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a '. w • • B £1#. -.. | V,r *1 I . _ / a ' . . ■ • : -V* ' -P=*a * Y, APRIL 22, 192$ VOLUME 22. NUMBER tf. UM PER TEAR EN ADV ANC*. BELT, MONTANA H f a i» t f iii ;if -w . I MA« *W SS fl w -'*»* 1 <T • l îjHf Li * * € . past «Mk'tM etoktora m. kmif tti mMi Ä cwottea - abon. * of W. M. Last Locke was playing on fee riprap wife i G eo rg e is also a boot 7 Yoon» Locke wss dipping water from the crash when his fool »tip pad and into fee rapid current just above fee foot bridge be went. Luckily fee current here bogs fee rip-rap and fee boy was borne along be caught hold of some willows and polled Kim self oat. & tbs meanwhile the Evans boy had hastened to the Lock* home to notify them that the boy was in fee creek. Mrs. Locke harried to fee of the accident only to omet her sob coming home. Sunday fee four-year old daughter of Lee Munden was playing in fee Cr oo k near fee Munden home below town and fell hi. Her ten year old brother jumped in after her and foi lowed her some fifty yards down the stream before he was able to over-1 take his sister. The boy says that he had to reach clear down into the water to get her. The first the par. enta knew of the trouble was when the boy staggered into the house ca> rying his small sister in his arms, both as wet as could be and the little girl almost unconscious. The young fellows rescue of his sis ter was heroic for few grown men would care to battle the waters of ) ä present What might have been a very »er loos accident happened on the hill west of Roes Pork on the south road between Moore and Hobson ** «•« •* *>»' • J— rtt sedan, in attempting to make hill, was blinded by fee sun reflecth»* cm the windshield It will be recalled h, thoM familiar aritk th. hirimmr that at about the center of the hill the road turns steeply to the west.) and wife fee sun blinding fee driver fee front wheels left the grade and fee machine turned over on ita side. a little shaking up nobody was hurt. Misses Skardvedt, Huston. Lapp and Srfford motored to High wood Sun day. , .(ft . Mtes Loulaa, Luhigy shopped in Great Palls Toeaday. Geyser Men Upset y I Mr. Galt and Prod Coffman of Gey ser, bad driven out to Boas Fork on business and had Just sufficient time to mate th* trip and get back to Bob eon fee th* bangaet. Stanley Thurs ton and Charles O. Ray of Stanford It is plausible and human. The situations are laughable to extremes, the story moves fast and each roemberof the excellent and Edgar J.: Baker of Lwwietown, were aten to the car, but outside of fed top of fee ear was some what damaged Famous Comedy "Sevan days", the A1 Christie pre sentation, will be here April 28 and 29 a« one of fee brightest spots 01 . the season's excellent program. Hite hilarious comedy, written by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, and produced by the men who made "Charley's Aunt", contain» all the elements of excellent screen > entertainment. east under the direction of Scott Sid MÄ Äusnssa; wife, par^, find, himself and his household thrown into dmoE by tho ooo-roor,. „ mnallpox ha, «wv«tA A rich arntt, whom he lu, Iwp. to i—tere s of his divorce, arris** unexpeetedly. and he induce* another girt to fee party to pore aa hi. wife Shorty after this divorced wife eomre fa, and fen fee ia as « result of the servant's h of fee Dm ra There te also a cop and » burglar The deception te kept up for aavob said SB parties are wore out playing their deceptive mica R-*i- m~ * - *i my* *, . - NEW lOlUIAH. MOUTS [: ^TSfäSTZ . _V r*-j Many j»opte in tha «riait*.«*. Kay acp a raral mall roots «WA delivers wail This route is oat of Geyser and fee 1 driver who already covers route No. jOne from Geyser will handle route No. Two as well, City Fathers HoM Session An adjourned meeting of fee dty council was held Monday evening in the council room. The mayor, clerk and four al der ma n wore present. There being a tie vote bet w e en M. J. Seneca 1 and B. J. Kennedy for fee ot fice of alderman it was up to the council to fill the vacancy. A letter was read from M J. Seneca! wife drawing in favor of Mr. Kennedy and the latter was then unanimously elect ed alderman of the second ward, Bids were opened for doing the asm tary work for the city. Only one bid was received, that H. W. Burnett and Lee Munden, awarded to them, Th« « 08t of th« work to property: owners will be practically the same as Upon vote of the council the bid was ; I 1 year. TTnKnMincr th* «ffi—istiv« nt *». ti n "Resolved that fee reai ° r ' abinet -u^ in( , luH , , P rptf , rv Q f education '• the A urate. Hi _ h team the ! w- «j«h *—™ M v u^iZu fee^ dehnte feampion in fee Great F ., u dj-tnet. The hate m were Sun erintendent Youmr ofStockett. a nd l ^ T tornev Wuerthner of Great Falls Au L sU me et fee winner of ^ Kalispell-Whitefish contest to de cid * fe e inter-district championship. ! • _ Dolt Promût! to y y II I (J J0III U II lu -7 G . G* V î ' ît_ i A ill A r r rj n P k H y| || I f If nHlj O il if If .. « - In order to awaken interest in the Protection fee Bett Volunteer Pire Department is planning to ÿnt Ml a free show at the Pythian Theatre on May 4 th. State Fire Marshall Brooks ^ expected to be here and to address AUGUSTA HIGH WINS DISTRICT DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP ■ rrzr i 18 Morning worship at 8 o'clock. Ser mon by fee pastor. Subject, Prac tical lesson from the Silversmith Evening worship at 8 o'clock. Ser mon by the pastor. work of Fire Prevention and Fire 1 the audience. It is also planned to have a mat inee for the school children in the afternoon. The picture is a brand new one and is a Special Fire pic ture. It has recently been shown in Butte anl other tenge cities. I called "The Still Alarm. ' METHODIST CHURCH NOTES Harry T. Stong. pastor f Prayer service Thursday evening at —HOBSON - Plans for peinting fee church build- ; inn eft prorrêuinf nkêly. An cf ton will b. undo tomo, Uw k.*ph«m««,ll»*(»d this work- Lot « r^h« th.. fees* buildings have been dedicated to God, and that as his stewards we are responsible for their preservation and upkeep. Ways Far Helping fee Charch Come on time «very time. , Speak cottüafly to all you meet, e* pec tally «rangera A^^^t of daty and work at it dependably. Don't knock unless on yourself. Say a word of counsel to fee an —-1 w MP 9*i ■ Quality Seid Campaign ES 1 * MNiU.i5*4Æ ÄM W» feaUte* U*U. tip OM «f t joat beau •t fee Oooatg Agaat 1 * «I 1 •ir Maw. Using mm arad State Otihfi lut b% daine« aa 4 ! tito* Nw no «xpenimenteJ re 6 ted |« p-ti «feer oar condition* to back tt fcrjty to simply "wild cattfawT. Um Iw M Pay«* wifi ba Mad pm in Montana u-* Wheat Nursery Test* --, —,-- Tteafre different earietiae of wheat secured registered and approved seed Will ba tooted out in SO different of standard varie two Mine have been eedhtios in Montana this year. Caa j tested and are recommended bp A dph cosntjr »Hl have one of these gÉperimentat tests. It will bs located IE fee £ M. Linn farm 5 miles south MKR of Great Pads on the Sun River' of farmers in diffei wst A exper imen t stations and the Exten sion Department Those who are to terested in securing "qualty" secure a list of this seed 1er The varieties of wheat to bs tested r yield are; at (he present time from the county ; agents office. The field is net create lb ed In this county, it wiH soon hs I m Ruby, University 222, Re feted, Garnet, Kltehner, Dabloda, Ehptame, Bad Bobs, Koto, Cares and late to shad, find out about seed . . , f , 4 ^ fee Montana Experiment''station | BoMman. They will be run on dry Montana Quality seed calls for tar seed. Standard varieties, Higitefe Bsnefrew yields, Improved Quality am) Mae* These will be run in three different Profit The use of approved And rag- «hecks. There will be 40 rows of istered seed feat is Montons gr os » M »hast. 40 fast long and 1 foot apart fee only way this can be accoSppKah- All of fee taste are being super ed. Standard varieties are selected and recommended only after years eff successful performance under the su pervision of experts at fee experiment tend summer fallow, under as near station and in field tests in fee state, identical conditions as possible in fee j These varieties are chosen on the thirty different counties. • - LT. JOHN OEMS INITIATED INTO ANCIENT 0R0EI OF SHELIOACKS Born and raised a thousand mile« from salt water, the blood of sea-J faring and roving ancestors no doubt ha « had ita influence in the career of > ^ ^°* ul ^ ®« m ' a - D. S. M- C., «*0 *1 writes occasional interesting letters *° hom *' folt In hl8 Uwt Utter <*»*•« Rwfe 27, from Arica Chile, he - lll ÿ >a: vrwjo ' BÎne * we °* me do,,m h * r " 1 * >ut ** * n ,awfQl pUlc * to write from * don't rknow of âny P Uce 1 h * ve Asspised mam thm. ihla, " W * * ***** down from B * ,b ° S "* cr<MwiB * the «9°» ^ ***} th ?îf k î > 'T* 1 " t * M ' " i|rht . ** ***, JoMh came aboard and handed us all sum mons into court for the next morning. Kin * Neptune and all his retinue came abord on the morning of fee 16th of January and I was one of the first ones to get initiated. Was Uk «** hefo*« fee court, sentenced to a haircut and a shave, had my toce lathered with some sort of paste, my mouth washed out wife curry water 'and then tipped over backward into Î?* po01 ' T^LSSlte .,Got en extra Neptune Certificate ^j, j . . no harbor. We lay off from th* beach about 600 yards in open road stead. Fortunately it is not osnalb rough at fete season, but there are the enormous ground swells common to the Pacific. Behind fee town art great sand dunes without a bit of foliage. It never rains. The only excuse for fee existence of a tow 1 here is that it is the seaport for Boi i v ia. A railroad run* up over the j am sendtog on to yon as you might find it interesting. We brought Major-General LassiU, doom wife ns, and hs reltevod Gen eral Pershing. As soon os we arrived General Pershing came on board. He was given fee honor* and salute due an ambassador. Several days later he left for the States on the U. S. S Denver. "Arica is a little town on the coast. _ .a.«* ..... .. llR ROD AND 00N OUR HOLD SUCCESSFUL Hob«>n April l»-.Th. wild lif. «-» h - d th d.rh.1 ro^orco. ot . won dort* state, which fee sportemen are doing a noble work in proteetbig, was fee gist of Governor Erickson, ad drees at 'the 6 th annual banquet c.t fee Judith River Bod A Gun Club The held here Thursday evening Governor apologised for not attend mg tost year, and promised he would be 0 « hand every year fa fee future if he were fortunate enough to fa invited. He stated fee local dub wn one of the outstanding organisations of its kind fa th* state and congre*. s to La Pas and most of fee im to Bolivia are transported here, It is about 180 miles to La Pas ana wHhin 50 miles of Aries fee railroad ! makes an altitude of 18600 feet. Lu Pa* itself is about 11600 feet op. ,*1« And «* •*» Plainly visible and ot re-jtepey mjwnings quite a number of ** en cov#p * d wife mm. A»t. h.r. I. «crfU,. *|. thoa * h !t ** on, y 18 latitude. It is cool and some of fee nighte are quite chilly. The Hum boMt M «nia* up f»m th. Antartk regions .hits here and th« water h " « par.tore of about 66 ^ ** "Arica te a dirty little town built of adobe mostly. It - has been de stroyed many times by earthquakes Of course, Juet now it is filled wife any number of politicians and followers of fee pleb iscite ednmission, and it looks now as if the plebiscite will actually be held . The registration started today, but it doesn't premise very much and it might break up at any time. Pol itics seem very unsettled in fete coun try, ae fee people do not appear to have the right temperament to in sure a jfcst and fair plebiscite, Prop agenda has been flying thick and fast and tidal waves. "| expect my relief when we get back to Balboa. Orders for me to report at Qoahtico, Va. t came in to r jays mail and Lt. Finch who is taking my place, will arrive at about the 8 tb ,,f April. Can't say that I , vant to „ to Quentico but I will *' * * c ' ' 1 v « n, f share of the tropics or, awhile. — ■and timet of it is vsrv crude. Wc are due to stay here till the 19th of J April, when we will be relieved by the Ü. 8 . 8 . Denver, but I wouldn't be s bit surprized if fee commission got orders to peck up end leave at any tins, and to settle fee ownership of this province by arbitration at Washington. _ I*t«l th.ra on the .pbndid work th« Thom- N. Marlowe ot U^oolo. Chairman of fee State Fish and Game Commission, in « mo* noteworthy talk, brought out how the fish «10 game of Montana were being rapidl, exterminated jret like fee pass'»", pigeon and the buffalo, when tlie 4 P Matura firat placed game law* or fee statute books. These law» wer bring eontteually strenghened and m. proved and fet people of th- *U'. were hacking op fee work of fee com mission fa s praiseworthy manner : Gao. E. Mnshbmk of Billing», Fed f»"F •J, I « i 3V ; ISM J •***:**ti ii 1 ~ — - ^ . Mj »1 L _- MONTANA INDUSmUL BSVUm wlB b* am <4r . „ Graut l'ali« —MO a Bla«k Syria power ptoat to coat RMyOOO and prodvaa MAM k. p. ■ Havre-—Importation of famous Till amook, 0 rayon, dairy stock baron bora. State dairy commiaaionsr hopes to Import 100 dairy cows Into Mont ana this year. • To Provide Wiir For Belt (Mery \ 1 A P. McConksy, H. Remis and H. W. Millard are work ing upon a plan which they hope will provide ambto water for tfaa beautlfl cation of the burial tote in Piaasant View cemetery. At first fee plan was simply to In to ^ping TM* we. a fslibls plan and presented no difficulties. Later the plan was evolvsd and has, been accepted to install a tank and power pump at the w.U, feus nuking it possible for parties to irrigate fee lawns within the burial plots and to keep the cemetery green and beau tiful. It is proposed to place a 50 barrel tank on a scaffold directly above the well and to place in the inclosure be neath a gasoline pump of sufficient power, f penditure of $260.00 besides consider able labor. The marine and tank fha> be bought, we are told, at practically opst to fee merchant. The money mgpt be ratend by subscription araonjr three hOfcmstete. n, ot m. project wifi ^r^nce of fee cemetery and to fee »ttefactlon of those whose dear ones taU ^ to , Of coarse this will mean an ex The cause is a worthy one and should have the hearty support of fee citiren. of this c^uLîT * Trustees Plan An organisation of the school tiros tees of the first and second ela« dte tricts «1 being projected in Montana. Tho initiative in fee formation of this organisation is being token b> Robert EHfng. clerk of the Board of Education of Billings, presumably at instance of feat board. 1 Already most of th* first class dis tricts in the state have signified their approval of fee step and doubt les* the matter will now be put before the second class districts. The object of the organisation will be to establish contact between the boards on matters of legislation. The teachers are organized for the pur of influencing legislative action. Many school board members believe thj|t ^ey should present a united f ront i n asking for help in their problems. really;_ BENCHLAND BANKER WHO PAID 100 CENTS MAY OPEN ANOTHER n ' Billings, Apr« 19.—George Kirk, a former bank ^ r ®®" ch ,a " d " TTJ -■ -r 1 j receiver of the Bemhland State bank 1s">HsSS-.— REE!«CF=2a55Sr335SssS J of £3 5? "JSSan! fet , w.r. p«ri, loc.1. W. •» th. ~ww.ltp ... .rid.»c«l h, hu ot th . bank, BHUnn^ y «tart Mother hank and *"« h r " ^ir si^rt and c pledging him their support and « operetion in such an enterpnre. leg-,-Bros, plained that tto Elks were shippeo .■from fe<to chusett because fee range was ever stocked and it was a <l"*»tk>n ol »Isughtering the elk or »hipping them (Co*tinned on Pag* Four) oral Game Wanten for Montana, ax TW WMl of Tt ua te u arrday until Monday night. of tkt adjourned from ♦.» fl,.}**., Erowotog, Wood, Slogan mAi ! «Ir «»-»wto*! Mr for Omiemm ballot and after counting fee Wood and The vote was by were nominated Wood was declared sleeted by a vale of three to two. The vote for clerk was also fay ballot and Paulina Yurko was ra elscted by a vote of four to one. A report from Supt Culver «howad that the deficits in the boys' snA to practically $80.00 which could bn ^ M af ^ app|ytet ^ . .. , Lt 1 ****^ by ** Ij *" oi ' ,m * rK * -* ro ™" to th * t Purpose. It ordered. ^ Bo * rd th * n «^«med to meet ^ TuMd ^ in M * y wKkk t,nw standing committees will ha appointed, for filing feat he had girl's basketball activities I Trustee Spogen was not a candidate served in this capacity for several terms and that others of fee Bonte should have ■ chance to carry fee sponslbUity and suffer fee grief ate tathed to the position, 4 The Belt P. T. A. is planning » picnic on May Day for ail School Children, parante and teachers «te aày one interested, tha * U and mooy novol __ tiv * childr *°' *" Anuries tel May Day Picnic May 1st ,b National Health Dug» / march carrying banners fealtengfe» their steten to make . „ for th " n - M " y &"*"*** P^timed fete day . teUday, The .Parent Teachers Association has ret a slogan, "Every father and mofear a blue ribbon parent. n 'H * ON HONOR LIST erf ,T f'r-i - ~i Paul Ghtlden local agent of fee Maw - York Life, was one of the eight salesmen hi the state test moafe ftnd ^ <*^„4 « fre, trip te fee ^„, 0 ™ at Butte a* a prise. TWa conventlon w»s to come to a clore ^th a banquet at Dlnty Moon's OÜMrr ,.i wra#n ^ ^ bonori , n . low claw were are. fnrlfa)d « n d one of the leading Now York executives was advertised to b* p^nt, of business wool« not ,n ow M r, Gulden to attend, Martha Atkinson of Belt was the wee k-end guest of Marie Forder. Watharo News Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Vick ers will regret to learn that they plan leave the community. Mr. Victor* suffered a slight paralytic stroke last week and will require treat ments at regular periods so they wiH live with their son in G rest Falte. Miss Cleaver and mother, Miss Gray and mother and Mrs. Keith spent the week-end in Great Falls. Miss Kan to la spent Sunday at the — - Bain and Jerol Feltinan chore players m a n : »_ * i ».w.har« And vin f™" ÏZÏZTiJZ ^ EvaîTrfGregt Faite te spentf ing a few day* with his family, The young men of Shepherd Butte ™ m _ ht Oondsrio A happv furnished uw musu. a home of Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Fischer. Pupils and teachers from the Sbep . h mr. fc Great Palls Saturday. ness wip 0 n k <j terc , ltfc hi* fittT the last week-end «»re wtte m* iaoa fer crowd enjoyed themselves until a lute M