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BELT. MONTANA, FEBRUARY 4, 192«.
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12.00 PER TEAR IN ADVANCE*
VOLUME 32. NUMBER 34.
TRAGEDY ENDS
LIVES OF KEKOS
ONCE BELTITES
A terrible tragedy marked the close
of life for Mr. and Mn. Matt Kek»
of Sand Coulee who for many yean
were residents of Beit and are well
known here.
Old age and disease seem to have
been the cause of the murder and
suicide aa there ware no financial dif
ficulties. Jeanette Keko is the only
survivor of the family. We append
the Tribune's account of the sad af
fair.
Mrs. G rette Keko. 55, shot and fat
ally wounded her husband, Matt Keko
88, and then committed suicide by
shooting herself through the head
twice with a .22 caliber revolver Sat
urday afternoon at the Keko home in
Sand Coulee. Mrs. Keko died instant
ly. The husband was taken to the
Columbus hospital and is not expect
ed to live.
The double tragedy was discovered
by Jeanette Keko, 80, the only child
of Mr. and Mrs. Keko, at 6:10 Satur
day evening. She arrived at the home
finding the rear door locked. Break
window she enabled to
Keko, according to the daughter,
was found lying on a lounge in th*
parlor at the four-room residence. He
was partly unconadous and suffering
from three bullet wounds. One bullet
passed into the bead, while a second
penetrated his throat. The third
wound, which is probably the moat
•erious, eras caused by a bullet pierc
ing his chest, a few inches to the
right of the heart. Keko, stated hi*
daughter was unable to talk erben
found.
After shooting her husband, v tbc
wife walked to a small closet near the
kitchen Placing her haad on a pillow
she shot herself twice. One of the
Sollet* entend the right ear, pene
trating the brain and apparently
caused death. The other bullet also
«attend the head a few inches above
the car. When found, the revolver
was lying * n Mrs. Keko's lap.
That Mn. Keko shot her husband
and then committed suicide is verified
by the only statement made by Keko,
Goa Auitio, the first neighbor to ar
rive at the home, went immediately to
Keko, who was lapsing into uncon
sciousness. Summoning his strength,
the husband whispered in the Finnish
lani
Miss Keko, according to statements
to Sheriff Norton, attributed the shoot
r.î,
rictlvïvi^î
i. "Mamma done it."
The sherifTs office was notified of
the tragedy at 7:16 and Sheriff Tom
Norton and Deputy Sheriffs Harry
Eix and Adolph Dooley left immed
iately for Sand Coulee. Dr. L. R
McBurney, county coroner, was also
summoned and made an investigation
of the case.
.Tît ^fe
atantlv ^rrted b^his^n^L
atantly womed by hi. condition.
I cant »tand it much longer, oh*
«teetered a few days ago. according to
the daughter.
It was determined by Sheriff Nor
ton that the last time Keko was seen
was at 8, when a neighbor noticed
him in front of his home His da ugh
ter stated that she had seen her par
to at 11:80 Saturday morn in«, short
îy before going to wqrk at the Fox
Mercantile company.
The family according to Sheriff
Norton, waa not fa financial dfffcul
tie», aa neighbor* stated that both
Keko and his wife were amply »up
pited with funds.
raaotmeement as to aa inquest ha
made by Coroner Burney.
la addition to her daughter, Mn.
Keko ia » s u rv i v e d by the following rei
Mrs. Keho*s body was taken to tin
W. H. George chapel and no definite
a tire«;
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BELT BOY JOINS MARINES
Tho*. Murdock Boyd, «on of Mn
Agnes Boyd of Belt lut week en
listed in the Marines and is stationed
at San Diego, California, for train,
ing. He will remain there three
months and then be assigned to port
duty or to one of the United States
Battleships.
"Casey" u he was familiarly known
because of a childish propensity tc
sing "Casey Jones" in a melodious
boyish treble u he wandered down
our streets will doubt less find the
routine irks om e but this will be amply
compensated by the technical training
and riait* to foreign lands which he
will secure.
Miss Sophie Krebs
Weds in Alhambra
Announcements have been received
of the marriage of Sophie Krebs,
daughter of Mrs. R. E. Davis of Al
hambra, California and sister of Sam
and John Krebs of Belt to Wilfred
P. Do mm of Alhambra on Wednesday
Jen. 27 last
They were married in the Catholic
church by Rev. Fr. Malachy.
The brides mother served the bridal
party with a wsddlnf dinner immed
iately after the ceremony. In the ab
ternoon the happy couple left for Sen
Diego to spend their honeynwon.
The brides dress was s beaded
georgette with full circular skirt, bro
caded slippers, veil and wreath. Her
going away gown was blue poiret
twill trimmed with fur.
After the honeymoon the Do mm's
will be home to their friends in a
charming bungalow at 411 North
Wilson Avenue which is just a lew
blocks from the parental home.
Mr*. Domm is a graduate from the
local high school and her old school
mates will be rejoiced to learn of
the happy event while her older
friends in Belt join with them In best
wishes for a long Ufa of happiness.
Hectic Year
For McLean
G. M. Moss, former principal of the
Raynesford school and later of Valter j
but who has been for sever»! year* ;
the publisher of the Whitefish Pilot I
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county in the last Mon Una egis a
tive assembly, has been having a hard
time to get along with Mayor McLean
!
Aft-> turmoil dur
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SÄt"* — .
lfo "' ire rtnued when ** w
and waa a representative of Flathead
of Whitefish
* « 1Hn » the city some blank
bOTd> * " »■"»*" ■ ï*»*
came ^ with the statement that
McLean wa* » "plain, unvarnished
|liar » ^ .bowed conclusively that the
bond* bad been purchased from an
supply house outside of Whitefish.
appear* ♦ hi retaliation, May
or McLean wrote a letter to Mos» i
threatening him with exporare of
soine alleged unlawful act antes*
Mo8g poblished a retraction of the
newspaper article referred to and
paid a certain amount of money to
McLean.
The result of this was the arrest
n f Mayor McLean upon a charge of
« tempted blackmail to which he
pleaded guilty Monday of this week,
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Mre John Never», Vardten, Wash
Mr*. Robin Murray, Malta, Mont,
Mrs. Peter Raonavar, Gay, Michigan.
Eariy tide morning Mr. Kara die
from his wounds, it is reported at the
Columbus hospital
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READ AND BE THANKFUL
SUPREME COURT DECIDES CABS
AGAINST OH ON IMPROVE
MENT DISTRICT WARRANT«
Helena. Jan. 28.—As a holder at
special improvement district warranto
issued in 1910 by the city of Butts in
payment for the construction of con
crate sidewalks and upon which the
intenst and principal rtmiate unpaid^
George L. Gagnon cannot hold the'
city of Butte liable for payment there
of, says the supreme court in affirm
ing the judgment of the district f
court of Silver Bow county in favor
of the defendant in Gagnon's action
against the city.
It appears that the taxes upon the
property within the district where the j
walk, were constructed have gone da
linquent and there is practically no
money in the sinking fund created
the payment of interest and principe
„e '
of these warrants. j
The supreme court, after reveiwing
the facts and the statutes, decided
that: J
"Primarily the city of Butte incur
red no personal liability to the con
tractor who did the work. It was
merely constituted an instrumental- j
ity of the law in initiating and cany- :
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New Sire for Ed Wood's Herd
Ed Wood has just received a new
sire for bis Jersey herd from the ;
ranch of Toi Long Logan at Clear j
water, Montana.
This bull is from the finest lines
of Jersey breeding in the United
States his sire being Nell's Fairy Boy
116714 of the Raleigh strain of Jer
seys and his pedigree is in the purple
for many generations of milk produc
ing stock.
The dam is from Echo's Noble Las» i
879705 of the Echo strain. The bull
which Wood received by express came
fully up to Ws expectations. He is
2% years old, of gentle disposition
and shows all the form of an ideal
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Jersey.
Ihe fact that be la of a different
strain from Mr Wood's herd makes
him all the more valuable and guaran-,
tees the continuation of a long line |
of Ugh producing cows. Mr. Wood
has had unusual success with his
bunch of pore-bred Jerseys and his
milk and cnam are always in de
mand at top prices. In most
he has not bothered with registration
there is not an animal in
the herd that is not purebred. The
pick of hi* herd have their paper* and
1 * » lucrative market for his
'surplus stock. -—
This breed of cattle, while of less
f or butchering have maintained
their position in the dairy world
through ability to produce more but
terfat on less feed than any other
breed °* Their Prmenee in'Jthe
the Belt Valley makes an interesting he
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CL t U DU
SCftOOl £10110? iXOll
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rr*d«*-Kenneth nulver Mil
. K,r,t Grade—Kenneth Culver. Mil
<lred Kleff ner and Lyle Vcndsel.
For semester—Brace Bond, Ken
net ^ Culver, Mildred Kteffner and '
Vendeel.
Second Grade—Beatrice Hill, Roth
Remington, Loy Porter and Vesta
Robbins.
For semester—Vests Robbins.
gn^-Thamm Armstrong,
Margaret Grant, Louis Karin, San.
William*™
For semester—Louis Karhi.
Fourth Grade—Margaret Gage, Lu
cille Gulden.
Fifth Grade—Julia Armstrong,
Mare Ellen Carr, Susie Ford, Helen
Haraer, Pauline Pohlod, Grace Simon
Alma Voytoski and Josephine Wil
liamson
For semester—Julia Armstrong,
Mary Ellen Carr. Heien Hamer and
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ing out the improvements, and in col
lecting tbs money assessments made
by it against the property benefited
in order to pay the obligations incur
«d in execution of the work."
TTm supreme court takes the view
that the courts w e n at all times open
pUfatiff for the bringing of an ac
^ ^ ofn<Ä „ of the
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i** purpose of meeting the oblige
tions of his warrants. The opinion
was delivered by Associate Justice A.
J. Galen,
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L "' Week JT "" 1 ° f
* G of j^"gton •** <**«*
of Raynesford was m.rrieo to the
*f V ' * G ' Su ™ rl ' n ' ^
(First Baptist Church of Great FalU
Mrg Hi]1 WB9 ^ achter of Mr.
^ M ra. j ack gcott end lived In Bell
fer MW al years. Here she married
Fred Hill who was afterwards County
Clerk and County Treasurer and who
died a few year* ago in Great Falls,
Mrs. Kenneth Nelson of Havre, only
daughter of Mrs. Sumerlin was pree
ant at the ceremony.
to collect the taxas assessed for
MRS. ROSE HILL MARRIES
face herds with Holstein cattle pre
dominating among the other strictly
dairy herds,
H. E. church in west China. A mil
ion people have received treatment
through his hospital. You can not
afford to miss this opportunity o!
hearing an interesting speaker tall of
aome of the results of missionary
CHURCH NOTES
Stong/ pastor
METHODI
Harry
T
Harry Lee Canright, M. D. will
speak this evening at the M. E. church
For thirty-three years Dr. Canright
served as a medical missionary of the
work in China.
Morning worship at 11 o'clock. Set
mon by the pastor. Subject, Ths Old
Paths and P ro g ress,
Evening service at 7:80. Then will
be a song service followed by a dls
coasted of the prohibition situation,
Sunday school at 10 o'clock,
7 Epworth League at 6:30.
One month of the new year has al
ready passed and gone. As w# enter
upon a new month let us survey tho
paeeed and where we have failed may
we again resolve to overcome And
make (his a month of victory. "Be
not overcome of evil, but overcome
evil with good."
District superintendent. Rev. Jesse
Bunch of Helena conducted our quar
tarty conference last Saturday even
ing. He spoke very eommendably ol
work here. On Sunday morning
delivered an inspiring address to
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Grace Si mom,
tirace Simonis.
Sixth Grade—Marie Colgan, Eldon
Venohr.
Seventh grade—For semester—Eli»
ebeth Carr.
V** r-d.—Margaret Crr, »
gaMe r>w ,„ Agnes Colgan, Marjorie
Sharrard
py, r M mester_Rosalie Calone, Eva
Leaell and Marjorie Sharrard. |
Ninth grade—Evelyn McCafferty !
James Previn,
For semester—Joy Browning, Dor ,
othy Nelson and James Provin. (
Tenth Grade—Lillian Bakko, Ethel
Berg, George Ford, Elizabeth Mal
colm and Mildred Tuura.
For semester—Lillian Bakko, Ethel
Berg, George Ford, Elise be th Mai
cohn and Ada Sfatonis. —
Eleventh grade—Victoria Dorehak,
Thomas Levandowski, Charles Ren*
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FUNERAL OF ORB IN BROWER
The funeral of Orbin Brower was
held Sunday from the O'Conner under
taking chapel. He had been a sufferer
in one of the hospitals for soma time
with a broken back, the result of an
automobile accident. He had been a
resident of Armington for twenty -
sight yean and was highly esteemed.
His brother Gladson attended the fun
eral. Thou from Armington who at
tended were Mr. and Mn. C. L. Crane,
Gus Nordquist, W .P. PUgeram, O. B.
Crowe „ Mr. and Mn. John Crows,
Olive Crowe, Wallace Crowe
and Mn. Burton Th*/»r.
vices wen conducted by Rev.
ten.
. and Mi.
The see
L. Tot
Esteemed Pioneer
of Waltham Dies
Mrs. Julia Shepherd for 48 years
a resident on Highwood creek at Shep
herd's Grossing died in Great Fall*
Sunday morning.
She had been ill for several months
and had been slowly sinking but only
during ths last few weeks had hope
for her ultimate recovery been aband
oned.
She was the widow of Newton Shop
herd who died a few years ago ana
is survived by one «on, Isaac Shep
heed of Waltham ten d to rn
Mrs. Nancy Orant whose home is at
Browning.
The funeral was held yesterday
from the Catholic church at Fort Ben
ton and interment was made in th»
family plot at that place. Ths de
ceased was 06 years of age and had
spent ths greater portion of her Ilf«
in Fort Benton and upon the ranch
on Highwood creek which was known
to every old-timer in Cascade and
Choteau counties.
Mrs. Shepherd was a good neighbor
and her hospitality was known and an
joyed by young end old. Their ranch
was at the lower crossing of High
wood creek and was on one of the
early trails to Fort Benton.
Another of ths pioneers has p a s sed
away and her big heart and neighbor
liness will be missed especially In the
community in which she lived.
Jimmy Shannon
Estate Settled
The Jimmy Shannon estate wih
now ^ aru j ^ uuaeuton J.
. , p „ . breathe
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• of nheL A11 the property bad
been divided among the heirs with j
the exception of a Receivers oertifl
cate for »5228 on the State Bank of
Belt and this could not be divided
without s court order.
Tha execatori were anxious to have
^ mat t«r finally settled and petl- *
upon W - C Bk,mqu,,t ' r * CeiV * r -jS>ord
upon W - C Bk,mqu,,t ' r * CeiV * r -jS>ord
ectm * him to ZT"*? ****'
* ** h# j r * ln necor *
'" th their nm** *-,
**
L»,t week Judge Cowley sHtlng m.
probate matters ordered that the or j
jiginal receiver's certificate be so dl
tided and that individual receiver'» 1
certificate» be issued to the heirs i
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^ heirl receive the divl
dend * *' **9 ""P ** P» w
The majority of the heirs live in
Ireland where Jimmy Shannon emi
*rated to the United States.
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ington and Elisabeth Soba.
For remoter—Victoria Dorehak
and Thomas Levandowski.
»eniester—Anna Forder, Sophie
Miller, Alice Robinson snd Irma Wi -
son.
Twelfth grade—Clara Berg, Sophie
Miller, Robert Nohl, Alice Robinson.
Dorothy Robinson snd Irma Wilson, i
LOT OF GAMES
SOME WON
SOME LOST
.The game last Thursday night be
tween Belt and Stanford was too one
sided to be a good game, but was
enjoyable nevertheless because of the
fact that Belt wu on the long end
of the 82 to 7 score,
h Tucker wu highpotnt mu of the ,
evening making one-half of the turns
baskets.
The game started in whirlwind faah
ion with Tucker making an aaay oue
in the first 15 seconda of play
added a gift to the score soon alto».
It was evident after a minutes play
that Balt had the countyaeat quintas
outclassed in every department of tbs
Lsland mads a basket after
game.
some shifty teamwork, Probat mads
a pretty toss and Lsland followed
with another. Tucker finished the
scoring for the quarter which was
11 to 0.
Tucker started the second quarter
by adding 4 points to the teams boots.
Stanford mad« their Erst counter
then the local team took time out
Stanford missed one from the gift
tine and Probst followed with a bask
et. Hie half ended 17 to t.
Tucker was getting the jump tram
center every start. Skinny made a
nice shot from the center of the fleer.
Tucker missed s free throw and to
make op for this slight error of his
eye followed with three counters.
Stanford took time out and then Skin
ny took a gift point and Stanford dM
likewise. Jay and On» mads a
each and the quarter ended 80 to 8..
Ths fourth quarter the second tea»
came on the floor and ths teams wars
matched. Stanford making 4 points
and Johnson adding 2 for :
During the gums Nohl
consistent game throughout as basket
guard which gave him little oppor
tunity for scoring. JswpU who want
Belt
in the last quarter for Nohl got knock
sd out and Nohl took his place until
Jewall had sufficiently recovered to
ths position.
The lineup follows;
Blaafarf
Belt
..Miller (1)
Lsland (6).
Sight Forward
Probet (6).
_Culver (4)
Left Forward •
Tucker (15)..
Center
Martin
Nohl
Left Guard
Substitutions—Belt, Johnson (t),
McCaffertyi Jewell, Harchar
ck Stanford—O'Braun, Correll (2j.
' n '*. rirU with Stanford
ZT* 0 o *7° di/fe f en *' * ty Z* ° P f
The Stanford girls have been accua
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court *
ÄWi.TEts'Ä:
Right Guard
Sloan
Simonis {») ,
way * ^
fa.hion. Each team proved superior
in it. particular courte. In (he first
h.,f gunford msde 7 pointe to Belt'*
« while in the second half Belt ted
wjth ei _ ht stalrford 2 .
Osield Thompson of last years Belt
team was present as a guard for Stan
f or( j
j n a ^ r | g ' game the guarcte have
no opportunity to score and to say
the forwards starred because they
made the baskets is palpably unfair.
Oftentimes the game is won by foe
excellence of the guarding, v
The lady referee from Stanford re
fereed in a most satisfactory manner.
Belt
• Chamberlafa (4)
Ri(rbt Forward'^^Hffl^l^
Evans (4)
Stamford
Kaufman (6)
VeHbir
8tu f fe | (2 ) . . Rich irdson
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Left Pnrward
Center
. .... Koritf
Center Guard
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