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Prepare for the Cold Winter Winds s n . h -j» X'Æk jÿi /r 1 It 19 VI • • Many an uncomfortable cold house would be agreeably warm and the coal bill would be appreciably le 4 « if the doorr and windows were protected from the chill blasts of winter STORM DOORS AND STORM SASH Always On Hand il Neihart Lumber Company Shelby—Kevin-Sunburst oil field produced 2,000,000 barrels oil in 1926 November run of Illinois pipe line was 371,425 barrels. Specials - * -For Friday-Saturday 60 Oranges... 4 !b Pkg. Raisins ... Rycrisp, Pkg. 9 lb Sk. Rolled Oats 2 Cans Sweet Spuds .45c $1.00 50c 25c 45c 3 SUNRAY ELECTRIC LIGHT GLOBES 25—40—50 $ 1.00 McGookey Merc. Co. —BELT, MONT. T 4m Lunch Counter AT BARNEYS Open Till 12 P. M. PASTRY AND MEATS Home cooked Short Orders s Specialty O. M. OLSON, Prop. _ - --- ■ ifimiiiiiiimiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiimic It Doesn't Work Both Ways I • 2 I 2 § 3 S 2 15 2 Saved money may someday be spent, but this statement cannot be reversed. Spent money never can be saved—by you ! But the money you spend, which ought to have been saved, will circulate until it reaches th% hands of someone who does save—then he will be using the dollar you should have put away. There's no better habit than the saving habit— and it's easy to acquire once you're started. A dollar will open an account here. Farmers & Miners State Bank 2 * a s I 2 i . J ■W IMPERIAL ROYALTIES COMPANY The largest and most outstanding royalty company in the United States is the Imperial Royalties Company of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Organised in April 1920 by E. S. Horn, H. O. Bland and John E. Horn, the company started with a landown era royalty interest in three proper ties on which there were eleven pro daring oil wells. The company through conservative handling has added to its holdings until there la one hundred and thirty-six properties aggregating 7,536.8« acres upon which there are five hundred and ninety eight producing oil wells. These roy alty interests, which are perpetual, are held for the benefit of the com pany's shareholders free and clear without one cent of indebtedness against them, bank, bonded, or other wise. Imperial does not engage in the leasing of lands or the drilling ot wells, has to maintain no field organ ization and has no expense except the I first cost of the royalty other than small office expense. The company pays guaranteed monthly cash divl (lends. No. 3S which was paid Decern bar 30th made a total of 116 per cent in cash paid its stockholders since the organization of the company. Imperial is represented in the state I of Montana by the Edwin F. Hyland Co. of Great Palls, of which C. T. Gregg is manager. FOR SALE—Muley White face bull coming 6 years or trade for Short horn same age. Matt Urich, Beit. 2tp When in Great Falls leave your car in the Ludwig Garage. Up-to ! date, careful service. tf MARCELLING Second door below the Ttoy x La un \ dry. Jessie Sampson, Plwne 89iV 1 .■ ■ ■■--- _ - - — i Local Items of Belt and Vicinity I ST. MARK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH Sunday school t o'clock p. au First Maas 8 o'clock a. m. High Mass 10:30 A. M. Benediction 7:80 P. M ST. LUKE'S CHURCH Lee B. Young. Pastor. Second Sunday after Epiphany, Jan. 17, 192«. 9 A. M. Holy Communion. 10 A. M. Church School. 10:45 Morning Prayer. All are welcomed and asked to join i in the worship. The Rebekah club met with Mrs. W. P. Pilgeram of Arming-ton yesterday. Carl Peterson of Willow creek was a business visitor to Belt yesterday. Mr. and Mrs, C. B. Stewart of the Peterson ranch were business visitors to Belt Wednesday. Comedy, popular songs and stand ard music for male voices, at high school auditorium this Saturday si 8 o'clock by the Intermountain Union College Glee club. John Jaap is installing a new radio in his home. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Fred King of Spring This week Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Hay of Armington drove to Great Fails to visit his sister Mrs. Allen who Is very On Saturday B. P. McConkey at tended the funeral of Perry Westfall an old time friend of the Stanford country. The funeral was held In Creek called at the Marquardt home Monday. John Van Dike visited Highwood and Great Falla this week. Horry Ham ment was in town for a few hours yesterday. Richard Maid of Willow Creek was a Belt visitor Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Smith odd small son of Great Falla visited Tom Noble Friday. Mrs. George Larkin took her son Pat to Great Pells Friday where Pat's tonsils were removed. They returned to Belt Monday. Biggest and best ever in Belt, en tertainment by twenty college men. Saturday evening at Auditorium. 8 o'clock. ill. Great Falls. Virginia Hill who has Peen at Uie a|Graybeal hospital for some d"s re turned to her home Monday. . , Al/red Larson was a Belt visitor Sunday. The Big Pour had a aes .jon In-t Thursday evening at the he . h. Morrow. Edward Landry departed Sunday f or his old home neai Montreal, Can ada, where he expects to visit for * few months. He wa* rot positive that he would return to Montr: u but might conclude to spend the baiance of his days near his boyhood home but all his friends here are confident that after the novelty wears off the call of Montana will bring him back Mr. and Mr*. Chas. Provin and daughter Charlotte were in Great Falls visiting friends for a few hours Sunday, Mrs. Mike Uhrin returned to her home after having spent a week und er care nursM at c* 2 i lumbus hospital. 2; On Thursday last Mrs. Frank Beau 5, dry went to Great Falls to visit Mrs. 5 Joe Leveiile. On Friday Mrs* Beau, 2 ! dry with Mrs. Leveiile and two son* si came out to Belt where Mrs. Leveiile 5 will visit her sisters. 5 Mr. and Mrs. John Jaap spent the 5 week-end visiting the W egge lands on 2 Goodman coulee. 2 Ambrose Vaskey of Raynesford S spent a few hours in Belt Sunday. 2 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kranz visited 2 the Clergy» Sunday. 2 David Pimperton and son Earl were 2 in town for a few hours Wednesday. 2 N. T. Lease of Great Falls came oat 2 Monday and remained with the Prov 2 Ings until after the Bank meeting on 2 Tuesday. Mrs. Harold Shannon visited friends Hi Belt Tuesday. 8. Armstong of Cora Creek was ta town Tueadayto attend the Director's meeting of the Farmers and Miners j State Bank. j Frank Joescelyn attended the stock holders meeting of the F. A M. State Bank. * Mr. and Mr*, fm. Fluhr voided Great Fall« Tuesday. Genevieve Shroeder and Violet Strong motored to the coontyseat Fri day. Quite a number of Belt fan* are pkimltg open accompanying the high school team to Great Falls to see the game between the bcals and Center vIDe. I Leo Spogen is home from Ely, Ne- 1 vada for a month's vacation. Gordon Johnson and sister Lain-: came in for a truckload of supplies! yesterday. Lawrence Bough waa in town on a business errand W ed ne sd ay . Will Irwin was a visitor to Beit early Wednesday morning. Hr. and Mrs. Burton Thayer were here yesterday on a shopping errand. Jos. Conroy was circulating amon* : his friends yeetprday. Bishop Fox will be in Belt with Res* L. H. Young for services at the Epts copal church on Jan. Slst Oscar English came out from Great ; Falls on a business errand Saturday and Sunday . L. B. Lockhart was seen on oui streets Saturday. John Stein visited with some of his old friends Saturday. W. C. Blomquist, Jude Hubher and 0, W. Stuffel drove to Great Fails yesterday afternoon. The first two attended a meeting of the B. € V. P. j A. executive committee. Misa Lucy Burghart, former teach er in the second grade of the Belt schools is now taking a course in the University of Southern California at Los Angeles. Ambrose Preselitz came over from Hilger to attend the funeral of Mrs. Marn. B. J. Buffering gave an Kluatrated talk upon the core and preservation of our forests at thé Auditorium on Monday evening. M*r. Burfening is the ranger in charge of the Logging creek district of the National Forest. G. W. Stuffel received notice on Sunday that his father John Staffel of Columbus, Nebraska had died that morning in the 88th year of age. The funeral was to be held Tuesday morn ing and Mr. Stuffel found it impos sible to reach there in time. Mat Urich was a welcome visitor et the Times office on Tuesday, Hear the be t tenor soloist in the state at the h : "h school auotoiium Saturday evening. Miss Elsie Schmidt, a teacher In, the Franklin sç b o oï o f Gr ea t M M 1 and her mother, Mrs Schmidt of Iowa,, were week-end visitor* at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Buehler. John Mam visit 'd u * at the office on Wednesday and gave u* the de tails of his mother's life, Joe Kopriva was a visitor in tlu city Tuesday. _ Joseph and John Gu ic made a'busi ness trip to Belt Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs, John Bratl y were transacting business in Belt Saturday. Mrs. Joe Becker was in town for supplies Saturday. A. F. Morris of Armington was » visitor at the Times office Saturday P. L. Littlefield of Spring creek called upon us Saturday, E. H. Sundermeier leaves today foi a business trip to Billings, Dr. C. E. K. Vidal, formerly a phy sician of Belt but who moved to Great Falls and is now head of the State Tuberculosis hospital at Galen wag in ; town a short time yesterday after- j noon. He accompanied Dr. A. M. Mac * auley in the latter's new car. They j visited Mr. and Mrs. Louis Clergy and j greeted as many old friends as they could see in the limited time. FOR SALE-Number of white face Hereford bulla and young mule*. Mike Eocka, Belt. ♦ WALTHAM Mike Gonderio and family are en joying a new radio. Walker Blevins, Fred Thompson, Clarence Feltman and John Kalanick and son were recent business visitors in Great Falls. Mrs. Geo. Ellsworth and baby re turned Friday of last week from Los Angeles, California where she spent the holidays with her mother. She took in the Rose Tournament on New Years day in Pasadena. Ralph Knight was in the commun ity for severs! days demonstrating the Thorola radio W. H. Jones and son Robert and Alcide Fischer Jr. took Hi the dance at Four Comers Friday night. E. Stackhouse is marketing his crop of potatoes. Charles Fischer is haul ing them to Great Falls on his truck. John Krebs has made several trips with his truck to move Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Davidson from Highwood creek to his home on .Spring creek. The neighbors regret seeing the David sons leave the community. * Little Arlene Golden who was sick is able to be playing outside again. ■'ir4 V J] ! f . / L XTj y}£} >. X© Vi y/ \ ♦ I v ! The Right Kind of A OVERCOAT * Lanpktr Lanphers appeal to your love of the correct thing. You'll appreciate the clean-cut grace of their lines, the comfortable warmth of their woolens ; the scrupulous rightness of every detail of the style and every stitch of the tailoring. We've never had a bigger or finer stock of overcoats. The} are all here from the warm doth ulster and the fur collared mackinaw and the big sheep lined models. ~ A range of prices that will surprise you—they're so low. What You Get in A Lanpher Vest AU the warmth you need, all the comfort you can expect, and all the smart looks every man wants—good fellows who wear Lanphers are good humored in all out door activities— whether it be work or «porta. Ham ment Brothers Clyde Park, in Park County, will have new Swia* Cheese factory. ■Tei iwass Cigarettes Tobacco L Cigars Pipes /j Luxurious Boxes of — CANDY A* large m yon wish—Bar candi«» of every brand AN IDEAL PLACE TO WHILE AWAY AN IDLE HOUR BARNEY'S + A. N. PRATHER, PROP. Sunny Jim Says Take it from me Who have toiled thirty years in a grocer«« Well, I gueaa I know what it ought to be, I reckon I've had a chance to see Something of every kind and degree That goes in a groceree. Why, he who isn't honest and frank and free To give his customers hones toe Weight and flavor and qualitee He isn't a man that can train with me. No, Sir-ree. But when Dahl says to me There is our name and our guarantee ! know just what it means, you nee Take it from me , Who have worked thirty years in a grocer». . / ■a. Missoula—Contract let for Swamp Creek section of Clark's Fork trail.