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VOLUME 32. NUMBERS?.
BELT. MONTANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1926.
SX.M PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
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Barber Renamed
for Excellent Work
work in Cascade oountv
este completed Friday with the assign
•sent of field men to the districts,
which are not included in the honor,
system recently announced by asses
sor Harold Mady.
In Great Palls, Deputy Joe Daley,
will assess the north side district be-,
tween Park Drive and the Seventeenth
street, Chris Hendrickson the balance*
of the north side east of Seventeenth
street, and J. J. Schwerdt the south
aide district commencing at First
street. Belt assessments have been
P rep ar ations for the annual spring,
assigned to Herbert Barber, Cascade
to Gordon Ferguson and Sand Coulee
Stockett and Tracy to to N. Arseneau.
AH isolated districts and fanning
country will be handled by Mr. Mady
through the honor system, which pro
vide* for property owners making
their own returns by mail. J. C.
Thompson, Sam Maid', Frank Bullard
and J. C. McConville, who carried on
the work in 1926 will not be employed
this year because of the resultant re
duction in the field force. The esti
mated saving by assessor's office is
between |2,000 and $8,000 annually.
A schedule of livestock values for
the current year assessment work ha
adso been prepared and conforms close
ly to that arrived at by the state as
•aasors assoeiafcion. Purebred and
range horses will be assessed at the
discretion at the asaaMor, and work
horses at pot less than 840.
Purebred cattle wiH be assessed at
a $75 vahie cash, coming yearlings at
not less than $ 20 , coming two-year
olds at not lees than $30, coming three
year olds, steers and stock bulls at not
less than $50, stock cows at not less
than $30, and dairy cows at not less
than $60.
Relative to sheep the schedule rates
bucks and purebred values at not less
than $18. coming yearlings, four and|
five year olds, at not les« than $10
coming two and three year olds at |
not tees than $ 12 . and six year old«
Iom than $12 and six year plds
l
over at $6 Hogs will be assessed
at not less than $11 a hundred weight
Many friends of the Thrasher fam
Uy gathered, at their home to cele
jl il hiefk/t.* njj.
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a* JT?Zr :
wS.
nnfi i k .
hour f U U r itt
Logging cLk, Calvert 'and Bmm
were in attendance. All report a
splendid time.
, „ ... „ A ^
J. Hall of Marysville., Montana who
to ton vot ing th. ato (toll,
the past week retamed home Friday
Mr and Mrs Ctao Pipi tt B* of Caxno*
Mr. ^ im■ Ueo ^e^OtOWy
«ItendWtae party at the Thrash
er ranch Friday.
There has been several days vaca
tion in Ae school at Evans owing to
the illness of the teacher, Mrs. Span>
School will open again on Wednesday,
E. Stephens was doing busineM it.
«aohUPrito.
Mr, M™. Fred B.Helt .pm,
v wrnfto—i-m
WM'pi.k , w .
. N. Thrasher and T hnu ' ,M!r
were .hopping m Stockett Thursday.
Mrs. Anthony and Mrs. Geo. N.
Daily were shopping in Great Falls
Wednesday Mrs. Daily was having
some optical work done.
Walter Back left here on Sunday
for Grant Fall, for medical attention,
he is quite ill and is now an inmate
of the Cohmnbua hospital and at At
last report was no better.
Metro Selenick and son Peter were
business visitors in Great Falls Frt
day, they reported the road, in poor
condition for traveling by auto.
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home Sunday.
MR. AND MRS. JOHNSON
ENTERTAIN
A very pleasant time was spent at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emil John
son Saturday evening.
The radio program and "600" were
ts. At IS o'clock
; the hoe tew seated her guests at
where a dainty luncheon was
; served,
T** invited guests were Mrs. Oscar
! Johnson, Carl Johnson, Gordon Jofan
*on, Mrs. Carl Berg, Mrs. Han« John
■<». Mr "«1 *»• W«. Vendsel. Ebbe
Jokm » on - Mrs. Oscar Samuslson. Ar
Harold Johnson,
Ae chief am
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k * 0 ® Coleman, prominent ha
ware man °f Glasgow who has beer
«»«ending the convention of dealers ir
that line in Great Falls, visited Ray.
mond Robbins on Sunday. While
here Mr. Coleman looked over the
town and visited one of the eoe
mines. He expressed himself as high
Prominent Glasgow
ly pleased with Belt and Belt coal. He
j has a large business building in Glas
gow and is just starting on the first
car 0 f Belt coal he ever used and
Hires rt much bette,, than the coal hr
forme rly secured. He also expressed
hia 8Qrpriaa at the condition of Belt
crwsk and Mked if tKfrr no Uw in
^ prevent suck a contamina
ti on.
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ALL KNOWN LAUGH EYOKER 8
USED IN "BRIGHT LIGHTS"
P The combination of Charts. Ray
Pauline Starke in 'Bright Light.'
picture to play Sunday and Mon
day at the Pythian Theatre was a hap j
py one, according to Robert Z. Leon
ard, the director .
Ray was secured by the Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer organisation for the
role of "Tom Corbin" in this picture
and hi8 work *» ««fo-ooraic part
w,s the talk of the studio,
" In Ae makin * of Ala picture we
wx,rked on th * »apposition that any
m * n ,ik ** 10 ■** ««other in an em
barrassing situation. Carrying out
this idea, there are many different
ways of getting a laugh, and Mr. Ray
and Miss Starks utilised them aiL
It happen. Another type is the sur
prise laugh; that is, when something
totally unexpected occurs. A third
•* when the inevitable is interrupted
by s totally unexpected event"
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Thrtlls Aplenty
• / T7 1
/W Carey rtltn
_
. Many many J month,, ^ eUpw!<1
" ,nce we enjoyed anything so immense
ly - "Silent Sanderaon", Harry Car
ey s latest Hunt Stromberg produr
^ have its first showing
WeA _ nW „ «
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It>B an impellin|f .tory, having most
^ ^ JMJ 1 y OB ^ ^ f lrwEen „o,^ Afl
a great-hearted Westerner who seeks
forgetfulness in the gold country
when his life is broken by a woman,
Carey gives Ae fmMt performance
wo've ever seen him give—and we've
probably seen everything he's done in
|W*-t .
for novelty m plot and incident Its
thrills are daring and vastly impres
»«ve These consist notaMy, of a
blinding bliward in Ae Yukon that
mpn sboat at ^ an attack
by a band of sly, blood-Airsty wolves,
wk o tear a man to piece* before
€yea . .everal spine-Ungling fiat-fight«
wiA the despicable viilian on the re- !
cefving end; and a drought in the
cattle country that kills the nine by.
Ae thousands, leaving their sprawl
big, mewling young to perish at their|
sidc- 3 . The scenes in Ae Yukon bar
room, we thought perfectly drawrw
the vulgar dancing girls in their taw
dry finery, the bestial men. Ae bitter
brawls are eo entirely convincing Aat j
SIXTEEN NORIK CENTRAL TEAMS
COMPETE ittlKETBALL TOURNEY
This afternoon Belt plays Tabs*
County in the second round of
games at the District tournament.
Winning this they must play in the
third round the winner of game
played this morning between Gagnas
and Havre. This game Is called lor
Friday at 2:16 P. M. If they shoal«
win this grame they go into the finals
on Saturday evening. Losing this
gerne the Beltites will play the loser
of game 18 (probably Conrad) foe
third of sixth place.
In order to cut the absent list to w
minimum Supt. Culver has arrange«!
-|to start school for the last three
of the week at 8:16 A. M, to
continuous session and dismiss as
j 2:30 for the day. This will give
teacher8 we n u pupil, „ oppor
tunity to see the most of «k» go mes.
Simonis has been confined to hta
home owing to a marked swelling or
er his ears which led many peopte 4
believe that he had been indulgin
In forbidden sweets and pastry whi
{caused him to become suddenly I
but Dr. Graybeal diagosed SkiaA]
caa « ** mumps, this squared him wi
tha coach.
Unle " *»" • rel *pM he will be
ln uniform.
Inland has been recovering frop
« of tonsUitls rghicb may at
feet his r es er ve strength.
The Ans have been fnqtdrfhg sack
day '* i * iher the rest of the team
Kave responded to sick call.
Coach Lowry will bring hla boys
home each nigbt and tuck them in
^ own ** tha at tha
]ighu and ^ .tfeioiating ef
f ec j 0 f a cro wd of young folks will i
^ mar their beauty sleep. i
A fore and one-third is Ae rate
the Great Northern for Ae rauml
trip to Gresrt' Falls while every de
crépit car 7s being put into shape by '
the boys who hope that the cars will
last long enough for them to reach
Ae tournament. Other boys hate plan
ned to poet Aemselves at vantage
pointe where they may hail passing
care and save one-dollar and twenty- !
seven cents for «its.- ■
on
Carry Brain Smut Messages by Radio
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Directions for treating wheat for
* mut c * n *** ** curpd trough the
County Agents office, as well as in
»tractions on manufacturing home
mad « mixing machines.
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Radio flash«, an Innovation in ag
ricultural education meAoda, are be
Ag used this week to carry the mes
"** f to Nor ?
west farmer, «cording to a wire«
re«v«i from Secretary irf Agncu.tur.
W. H. Jardine by the Northwest Grain
Smut Prevention Committee.
A no,i, cr«.t«l bto» of th. D.
partaient of Agriculture, has préparée
.. . , .
this special radio service consisting oi
66 q u es ti ons and answers pertaining
to smut prevention problems now be
mg radiocast over eight stations in
the Northwest.
Stations handling Aese radio flash
e« are WAND, Radisson Hotel, Minne -
spoils, WCCO, Gold Medal station,
^
lege of Agncuiture, Fargo, KFJM
University of North Dakota, Grand'tee
Forks, KFDY, SouA Dakota State Ag ;
ricultural Collage. Brookings, KWSD.i
Unrverrity of SouA Dakota. Venn»
lion, and KUOM, University of Mont
your_:
the audience actually shuddered, gasp |
ed and exclaimed aloud as Ae tide
of Ae story ebbed and flowed.
The love story which runs through
this barrowing tale, togeAer wiA the'
delicious bit* of new comedy business '
pot over by Carey throw* a pleasant'Hyde
glow over Ae bitter reality of the
piece, rendering it a well-balanced bit
of entertainment wiA an equal appeal
for all tastes. 1
C la w s ef ash shove 1er« have hast
ened the Annual cleanup and eereral
boys can display a lot of blisters on
hands unaccustomed to toil as they
with satisfaction jingle a few dollars
which will not he spent for gum or
candy or pool or shows but which
have been dedicated ko the sacred
cause of joining the yelling squad in
the Great Falls gym.
THURSDAY
16 s. ». —Game $, winner game I vs.
winner game 2 ,
11 a. m.—Game 16, loser game 1 vs.
kwM»r game 2
2:16 p. pi—Gene 11, w hin e r game
$ vs. winner game 4.
1:16 p. m.—Game 12 , loser game 8
va. loser game 4.
4:15 p. m.—Game IS, winner game
5 va. winner game 6 .
8 p. m.—Game IS, winner game Î
vs. winner game 8 .
• p. m.—Game 16. loser game 7 vs.
It va. winner gtsu M (fer fifth and
i eighth places.)
4:16 p. ». —Game $4. winner game
game 8 .
FRIDAY
2:1$ p. m.—Gams 17, winner game
9 vs. winner game 11 . -
8:18 p. m.— Gasse 18, winner gams
IS va. winner genie 16.
4:16 p. m.—Game 16, winner game
lt va winner game 12 .
7 p. ». —Game 26. winner game 14
"Va winner game I«.
• p. m.—Game 22 , kwer. game 18.
va loser gai
15.
SATURDAY
21 us. winner game 22 (for fourth and
seventh places.)
8 ». m.—Game 21 , loesr game 17 vs
' toasr game It (fur third aad sixth
placée.)
! qualified to play ia the state
2$, winner game 17
vs. winner gnaw If (fur championship
play hi Ate game aatoma
are
pieaahip at Bosensaa.)
ana, Missoula.
Secretary Jardina udrsd thi Com
mittee that thaw flasbrn aro in Ac
hands of the Northwuet stations and
will be used all Als, which has been
designated by A. governor, of North
mid SouA Dakota and Montana, m
Grain Smut Prevention Week.
This service is designed to include
^
J®"" 'Z
1 f •» expert fa ** *??** L*
grain seed for smut prevention. Other
radio flash«« to be sent out through
tk. baton will Includ. vlrtoll,
every phase of agriculture.
.
The department through a reque.«
sent to Secretary Jarditte, has made
«00 lantern slides showing Ac most
effective meAods of seed treatment.
These slides, 100 seta of « each, will
be distributed A rough the county
agents in the four states for showing
at special demonstration meetings oi
west Grain Smut Prevention Commit
for intensive drive against stink
big smut to last until after npring
ptenting has been completed. From
now until every bushel of seed i«
in the ground in Ae Northwest the|
campaign will be carried on in each
individual community/
Agricultural colleges of Minnesota
'North and SouA Dakota and Montane,
!are recommending Aat the farmers in
their state* treat grain seed with
elAer copper carbonate or formalde
as the only certain preventive
the parasite disease. Plan* have
been made by the extension depart
ment* at Aese schools to carry the
(Continued on Page Four)
DANCE MARCH EIGHTH
At the Pythian Mr. Robbina hat
booked for Monday Mardi 8 th Room
valt's Syncopa tors, an aggregation o.
traveling musiciana who play variou«
tnatramenta auch aa piano, ' violin
drama, saxophone, clarionet, banjo
etc They feature the lateet song
hits end present aa a special attrae
tlun Micky Punny, a talented tenor
Afterwards in the Pythian Hall the
same musicians will play for a danot
which promises much in the way of
variety and entertainment.
3rd Annnnl Egg Show
at Butte March 11-13
The 3rd Annual Montana Egg Show
will be held in Butte, March 11 to 18
This show has been instituted for the
purpoM of creating s greater demand
for Montana eggs in Montons.
For the past two years Cascade
county has not been represented by
county exhibit, but increased interest
created through tha Poultry Demon
stration Arms adtl improved housing
conditions in the county indicates that
a good many of our poultry men will
be interested in sending exhibits Air
y ** r
The county agent urge» tfose wV,
can »elect 2 dosen good uniform egg,
conforming to the standards required
below end who ere willing to sacrifie*
the price of these eggs for the pro
motion of "quality eggs" for Montana,
to get in touch with the County Ag
ent's office for entry blanks and in
structions on tha show. If a suffi
cient number of en trim are indicated
plans for a county exhibit to compete
with other counties will be made up
and sent to Butte.
Mrs. H. E. Cushman, State Poultry
specialist says, "when Ae cackle at
contented is heard in every corner at
Montana, and when Ae cackle be
comes so great in volume as to dwwn
out the noisy chatter of Pacific Coast
hens in every consuming center at Ac
^ gw , t Qatu Mmrek u . li?
cooperative enterprise between th«
Butte Chamber of Commerça and the
poultry division of the Montana State
Extension Service,
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FaTtH BuTeQU
iTI eCtWg Held
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W L Stockton. State Farm Bureau
****** met wiA Armer, and bu.i
d men at a mae ting held in Ae
F ._ Ilrv . .
.ccomolishmenta of Ae Farm Bur
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**° durtnr ^ year * nd 4
wcooni^o a membership campaign
county fcr the cornin ^
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" hf)twar " d doiii» rB even Aough s small
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toi,, to Bom.a onlu In th. toj
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_ ^ Ac neoDl^ra^sino- Ae food
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Hfe se< ' m * to *" ve ***" «nject
;** into thU moveTn * nt over MonUno
* nth the pe#aH that . 5 or 6
have organized active memoership
cam P* ,c th * n J ajo ty 01
progressive farmers in each o ese
» ubwr,b,n » and »T ptt,n F
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After Ac meeting Mr. Clark Buss
gamer, president of the County ham,
Bureau Board celled together Ae
member* of Ae board present ana
Treasure State, there will be no
more Montana Egg Show* In Uif
Bell Wins First
The first round in the basket ball
tournament has bean ptayed and ran
to form with the exception of
Canterville-Chotaau game where the
latter's win was unexpected.
Belt, playing raggedly, woo from
Big Sandy with comparative ease, Gey
Mr defM t ed Chinook in a cIom hard
The Centerville team is below pai
without Motil their star center aad
Belt is not up to form. Simonie got
out toe soon after the mumps and
is laid up again. Leland le sick and
is playing on his narvs.
Tha piaying of Hartem brought
forth many favorable comments at
they seem to be the class of the
tournament
This afternoon Belt plays Choteau
and should win on comparative worm
the boys are in shape.
Havre and Geyser will fight it ota
end the winners of these two game»
will mMt on Friday to settle which
land and Probst sta r ted sinking she*»
Drear all
replaced ky Johnson wad
I Belt put a revamped team * an 6ha
floor, but its passing gams was betas'
enters the finale.
Belt 26—Kg Sandy f
Belt opened the afternoon
by outclaMing As Big Sandy team
and winning easily 28 to 4$. Baud»
took an early lead and kept Belt see«»
less during the opening period,
being 4 to 0. In the eeeead parted ha
ead kapt «
the standard ef the earlier
tilta Rovcrsit played a hrilBaat
for Sandy, both defensively and
working the ball down Aa floor.
.Cote (•>
Laland (9)_
Right Forward
.Homan (1)
Probst (»)..
Left Ftorward
Turker ( 8 )...
Center
Nohl
Right Guard
.'MelBte
Jewell
Left Guard
Substitutions: Belt, Johnen tat In
land, McCaffortg lor Prate; 1 Mg
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««tral dtetrtet feaakstbail «ounmmmte
* am «* follows:
Morning
Harrs, 42; InvernoM, 11.
OeyMT, 1«; Chinook, 16.
Afternoon
Belt. 26; Big Sandy, ».
Choteau, 24; Omtervills. 28 .
Holm, 64; Valter, 18.
Evening
Connu), 42; Rndysrd, 7.
Fort Ben ^ n ' <** ®" k «*
0tmt £&*£ 22
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Game* scheduled for today In Aw
— cond round of the tounr * nlcnt
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MONTANA INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
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Anaconda—Cost of education here
1« »80 per pupil per year in grad.
and $128 in high school. ....
Helena—Odd Fellows will rebuild
«Ate Odd Fellows home to cost $S5 r
000.
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gte P*
to
county and start plan* for acnvtttea
in an organ ted A ~y t a wi u
farmers in county into an orernmaa
tion whir wi h«'« » ce tag q«|B
heard m matters that concern UHjSr
be st interests.
for CUne
Morning
Havre vs. Geyser.
Chinook V*. Inverness.
Afternoon
Belt vs. Choteau.
Big Sandy vs. Centerville.
Harlem vs. Conrad.
Evening
Valier vs. Rudyard.
Cat Bank vs. Augusta.
Great Palls vs. Fort Benton.
were taken to organize a driw
the enrollment in Ain
increase