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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«; j 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 . . , ( 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 . f t 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, -—-— I 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 m 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- : 4= 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 ! 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 äi— - — - CL t U DU SCftOOl £10110? iXOll __ 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 4 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 : ' 1 ' i** purpose of meeting the oblige tions of his warrants. The opinion was delivered by Associate Justice A. J. Galen, ..... 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 —«H-r"4 - 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* I 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 ' ' • 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 ffT* ' ^ 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. - 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 ,'"j, * 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 I Left Pnrward Center . .... 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