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State Historie«! Library '* * , 'ero« ICAL Y ■ 4 % V . J? — - = '■ — ■■.... VOLUME 32, NUMBER 49. — $2.99 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. BELT, MONTANA, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1926 - ~~ ir ™ a i POPULAR PAIR WED. FATHER GIVES RANCH On May 18th Miss Anna Smerksr, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mr». Matt Smerker of Grat Falls became the bride of Mr. Andrew Goodeiro The ceremony was solemised in the chapel of the St Thomas Orphan» Home in the presence of a large cir cle of relatives and a few intimate friends. Rev. Pollack, parish priest of the groom officiated. Miss Helen Gondeiro, sister of the groom, dresaeo in pink silk canton crepe trimmed with velvet flowers and foliage, and with a bouquet of pink carnations, acted as bridesmaid. Mike Gondeiro, a brother was best man. The bride wore a beautiful white silk dress Her veil was arranged in cap fashio.i and held in place by orange blossoms Her bouquet was pink and white car nations. Immediately after the cere mony the bride's mother served s dainty and delicious wedding break fast to the bridal party and alt guests. On Wednesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Gondeiro drove out to their new home at Waltham. That evening they gave a wedding dance in Darko's barn to which all the country side was invited. Mrs. Gondeiro is a very attractive young woman and daring her short acquaintance at Waltham has made many friends who wish her much hap pinese. Mr. Gondeiro is the son of, Mr. Mike Gondeiro and is one of th* farmers of the community. They received a larg number of beautiful and useful gifts but by far the handsom^ l the gift of thc groom's father—820 acres ffeilJ^t^Umd^^^ir^ barn and pretty home just completed. Mrs. Minnie Kruse came in from the Busch ranch Thursday on business Andy Cowan passed through Mon arch Thuradny from Twodot where he spent .the winter, on his way to the ranger station. most prosperous young ar* «w Messers Louis Harkins and Collette of Great Falls were busy several days last week hauling lumber and builn fag material to be used in erecting a fine new summer home for Dr.) MBËË- J*LÆg**g*_ ■ _I_ W. H. George is having a new modern house built at his ranch. Geo. Calvert of Great Falls was up last ! week assisting D. W. Browne wita "irrfSt V d j School closed here. Friday and * Picnic was held at the sdmol houro. ' It was greatly enjoyed by the children as well as the grown-ups that at tended. Mr,. Elizabeth King arrived here : Saturday from HaeLeod, Cana d a where she spent the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Stephens. 1 She wilt 1 ■ „ HHH|| I __ I Great Falls Friday They have had, as their guest Mrs. George Fuller of. Kalispel who was also visiting her daughter Mrs. Hoffman of Highwoofl. The Fullers and Johnsons are botn Hjalmer Fagenstrom and son Bill were here from Orest Fall* Saturday Mr Fagenstrom stated that they would start work on the road as soon as final papers with the Bureau 01 Reads is token care of. W. L. Goodman of Great' Fall* out Tuesday and was aocomp anied by Mr. Campbell of Simms, who with his brother have leased the Good Mrs. Frank Wirth and children «vine for thc past three years left they will Mr. Wirth who is amployed at the T. C. Power Motor Co. there. spend the summer here with her so» Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Collins »nfl sons arrived Tuesday with Harry Daniels from Great Falls where they will visit at the Daniel's home at Leonard. , Hughesvilie. Clarence Danielson is reported or. the sick list at this writing. Hugh Evans is busy filling in the low places and dragging the road. Chas. E. Johnson was out from former résident« nf Monarch, man ranch in Belt Park. Baseball Game Sunday, Belt vs. Gt. Northern I HIGH WOOD CBOP8 FINE I John Van Dike returned from High wood yesterday and report« every I thing looking ta that country than at any time since 1919. It to reported that winter wheat on the bench this side of the river and North of Benton and Garter will be ready tc harve st before July 1st It promisee to be a bumper crop. Norman and Lulu Johnson were ■ down from the Butte yesterday. Mr. ■ Johnson is enjoying this fine weather gets around the house and spends a great deal of time on the front pm» The boys have all their spring work done and are summer fallowing. Nick Nenmeyer is back on Belt creek after a prolonged absence. David Ledbetter, Deputy Sheriff os ' Neihart was here yesterday on or ficial business. Ball Jossers Drop Game To Geyser An agreeable and highly inters«- : ting ball game was pulled off during j the afternoon on Sunday. That Jjfe ! took nearly all afternoon to play j the game so deliberate were the play- ' era. the second inning. Off Todd Brit gathered in two runs in the first session and seven in the second which ended their scoring until the eighth inning when two hits and some passed balls gave them their last run. Hi „ d Jurcak were thc K* t teries fJZfZjTZL !SL ^ . * • ♦ iÎT u. j on °th e elbow of" hi^ pitehTTg i u U -, u l P j j u* arm by a wild p.tch which ended his ^sefumess. He rema.ned m the bo> ,tmt,l the eighth when Simonis re | liev un. /• [ Geyser made two in the fourth, four in the fifth, one in the sixth, and in the first half of the eighth made three scores which put them one I ahead. Brit evened it up in the last Geyser started Todd and Petersoa as the battery but changed to Vas key and Cooley toward the end oi In the ninth and tenth innings Vas-: key struck out every man who faced]fa y m A baae on ba jlg started the rally which f^ave Geyser one run and tht in the tenth inning. . Score by innirg8 1 2 3 4 6 6 7 8 910 Geyser ° 0 0 2 4 1 0 8 0 1 Belt 27000001 OP^ V askey starred both in the box ano at ^ six ti me8 at bat he made > h - a d - bl ^ and a ***• He »bo struck out 16 men. ^ „ hita to Belf. 8. . half. Waltham News The painter who recently finished painting the house, barn, and shed be fl ted ' Miss Cleaver did not teach first three days of last week she was mud bound fa Great Falls. WaJtham whooI ^ cIo „ Frid «y f ... . .. . „ R _ „ turn Ul hvr home in Fort B<>n ton 1 Q 9vrge EB^orth ,nd son made a business trin to Great Falls Fridav Mn| p eterson wbo has been Jn Highw ood all winter for the children to ^ in KhooJ to the ranch 'with thc boys. The high school hasj ■ cloM . d ^ Mary ia 8t ayi n r with Mr8 Lynch to fin fa h her Jor k j Mr . and Un Harry Smith and Mrs. Clarence Feltman end son* attended the ball game fa Fort Benton Sunday Mr and Mn . Walden and M>n of iCrest Palls spent Saturday night Miss Cleaver and mother W. H. Jones and son drove to Great Falls Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sherick »nd son Joseph of Croat Falls were out at their ranch Sunday. by j.George :room , of hig h ouse. ■ I B I j Mr. Stroben of Lewistown who is manager of the Montana Elevator Co. was here one day last week ano 1 ordered the coal shed, roof of »off! ce and all woodwork around elevator to Ellsworth to kalsomme all 4— (Eomnrnimnant Mffk Program SUNDAY, MAY SOTH Baccalaureate Service .... High School AuditoHun, Address by Rev. L. L. Totten MONDAY, MAY 31ST Senior Class Play .... "Much Ado About Betty High School Auditorium • » WEDNESDAY. JUNE 2ND Class Day Exercises . High School Auditorium THURSDAY. JUNE 3RD Commencement Exercises.. School Auditorium Address by Dr, S. E. Davis President of Montana State Normal College FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH Junior Prom High School Auditorium ti ■ — - onnuTv incur rci i o unui rn liUUNIT flotni ItLLo HUn IU J ~ \ , TflFIT AriimA fllHIII TOII ftifTTlfclA I K f* ß I IllIN* Hill 11 I 11 T Rn i I I HHl| • I l#l WtlUf I UV L I II I IVIkke I II1W a s=7 , r-- , --^= = s^- _. , . . ... V ,tonly be controlled by the use of corro8,ve ,ubl ' m * te , ThW! ar * ^ ment8 which inaurc afrain * ** ^ " ** mixing four ounces of the mat «<•> ^"h several qtmrta of bet wris* in a f ' fty fira,lori barrel and than *l' n 8 enough water to make thirty Uong About flft buaheL| of tatoe. can be treated before a sriutton u nwded One-fourth of an of corrosive sublimste should be ad ded for every Bix bushels treated. p otatoefl ahou]d ^ pi ace d in this so ^ and left completely submerger, for one hour after which the so i u tion gbou ld be drained off into another bar rel and the potatoes spread out to dry Treated potatoes should be pu 1 dean sacks to avoid disease infee tion. Care should be taken in using corrosive sublimate as it is deadly poison. Only earthern ware or wood en container8 „hould be used. In „ledfag potatoes for seed all there showing d!Lse infection should dj , carded Because of the high ^ ce of ^utoeTfor seed this year JT M H £rington Horticulturist at L Montana Cta C^ege advise, ^ the grower is justified In using Zé ftto The plan of using small potatoes for — r..r » no. " ÎJ!l" bn 2J d, »' n "* t,on "]"*North production, ne ore of a .mall rend *, *** cause sc tous damage. Growers to plant potato«*» ■ June first has been designated as the last day for receiving application»] * or inspection of registered grain and cert * fic «j| corn. These applications, "bould be sent to the County Agnf. 1 office by Jur l e tini Applications any k *" d Reived by the Secretary'^ of the Montana Seed Growers As-, socistion fa Bozeman after June firsi will be assessed $2.00 delinquent fee witb no exee P tion - If you do not have blanks for ap plication, for inspection, write the County Agent at once. PoBltrr imt to iih Pmitrr ******* Jmm st to 4t *** »tote Poultry Specialist will be in Cascade County from June first to fourth inclurive on a series meetings in the Interrat the poultry trowen in the county. Several poul-j try house remodeling demonstration. withal be held where old houses with fa adequate housing conditions will be remodeled to fit the needs of the ^flock A poultry tour marketing, culling demonstration» and 1 information on general housmp will be emphasized. All poultry house. for certification this year should pet in touch with the County Agent's of fice at once so that application may ^ fllw out and fl]ed wjth ^ Mon . Una p oUto Growers AMOcia uo n , . , . , . _• . .. " y !" r ^ by the Poultry Specialist and the C ° unty *** nt , Th * * ** ^ ' 8 *** hf 0 *' „ . ^ ** ***** *** mod *b*d Sun River and Simms ^strict to «he foranoon. Remodeling de "J? n * t T Ä 5J°". "oi, Wal ' aC ® Murd ^ h ' H north of Fort Shaw in afternoon. June 2nd, « poultry tour to which the public 1. cordially Invited to be oaocVsPre^nt. The tour will include a visit *he model poultry house and too de! of thc Bumgarner ranch m Fife at ten o'clock A. M. The party will thn go to the Randall farm si Armington to inspect the poultry house that was remodeled last year. Lunch will be served at noon in the! B®*« Park. The lunch is to be pro vided by the Women's Community Chib of Belt. After lunch Miss Cush man ^ main speaker on the program which is to follow. Other, speakers will be Mrs. Vesta 0. Rob bins ' P reaident of Belt Women's ^ "Community Spint", R E - c *meron, County Agent on a county P° u,try P«>«ram ana community organisation, and the mem « Club in the rommon lty on Poultr y Club Work ^/rd, a poultry houra ramod eU "» d «"on.tration at Ca«ade Grrat Fall«, in tha forenoon ^ _ ^ nHim ^ culling demonstration at Fort K 1 The Mill and Smeltermen's Union* of Butte, Anaconda, and Great Falls are planning a request for an In c . rease 9 f wa ges. Th* ba8 j c wage is 14.26 per day. During the war this was increased to $4.75 but w },en the market for copper began to fall, this increase in wage. of^wu withdrawn. Since that time the ha8 fa.,,, stutiorary at |4.2h. The smeltermen claim that they Pan hardly exist on this scale be can*,, r.f the fact that rents and other living expenses are not on a pro portionste basis. Many of them work thirty days in the month but with house* renting for from 835.00 to W 0 00 P* r ■">**». ^ claim that ***> working for s bare existence. Tfe Min and SmeHermen's Union ^ aJw.y, been considered as one of the most cowervative and best man ,^ ^ ^ whatever action they may take will be decided mly ^ter mature deliberation Matters of this kind may always bo amicably settled when both sides are fair as in this case. 7~,Z~~r r mnsnv Lewistown—California Company 8 pud* in Wild horse Dome test weil north of Cat Creek. ASK WAGE INCREASE Tuesday night members of the jun tor and senior classes wer« out wit* paint-brush«« pointing their immortal numeral« upon tha sidewalk^ of the city. The juniors got the start of the seniors who later discovered the large number of S7*s and immediately con verted them into M'a. Discovery fol lowed and the Junior boys caught Robert Nohi and Mike Miscan to whom they attributed the defacement of their artistic triumphs. They tied the captives up and kept them tn bonds until a late hour. Later it was discovered that Robert Nohl's collar bone was dislocated in the scuffling. Wednesday morning many of tb« numerals could with difficulty be de ciphered but apparently the Seniors stayed up latest and had the Ihst chance with their brushes. Willard Dairy Ex 1 pert Visitor Hare Daniel Willard, agriculturist for the Bureau of Public Relations of the Great Northern Railway was in Belt Friday in connection with the movs I ment for placing more dairy cows up fon the farms of this vicinity. Mr wm * rt «•"•> ««• »«»•» 'TT 'j !*T'm ""TiT wbo to °^ bim * be chills on Wil '° W LittJe ®* !t cr * 6k, ' L * ck ot tin ' e prevented them from visiting other sections. visitor was impressed with the Possibilities for dairy faming In this action. The abundance of grasing l * nd - the heavy growth of alfalfa and other forage crepe apeeatod to him while the Urge sparsely Stock. d| ra^fas« caused him to believe that hera he mifht * ^ While here he stated that his next move would be to look-up suitable] dairy Btock that he waa leaving i imnMdi , te ly for the state of Washing ^ fQf 1|lsrpoM " jfr Willard commented upon the comraon ^ ct ise of breeding dairy gtock to buJll( of the typc an<J havinjC nöthlng „place the milk' cows when ^j,. of use f a i n ees j„ over An orc&n { Mtion h as been formeo through which dairy cow* may be boujî bt upo n a small down paymenn]*"". a rat e of interest upon the balance. Mr> WiUard ^ „turn in a short t i me and then will be able to make drfJnita arrangement i. Ritr ht here it m.y be stated that pro(1U c eP , of purebred dairy stock ln this section have had no trouble In di8p08ing ^ aU their heifers at good ^ for 8evertl yaar> . Tb.« Z room for 1000 more dairy aews fa ^ of Belt whJJ . ^ local c „ 8rnery could be making 600 pound. f"t r ' d * , ,'' ,d * "" * " I^PCm^Pr Wntch neCOVfT VY dlUl __ Mrs. Winters was formerly an em ployee of Armstrong Bros, and was discharged last week. After she left thc Armstrongs missed a watch, some gloves, electric fist iron and other articles.- Associating her with their disappearance a warrant was sworn out and Mrs. Winters was arrested by Deputy Sheriff King. Before her arrest Mrs, Winters had stopped at the house of John Gray,** fa Armington and asked for dinner.|bit Shortly afterwards she was arrested and the flat iron found in her suit, ca *e. 'Mr. King got Mr. Gray's per mission to look around in the house to see If the other articles could be found but without success. After questioning fa Great Falls j Mrs. Winters was dismissed a. the only object of the Armstrongs hav- j ing her arrested was the hope that they might recover the watch which wa* highly prized a. a keepsake Tuesday morning Mr. Gray phoned to the Sheriffs office that he hso found the missing gloves poked down behind a table *" d the watch tacked back in s pigeonhole of his dusk. The woman was hired through an employment agency fa Great,-FaJujWashington . „ •* « ce o her quite responsible mentally. MIS. APPLEYARO CANDIDATE FDD COUNTY SOFT. it - The first candidate to file for the office of*county superintendent eg schools is Mrs. Maude Appleyssti, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Mor row of Belt. Mrs. Apple yard was born in Gnat Falk, her parents removing to Belt when Mr. Morrow was employed' aa boiler repair man by the A. C. M. Company._ She completed her course in the Belt schools and entered the State Normal at Dillon from which she to e graduate. She taught two terms in the rural schools of District No. 28, two years in Kibbey, then taught several yean in the Belt grades. Later she waa principal of the Lehigh schools. Lat er she returned to the Belt gr a d u a and for two yean past she has bean a teacher in the Cascade schools. Her policy aa announced will be to help die rural schools in every way possible and to conduct her office to a business like manner. Mn. Appleyard is well and favor able known among « great section of the Cascade County population both in the county seat and on the outside. She has demonstrated her success a* a teacher and if elected would haws E. J. Scheer* writes from Ingto wood, California that they are get ting along nicely and enjoying the r ^hi M ^ roL. H. wish* to be maemberad to his old Meads ££ ^tie. he *s w.tchlng through the Times. s sympathetic understanding of tlw rural situation as well as knowledge of the workings of the city schools. See 'Janice Meredith' Spectacular scenes of famous epi sodes of the Amerisn Revelation ere accurately reproduced in •'Jen Ice Meridith," Marion Davies pretentious • nd ^>*n t ^ ul cosmopoliUn production. w ' c * ^ J ru ^ y ® atu I d * y May 21 and 22 a the P „ *** * * rn ' * ^ **7 ^ ^ ,h< * that waa heard Bro ^ d I th * worW breathless moment of »uspense, *^*to toswhattoff O* ,( * n the dauntless Mta " e . n fl Fhttng against °dda—this U one of tile Washington cToesing tha Dsleware jJW»* ***"J « « lÄ b. ^ throurt the Saranao Rirar In thn Adirondack, to premil tha eroa.ln» or specially constructed flat boats and rafta. transporting the soldiers and and cannon, oxen, wagons, Paul Revere's Immortal ride -when his horse's hoofs resounded through the night, when startled heads ap peared at windows fa answer to hit call, and when he took desperate jumps over fence sand hedges, is fuH of thrills and artistic effect*. The Battle of Trenton—Wahing ton's timely «ttad^and «he victory v * v ' d an d gripping, a magn nt out f Yorktown Th * Batt,e 7 Yorktqwn Then there's the battle and surren der tb e British at Yorktown, im pressive, authentic, and thrilling. No t,me or e f pen * e was spared in re modeling the Cosmopolitan Studio In to *" «act reproduction of Yorktown and H* vkdn.ty^ When Benimm Franklin m his »«ber »»rb. pleaded for aid to the Colonies at the Court of Louis XV1 at Veraadle. and tas thourand. of French nobility in to«*-, gorgeous oro cade* and " nd * * b "!' a n " dresses surrounded him-sii renecreo ,n enormous m.mvre^ * *P* rk ,n ' c ^ hardship and suffering ot and hfa-t*mg».ift.viridfy _ the General shared the - ' p i Continued on fege Eigax) 1