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VOLUME 32. NUMBEK S2.
BELT, MONTANA, JANUARY 21, 1926.
22.00 PER YEAÊ IN ADVANOL
STUDY OF PUBLIC
SCHOOL COSTS
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Montana haa ion* bald a high rank
place in the topmost division of
for par capita «oat ef puWir
school education. In many years this
lad all others in the amount ex
per individual student enrolled
1919 and 1925 the total cost of com
in Use schools
Between the years
■urn school education has never been
lower than $10,300,000 and it has been
as high aa 116,200.000. Now with
coete again mounting, we hear the
statement, made the meeting of coon
ty superintendents at Heien» text
week, that new and tremeodous sums
are to he available for public eduea
tion in Montana in 1926. A million
dollars Is to be realised from the com
mon school interest and income fand
and about half a million from the in
heritance tax payments of the W. A
dark estate. So we may expact that
on the basil of tentative figures giv
en out by the state superintendent,
.Misa May Tromper, Montana's public
schools will have the benefit of at
Jteaat $12,000,000 for 1929. Then are
about 116,500 children in the school»
this year. That would make a per
capita expenditure of $102.50 a figure'
high enough to put such wealthy and
prosperous states as New York, Mas
sachusetta, Illinois and lows in the
background.
Montana's expenditures in the cause
of common school education long have
been the wonder and marvel of statin
tictons. The question frequently has
been raised whether or not these tre
mendous funds have been wisely and
judiciously administered in behalf of
the children. There has been no par
simony or niggardliness when the wei
fare o i Montana'» children was at
stake. The people have been mon
than generous with their funds. Those
in charge of the educational work
hold, the most sacred trust of all and
ths, administer the greatest fund
that t|bs people are called upon to
.anlaaL j
It will be interesting to note that
Montana, with her comparatively
small population, has more schools
than any other inter-mountain or Ps-jr
«rifle coast State except California ana]
half that at ths Centennial state
Of Idaho, Wyoming and Utah combin- ji
Calf omis with more than six times
Montana's population has less than
, twice as many schools. Montana has
■ore schools than Colorado, although
her population is little better than
schools than Ore
gon, hut has only three-fifths as many
paople aa Oregon. Montana has al
most as many schools aa the States
has
Montana's investment in public
school property la greater that that
Of 18 other states 'and the District
of Colombia. Her per capita invest
ment in such property, par pupil en
relied, $221, is greater that that of
any state in the «don, save Nevada
-which shows a per capita of $226, but
Montana's total school property, $29,
475.418, is more than eight times
■at- Nevada. These are the federal
-vision that in many counties of Mon
-tana taxes are so high as to approach
tile point of confiscation, H is * grave
«(uestion whether school authorities
can be justified in plunging the public
into higher and more reckless public
school expenditure. Everyone in the
state is interested in education
Montana children. No child should be
or will be denied such advantages. J
But carrying education to the child
has in many instances been brought
to an absurdity. The governor point
that
governtuent's figures for 1922, the
liist^ available for purposes of general
With testimony of Governor Erick
son and other men of wisdom and
ed out in his inaugural address a year
ago that there are hundreds of case»
fai Montana where the complete rural
school organization ha* been carried
out with an enrollment of two, four
or six children. Certainly that is logV
carried to absurdity. The school an
thorities know, and the, governor has
brought it to general attention that
children so located as to make the
organization of a school prohibitive
|y expensive, may to be transported
daily to other districts at very slight
comparitive cote i
The people of Montana view their
public school* with a sentimental af
feet ion that has brought lavish
unstinting support for education. But
they will regard with sober inquiry
If not with oterigM suspicion, any
effort t<> ptga Lft i * «late in a position
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TSe Bolt high school decisively do
feated the local high at the high
school gym last Hmraday evening by
a sears of St to 7. The locals were
out*played in every deportment and
only in the third quarter did they
show any signs of be tug alive. Belt
had the ball in their possession at
least seventy-five per cent of the
time and made "monkeys" of Stan
ford's beautiful new red suits by their
shifty floor work and accurate baa
ket shooting. Belt's midget forwards
were the classiest pair seen in action
Th* î ),[*• Book of the Py thie».
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tatoment for the next week or ten
days runs from exposing the inside
working« of mediums and mind
ers to the Tod Browning production
"The Mystic" to three pretty, well
dressed girls in the Mi mi Milli Vaude
ville show. In between the picture
lovers will be token back to France
(Judith Basin County Press)
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here in soifie time.
High Class Filais
Booked at Pythian
shows a fine lineup of attractions, of;
various kinds. The form of enter
in the days of the French revolution
in the picture "Scaramouche" feat
uring Ramon Navarro, Lewis Stone
and AHce Terry It is a hig produc
tion in €VBry 8enae of a* mrd| evet ,
hl lengt4li ^ „*[* For thi»
reJLSO n there will be only one show
each night start«* at. 7:46. In the
Theatre ad on the back page, all par
tucotors of these shows is given. But
wait, can you Imagine two slightly
dissatisfied married couples, who
fond* and decide to trade wives
„ peak to w ut rei agreement of all Î
sit-tionT^Exchange of
are
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Wives."
BOVS AND GIRLS TEAMS
FLAT SATURDAY
The High School girl's team will
play basketball with thé Centerville
team on Saturday night at the Audi
torium. This is their first game thi«.
season. Remember the date Satur
day evening Jan. 28rd at g o'clock.
There will be a preliminary game by
boy's teams.
On Saturday night the Freshman
boys' team will meet the High wood
team at High wood. This will be a
game worth seeing as among the Belt
ayera wUI the long and short of it
t
Joe Cossack and Mot Leiand.
players will be Adam Gosoaek, Andy
Harcfaartek, ths famous Tommy Dolto
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and Eddy Florek who gives promise
of growing to man's sise some day.
The boys wre going over in a Cher,
but decided that a Big Six Studebaker
would give more room for some of
the boys legs while the smaller boys
could just be used to fill in.
flutte, Jan. 16.—The largest and
most power f ul electric hoists in the
mining regions of the west are to |
be installed by the Anaconda company,part
on Butte hill aa soon as such equip
ment can be assembled by the manu
facturera. They will be capable of
hoisting ore from a depth of 5.000
feet, which is nearly 1500 feet beyond
the present deepest operations of the
for,Anaconda company. The announce
ment made yesterday by Vice Presi
dent J. R. Bobbins of the Anaconda
company will set at rest for many
years to come all thought and dis
cuss ion of the limit of Butte's Hfe as
..BUTR MINES TO HAVE NEW
ELECTRIC HOISTS SOON
the world's greatest mining camp. In
stallation of such powerful and expen
give machinery is designed to take
care not only of present needs but of
the requirement* for many years to
come. Mr. Bobbins announcement
waa received in many quarters in the
city last evening with expressions of
gratification and pleasure as the moct
significant indication for the future
prosperity of Butte that has been
given this community hi years.
The three new hoiste are to be of
2.150 horsepower each and each will
he capable of koistii* 1,500 tons of
(Con. on last page) •
and_known
where the public school costs are out
a j| proportion with those of othe
commonwealth*
(Fro « The Anaconda Standard ;
LOSING FUST MME BELT TUBES
THIRD PLACE IN CD, TOURNAMENT
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in the third
fin*
Cassade eeanty
ishad is as fallows:
captured third place in the tourna
I ment being outpointed by Centerville
The locals are not feeling in any
way discouraged because this was
only a practice tournament and al
though they were defeated by Geo
terville yet the margin of defeat waa
180 «mall that they are in no way out
classed by either of the teams winn
I tog the first places. A little lockj
and the Centerville-Belt game would
have been a Belt victory. At one
time a f ou l throw converted into a
read-',*,^ have ended the game In
Belt's favor. So there is no doub|
but Belt will give a good
cou „t 0 f itself at the district tourney
A )i tt le rest will put the team into!
good physical condition. The weak
spots in guarding developed in the
Centerville game can be corrected and
when the team takes the floor at the
district meet there should be an ex
cellent chance of success.
The Belt team is perhaps the light
est in the district Because ef this
handicap they must make up to speed
end skill what they lack in height
and weight. *•
They should be In prime physical
condition, not trained too fine. Flenty
of sleep and an hour of intense prac
tice each day should pot them on «
when they wMI be a worthy match
any of them. Too long practice and
too continuous will make them stole
and dead on their feet when the need
for activity and strength is greatest.
There is no one in the city but who
wishes the team the greatest success
and rejoices in a victory.
The Centerville game was a heart
breaker. Belt won a 7-point lead be
fore the Twin-cities team got going, h
After this it was whip-saw back ana
forth until Probst was knocked out
and a «though continued in the game
never sufficiently recovered to be of
any value to the team.
Motil led the Centerville basks teer*
to a fast 22 to 20 victory over the
scrappy team from Belt in s hard
Centerville
Greet Patts
Third place.
.Cascade
Fort Shaw
.Stearns
The High School basketball team
Fourth pl a ce .
Fifth place
Sixth place
on Friday night and not moating
Great Falls who reached the finals
through the defeat of Simms and For»
Shaw.
for
Vocational Conference
There is every indication that an
other attendance record will be made
at the annual young men's vocational
conference, which is to be held this
year on February 1 to 4 nt the State
College in Bozeman. Lgst year the
attondance of high school boys reach
ed 1,178, making H ths largest con
ference of its kind to the United (
States. It is expected the attendance
will exceed 1,200 this veer.
More than 450 young men will take j
in the stock judging; contest, the
largest contest of its kind in
country. Six of the larger high
schools will send basketball teams to
provide a series of throe or fou»
games for evening entertainment. Gov,
error and Mrs. J. E Erickson of Mon- j
tana will be guests of honor at « con
ference reception, the State College
will stage their annual play for th*
high school Boys, and the State Col-'
lege Bobcats will play their big game
of the season, against Brigham
Young University of Utah.
Rooms are provided free for all del*
gates in Bozeman, In order to meet
the demand for rooms, the Milwaukee
raiload company v#ill send a string of
the standard sleeping cars from Chi
cage to Bozeman for free use of him*
dreds of the conference boy* The
Great Northern and Nothern Pacific
railroads are sending stock judging
teams from many schools along their
lines. _ All railroad« offer reduced
rates for this conference. Meals are
provided in Bozeman at a fiat raU
of 90 cents per day for the delegate»
More than two score of nationally
professional men will tell the
boys about vocations open to young
men of today. Among these speakers
will be Governor Erickson of Mon
tana;'Fred C. Parker, international
fought axtn period game to open the
ji night'« play. The game waa dm fast
eat of tha tournament to date.
It
was anybody 1 ! game until the final
gun, and It was Motil who put to tits
deciding counter with a close shot
with only 47 seconds to play.
I quarter ended and in the second po
Hod he and Snyder added enough U,
put the consolidate school In the lead,
18 to 18. Centerville held the lead
daring the third period and in the
final quarter Le land and Nohl kept
ringing to long heaves and the game
«■'«led • tie, 20 to 20. Lelainl put
ting In a pretty heave in the last
minute of play.
Belt misaed a chance for a tie in
the extra period when Leiand missed
both attempts from the free throw
11 »«. • *** from Ungel'« personal
f°°l- Intend and Probet haaved long
| «bots wild for most of the extra per
to<1 until Motil dropped through a baa
tot * nd Centerville played a strong
defensive game until the gun. Motil
ac^counted for 16 of the winners*
i point*.
Belt short-passed its way through
Centerville open defense continu
■BF» but waa checked on short shots
under 9* hoop. Leiand was the out
«tending man on the floor, but missed
*M»y »hört shots, including four gift
tries. Nohl played a good game, but
be couldn't match Motil. Snyder, play
big bu fourth year on the Stocket»
b»in, was ejected from the game for
Pweonal fouls after giving a good
account of himself. The speed of the
«tome caused many fouls on each side,
Qentorvitte having 10 to five for the
u.
Totals ....
Leiand, Probst and Nohl ringing up
■ seven points before Centerville scored
Motil dropped in two shorts before the
Belt got off to an early lead with
vallgy team.
Lineups and scores;
f.: Csatervflte
FG. FT. MFG.
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Snyder, rf...
Lingel, rf .
Butch, rf _ _...
Motil. e ..I.
Novak, rg ..
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1
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0
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0 0
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Evsnko, ]g_...
Totals
.9 4 8
Belt
FG. FT. MFG
Leiand, rf.
Prebet, If,
NoW, e .
Jewell, rg
Simonis, lg
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0
4
0 0 0
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. 8
1
.1 0 1
.....0 2 1
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secretary of Kiwsnis Clubs; Dr, C. J.
Gaddis of Chicago; George R. Hill,
American Smelting and Refining Co
New York; President J. Lee Coulter,
ef North Dakota Agricultural college;
President Alfred Atkinson of Mont
ana State Collage; Chancellor M. A
Brannon of the University of the Mon
( tens; George R. Warner of the Uni-J
vanity of Denver; Warren H. Wilson
|of New York; W. H. Morrill of the
j United States Department- of Fores
try, Washington, D. C., and many
theothers well known throughout the
country.
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METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
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j Pray«r service this Thursday even- :
ing at 7:30 o'clock. ,
Choir rehearsal Saturday evening j
at 8 o'clock.
Sunday morning worship at 11
o'clock. Sermon by the pastor. Sub
ject, The Church and Modern Prob- j
lems,
Evening service at 7:30.
Sunday school at 10 o'clock,
Epworth League at 6:30 promptly
Our second quarterly conference
will be conducted on Saturday evening
January 30th by our district super
intendant. He will also conduct ser
vices in the church Sunday morning.
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On February 4th Dr. Harry Can
right who has been a missionary of
the Methodist Episcopal Church In
West Chifta for the past thirty-three
yean, will deliver an interesting me*
sage in our church. Admission will
he free and the public is urged to
remember the date and pian to attend a
this meeting. A million Chinese have
received medical service through his
hospital.
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♦ INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
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IwibY—hltlmlWVinawr • De
mar* Company * trite«« heavy gas flow
Y S>lf Point—Local capital will back
telephone tall Han to Vida, 89 miles.
Montana will receive $1,561,660 fed
era! road aid daring 1926.
on east aide of Kevin-Sun buret field.
St, Ignatius—Bison range ranch is
to ship 900 stats elk to Massachusetts.
Missoula» Jan. 19—The largest yel
low pine tree to be «sited in this
part of the country, according to avail
able records, was cut during the
month by the Polley*s Lumber Co. u
short distance awn of Bvaro, near Mis
soula. It is reported by Ray N. Shan
non, an officer of the company.
The tree was 1,100 years old, he re
ports, and was 160 feet in height The
diameter on the stump was 98 inches
and the tree scaled 10,700 board feet.
This tree will cut-enough lumber to
build three good sised five room
houses, Mr. Shannon says. It was
measured and scaled by the Indian
forest scaler. T
Demand being shown all over the
state for good term and ranch lands.
Billings—Great Wettern Sugar Co.,
in 20 years, has bought 2,890,866 tons
of beets, paying growers $20,000,000.
80,000 acres of bests will be grown
for 1929 season.
Montana's Urges!
Pins Tim Felted
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Not only is this ths largest tree re
corded in western Montana, but it
also is the oldest, says R .H, Welder
man, silvcnrist in charge of the Priest
river ex
service.
î ment station of the forest
t also establishes a record
height, according to. Mr. Wafahnan
who. has had many years experience
for
in Montana forests.
heretofore reported measured about
120 feet, it is said.
When this tree bags a its growth
Hfl
Egbert was king of England and
nearly 100 years was to «lapse before
King John was forced to sign the
Magna Charts. This tree was a seed
ling, when Lief Ericsson, in the year 1
1000. first set foot on tbs shuns
ty
of
forth on his voyage to 1492, ths pine
was large enough to cut for lumber.
When the war of the Revolution
was in progress, ths tree continued to
add to its stators and whan Lincoln
freed ths slaves It towered shove its
neighbors. Montana was settled, Mis
soula became a city end at tost the
giant of the forest fell before the sew
to
is
the
in
and axe of the lumberman to be made
into boards to add dwellings to tee
city.
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honey aa a guest for several day*,
J He came down with John Krebs to
assist in hauling potatoes and while
j here his jaws swelled up so he
thought it beat to stay inside for a
few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Giles of High
were business visitors in the
community recently.
Joe Spiller has had Albert Dam
: roae assisting him with his truck j
in marketing his wheat.
j Otto Gulden, A, Fischer and Mr
and Mn. V. L. Fischer were attend
ing business in Great Falls Wednes
day.
j Evelyn Lander is spending somt
time hi Great Falls. ,
R. E. Evans and John Lander arc
working in Great Falls at the pres
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WALTHAM
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Krebs wore vis
iting relatives in this community sev
eral days last week.
B. B. Davidson has had Geo. Ms
ent time.
W. H. Jones and son drove to j
Lewistown for the week end.
Mrs. Keith spent the week end at
her home near Fort Benton.
There will be a card party at Wal
tham school, January 23rd.
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Thos. Colarchic of Raynesford was
in Belt Sunday the .quest of friends
and relatives,
Miss Emma Spencer of Riceville^
visited Mr*. Frank Horan Saturday
and Sunday. Mias Spencer returned
a few month* ago from the East
where she ha« been visiting for a
year. She i* now teaching at Rice
ville.
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IN AUTOCRACY
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Whatever may be the fate a i
prasentatirs Danay'a proposal
Congraaa shall empowur the
dant, daring the next two yean, Ma
axarcisa arbitrary authority in tiaag
anising and consolidating the sane«
"divisions, bureaus and eommisaiaan
vice," it seems certain that the
issue involved is to be presented m
the form that wilt compel what nosy
prove to be an erabarassing diseten
ure of the sincerity, or lack of
cerity of many members of both the
House and Senate. Representative
Davey who is a Democrat, estimates
that an annual saving of |5O0,0UO>Mn
would be possible by the combinat!—
and consolidation of fedora]
without lessening the efficiency ef
the servies, of approximately ll
federal appointees.
Hie proposal, in so far as ft*
features an concerned, is not a new
one. There has long been a
sanctioned by influential leaders, to
find a way to bring about such a
organisation of government
Representative Madden of Illinois, a
Republican leader to the lower
f
of Congress, is «men« item* commu
ted to this policy. But the conviction
persists that this administration,
never be worked opt to detail hy Con
gress itself.
Ths heroic method now
would absolve individual Masters
representatives from the necessity at
protecting the special interests of to*
fluentla! constituents. To invest the
President with this extraordinary
power would be to elevate the satire
plan above petty influences and
partisan contentions. It is n«t be li eve d
that Preside»} Coolldge would
this «rest responsibility. ^It % know*
that die «nd sought is QOawilhufclah
half a billion dollars a year for aa
indefinite number of yean
he
nf in every «my
worthy of Ms ambition
Quite naturally there is
interposed tils doubt aa to the <
•titQttonality of legislation which
poses to invest this
power to the Cktat
the many lawyer* who
arc
ben, of Congress ere inclined,
cling to what they regard as
lishsd . u ve esd en
said, they a
to. At tee
R
ore anxiously awa
Supreme Court's derision to a
which the power of a President to
terminate, the tenure of an appointee
without consulting the Senate is being
qusstioed.
Fifteen years «go tbs statement
wm made by Senator Aldrich, vrite
was then counted among the infhssn
ttol and powerful Republican Isadora,
that if he were a business man
was permitted to do so be could enu
duct all tbs business of ths govansi
niant for 1300,000,000 « year leas tenu
ths cost at that time. This cost ban
bean tremendously increased
80s tor Aldrich's day. The Chief
•entire, while present regulations re
main in force, is practically powerless
in the matter. President Coolldge, ns
Representative Davey points out,
earnestly, consistently and property
pleaded for economy in government.*'
But his hands are tied by existing
laws, regulations and red taps. It Is
sbown that as a result more than 80,
1000 civilian employees have been add
ed to the pay roll of the Government
g ) nce president Coolldge took office
a Jjttlw more than two years ago.
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MONTANA INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
Shelby—Three new producing uella
«"'»hed, and three new ones started,
in one week.
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21-28. »mm»
Northern Montana sold 1600,300
worth of turkey* for l926 hrildMrik
Montana bank* haws $20,009,088
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Missoula— Northern rset ic aooa
100 mcn t0 'f*'**' * T
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Big corn, bean and trôner
al seed show to be held here January
Billing!
from here.
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Farmington shipped 150 ear* of
grain in 1926, against 116 in 1924.
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