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a *• fffftfK -*4lüg| l i * v3l:_ ■ ■ % é . V • -, 1 # è ■ j|| p*: C* ■ : i.M / i % ■ V'# f: * = ===== a—se Volume S2 Non ber 9. August IA J925. BeK, 12.00 PBB YEAS IN ADVANCE. - - * Hama Merchants Happait at Lead WM Make Fir Greater Community. Feed Her —' This is year dtp! Yoa era a partner in its prosperity. If it grows and thrives you profit in hard dollars and cuts; if its growth is retarded sad it goes back. mard. yoa fa*. We have taken the former so much far granted that have fast sight of the latfare-particn farly our own obligation fa the matter. You and your neighbors which it shall be. Yon are a partner with everybody else in town, and the town—which is *U the partners collectively—can be only as prosperous and progressive the sum of the prosperity and the progress of the individual partners. Do your share and there will be no -question as to the outcome, ft means moneqr ter you and your family;' it means the same things ter your neigh bors. can say Stores and Community The men who conduct our storee—. the business men of Beit are neighbors—not outsiders—so they in a position to know Belt and the surrounding country and can speax of its problens with authority. The Times, as the spokesman of the munity, is ever interested in the wel fare and prosperity of its home munity and during the coming weeks we will discuss the cause and the cure of what ails us—if ailment there be —such as the mail order menace, etc. On another peg« you will find large apace devoted to local business men —your "partners." It would be impossible to secure apace for every business man in this community. How over, during the next month your are com eu in an or so, when these pages are running, you will find many other advertisement* scattered throughout the Times andf 3 these should have your careful perusal as well. Our advertisers are business men of Belt and have confidence the community and who have confi dence in the city's future; they have, or they would not back their faith in this place with the invest ments that they have made, and pay heavy taxes on these investments sides spending large sums each to maintain the establishments that stand before you and everybody else, here and beyond our limits as monu ments to their implicit confidence that Belt can and will make good. mus* year • Has Splendid Future No community that we know of much, deserves this confidence as our own home city. Our merchants art. united for the common good. They are working for Jjic who call this < " You earn your money in .this —spend it here! Don't impoverish your city by taking the money out of it and sending it to a mail-order house far away. Don't take train or aot> ter a place a score of mile# distant to interest of all home." cash th e motor that will maira—Beit forge to the front. But not in the way you think. You arc not asked 1o part with your money. Not the cash that icomes out of your pocket, but the cash .that stay* here Is what will build up this community. How is that? Buying from home merchants. A Duty Is Owing you arc making some rich corporation latter instance you are helping «me fag city store pay its heavy overhead by the higher profit tacked onto every angle article yea bay. Consider it from another angle; you work hare. You expect to find em nfayment at your Job for years to they profit by its school (supported by taxes paid b> your employer and by the merchant* of the town as well aa by yourself) and they benefit by its churches and enjoy ite social life. Now, say your employer gives your job to some dot stder—whit would if mean fe jrwf Figure it ont for yourself • I Sp?nd your money oleewhere, and -the merchant* will be forced t& g», out of business hmfe and to seek a location where nwr civic pride and community spirit exist* among be«*,, pita. •come, nod that has induced you to Your family share* 41 fort and wHi-being. They Keep Bustaess Home the people. And you 1 will to take their place, tor away from a town so as "for rent" signs on vacant buildings. Hail oedsr doiag anything ter yon or far four Tea reahse that wd «re sore. Wa shall have more to sad da ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦H MONARCH ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Or. U J. Brick spent last week hare with his family. hoe Wilkins and Bill Bar tie were Monarch visitors last Tuesday from the Dyke. J. A. Mus son of Stanford spout several days here last week as repre sentative of the New York Ufa In surance Co. Mes. Jas. Brasee Jr. and H. A Thomas motored down Saturday for provisions from Belt Park. Meri Sutter was in Monday from their ranch on Socky Ridge. Mrs. Robert Keister and daughter accompanied by Mm. Ried Lan way returned to their home in Great Falls after several days spent hew. Mr. and Mm. Wm. Holsheimer and Mr. and Mks. Lee Hall motored down from Hughes ville Thursday enjoying the drive and purchasing groceries. Mrs. Jss. Casement of Great Falls and mother Mrs. Anna Servos« of Arming ton accompanied by Abe Mor ris Jr. and son drove up for a few day's visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Croff. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keeton ol Great Palls are spending some time here. Their little grand-daughter is with them. Miss Augusta Ariss and sister Mrs. Ale* Watson who recently returned from Glacier Park are spending a d *J r * * >ere at "Külkaie Rabin' b « fore Miss Aria« résumée her dutie. at *** Deaconess hospital of Orem ™* 01 **♦*♦♦+♦♦♦++++++♦ ♦ ♦ LOCAL NEWS + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ■(• + + •:. - Mr. and Mrs. Cal Sharrard drifted to Great Falla Taut evening to see Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Wagner of Great Falls drove out to Junkemienj last evening. cTrS^miS ,f of .lock from the Am.wton Stock yards. A Ia>U of new wheat is coming in to the elevators. This is of better the Pan show. so quality than expected. Last evening the young ladies ol the city gave a weiner roast in the park for Nellie Klimas who îs leaving soon for Seattle. The Krebs threshing outfit is at the Leand ranch today Villa Browning, Harry Browning and N. H. Browning drove in last night to the Pant ages show. Last Saturday night Johnnie Mar qnardt's Ford took a sky hop and then a no«e dive followed by a side swipe on the Lower Belt road. John townljy^j rented it for the evening. t» ! The Gillette Brothers and Charles Berg have bought a large separator and will start threshing on lower Belt this week. Rev. Fr. Richard left Monday for Plevna after a few days visit with Fr. McHugh and friends. Big Dance at Neihart' Saturday night. Collegian Five. Ben Kennedy and B. F. McConkey drove to White Sulphur Springs Set urday they sey that the water as the spring fa six degrees hotter than before the quaks The family of D. Oolgan are spend at Diversion Dam on Son fart report fto> fishing not ver y good, They saw Ralph Parker end wife and g» r j Wheeler and wife at the dam. Kräften berg says that thejr 1 early spring wheat on upper Utile Belt is good but the later plant-! in g is 1 Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Cable of Chi j noo k stayed from Sunday to Tues- 1 day at the home of Mrs. J. A. Healey. Th y are on their way to California wher - they may locate. N. H. Browning is building a win ter sleeping porch at hifc residence I Lro Fischer wa* in town Tuesday L . < coal for threshing fag a Ed Sun derm »er and David Gray drove to the Diversion Dam Sunday . Mayor i Sees Snakes John ■ vté .j i s of the come diversion ter the yd About nine o'cfaek fast Pissiai in going haard a lively bossing as to go from one roe« was not a cricket or a it made that bussing noise she started ter dm dedr. th fate ..Ski BELT VALU! MPEITY OWNERS TO PROTEST RUINATION OF FARMS The Belt Creek Valfa y Protects v» Association was bon on Friday sight Of wben a group of men re the different sections of Bait met and discussed the turning the waste from the milk oh, creek and Dry Fork into Carpenter Belt creek. Steps were token to make the or ganization permanent. A committee consisting of Messrs. English, Hub ber and Remington was appointed to draw up a constitution and bylaws W. C. B lorn qui st wm made nent chairman. The object of the Association is induce the mining companies who operating in the upper Belt Valley u, u*. , reasonable «mount of pm caution ** ain , t ^ «*,**,* of tip tbej r m | U8 into ReH am* No one appeared to desire f&SUr ^ down of the Silver Dyke or Block P, Everyone was in to rested in the dam Everyone was in to rested in the dam age which is being done to their prop ertteq by the flood of slime which Belt creek is carrying. ♦ There were some distressing tales : °^ damage told. Stories which we all know ' are true. Past damage was n ot considered. __ The future use of Belt creek for drinking water and irrigation wasi the single desire expressed. If this objective can be attained without in-1 M ... J ^ t,' | Block P and the Silver Dyke will ..ko the necessary measures to protect the' waters of Belt creek when the enotol ; mous amount of damage already done! junctions and damage suits, so much j ley want something better than prom j i»e* because thS' utpauen has been i growing steadily worse and amounts' In some cases to driving people from j farms and homes which represent their total wealth. I ranging from ten years to forty j has been called to their attention, But the people who live in the val-! The people up and down the valiey: have owned their holdings for periods I years, étanches which were former-j _ « Mr. and Mr*. Henry Keaton made trip to Stanford Friday 1 (-turning the next day Misses Sophia Calone, Josephine Colarchic and Ethel Brawn visited the Mieses Watt Sunday afternoon. Mike Neumeyer spent Sunday last with W. V. Thibet leaking over bu fndt Joe Ycndrick recently went out of Belt to harvest here Monday and report# the wheat harvest well along and a fair crop. Miss Rosa Neumeyer returned hitne Saturday after a week's visit {with Great Falls relatives. The mpny friends of David L. S. [Rhliror in ftfa mdinii trill h<- picked to hear that he is the father of a fine baby girl born last week at the Columbuk hospital fa Great Falls. Prank Sheldon et Neil rre*k waa a business visitor in town Monday lend say* that the grain crop in hu locality will be fair. Casper Censer will faeve next week for a couple of «oak's trip to from the his crop on Big Willow. John Hedrick of Little Belt ws* led the mayor. When ha haard that insistent rattle he diagnosed the case st onee as Mrs. Pisslni departed at once foe the outside. John got a light and shotgun. Exit snake in pieces. John asserts that H had seven rattles and was consequently yours old. The next day ho killed in the fn>nt yard. Ha thought H was a sister of the first be ca use it also had * rattles. John says that ha thinks the visitor ter his dandelion wine. At say rate he asserts that nothing was the matter with himself because the wine is too young yet. The were really then. Us has the rattles to prove it. ' *' ty fertile and beautiful are no longer desirable If any one is inclined to doubt the reasonableness of this pre test. let him walk slowly down through the agricultural part of the valley. To see is to be convinced. A mass meeting of • parries inter ested will be called in the near future kwhere the matter will be threshed out ■and a definite program of action tor moisted. I All person« who have suffered age through this cause are expected to be present. This number will be augmented by many who feel that the pollution of Belt creek has deprived them of a place where with pleasure and comfort they may find an oc casional day's outing. ♦*++♦♦+♦+*♦*+*♦+♦ ♦ WALTHAM ♦♦ +++++♦+*♦♦♦♦ Mr und Mn. Otto Gulden and chil dren, Mr. Jones and his guests, and Mn. A- J, Fischer, Jr. spent Sunday in Brit. The Camp-fire girls left Sunday for Logging creek. Ernest Damrose, Ed Erickson, Gust P Fischer Jr. took them Sj>. Mias Cleav er their guardian and with them. : and A. J. „ ... Mrs. Minnie Holland and Ed Erick son each have new Ford touring cur« «-• Ch.rl- Vo- .nd f.„ fin» •«'■"<*1 • P*«y ITiven by By. : 7JU1 ,., , t p our Corn ,„ s.tard.y cv,. » . . „ _ „ ! E»-worth andfamlly .pen, ■ at creek. At the regular monthly meeting of mother is * cho °* 81,11 teacherage. F°*ng this week, »raging fair but it is of an inferior quality to last years crop, the wchool board Saturday night it was decided to pai n t the Waltham Four or five threshing outfits are The wheat is av A. Fischer and family apent Sun day in Sand Coulee. Miss Ella Holland attended the Eagles picnic at Belt Sunday. ,coast He will visit the Portland j and from there will go to San Fran-1 Haco by steamer returning by way Mias Lettie Talbot of Riceville Is fa town today. George Goodman and son Walter accompanied a large shipment of cur rants' and gooseberries to the Great of Salt Lake. Fails market. Mrs. A. J, McDonald of Arrow creek visited her sister, Mrs. David Pimpert - 01 one day last week. Mr*. Frank Kolar is visiting with bar sister Mrs. Joe rv,i*rchic Th children of Mrs. Steve Colar e-hic ore quite ill with the whooping cough Mike Bodner made a trip to Belt Sunday dnüœarit oT Big son hav ing Injured his arm Among those who were picking berries on Otter creek last week wert Mr* Roy Pish. Misaes Lizzie Kolar. Bertha and Carrie Watt, Mrs. N. A. Brown, Mrs. Ethel Brown. Mr*. Cal and daughter Sophie, Mr. and Mrs. Watkins and Mr. and Mr*. Lou theiMoHIner, ' ! S. S. Johnson arrived home tuf evening from Chicago where he hae accompanied a stock reports a good market and that his a tope brought IQ cants. He was nms coounittal shout the prices receive« by others bat admitted that they good. He hurried wheat needs —Mi afc - ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ N I 1 1 A I T ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. Bresse and sons have returned to their summer home here. Mm. A A Porter, Mm, Wa White end Miss Margaret Morphy motored to Great Falls last Thursday morn* ing. Gordon Stewart and guests, Chas. and Dan Smith, went to Great Falk Friday morning on die stage. Ahra Cordry was the guest at the Ledbetter home over the week-end. Miss Evelyn Balstey of Great Fails wes up for the dance. Mias Frances Loffeus is the g ue e t of Miss Margaret Murphy. Mr. and Mm. Harry Boeteher and children, Mr. and Mm. Boulais and children and Mias Anna Robinson of Great Falla wore up for the week end. Misses Efalse and Alleen Barker and Miss Mlllksnt Oefstodah] were up for the dance. Mr. and Mm. Leo Ledbetter, Mrs. Dave Ledbetter and grandchildren, Edith Ann and Bobby Rowe left Wed nesday for Great Falls. MV. and Mm. L. Ledbetter, Mrs. D. Ledbetter and Mm. A. Johnson of Great Falls tour ed to Marysville the following day to visit relatives, Mr. and Mm. White and family . . ^ and Mm. Uyson and family camped! at Sheep creek Sunday. * Guy Palagi and family are here rest .>( the summiT. ter David Ledbetter, Deputy Sheriff made two business trips to Brit dur want «5 Mta. and Mlases ford Sunday evening ter a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Straiten and daugb ter Muriel motored to Great Falk Friday on busins... Herman Angert motored to Great Pall* Friday on business Earl Faller went .to Great Pall. Taut week. Jack Boeteher is the guest of Ed gar and Donald Scbenck. ' Mr Uw was up from Great Falls w( _ k TW »ill b. .noth., d.nc tm. S.tunlay night by tbe CoIIejrl.n Five Don't mi- It! «. , „ . , ,, , . -,_, Mrs^ la*yson and her sister, Mrs. j [Bartelt went to Great Pall* on the! Monday. Jack Pamenter is here from his ranch near Denton. — Aiig U», , MeDpahkl fa fa from Warmbrod ranch where he is visiting Delbert Bricks was up from Mon arch Saturday night for the dance. «.> + + + + + + + ♦♦♦♦♦♦ + ♦ * + RAYNE8FORD ♦ •f . ♦ <■ + + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Wm. Tedmeyer and wife are the I Nearly everyone in the vicinity mo tored to Belt Sunday. |QHr, and Mrs. Walter Cooper and mother visited with Mrs. Wm. Wm ' kins Monday. Mrs. A. V. Chesbro and son A Urn accompanied the Grosskopf« on a fish trip somewhere near White Sot phur Springs. j Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Woods of Portland, Oregon on J id yard a son. Mrs. Woods was formerly Miss visitor to Greet Falls last week. She 'exeets to move to Belt hob where the Gladys Brooks. Mrs. Lou Nulliner wm a business two girls can attend school this win ter. School will open here August first. Vlsocans are settled in their new building and have plenty of room for Word has been received from Mrs. Carr at Helena that her brother to return to hi# home from the bo» pital. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Lavoie spent Sun day night at Kibbey returning to Great Falls Monday. Mr. Dahl is busy hauling lumber to the old Henderiiter place near Kib bey which will be used in the con st ruction of a new H.use. Mr. and Mrs. Bloom visited In to Great Falls Sunday. ' \hy their needs. I George Visocan ha# improved enough 1 i ». Eagles Stau Rnl Picnic Last Sniff The Baglas' picnic on of the the park. Concessions wops on hand and the voice of the T could be heard anywhere on 4 street The sports were polled off in a creditable manner. The of the orchestra fared many to an aB pavilion the net of the crowd tried to get a ; day session fa the baby doll or a ham ter nothing number enjoyed the boxing and ball contests. In tbe fa the Belt fans were most the toeai team with Wade fa the box knocked over the Bootfaggem by a score of It to V. Two taken fa charge by some of the «ties over among the trees and had a tendency to At » P. X. to the special train left for of earn fadad away fa the RESOLUTIONS WHEREAS, Olive Branch Lodge, Rebekab Begree fa meeting assembled appointed a committee to draw luttons expressing the niww sympathy the Lodge teek toward sister Laura Heron and family to the low of her sister. Ida McDermott, we, your committee respeetfkOy sub mit the following. I RESOLVED. That where« the »to H is Divine Wisdom has removed from the family « i Stete» Laura Héron a faring and considerate sister, and that in kwr death our sister has suffe vri a great sorrow and torn therefore be it REBOOTED, T^at Ufa Lodge tend# to ÊSM- Laora ftsrifa *bd kte family its moat sfawere sympathy condolence in this their great °* words fa expressing A* veal ££'****? M80LVED That . sopv of «solution* be spread upon tbe ; to V of '«'«••J* «"J** family of Sister Heron and that they be published in the Belt Valley Timer. - \(y ri (- E to PKOPEHTT OWN KM - Respectfully submitted, Haxel PUgwam, Inez Gray beat. Myrtle Josoelyn, Committee. \ .Notice is hereby given that the council of the Cfty of Belt, Montana, ihn« niinwcd « , Va isi ^Isesting all real estate in Special 1m provement District No. 6. In the City of for the estimated co „ t of „ruining the said omai ta I lighting system in said district fot the year IÖ26 and part of 1926. This resolution levying and as sw m ing the cost of said improvement« fa on file in the office of tbe city clerk, subject to inspection ter a period of from and after the days ties of this notice. The council of the City of Bek, Montana, will be in regular session la the council chambers in the City Hall on Thursday, the 3rd day of Septem ber. 1926, at the hour of 7:80 o'clock pk 01 ,, st which time and place they will hear objections to tbe final pas sage and adoption of the above des cribed resolution. By order of the council of the City of Bolt, Montana. (Signed) LEO. C. GRAYBILL, City Clark. . ih FORMER BELT TEACHER of ber filé friettée-in been visiting i sister in Dutton for several week», and left her h>y of three and one-haif years and a girl eighteen month* there while afar made a harried tnp to Belt • She was prevailed upen to roman, over | until Friday when she took the nom train to Great Fall* on her way Do* Dutton, »be must be fa September first. - Mr*. Ev* Jones Penrose former do mestic science teacher but now the wife of a prominent teacher in the vo cational schools of Chicago droppeo ■J week to make a few hours visit with her friend, Mrs. J .P. Healey. During the afternoon she a greet many fate m É