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HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MONTANA, HELENA. i t ■■ Vi •ij ,, . — VOLUME 33. NUMBER 1. BELT, MONTANA, THURSDAY. JUNE 17. 192« * - ' \ 12.00 PER TEAR IN ADVANCE.. SÜPT. CULVER AND FAMILY TO ? VISIT OLD HOME Supt. J. R. Culver and family will leave soon for a visit in Iowa before going to Deer Lodge to assume his new position in the Powell County High School. Mr. Culver came to Belt in 1917 to take the position of manual train ing instructor and athletic coach in the local High. In 1919 he was made principal of the high school and ha 1920 when Supt, Remington r e sign ed to go into other work, he r eco mm ended Mr. Culver for the •superintendent y . Daring the ensuing six years the schools have been managed in a very satisfactory manner, school enrollment has gradually in creased until this year the enrollment has reached 160 which ia the largest •moUment ever recorded in the high school which previous to Mr. Culver's administration had never exceeded The high 18«. He was instrumental in organising à Masonic lodge in Belt and was one of the first Masters of Belt Lodge No. 137, A. F. and A. M. He is an excellent athlete and dor. ing the existence of the Cascade •county league played second-base on the Belt team which made an excel lent record. Mr. Culver and his estimable wife were social favorites in their set and because both were posseaeed of good voices were welcome additions to the M. E. choir and to the quartette wrhich furnished the music at fun erals. Mr. and Mrs^ Culver will be deeply missed by their friends who wish them success and prosperity in their new home. Hi« contmrt with schon! district No. 29 did not expire until July let but the board of trustees gave per mission fcfr him to leave before that time in order that he and family might visit their old home in Mis souri Valley before beginning his .duties in Deer Lodge. Young People in Auto Wreck i John Boadle of Evans attended the dance at Logging Creek last Satur day night with his family and some guests. On their way home they had climbed the Lick Creek hill and Mr. »ad Mrs. Boadle got out of the ear to open the gate for the car to taka «a short-cut to the Boadle home. They crossed the cut-off safely but, as they turned to drive back upon the main road to the house, the car 'was overturned and rolled over and • over into a small coulee below. The five young people who were in the car were all injured, but are out of the hospital with the exception of Edna Flood of Great Falls who was the moat seriously injured. The other occupante of the car when H turned over were Annie Boa dle, Clifford Boadle and Ruth Erick son, Robert Ciaster, and James Cus ter of Great Falls. The car was considered to be a total wreck. n METHODIST CHURCH NOTES Harry T. Stony, pastor 'Morning worship at 11 oclock. Ser mon by the pastor, subject. Recip rocal Love. There will be no evening service on account of the Anti-Saloon League Great Palls. June 18-20. Our congre gation will attend the Sunday aftei noon and evening sessions of the ooi ventkm. reputation will give out facts and in part inspire km. Sunday School at 10 o'clock. The future of the church depends on the Sunday School. Continued loyalty 0*. the part of the teaches», and an in creased number of parents who will bring their children, will assure the of the school and the church. Vacation Bible School will open aoxt Monday morning at 9 o'clock School will be in „» n*. I Bible stories, membership manual, Speaker* of Internationa: ioe each day A!1 chi! and supervised recreation. drm will be welcomed. The only re qui fernen ta are, interest and wilUag-U» JOHN PKLTO INJURED WHEN HORSE SUPS While driving home some cattle Tuesday morning, John PsHo of Gey ser was seriously injured as his horse slipped on the muddy ground. Petto's leg fracture and after first aid had been administered be was hurried to the hospital In Gnat Palls where he will remain for some time. His son left his work in Gnat Palls and came home immediately to take charge of the farm work. The family dtave to Gnat Falls yester day morning to visit Mr. Pelto. Mining Company Plans to Operate H. Haney of Monarch, Hoy Thor son of Hughesvilie, Dan Tracey, F Van der Putte and H J*. Brows of Great Falls have organised a mining company to develop a mining proper ty about five miles south of Hughes ville. This property ia distinctly a lead proposition and already shows large deposits of lead carbonate with soma galena showing. The ore is said b assay 40 per cent lead. The ceWpeny have seven claims all in a group Some are valuable for their timber as well as mineral and one claim has been located to serve as a millsita The claims are situated a short dis tance south from the top of the Blankenship hill. Charlie McGee has been doing most of the preliminary '«Mfk. The showing is suck that, should the present owners prefer to do so, they will undoubtedly be able to dis pose of them to some of the many mining concerns that are looking for lead propositions. ALASKAN VILLAGE IS BUILT FOB MAKING OF MOVIE One of the most remarkable mo tion ' picture construction feats in years was the building of a complete Alaskan village, an exact reproduc tion of a little northern settlement of Flambeau, for the making of "The Barrier." Metro, - Goidwyn - Maye i photoplay from the famous Rex Beach novel of the same name, showing at the Pythian Sunday and \ Monday, June 20 and 21. Photographs of the original town were used as a guide in making the representation exactly as describee, in Rex Beach's novel and when the town was completed It was given a ready-made population of some three hundred people, whites, Indians and Eskimos, men, women and children. The primitive life of the Indians ano scarcely less primitive life of the fur trapping folk and seal fishers was carried out in utmost fidelity. The village was true to detail, even to the signs on the stores and trad ing posta. The saloon, with bars and roulette wheel, just as it existed in the story was built from an old photo and from Beach's descriptions. The larger buildings were of log construction and the smaller one* o stucco. Indian wikiups and tents and primitive hovels, kennels, for sled-dogs and boathouses for fish ing canoes were in flie motley list of buildings. x rich, NEIHART HAS BASEBALL TEAM; _ Neihart has a baseball club and their team appeared for a few short minutes last Sunday in their new ano attractive uniforms. They were to cross bat* with the Geyser team but the latter failed to appear and Just as the hour of the game approached a heavy shower started which lasted well through the afternoon. Doubt less tin's will propitiate the jinx which is said to folk>^ new uni forms. On Sunday next" the Neihart team slated to cross bats with the Beh team in Castner Park. The visitor» are said to have a strong lineup bat as yet have failed to secure airy large amount of practise. Remember the Kings Hill Epwortb Lewe institute will be held this from July 12 to July 18 in —- •» «* K " to add yenr* to our life bte. tt is, more sign firent to add life to our ,= . With Christ in your Bfe there ness to work. year elusive Flail to attend. Scientists an making much ore. the fact that the last decade has ad. n*n. !»««• and satisfaction. CHAS. H. PROVIN RETIRES FROM ACTIVE MANAGEMENT CEO. H. KIRK TAKES CHARGE After active participation ia the business life of Belt for mon than ty years, C. H Provin has *• signed as Vice-President and ger of the Fanners and Minen Bank and George H. Kirk, formerly of Benchland has been elected to eue* Along about 1991 Mr. Provin to Beit to take the cashiership of the Bank of Balt, a private inati tution which was later incorporate* as the State Bank of Belt After nine yearn of service with this bank, ia 1910 Mr. Provin resigned his post Eon, sold his interest and later held positions with banks in Clyde PWR and Havre, Montana and San Diego. California ■ _ >A ., . * ^ . in 1914 he returned to Belt and and Miners State Bank and became coed him. ed in the organisation of the Farmen r — —— Among Our Neighbors Brief Items of Personal Interest Gath ered by The Times Efficient Corps of Correspondents to 4 - ♦ + ♦♦♦ + ♦♦ + +*** + ->**<* % * +++++❖++ +44444444 ■5- 4 * N B 1 H A R T 4 4 4 4 Tony Faller made a business tri» to Great Falls Thursday of last week and returned Friday . David whom hi h> net WW ~fti An I. O. O. F. meeting was held last Friday night, June 11. The men, bers held the third degree, George Binrkhardt being the new candidate. Thomas Ledbetter came from Los Angeles last week to visit his brother twelve years. Messrs. Porter, Gutman and Tripp made up a fishing party last week. The Misses Irene and Hasel Hobci were up from Great Falls Saturday evening to attend the dance, Barker came up from Great Fail« (last week, _ . , „ ^ . Cod y ^hotter who ^ en _ ' tending High School in Great F » came up Saturday and is now in r the employ of the J. J. Stewart Mer ca ™ ■ ._ . , Mrs. Harry Bndgeman and chi - „ , „ . . Mr. and Mre Hogg and children Marjorie and Thomas will week for Missoula where Mr. Hogg .win attend school for rix weeks. The Mi.se. Eloise. Alleen and Jam ren, Harry and Margaret came up from Great Fella to visit her mothe, Mrs. Chas. Swanson last week. Mrs. White and family returned last week from Great Falls where they resided for the winter months. Miss Eleanor Schoberg came up Saturday from Great Falls where ahr 1 *** t»«* ^tending high school. Miss« Florence Smith and Clara Hansen are visiting friends fn Great Falla. Tuesday evening of last week the occasion being the Rcbekafts annual Memorial day. several brother and sister Rebekahs visited the ameten and pot flowers on the gra /es of Oscar Schoben? cane Thursday from Boulder where he ha* been at tending school. Carl Schenck has been kept quite busy recently painting places of bus; ness. The Gutman Pool Hall, Ben-! nett's Garage, Taylors Cate and Pnr ter', store have all been printed Mr. T. F. Hogg. Carl Schenck and Edgar Schenck motored to Great FaDs Friday and returned in the e» erring wih Mr. Schenck'» daughter* * Mi.«* Emma anff'Etvfra.'" | Son* were bora last week to Mr and Mrs. Lunsford, Mr. and Mrs., Bronson and Mr. and Mrs. Tennyson Kincaid. Dave Ler&etter motored to Great 8..«*.. - Orchestn Th by the Silver Dyke Orchestra m .members of the orchestra are: Mrs j Collette and the Messrs Wilkin«, its cashier. He suffered a paralytic stroke some years ago which left him disabled and his retirement at thir time ia due to his physical condition. Mr, Kirk has for many years been engaged in the banking business u. the Judith Basin being located at Winifred and Benchland. He has the station of being one of the mom capable and conscientious bankers in the He is investing in a sun ,Unti * 1 » moant of the stock of the ^ mid feels that the inve.rmeiu * » «ood one and that Belt is a «ne eit * *** hii honM> J* 1)6 * n • »hört time N* *1** ***** daughter, *» ~ti.taction of h*s friends and business associates, Mr. Provin will retain his financial In ta y* bmric and with hi. fam ily, will continue to make his home in Belt , , Wm. Faller reports a fine showing «re at his da Wat the Pitapat rick mine where he haa been working several years. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Savage and four sons returned Saturday and wi.I open their place of business, the' (j. N. Cafe in the near future. Bain, Kearns, and Zahn. Supper wai> served at the Taylor Cafe. The show given before the dance was "The Ex change of Wives." j Misses Esther and Carrie Leyson arrived last week from Whitehall where they have been attending high Mr. F. Heath local depot agent,, j school. returned this week from his vacation at Missoula. Mr. Duaault, relief agent, and family will return to | Great Falls in a few day*. The Brazee bungalow at O'Brien creek ha* just been completed and their furniture was unloaded Pridaj Trustee Schenck and Dunaford and| Clerk Hogg held a school meeting Monday JaTW u Mr. Law, aalcsiram for Nations. Bf>ea}t ^ made a trip here Monday. The Geyser baseball team was scheduled to play the Neihart team Sunday but due to weather condiiom the game was called off. The Nei hart team held high hopes and were fjj nift B#w jt> and n *w equipment. ^ Murphy brothers and Paul V "Doric have just shipped a car ol ^ ^ DakoU . Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sutton ana family have moved up to King's Kill Angus McDonald was down fron. the Stiver Dyke Sunday, Bill Tripp, Bob Tripp and John Glover intend to ship from the Bi* Seven in the near future. Mrs. Speiger sustained considei able bruises when the car in whief, »he and Mr. Speiger were riding went over the bank near Johannesburg. Mrs. Fred Bronson came up from Great Fall* Saturday with her in fant son. for the summer. , . . *«* * de P th of ^ v inches while plowed ground ha. ab,W,rb ^ d mol *^ re deep enou «* ^ ™ nTvect * n j th the m0,sture * ,read >' •**■*"• Many field* of eariy winter whea. "LTk* praredented heat of the firet "/«"*. »"it while the trop will ** J** en * d by iJ** hea ' Z r ' /JO ,e a air c ™ p . . . k-P « «m. »til n«l)M maturité when it is honed , * 7 , „ ... further rainfall *.11 - ry it through to a bountiful harvest WELCOME RAIN !!! It has been raining for several day* MRS. CULVER HONORED Altar tha meeting of Em Eastern Star Lod«« Tuesday evening, Un. J. R Culver, Worthy Matron, wua pre sented with a past Matron's pin and a bouquet of flowers as a token oi the goodwill of the'lodge. Mrs. Cul ver is having this week with her family for a visit to bar old boon in lows and after the ceremonies the lodge met in a social and a lunch succeeding which those present wished Mrs. Culver "God speed. ly ovar cards Robert R Davis Answers Call Robert R Davis for 82 years a res ident of Fife died at the Depew ranch in Fife on Saturday night last His daath was unexpected because up to Tuesday when he came to Belt for a load of posta he had bean in excellent health but while on hie way home from Belt he Buffered a severe heart attack from which ha never re covered. He had lived for many years in the Fife community and was liked and respected by all who knew him. The universal esteem in which he was held is attested by the fact that all his neighbors were present at the funeral in spite of ram and muddy roads. Hi* wife died seventeen years ago He was survived by hia only daugh tor, Mr*. Mack Depew, one siste. ... . .. ,, , . Mise Etta Davis of Kalispel and one brother, Frank Davi. of Crseland, Alberta. The funeral was held from George's chapel on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Williams officiating The pallbearers were Fred Burrow», A. C. Alexander. Roy Porter. M C . j R v f Dutton and B g BaJwr made jn Highland cemet ery in the family plot *************** <'<^ + MONARCH v ♦ « 4444444444444 + 444 .. Howard Wlxson returned to ha 'home here last week frun Belt where he attended high school. Genevieve Gerhart came back Wed -nesday from Great Falls whore she visited several days with her inothe. and other relatives. on _ _ ! the sick list the past week but is i much better now. Mr*. HomeT Thomas Is at Butte i this week visiting her brother and friends at that place. W. V. Talbott waa a visitor fi, Monarch Tuesday from Ms ranch near Armington. Mrs, Robert Day returned to her home here last week from Havre and Great Falls where she spent the Iasi several weeks visiting relklves ana friend*, Mr. and Ml«. Albert Lishburg [rived here Saturday from Fargo, North Dakota for a visit with Mrs Lishburg'. brother, Arthur Viaena and wife of Belt Park. Mrs. Margaret Clindinen. is spend ing the week at her cabin here and ha* as her guest Mrs. Wm. C. Coff man and daughter, Claribefl. Messrs H. P. Brown, F. R. Van De Putte and Dan Tracy of Great Falls accompanied by H. 8, Hanej from Monarch drove to Hug.tesville Wednesday to Inspect property of the 1 Monarch Silver and Lead Mining Co, **ich they are interested in, 1 Miss Lillian Johnaon, Candidate for county superintendent of schools, | with Mis* lone Bohne and Mrs. H. Ayres of Great Fall* were visitors fn Monarch A _ j *"™* frorn-FoH Meyers. Florida where they spent the winter. j 8. A. Remington of Belt was a business visitor in Monarch and NeJ hart on Saturday and Sunday of this week returning to hia home Monday ' ^ *" d M "' J ° h " Bp * nt .Sunday at Raynesford at the R, L Fj , h home Mr and Mr* Harry Hudson made <** * frequerri trip, to Great Falls Monday accompanied by Mrs i Francis and Archie Hunt motored up to Neihart Saturday on business. They with their mother recently re Guy Haney, June Camp and Mr. f| 8. Haney who will attend the Mer | chante, con Vf r tion, Roy Benson wss in town Saturday i bfter mall and suppl-'w» BARKER ROAD GETS NEEDED IMPROVEMENT v Tbs road from Monarch to Hughes ville has been confidently termed wont road in the state of Montana. Tibs ia because of the nature of the soil and the heavy hauling which is done ovar it. Unfortunately the mining camp et Hughes rill« is one mile across the line into Judith Basin comity and the county fathers of Cascade county have not been particularly enthus iastic about building a road for the Block P which pays no taxes in Cas cade county . Supt. J. Vaughan Rhys of tha Block P* has intenriswad tha com mission«rs of both counties and la ■aid to have procured an appropria tion of 1600 from Judith B a sin county and 11600 from Cascade county for repairing this road. Te this amount the Block P will ad« a considerable amount and it ia hoped that this will be sufficient to provide a roadbed which will be strong enough to hold up the heavy on tracks. work is being done on the Block P and the management believe that they have ore reserves In sight sufficient te guarantee operation for twenty years. j Considerable development Another road to Em railroad is poa sible from the minas and this ia ovar the road once called the Nebel trail . . |*" d l ** â * to Tt l * **** doubt ful whether the pul lover the moan tain and later up the McCarty grade over be preferable to the water . . .. __ . , . U,p °* imhy of lh * country lnc,udM [ Hughesvilie in Cascade county but te ^wing^tho county lines little coo ^deration was than given to the dead , lining camp but the next legislature should see that some county ia re sponsible for an outlet to this active town HughesvfUa. grade down Dry Fork. Hie natura. Circus to Great Falls June 28 AI G. Barnes Big Four ring Cir cus will exhibit afternoon and night at Great Fall» on Monday, June 28. The anounoement of AJ C. Beraca 4 Ring Circus appears in Elis issue. The coming of this o r g anisat ion is welcome new«, as the AI. G. Circus I* one that always presents a dean, wholesoi and entertaining pro gra m . This year, according to simoonoa monta, the cirrus has been greatly enlarged, and in addition to the all new spectacle of Itoeohontaa at the court of Queene Anne with the a nom, arm cast, selected from the 1080 em ployees, other features are: 180 hore ea fn Ine Mg act, The Fee-Tin Tribe of Arabe from the Sahara Dauert their first visit to America, The Can ton troupe of Chinese Circus Artiste, The Imperial Midget Family from Ba varia, Joe Martin (himself). The Gorilla Man, Lotus, the only perform ing hippopotamus in the world, ana the Famous Exclusively AI G. Barnes Feature—40 dancing horses and 40 dancing girls, and Ai G. Barnes ap pears in person at each performance. Owing to the enormous size of the the management announces that no street parade will be given in any city visited, however, in place of the omitted procession, a mammoth Open Air Free Exhibition etreiis this year, will take place on the show grounds at 1:00 and 7:00 p. m., immediately preceding the opening of the doors to the circus, and the largest travel ing menagerie in the world, compris ing over 400 rare animals from all quarters of the earth. The cirrus performance starts promptly at 2:00 and 8:00 P. M. Ample parking space for auto* is te* served at the show grounds and a City Ticket O/flee, where numbered reserved chairs can be obtained at same price charge'1 on the show grounds, is maintained in each city. Th" fither and s'stor of lyiy Mob umby of Grut ^t.'ls drove cut to jlutnik Jr and ta! led at the boms e< Mr. and Mr*. F Polutaik Belt Monday evening with Frank Po f-