■etc. When completed, these booklets furnished muta merriment ss they circulated back and forth among the crowd. The appointments for the two course luncheon were all emblematic -of «h« class colors, purple rad gold. In lisa of the conventional table cloth a centerpiece of purple and gold crepe names of the various senior». , paper was need, rad in the center of this reposed a wicker basket contain being ornamented with a bow of royal \ hue. The place cards and napkins el carried out the general color At the close of the luncheon, the «lara president, Grace Servons, called vtpon different guests for impromptu talka, all of whom responded with alacrity. tiM by the dass president of a beauti fui pearl necklace to Mira Carter on behalf of the dan of '25. Dancing then followed until time for dispersal. Superintendent and Mrs. Culver BOZEMAN — Deeood Montana egg large Hot of ««rira from fHDHET— Gedaey Pickle company up 596 a«re* for growing Co $800 per acre to GREAT PALLS — Sunburst Safin ray tots tank farm to store 5.409400 galtow of efi wflBh 14 miles ot pipe m ♦+♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ MONARCH ♦ +♦++♦♦+♦♦++♦++++♦ Mrs. Frank Duels returned to bar home in Bolt Park last Thursday af ter Having spent the winter with her daughter, Beryl, in Butte. Mr. Bennett loft for Canada about ten days ago to sp e n d the next two months there with his wife, who Is visiting her parents Mr. Young has returned to tha Dyke after an extended trip. Mrs. Sid O'Connor and son Howard returned Tuesday from a two-day vis it in Bah. H. Sanford spent last weak in bio Falla. Mrs. Lucy Parker of Groat Falls was the guest of Mrs. Boyai Trip on Tueaday and Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bronson are the parents of a daughter boni Marta 18 at Columbus beepital. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. ' Wampler of tha Dyke sprat several days last wuak visiting friends in Great Falls. Mrs. M. N. Lease on Thursday re turned to her home in Great Falls af ter a few weeks' visit hers with her daughter. Mrs. Rabiehsad reports that ninety six dollars was talon in here St Pat rick's day In thair tag day (or the ben efit of the orphans at the St Thomas home in Great Fails. She wishes to thank all for thair cooperation and support Chas. Wegner of Great Falla spent Thursday and Friday here looking in to the affaire of our late Mr. Wilson. Be was «eeompsnted by Aagnr Mae Donald, an old friend of Mr. Wflbon, Dr. Jackman had a phone installed Friday in his residence st the Stao berg home. With phone* »Iresdy in the hospital and at the drug store it will be exceedingly easy to get in touch with the doctor in case of an emergency. Mary Francis Bailey and Misa Dil lon, both of the Dyke, spent Saturday evening and Sunday with Mise Bristol and Mira Adams. Mrs. H. D. Austin and baby daugh ter arrived here Saturday on their way to their home at the Silver Dyke from the Deaconess hospital where the baby was born March 7th. The St Patrick's dsnee was s de The musicians were Mrs. Lucy Parker of Great Falls, Dave Nimmons of Fife and Earl Wat son and Henry Vaskey of Raynesford. A few bold and venturesome hikers left here some time before noon Sun day, hiking to the Big Sevra. The party, composed of Un. G niter, Miss Broderick, Miss Dillon, Mias Dailey. Miss Leyson and Miss Bristol, report s good time, but so far have not been heard to dwell upon the amount of exercise involved in negotiating the snow drifts. cided success. A BELT BALL TEAM Baseball fans are agitating the matter of having an amateur ball team in town this summer. Available playér» are numerous among whom are several who played in the league last year and the year previous. With out a doubt a good team could be de vdoped and a great deal of amuse ment furnished for the fans. Geyser * will have a team. Raynesford can al ways produce one, Highwood will probably be in line and there will be several amateur teams in Great Falls. The grounds are in good condition and we see no reason why the matter should not be feasible. L We bora afirays enjoyed s gante with Raynesford or Stanford or Gey ser more than a professional game because we know the players and can The re vahry is no leas intense because the players ate net professionals and the interest <» good M>m*d intense. A local league with a schedule of between neighboring towns I J _ If, y Sun day afternoons with whe lm — a- j and still bo within the resta «f everyone. We would like to bear from Raynraford, Geyser, Stan fort. Band Coulee. Stoekatt, Highwood Nribart. A meeting should to call e d ie Bett te i G. N. TRAIN REDUCES TIMS TO LRWunowN a minutes Forty-five minutas will ba cot off of tha running time of train No. MM effective March MR, according to to> formation rec ei ved Tuesday fag A i» Bock, general agant of tha Northern. Train No. 288, from wIB leave hero at t:60 p. re. as on tha p easa n t schedule, bat will arriva to Lowistown at 6:45 p. m. instead of 7:80, aa at present. Noboa was received that, affectiv# on the date the cafe observation ear 237 and 888 , between Great Falla and Lew is town, will be taken off. MILES CITY formed to handle output of Miles OHy oil refinery. FORSYTH — Farmers have already signed up 400 of promised 1.000 seres beets for Holly sugar factory at Sid ney. Local company is ===== City Ele< to Held April 6 ; * : ■ i The city election will ha hold in Belt on Monday, April 8 th. No dtp officiais except ald e wara are to ho elected as the mayor. asd police magistrate wore elected last H. Barber Holds over as alderman in die first ward, the tom of D. W, Burnett expiring. In the second ward Remington holds ovsr and a aueoraaor to Bra Kennedy is to be chosen. In the third ward there have boon ««* «wo must be elected, one top F»*r and one tor tvto yéaf*.' « «• neceaaary that a city sheuld ' no aldermen serving for some have aldermen although the job ie the last one a sane man would seek be cause his wage» consist entirely of the favorable and advene criticisms, chiefly the latter, of his fellow efti --L- It is the duty of every good dtiten to serve if celled upon, yet it has proved impossible to find sn eligible man in the third ward who would ac cept an appointment If Messrs. Burnett and Kennedy can be prevailed upon to accept the nom ination again there is no question but Industrial Review Great Northern CULBERTSON Railroad company assembling mater ial for automatic safety signal instal lation between Wolf Point and Willis ton. BILUNGS — Plans completed for construction of new Deaconess hos pital. FORSYTH for Carteraville irrigation project in Rosebud county to provide funds for immediate canal improvements. DODSON — Work started on re building of structuras et Phillip» coun ty fair grounds; place will be greatly enlarged and improved. BILLINGS — Northern Pacific be gins test of new gas-electric ear on 8350,000 bond issue Bridger CHINOOK — Beet authorities ex pect crop of 80,000 tons of brats from the 6,000 acres seeded for Utah-Idaho sugar factory. BA IN VILLE cooperative telephone serT * diatoriet, - KALISPELL — City calls for bids °n extensive additions to water sys tom. Fanners organise ï company to CULBKRTSON — More than 335, 000 bushels of wheat, with much flex sad rye, shipped from here daring 1924 .* BOULDER — Rita vein of gold ore un cover e d te Homestead district M AX VILLE mine shipping ore averaging $30 per Maxville G. * 8. SHELBY — Quran City Oil com pray*s well k Kevte-Sunbu flowing 900 barrel« daily ABBAEOXSX — gtfihrater county woo! growers seB 1985 cite of 500,000 pomrik at 86 cents a pound. ton. rst field, BUTTS — Butte High school has earned mere taub $84060 from Au grtt, 1922, to December. 1984, to sth fryfrfai» AÊÛ Cascade fishermen rbpoet GOOD CATCHRS T*— V / Cascade, March »4.— Sine« tha ep Efaig of tfaa fishing feftfck Waltons bava hast oat often to IT their lack. Tha bast catch ao far ported was that of E B- (Spike) , attomay of this plaça, a catch of alas basa and Tbs largest bass waighsd throe one-half pounds, tha «maltest silence all dispute, the fish ware on Frank honker's scales. baas that got away was by far largest Mi booked, say» Mr. Par U After prolonged struggle Par* It only to have it gnge itself from the hook rad flop hack into the water. Mr. Parsons says HO would have jumped in after it if Ë only known how to swim. an report that they are her beat luck when spinners are tftat they will he reelected. The dty wHl be heat s erve d fay ee doing with tha rou te a tftte of ta* dty government After *** Us apprenticeship Us value to the city become» hiiiueeini > My graater. Moran. Kennedy and Burnett have been faithful to thsfr duties and conservative in their Judg ment, leys) to their city and to thair policy toward ft. to the fatty* te orefite ton t tara E*. wSSf T SErS Residente of the third ward should dl. Nomination* fay petition will be reetoved by the dty clerk up to and including Thursday, April 2nd. We hope to be able to publish comparative statement of the financée of tas dty covering a period of two yean te next week's Times. This statement shows that rigid economy has been the policy of the administra tion. ft also shows that the floating indebtedness of the city has apprecia bly diminished as well as the improve ment -«strict bonds, »tails tile sinking fund for the waterworks bonds is as suming good proportions. vr-s ' TOWNSEND — Planting of large ï, _ _ „„„i u„ ~ nmm „ ragra toet ~reage urged by comm«--. STANFORD — Winter wheat is in good average condition. Farmers urged to 8 HELBY — Three new producing wells reported in Kevin-Sun burst field. LEWI 8 TOWN contract for large acreage of seed peas for 1925. SHELBY — Texae and local capi tal to build 1,000 barrel refinery here; first unit to cost $76,000. MALTA — Stock shipments from -, . . Phillips county totaled «09 car» dur ing 1924, with 1,407 cars of produce, including wheat, wool, flax and beets. BAKER — Prospecting for oil to begin at once. CHINOOK — Crew» working on 11,000,000 sugar factory of Utah-Ida ho Sugar company. pj GREAT FALLS — 200 new oil wells to be drilled in Kevin- 8 unburst field this year, .— > HAVRE — Mountain States Tele phone and Telegraph company to «• rect $26,000 telephone building as a part of $150,000 improvement pro ' New county of Pe WINNETT rrolsutn, with Winnctt a» county »eat, officially established DEER LODGE — Knights of iambus plan hospital here. ROUNDUP — Miners A Merchants Bank over First National Bank of Musselshell WKtTEFlSH — Somers Logging company begin» operation of new six mile railroad : WILBUR on eowrtractton of Broadase highway, estimated cost $824)00. SH--. „ contract# signed for 150 acre* ot frr rtr for Chinook sugar fac County to call for bids e may bo doubled. t FUNERAL OF LOU NULUNER HELD N KELT LAST FRIDAY ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ N■ I« A ST I ♦ ♦ * ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Roy »nd Tboa. THorson, Jr., left an Wednesday for Helena whore they go out to Fort Harrlaoa far treatm e n t Mr. sad Mia. M. D. La thorn 1aft last weak tor Great Falls where «hoy will to Hughesville Tuesday. Deputy County A Boy John son was in town Friday attending his duties Charles O'Kerman came down from Hughesville Thursday on a brief inees trip Mrs. John Senders lift Saturday tor Great Falla where she will week visiting friends. Oscar and Adalph Andersen were hi Falls Saturday. He r et urn e d Sunday, He taking hit truck end has a contract with the Mamsell Hotel whieh is to he i' i m ada Mi ed. Sari Miller accompanied and aa Mia. Q. H. Gerhart with relatives in Missouri rad Minno •ota, after aha h*c »prat hi the hospital at ■ha submitted to an and Hugh Evan* hauled Roy lumber last woak Mr. Evans is MsiW teg a now hones, while Roy Is buUdtoy Cart Nebel and email down fro« Bagheeville —-——. — * towbowu. .. ^ **■ * à mo. «m ira«». Una. and mother, Mn. Rapp», spout several days last week in Great Fails, returning Saturday Mrs Zapp« had R I her teeth extracted, The echo«) children and teacher ra joyed a pleasant hour at tha school big spread was put on hr ML Games were enjoyed and than the tenta. R. B. Crutcher and E. R. Shill wbre busy this week hauling down props for shipment and taking hack lumber, which is to he used on the W. H. George ranch for building fox pane and rabbit pen*. It is Mr. Gear*»'« plans to raise fox and Chinchilla rah bit# Dr. B. O. Fisher, deputy stats vet crinary, waa a professional nailer at the Strain Dairy Farm Saturday. The party given at the Yule ranch Saturday vu very largely attended , „ 4 . . _ and fan excellent time had by au. ^ ^ ^ 1 entertainment and a sumptuous lunch t was served at midnight. The party did not cease until broad daylight. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Longmira came down from Hughesville Monday, go ing on to Great Falls where they will visit for some time. — i TOWN TEAM WINS The Belt Towns best the Methodist team of Great Falls 49 to 19 in a at the aodi torium last Saturday night before a very small crowd. Fluhr did not play owing to an injury te ont h j, „bins which may alao morrow night. Lowry, Oossaek, Hub ber, Evan» and Gillette started but Browning and Snooks were called upon before Ofe end ot 0» ga/ne. Mr. West refereed. Among the Methodist {players was P*rcy Engdahl, who has accumulated considerable weight, both « » basketball player and otherwise, ^»day night the Belt's are scheduled to P**F in Great Falls the last game of the season against the Murphy-Ma clay team which win hereafter be in the corral as the Great Northern Grata. keep him out of the M-M game to LEWI 8 TOWN — Chicago, Milwau kee A St Paul railroad installs mo tor cars on Winnett branch line, for gers. »tat® college figures. GREAT FALLS — Boston Heights j community will build $12.000 Metbo Hist church with Sunday school rooms, ( gymnasium, kitchen and floh rooms. Î freight, crude petroleum and passen BOZEMAN — State corn serrage increased from 190,000 to 636,000 acres te part four years, according te : Tha tarerai of Leato M aB toa r , j|- Jt -a- . Im Inriaii CBvM TTGRi tmkjm to «MS falling of hb church In Balt on Friday The church eras filled with and neighbors who had to the majority of the pi* casse on too Great Norther», at though a tow through with their ■ÏU brothers of the dead all present aa wall as of Mr*. Nat liner, whowua before her ky r. J. A ky Rev, H, T« BtoNg. A ehtor oracfeiteg ei 3. % «Mn* La« Gtoif Uil . tf - n i. if*Sk-ykiinierfit «aedham AÊkm iÉtouraertira^ft Ti inmmiei EC am-.- fruj YTIJp wrara wQrw**®« m with the ficeaj Tli« Mii wm Among time« who ep MB gl Mr, and Mtt. »4 Warn. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Walter ffeh, Mr. mâ Jhtf -ia,<r_ tag—,- A;;8>&&* ll . T i-n t i erect. sip ft»® Ms*, nuts» was dn«. Mrs. W» Wnthtoe, Mrs, flhee ï; hra, Mr. and Mrs, D»i Mr. «»4 Mrs. Mdte lar, Mr. and Mr*. X. McCarthy, Mr. End Mu Mé M&ti Owwfisk NUlrar and vrtto Moag IfhAttm*-, Mr. mom, D #. »««■■)» m. mt . Mm, Mh „ , v CoJartata, fkteflF mMMMNM «MB»* K. OF f NEXT SA iT Ths Knights of Pythias a» elaborate prepara tions for * grad time session on Saturday night In vitations have been rant out to todgra at Stanford, Stockait Sand Coûtes and Great Falls to coma to Mt and jkte te the festivities. Four candidats« are to raraive their third degree and each of the tl a tilut lodges has been invitsd I» bring Mu degree tram along and pot one of ta» candidate« through. After the degree work the Pythia» ... . ___ _ _ Sisters will Join the throng and tara **• ***"••• «uric and dam; ln * a table loaded down with rood cheer for the Inner man. * is hereby notified aot' m ee the worst thing The sbei to disturb ^ they will have to drink will be coffre, but as to think of the Sisters will provide. AH K. P's. are urged to attend and if the entertainment doesn't bring the "ffldh hounds" out, the fact that the Pythia® Sisters are assisting with the hrata will guarantee oar prraencc, at least. METHODIST CHURCH NOTES Harry T Revival services are now in pro gross. You are invited. Sermon tonight at 7:80. "The Boy Who Was Lost and Found," Friday evening. "la There a Hell?" Sunday morning worship at 11 o'clock. * - Evening service et 7:80. Sunday school at 10 a. m Epworth League at 8:80. Leader. Lily Bakko. Intermediate League Thursday at 4:80 p. m. _' Special revival serviras each evup ing of the week except Saturday. Qm Thursday evening of next week the Salvation Army will coafrift a street meeting and then hoM servie« In the church. Tb« commandment of God is, "For asks not the assembling of fourmi*** together." There is no proviekm here which would justify you to «toy «ray , ... _ . t If you would like «» pmfto WJ* preacher I to a re a tel . «*« of the congregation, ftp ifat» o®t and see *W if 4osag*t u**4u K from eharch because It is not ot worn - denomination. An excuse ot tart kite* would keep ono out of heaton 'ii