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12.00 PEK YEAR IN ADVANCE.
BELT, MONTANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1926
VOLUME S3. NUMBER 18.
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FIRST CAME WITH GREAT FAILS
RESULTS IN S TO 6 SCORE
About ten adults and some fifty
young people enjoyed the first foot
ball game of the season on Saturday
afternoon
Belt High played the Great Falla
seconds to a 6 to 6 tie.
The Great Falls team are not a
xnasterless bunch but have a coach
of their own and put up an excellent
game.
All through the game the teams
appeared to be evenly matched.
In the first quarter a couple of
Great Falls players were taken out
because of injuries while in the Belt
was quite badly injured and was un
learn Captain Leland, quarterback
able to run or tackle during the rest
of the game. Just before this half
back Remington whe was playing
■with an injured thumb got throe
fingers on his hand knocked out and
Gossack sprained an ankle.
These injuries were concealed from
the rival team and account for the
fact that almost no end runs were
tried.
Both teams were held repeatedly
for downs only three first downs
from scrimmage being credited to
the Falls team and five for Belt
Both sides fumbled repeatedly. In
the panting exchanges Belt out
punted Great Falls from ten to twen
ty yards. ,
No marked advantage was gained
by either side during the first three
quarters nor was either goal In
danger.
DEMOCRATS PUT UP BIG FRONT
CANDIDATES KNOW THEIR STUFF
The Democrats put on a rally last
Saturday night which though lack
ing the Republican quartet, still was
entertaining to those in attendance.
Dominic Spogen, local committee
man was busy all last week in pre
paration for the event. He secured
hangers for the cards of the Demo
crats which festooned the front of
the K. P. Hall where the festivities
Beneath each candidate's card and
slogan sat the candidate hhnself and
the audience was deeply moved by
the seaming contrast between the
portrait and the original. Ladies hr
the audience were heard to say, "He
is so much more handsome than his
pictured And "How that picture
does flatter him."
A few candidates were absent and
H required the opening address and
three speeches for the voters to sat
isfy themselves of this fact.
Take it by and large the candi
dates were a husky looking bunch
whose combined avoirdupois would
considerably outweigh that of the
republican group. The average
waistline of the bunch was in the
neighborhood of 42 inches. Whether
their crania] cavities exc«*>o *n cap
acty that of their opponents is open
• to debate. Tom Norton, S. R. Jensen
«id Billy Pilgeram looked quite out
of place In the group and would have
been more at home in the rank, of
Sockle« Simp««.
■Hie speeches were good, excellent
when one consdera that they had
little to talk about. After the pro
gram, to the music of the Belt Or-i
chestra, dancer* took the floor andj
for several hours Belt people had a
glimpse of a Great Falls crowd sev
«rai hundred of whom were in atten
The
were held.
tiomble that the ladies of mature
years were all dancing while the
some youngster of tender yean to
dance.
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It was a decided success.
candidates proved them saves martyrs
in their ambition to win votes and
«e«sh missed few dance*. It was
some yougeter of tender years to
oftW to idiot them around the floor.
The l a dled of the Alter society ser
ved ape of theft* dainty lunch«* from
1L o'cock on.
Belt is inddsd fortunate in having
two royal en ter t a inments handed to'
them in succession during the fall
campaign. We have no doubt that
Belt Saturday, Oct. 16
Football, Stanford vs
In the final quarter occurred the
As the
first break of the game,
teams, lined up on Belt's 40 yard line
an off tackle play was called,
moment later Remington who was
carrying the ball broke through the
Falls line only to be met by vicious
tackles from three Gteat Falls backs.
The ball was knocked from his hold
A
and in a scramble Miller of Great
Falla picked it up and ran past the
Belt team for a touchdown.
About six minutes of play
mained and the Belt backs decided
that it was time to open up.. A
forty-yard pass was completed to
Jewell, a smash or two at the line
a pass to Johnson and a completed
pass to Wixson brought Belt a touch
down in the closing minutes of play.
Neither team kicked goal
Not the game itself was as de
lightful to those familiar with the
Belt team as the fact that the home
team was working as a unit and that
in adversity they only played harder.
Stanford plays here Saturday and
the Belt ends will have a chance to
stop, if they can, fleet Rusty Miller.
In our opinion the game will be
worth watching.
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ANDREW THISTED DIBS
Andrew This ted, pioneer merchant
of Great Falls died Tuesday of
Pneumonia,
will be on Sunday at S P. M. under
the auspices tof the Masonic lodges
of Great Falls.
The funeral services
the average voter, after listening to
both si<{es of the case will go to the
pells and vote as he darned pleases,
after all.
NEW KEATON FILM
CONVULSES CROW!*
Buster Keaton is coming to town
in a comedy that has left audiences
weak from laughter in every city
where the picture has been shown.
It i* "Battling Butler," the frozen
maker's last production
the one that made even blase
Hollywood admit that there's some
th'ng new in comedies. The picture
wiB h« »bown locally at the Pythian
Theatre, starting Sunday. Oct. 17.
The famous comedian has turned
prizefighter—that is he masquerades
** » professional pugilist—for Che
"he of a pretty girl. He haa the
f» 1 * of ■ weakhy youth who takes
** count from Kid Cupid, only to
^ ver ***** B " k f *°° d ™
he hft8 * make good in caul.flowered
f* r c,rc1 * 8 ' Hi * name « A,fred Bat *
ter - 80 * comparatively easy
"***/ *° tbe * nd her ^
^ 0,1 * d „ f "J" y ,. *î* at h * *
Everything goes .long swimming
h J«t.l the rs.1 ' Butler appears
the scene and add* to the com
Postions. The fact that the ring
champion suspect. th<. bogus fighter
of carrying on .n aff.fr with the
B8tt »"* BotI ^ <*<***' make
1 e " vw,lck F 011 " 1 » P® tb >ny
8,1,00
Boisterous and Big
| n addition to being a scream from
«tart to finish, "Battling Butler"
has many spectacular scenes which;and
would do credit to the biggest dram
«tic productions. Thousands of people
appear in the picture. Hie largest
'Battling
spent several weeks "»hoottng"
seen« in picturesque sections of |
California. -
fight club on the Pacific Coast was
rented daring the filming of "Bat-,
no-tling Butler," and Kraton's company,
TRUSTEES ORGANIZE
Two members of the local school I
board will leave tom orrow for
Helena where they will attend a j
meeting of the School Trustees of
the state and a permanent organize
tion will be effected.
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. MONARCH
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Mr. and Mrs. Arthr L. Kaoboo re
tamed to their home in Gnat Falls
Wedneedav after some time s rrl at
the Calvert cabin
Deputy Sheriff Chas. King of Belt
was a visitor to Belt Park on official
business last Wednesday
John Gonsior returned tô his home
here Wednesday from Stanford
where he spent several days looking
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after business interests there.
Mrs. Redfem and son Francis of
Great Falls spent Sunday here with
friends.
Mrs. F. J. Gies and childred drsve
up Friday and spent the week end
at their summer home.
NOTES ON CANDIDATES WORTHY
OF EVENT VOTER'S SUPPORT
Cascade county is fortunate in
having so many candidates who g jve
promise of making excellent off leers
A judge is to be selected this year
to serve as colleague to Judge Ewing
in the Eighth Judicial District. The
Republican candidate is Wellington
R. Meigs who has had a long
residence in Cascade county. Pos
sessed of a thorough legal education
a judicial mind and abundant experi
ence in legal matters, he is the
logical man for this important office
and it is a pleasure to thus indorse
him. His selection to the Judgeship
will assure us of another able judge
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on the bench and impartial adjudica
tion of our legal affairs.
We need a strong man in the
State Senate to uphold our rights
and to further our desires. A
greenhorn is valueless daring his
first term in the Senate where he
has to match wits with many eld
heads at the game. Julius J,
Wuerthner combines a pleasing per
sonality with dynamic force suf
ficient to secure a fair heamg fur
any measure he advocates. A term
j in the lower house has educated him
to the way in which bills are passed
and killed. A vote for him will be a
vote to secure adequate representa
tion in the upper house of the stete
legislature. Mr. Wuerthner is swars
of the weakness of the primary law
and the result. He is inclined to be
fair not only to the people of Great
Falls but to the rural sections of thq
county as well. The county will be
safe in his hands if he is elected.
The fight made against s former
county attorney was in no way
directed against his deputies. We
wish to urge upon our readers a
fair consideration of the candidacy
of Arthur S. Jardine for the office
of county attorney. His record will
bear the closest scrutiny and we are
glad to give him hearty commenda
tion. He was bom in Cascade
county and received his elementary
education here before taking his
university course and has built up a
neat practice in the city of his birth.
As a lawyer he is one of the best
^ and „
aMjgUnt * ^ ^ attorn( . y . he
lpem)naIy ^ nearly a „ the c2UWa
duj . ^ 1023 and 1924 **
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and enforce
the law.
The Republican candidate for
county treasurer is well known to
all who have had business in that
office. There, for some years, they
have found Win Jeffries, pleasant
obliging, and ready at all tim«
to place his complete and outstanding
knowledge of that office at your
service. M any time when inform«
sin lang funds, those desiring the
information have f o und Win Jtttrim
a man who had a full and complete
knowledge of the cam or knew where
to get the information which was
never grudgingly given. Add to this
The prêtant county superintendent.
tion concerning the affairs of cities,
school distret«, or county, personal
tex«, delinquent tax«, bonds or
his sterling Integrity and you have a
man who will be valuable not only to
the county but 'to yourself,
Mrs.Maude Morrow, was appointed
by the Board of County Corn
D. W. Brown« was « visitor to
Great Fulls Saturday from the W
H Georg« ranch.
M. L. Evans was a visitor to
Spionkop Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Dickenson and
Doris, wore down
daughter.
frt>w **" r * n »« r «tation Friday after
jtbrir car which was left here foi
m
Hu « h Evmn * bro «f ht in » ,oad °6
potatoes Friday.
M ™ H S ' * nd 8 ° n
Mn F™™** Walton motored over
10 White Su, P hur S P rinfrs Sm«»d»yj
for a visit with Mrs. Haney's sister,
Mrs. Frank Edwards.
parents of a son born October 4th ati
H. W. Kuphal spent several days
" ta "
Belt
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Busch
missioners at the resignation of the
former incumbent She is a can
didate for re-election on the Dem
ocratic ticket and is distinctly a
candidate of those who consider that
the county superintendent should
represent the rural sections of the
county and not the county seat. The
one elected to this office must take
residence in the county seat but her
duties arc ninetyfive percent with
the outside schools. The viewpoint
of a teacher in the schools of a large
city is not desirable for county
superintendent neither is it desirable
that on« small group should, each
year, name that officer. For these
reasons a considerable portion of the
Great Palls voters will join with the
outside in supporting Mrs. Apple
yard.
Harry Hament. a genial rancher
on Cora creek, has been selected to
bear the Republican banner from
He is a
candidate for representative Re has
lived in Cascade county when a trip
from the Park Hotel to the Grand
Hotel, over board walks none too
smooth was a trip out into the
suburbs. Part of that time he has
been in business but his natural
inclination is to handle cattle, and as
he sizes up an animal, that animal
instinctively knows that Harry will
guess within 20 pounds of his weight
and is visualizing his reception on
the Chicago market. There is no
n in this section who is better
fitted to represent the mercantile,
ranching-] and mining interests than
Harry Hammcnt. We have neglected
to mention heretofore that the
Hamment Brothers ss an avocation
have followed the business of seeking
elusive ore from the grass-roots to
the depths of the mountain. Harry
IS a good mixer, is hard to hoodwink
and, in conjunction with the other
Cascade representatives, ought to be
able to secure in that tangle of
conflicting interests, the legislature,
what legislation is needed and assist
in burying all bills unfair to any of
the various, vocations.
(To be continued)
Barter« Cascade county.
WALTHAM
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Mrs. Nels Baker spent several
days last week in Great Falls.
Miss Gray and mother spent the
week-end in Great Falls. Her brother
Bob who is s forest ranger in the
Highwoods came out with them.
The Camp Fire Girls hsd s meet
ing scheduled for Tuesday of this
week to perfect plans for their hard
line masquerade which will be given
October 23 at the Shepherd Butte
school.
Otto Gulden Js visiting relatives
in Wisconsin.
—MHaNbl ami family ijR.nl Ban
day at Stanford as the guests of the
Knights.
|L E. Davis of Great Falls is over
seeing Alcide Fischer's seeding while
he is in Chiiego.
Mrs, Clarence Feltman and sons
spent the week-end at the ranch.
Mr. Faltman recently bought Bain a
"Bug" to drive out from Fort Ben
ton.
KEEPING SLUM OUT OF CREEK
Everyone in the valley has noticed
^ clearness of Belt Creek during
I the past few months and has been
secretly pleased. Some have yoked
their pleasure on numerous occasions
■**[«* all have devoutly hoped that the
! condition may continue.
To a8certjlin ju8t how far the
| Q f ^ silver Dyke Mining
! ^mpon, have pr0KrM8ed the editor
•r*'accepted . chance to visit the Dyke
on Monday afternoon and accom
panied J. P. Heaiey in his smooth
running Willys-Knight.
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the employees at the office, Manager
Hayes appeared and offered to take
his visitors to the site of the damn
No. 1 dam is completed to the
height of 16 feet and is homing back
several acres of water and tailings.
The latter are brought down from
the mill through flumes on the
mountainside and are dumped just
beck of the face of the dam wheRre
the heavy sand settles and the water
spreads out over the pond where it
is continually precipitating the
As the water clears It flows back
toward the outlet and from this is
led under hto pond through laminated
dimension stuff to the creek bed be
low the dam. Here it emerges just
slightly discolored and devoid of
heavy waste.
Mr. Hayes informed us that they
had experienced considerable dlffi
culty in clarifying the water on win
dy days, the action of which pro
BEAR MISSES JOHN KLEFFNEN
BUT GETS BACON AN CAKE
We are sure that opr reader»
enjoy the following letter frees» John
Kleff nor as much as we did and con
sequently an taking the liberty
printing it.
"Just a few tines to lot you know
that we are now in Missouri and
trying to get things lined up in our
new home. We were on the road
about ten days. We went through
Yellowstone Park, stayed there two
days and enjoyed the trip through
the Park very much,
were good except for some long
grades and everything went fine
though the old bear got into our
mess-box and ate all our grub, one
night, among other things there was
a slab of bacon and a fruit cake.
We had fine weather all the time
we were on the road and we had but
little trouble on the way except
few punctures. But when we got
here it started to rain the next day
and rained for nine days straight, so
we beat It for once, but the last few
days have been nice. And the peo
ple seem to be friendly but we get
little bit homesick for old Montana
and its good old western people, but
when the blues wear off I believe It
is fine. -
The crop# are pretty fair here but
the com hss blown down badly and
this wet weather may rot some of it.
wish to corns to a close with best
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The road.
wishes for all the good people of
Belt and vicinity.
Yours truly*
John Kleffner
ARMINGTON NEWS
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Mr. and Mrs. Roy Scrvoss and son
Russel were visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Morris of lower
Belt, Sunday aftenoon.
Lao Evans of the Belt Park was a
visitor at the home of Frank Cooper
Saturday e'o-ning
Mr. T. Jam« and family left
Saturday morning for an extended
tour of the East. They expect' to go
Oklahoma and MiMiaeippf and
return by Chicago returning home
after the Holidays. He was relieved
Mr, Burgh qf Minnesota; who
has engaged apartments at the Hotel
expects his family to arrive in a
few days.
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vented the precipitation of the « ha s e
| ! This dam seems to be solving Mm
difficulty daring warm
During severely cold snaps they
not tell how It will work until they
have tried it .
A few hundred yards below, coo
»traction work is going ahead on
soother dam which when completed
will impound a still larger body of
water. This will not be finished
ti! next " €#8<)n but wil1 follow mlK *
** 88me P** n of construction as the
,^ r8t dam- * n C88€ * 8 "««led be ore
above the first and capable of cow
trolling the tailings until the c o m
pletion of the second dam.
The first dam will be raised aa
occ88 i on demands some twenty feet
' higher. This will necessitate the
j building of another wagon road hlgh
FaUi ine on)y to be met by vi«doua
I er up the mountain side,
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hive ^ i mprov »d
weather Th« road up Carpenter
slum.jo^h ig j„ the best condition
have ever known it. The trucks now
uwd are wide tired Whites and they
appear to be not so destructive of
road material as the narrow tfred
trucks. -,
The Silver Dyke Company appear
to be making a serious attempt to
take eair of their tailngs and wa
venture to say that next season will
find Belt Creek practically clear at
objectionable waste and color.
The roads were fine and stem to
by tbe T wot
win Mr. Ç, L. Crane and sister Mrs. 8.
LtfWls mam hnrf—visitors Mi
Great FW1a Monday,
of
a
piQNEGR OF BELT VALLEY
PASSES'
Word wa „ recetved this morning
that Abe He dri c k died In the hoa
p , u , at Great Pa]]fe , a8t ni|r ht agéd
n -pie fuller> , win be held in the
M, E. church In Bek on Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock. Because of
this the Sunday School will meet at
9:30 Sunday instead of eleven.
The press was stopped in order to
put in this short notice. In our next
week's issue we will publish the ob
ituary.
This morning's tribune carries the
I news of the death of Thomas Rude,
68, of Raynesford.
Harry Ar mst ro n g shipped ftm
cars of sheep from Blythe last week.
Eleven cart at cattle mere shipped
from the stockyards here Taeeday.
The shippers warn, George Oroaa
kopf, Jim Cooper, & L. Crane and
Richardson.
James King who for the past has
been staying with Mrs. A. Hay Ml
last Friday for Glasgow Montana.
Winifred Bell withdrew from
school Monday, ehe will enter again
at Rocky Ridge.
Eugene Fish left last week where
he entered school at Raynesford.
Mickey Lee won the spalling
honor for September.
The school visitors for last month
wore Mrs. J. O. Clodfelter end Mise
Alice Nordquist. .
Frank Joscelyn Jr. was a business
visitor in town Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Wuerthner
and child end Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Stukey of Grast Falls ware visitors
In, town Sunday.
ROLL CALL NEXT WEEK
Mrs. Harriet E. Carrier,
ecutive secretary of the Cascade
Red fross has
i local managers for the different pre
; cincta. Mrs. 0. G. Nohl has been
j appointed to overs« the Belt roll
; cal!, Mrs, W. S. Haney, Monarch,
' Mrs. E. Larson, Fife, G. B. West,
Armington, Mrs. Ed Dons van, Net
hart. Supplies have teen sent out
to the different chairmen and within
ja few days the annuxl roll-call will
be held.