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BELT, MONTANA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1926
VOLUME SS. NUMBER?.
$2.99 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
MRS. IIERSTEAD
SEVERELY HURT
IN AUTO WRECK
Sunday night on the Great Falls
road just past the Boyle ranch Mrs.
Jack Keiratead waa seriously injured
and the other occupante of the Ford
were badly shaken up.
Mr and Mr*. Keiratead together
with Mr. and Mrs. Wade Wilson and
young son were returmsg from Belt
to Great Falls. They were driving
along at a moderate rate of speed
where it looks as though Mr. Keir
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had faded to guage the exact
limit of the road because of the weeds
and drove off the edge of the grade^
car ro ovor one an
times, throwing the occupants out.
and came to rest against the fence^
Mre. Kierstead wms caught beneath
the cm- and her right leg broken be
WeeT1 j j n f* an . ,p ' . ® ot ra
were dazed but no ~no«-ly hurt.
Tom NoWe was right behind them
f". . W , . e en ^ 8 cer '
r jrr.
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° **. , 0> e r "[' c , an p ° n ° r
^n am u ance w ic' °"
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wnfe arrived on the scene and when
the ambulance arrived Mrs Sharrard
fri nd wn wi er su erin,
Poll.
J rent w^kln" ^ cSt
SkVTS JZL
wnth the car, to prevent the loss of
any of the articles contained in
until the wrecker came.
This car was not informed as to the
exact »cation o e wrec an pas
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nearly to Belt On the return Cal
signalled then, with a flashlight and
it took only a few minutes to right
the car which almost able to get back
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Mrs. Wilson will be confined to her.
bed for a few days as a resulc of the
severe bruises she sustained. Wade
Wilson had a bad cut on the log and
Mr. Kmrstead was badly bruised
about the neck and shoulders but has
gone back to work.
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Neil! Gropin tram dls P^ ber *>
the t , C ' , M '. & ' t- , , ral . ° ad a, ' d
stationed in Deer Lodge is in Belt
on a visit with his mother, Mrs. E
Grogan. He stopp«! off at Rayncs
ford to visit his sister, Mrs. Mary
Williamson, and family and will re
turn today. Mr. Grogan grew up in
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Belt through our public schools and
then went inko the railroad
e is swing IS P? era 1 A** 1 **
an wor a ma si on i er
FORMER BELT BOY VISITS OLD
HOME
ent divisions .
He is secretary of the Deer Lodge
Anglers Club and takes deep interest
in stocking streams an d in preserving
our wild life for posterity.
Grogan is married and has two child
i, •,, j * tit o. •
ren. Will Brodie, Walter Blomquist
and Mrs. Mae Fluhr were in school
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pense of his teachers peace of mind.
Mr.
with him and remember him as a boy
who got all the fun possible but of
bis school days, sometimes at the ex
TURN FROM EASTERN TRIP
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■J TL Culver returned from
trip to Iowa Tuesday afternoon stop
ping in Belt to pick up the children »
pet dog and other things to take with
him to Door Imdre
Mr. Culver reporte thet crop, ere
poor in low. owing to the inlenm
he.t and toek of r.inf.ll Com e.r
lier looked like a bumper crop but
the heat wave of the last few weeks
has destroyed this hop e.
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Parties interested in county com
missioner districts would do well to
«
Wuerthner, candidate for the nom in
•tion os senator on the republican
ticket. In thi. he pledge, himself
to work for commission districts if
b. I« elected. He was the .other of
the auto-title bill in the lost legis
lotare. He expUins how this has
J. R. CULVER AND FAMILY RE
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ACCOMPLISHMENT A PROMISE
read the advertisement of Julias
worlted.
Campaign Dance K. of P. Hall Fri. July 30th
Flashing Meteor
A strange phenomenon was wit
nessed Tues d ay evening be t we e n 10
P. M. and 11 P. M. just before the
moon rose. The aorora borealis was
viable ia the north although the
residents of the benches doubtless
saw a better display than those in
the valley bat the chief cease of com
ment was a streak of light pored ng
8ky from the rising moon. This was
, ^ of fh)m . ^
" et *° r wh,ch obM,rvers 8a F di "P*
> n the direction of Beit Butte, j
Several people saw the fiery visitor j
;
fUsh over the volley. -
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NPfl llßlAf HI N. T
flCpilÖW Ul Hill
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ff llOUIfi II UIIIUIuU
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straight across the sky from north
west to southwest and seemingly ex
tending like a searchlight across the
Guy M. Wilson of Flint. Michigan
|a brother of Vir Willson, and a
nephew of N. T. Wilson waa recently
promoted to be Major-General in the
. United States army. On the Fourth
j his fellow ^ itixeng of
^ ^ ^ that ^
g j on ^ celebrate as well General Wi:
" on ' 8 Promotion.
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JS m X»,
honoTeA ves terday by mili
»1^™ ' of the Thirty-second div,
si J of w J c h he is rommander by
^ Mt Qff ^ Mt of ' the 8tflt€ ' an(J
thousands of his fellow townsmen
the hiXtt ty~1fdte,n
P , ' t is of nar
**£ he hu
^ ^ mHi calw from
[ d y y
rÄ to. a. * Flint »W
Guard under the eyese of its citizens
gix ' yearg after h e was Kracllui ted
^ h _ ph Bch(H)] S üenera ,
Wjlson enlisted as a prjvaU , in Com _
T hird Michigan Infantry, the
p ^ ^ ^ ^ Ho
^ ^ chevrong q{ & corpora , and
sergeant becoming first-lieutenant of
the -om'pany in 1902 three years
after his enlistment Two years la
ter he was chosen captain and was
made major of , lia batt aiion in 1911.
It was in that capacity that he served
^ ^ Mexican and |n ^
WoHd ^
Gcneraj WjIson>8 reconJ ; n th9
^ ^ outstandin Severe
d d Aujrust 2 9 191« he was
iy " ounae " august a, x»ih. ne was
sent to a base hospital, only to take
hig ace on ^ ^ „„ ag soon
^ ^ wag Hig
scarcely healed he was again in com
man< j 0 f jjg men an( j brilliant
ly in action up to the actual cessation
of hostilities November 11 of that
After the armistice his regl-'or
year.
ment proceeded into Germany with
the army of occupation and there p»
mained until April. 1919. Shortly
returning to the Unifed States
he WHS oted ^ major lieu .
tenant colonel in recognition of his
valor in the line of battle. The
French croix-de-guerre waa twice
ented to hirn and he was made a
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
tj _ . . *.
Crogfc of hia own CODntry for
bravery in rommanding the leading
hi.-^,^ Jn th "7dvanre fromcT
mont to Mont _g t Martin Ju , y 3 ,
g , 91g Hjg 8Ucceedin)r of .
^ honor8 ^ ^ve placed him in
command o, the Netionel Guard for
ce. 0 f thi. territory hove been in
cognition of hi. «rviee. in the
w „ rld
General Wilson's appointment as
head of the Thirty-seeond division
r«m e in January of this year, pre
vious to that J h«I serv^ as Heb
in the Officers Reserve corps, as a
member of the War Department gen
#ral staff and in high offices in th,
Flint honored yesterday one of its
most distinguished citizens as well as
it, mort dirtingai.hed soldier. It be
lieves he stands for the best in Am
eric.n military tradition, reprerente
the type of man that doe* greatest
credit to his country both in time of
peace and in time of war.
tenant colonel and brigadier general
Michigan National Guard.
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ITUESÜAT IS PRIMARY ELECTION
VOTE AS TOO PLEASE 00T VOTE
AND OEMEMOER TOUS FOIENOS
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democ " tl< ' * ,cket
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are contemplated and Pilgeram's land
expenence will prove an asset to the
{legislature. This has been the moat
abused department of the «Ute« ad
ministration and has resulted not only
^ ab(#olut , lo „ of m ||,ions of do»
lan, to the permanent school fund but
a1 *« •" indebtedness of the sUte to
the school fund of other millions or
which no interest even is paid.
In this work Boy A. John**,
could * of important assisUnce.
While he has never boon a resident
There are some candidates for nom
ination at the primary who for senti
mental os well as party reasons wiU
receive a favorable vote in Easters
Cascade county.
One of them is Billy Pilgemm oi
Armington who is sggain s candidate
for nomination to the lower house on
of this city, yet his lodge affiliation®
and nearness gives him a large in
terest in its affairs as well as those
of East™ Cascade county. The dl
vision of counties into county commie-1
sio ner district* will again be an issue,
at the legislature and Mr, Johnson
would represent a portion «f Cas
Icade county that has had no repre
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»-W » th., office. Hi. non,« will bei
found on the Republican ticket.
Win Jeffries seeks the republican,
nomination as County Treasurer As
deputy in that office, by his courtesy
and desire to be of assistance he ha
endenred him^lf to n h„.t of voter.;""
who will remember this at the prim -
Z ™ SS abilHy, a
book-keeper and of spotless integrity
he has a ri ht to the consideration of
to. party to«l to. friend.. .
Arthur Jardine is a rising youn,
lawyer of Great Falls who served as;
deputy county attorney under F. A. 1
Ewald. In fact he tried the majority
of the cases heard before the courts'
at that tjme
H e has lived all his life in Grea.
Falls, is married and has two child-1
missionem since his father was elec
ren, and if service has anything tOi
do with the matter, if ability counts
and if personal integrity and honor
are of importance then he is entitle,
to the thoughtful consideration of the:
^public** voters.
1 Everyone in this vicinity knows Ler:J
Den nis from the time when he and
Lee Tutt of Sand Coulee used to furn
ish thrills in the hunderd-yard
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many years ago.
He many yearR ln the county
of{iceB of Cascade county where he
made a record for efficiency. Later
as State Railroad Commissioner he
continued that record until he
ed to become a candidate for govern
of the state. Later he became se-j
cretary to the State Board of Exam.
iners where the resolutions passe
by that board and published in last
week's Times are an eloquent test!
monia i of service there.
He is now again a candidate fo.
railroad commissioner where his in-.
Jiriduaiby, keen discrimination and
fearlessness «re of specal value to the
state. He will not be forgotten bj
j„ hn Oliver formerly a resident of
Cascade in this county but for eight
yean, Senator from Carter county
wherp he op€raU . s a ranch and stock-'
fann ia a candidate for congressman
on the Republican ticket*.
The eehooli in the etote owe much
to John Oliver. To him i. doe .
l.rge rimre of credit for the
gm.eive legl.I.Uon of to. tot few;
years. Every small high school in
the state and many of the large ones'
are indebted to him for a goodly
share of their present proiperity.
Every grade rebool and run.
school can thank him for anromitting
labor in their behalf. You can't bluff
John Oliver. When he thinks he is
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Hrht h€ doM n0t kn0W l q
ting means. Defeated in one Une
backs up and starts again. Farm
legl.tion would find a direriminatin,
friend in him were he rent to
halls of Congrere. He has livre! in
Montana 4« years and thus can be
considered to have rts" Interest out
of Montana.
«upend, their
destinies. A vote for Jude Hubber ia
a vote for emancipation from the con
trol of the county by county-re.t pol»
itkians.
W. H.Meigs. candidate for district
judge ha. an excellent record In Cm
cade county as County Attorney and
later served as daputy United State*
attorney for this district He also
represented Cascade county in the
The fanners desire representation
on th* Board of county commission
«ps. Many county-seat voters recog ■
■tee the Justice of this and will vote
1er Jade Hubber candidate on the re
publican ticket If outside voters are
faithful to their own interest they
will return Mr. Rubber a winner at
the primary. His campaign is being
«ade strictly along these lines. Too
long tbs outside has lacked represen
tation on this important board which
and directs their
l«th legislative assembly.
His qualifications for the office he
seeks are unquestioned. He haa been
a lifelong Republican and deserves
much from Cascade county people.
COMBINING AND THRESHING IN
FULL SWING
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about ' 8ome few are ,n " P ,,s,tlon to
9tat ® thp number of bu8he,s P er ""j
in their rc8 P® ctiv ® fipld8 - *
1" "inter "heat John Sweeney re-|i
P° rt8 ™ bushels per acre on a fieIJ|
f"«" ">«< **< «
bushels per acre on the field near
sKd• ,
D,ck 0,Da y '« combining his Targe
«cvreage near Salem and this i. said
«-to. be«e, ihen W
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N ' H BROWNING AND FAMILY
BACK FROM ,,ARK
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N - H Browning and family retur
ned Saturday from .week*, trip to
Yellowstone Park. They took a
cam ping outfit and enjoyed thernsel
Combining and threshing are in
{progress north and west of Belt.
While as yet few results are noised
VeÄ - ra,n » d at ,pn ^ <"° »i'K b ' 8
but tb *t <>"ly increased the fun ex
j«Pt in Livingston where they had to
anchor their tent to trees. They did
1104 f,sh ,n th e lake at the Park hut
|saw some fine catches. They thought:
of ^'hiring Old Faithful home to
* b °" to neighbor, but the Park
authorities would not let if go.
dashl-Firths
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
«arty T. Stong. pastor
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resignwors a OQ °£ *
aracter is t e one s rucure n
1 '* thM we can not hire bu.lt for us;
we must do it ourselves. And it is
The regular services of the church
daring the week and Sabbath. Mor-:
"el to member, «n this <fay of
ra Pi d transit, that right direction is
of mor ® ««riportance than speed. Let
" h ® ad to " ard 8 ® m ® P lac ® wor '
ab «P " 8 ®"ie church. If you have no
'*«*1. 'home, there m always a wet
|®ome for yov ih this church
Sunday School at ten o clock. A
8t f*Y tb ® children in connection
with class work.
' EpworthLeogo^ at 1
^ evening, Gladys Burnett will be
the leaden Miss Ruth Jennings was
elected Third Vice President of the
^.strict, at the recent meeting of the
(district cabinet at Kings Hill. This
to*n honor for the Be t -eeguc. e
' helpmsr other.- (topartmont of our
pro-lloc.l eh.pt«, .hould n.umh in toe
Third Oepertm.nl. with to. Dmtrie,
Officer in our own League.
' Evening worship at 8 o'clock fol
lowing the Epworth League. As ar
U* ~ know at present, the rerv.ee,
will be in charge of Mrs. Stong
Ladies' Aid meeting Wednesday m
the room at the bank building
Prayer service and Bible lesson, «
eood go,,- service and muse at the
kT™!!;,.™ at i
b*-«»ntrh each- Than-day evening—at
o'clock. We aim to make the service
ro Interesting that "nodding on op
thelproval" will be necessary. You wn
be sufficiently awake to pry. «"g
*nd be happy. "From the an o
Hfe no one can take out more an
k* pate In."
IYIM«
Campaign Dance
A campaign dance will be held ia
the K. P. hall on Friday night. July
30th. A special sapper will be ser
ved at the Black Diamond Cafe at
«:30 P. M.
Parties who buy dance tickets for
$1.00 at the Pythian Theatre window
will receive paaeee to the show. This
show "Three Faces East," is one of
the new pi ctu re s and those who have
seen H say that it ia one of the best
At the dance all candidates present
will be introduced to the crowd and
given an opportunity to speak to the
crowd for two minutes.
A midnight supper will be served
in the hall. Good music and a fine
time are assured. Many candidates
have announced their intention of be
ing present
Near Tiger Butte
Barley Grows In
Heavy Stand
section is interesting,
thick with heads so long as to prom
{*« record yields. For the first time
n some years barley is at its best
an d in some cues ia so heavy as to
be toM«.
Some fields of winter wheat will
thresh 40 bushels to th. aero but in
general the spring wheat is cleaner
and gives greater promise of a high
But Tfgcr Butte people do not de
pend solely upon wheat for their pay
|checks. Some ranches have weekly
checks that are sizable though more
take pride in showing you the white
faces or the Shorthorns that are be
inK gotten ready for market.
where in this district are to he found
A trip through the Tiger Butte
Here you see
winter wheat ready for the reaper.
Just across the road another field of
winter wheat, dark and thrifty which
will not be ripe for a month. The
second crop of alfalfa is being cut
on many places and is yielding fifty
per cent more than the first crop.
Oats are luxuriant in their bluish
green and promise a heavy yield.
Spring wheat is standing tall and
Mo
more high-grade Herefords than in
the Tiger Butte section although In
ma ny cases the bulk of the cattle
are in the mountains on summer p«s
ture.
Yet here and there in the fields
an d barnyards may be seen almost
ideal types of this breed of
stock, straight back*, short legs, deep
which can only be produced by
high grade sires.
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Out of Tiger Butte this fall WÜ
be shipped many cars of beautiful
beef cattle,
HALT WICHST IN PICTURE
ARE KIDS
was the nickname fastened
company that m.de «Lovey Mary,
the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture
the Pythian Theatre.
Abou t half of the members of the
company were of school age nndhud
to be accompanied on the set ny their
teachers, who gave the same course
they would receive in school.
"King Baggot's School of Acting
on the
at
Nearly fifty children ate used In
^he .Ponction ^gingin years from
Baby Freddie Cox at 9 months, who
has the role of Babby Tommy
hoyn and girls of 14 and 16. who have
the parts of th£ inmato of the or
phanege in which part of the story of
a>yoy , ary i. at
King Baepof i. one d ree
doe.n't objee to dlç^ng ehlldren.
"Good culte obtelned wrth child
ren are mur more sa is ying
director than .when obtained with
a ut*. e says.
Bessie Love and William Haines
haw. *S l^tog roles in the film and
t h ^ pa8t Sim^ on ^ Sunshine
A ' _ p * '.
H« an o en. ese p ayers co -
tribute a brilliant exhibition of en
vmhla ."tin» to tho. scrcjuk in thi*
.
i m, lc f,np " *1
cinatmg pictares of the
e y an P a uma ,n e
are the outstanding qiml.tjes t^t
ms 80 88 * V „" j..,..!.-!
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|A. EPPERSON
MISSING AT
FORT RUSS
Top Sergeant Albert C.
disappeared on tike night of
5th and foal play ia foared.
After a visit of a month with Us
parents in Belt, during his furlough
of regular cavalry and reported for
duty on May 13th at Fort BMss, Tex
as. Hs attended to hls dnttee
June 5th when he drew hls pa j
went across the bridge to Justus.
Mexico which is just across the Mex
ican line. -_:
Since that time he has neither
seen nor heard from.
Recently the father, John Epper
son, received a letter asking if Albert
had been heard from. This caused
a letter of inquiry to be sent to Fart
Bliss which brought the above in
formation.
Albert Epperson was a member of
goodstsnding in the Masonic lodge
' 0 * ***** "■*, of hi8 J^ e He
« b ack mark '" ïam . ,,t "J
waB "®h atw * ba PPy an< ^ because of
l""" "f "T* "
impossible for him to desert and few
** hi. « H for. play on hi. visit
to old Mexico,
Tho Eagle's annual picnic will be
staged in Belt Sunday. .Au*uat lat.
A lanr ,. crowd j 8 expected to partici
paU . in the occasion. Games of all
kind „ and 8p<)rta for evcryonc hav.
The city would look considerably
I h®*" forgotten by those in Belt whs
kn ®" Steps ere being taken by
local Masons to assist in an effort
to uncover the mystery.
figeant Epperson had an enviable
«™? **ord * » ?***• Because
of the fact that his was a cavalry
unit, ho was not sent to France. He
had letters and other papers which
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8 P°ke of hfa record Ifl higbqat tanua.
»® v ® n y® a " mor ® h ® COH,d hav ®
tired ,rom th ® Mrvic ® wtül a P® naion
sufficiently Ikrge to keep him in cow
EAGLE'S ANNUAL PICNIC
HELD SUNDAY. AUGUST 1
been advertised.
if (;fich householder should cut
weeds on hls ] o( and boulevardinrf.
Thcse wecd „ are an indication of the
llty of the crop« around becaime
of their luxuriant growth but they
add ljttIe to the outsider's respeot
for city or itfl residents.
range!
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Mable Watkins and children of
I^wistown are here visiting her par
ents Mr. and Mrs. James Cooper and
She will be accompanied
friends.
home by Mrs. A. V. Chesbro and son
Allen who will spend « few days
^ Mercantile received
^eKennedy Mr
.^^n *r busy putting them to
Antonsen ar uny p
there.
The dance Saturday night was a
huge success a large crowd attend
gether.
Mrs. Ed Forsyth of Pierre, So. Da
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jg* ™ Un
Mr and Mm vow y, iaoeUL
to,tersMr ® d int .
" ^ church and h e cer
^ credit for hia work «
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John Ander. on of Groat FGU
.pendine a few dny. with her eie
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several days but i* able to
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Prank McCabe and two child
Mr. Frenk
~n_of
H. Denny was attending business
matter* In town last week,
whites two nieces of ChJ
Mrs. A. wnires two niecr»
cog« were visiting here most of last
j. , -r—
^ o trauc h of St Paul, Minn, is
„ Walter Stamey will return t6
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Several exepet to start cutting
their winter whe*L this week.