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Volume S2 Non ber 9.
August IA J925.
BeK,
12.00 PBB YEAS IN ADVANCE.
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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 •
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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*
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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
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MONARCH
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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
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LOCAL NEWS
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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
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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.
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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
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Mayor
i Sees Snakes
John
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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
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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.
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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
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| 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
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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.
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WALTHAM
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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.
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and A. J.
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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,.
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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 -
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N I 1 1 A I T
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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
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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!
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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.
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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.
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George Visocan ha# improved enough 1
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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\(y ri (- E to PKOPEHTT OWN KM
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Respectfully submitted,
Haxel PUgwam,
Inez Gray beat.
Myrtle Josoelyn,
Committee.
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.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.
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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
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week to make a few hours visit with
her friend, Mrs. J .P. Healey. During
the afternoon she a greet many
fate
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