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VOLUME S3. NUMBER 20.
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BELT, MONTANA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1026
VOTE ON TUESDAY. 001 VIEWS
ON CANDIDATES AND ISSUES
Tuesday is election day. Voters
■who do not exercise their privilege
have no right to object to the result
of the. election.
Don't forget your friends on the
county ticket nor fail to remember
local candidate* on the legislative
The lower house is composed of
just ordinary men taken from every
vralk in life and you will find that
our local candidates will stack
very favorably with the rest.
Arthur Jardine would make
ticket
up
a fine
L ou
and able County Attorney;
Kommers is the best on the Com
missioner ticket.
W. H. Meigs is an
ideal candidate for district jndge;
Jeffries has demonstrated his fitness
for county treasurer. Wuerthner will
represent the county ably as Senator;
Woodward made a fine record
omtty surveyor and deserves your
support. Bob Gordon never failed to
get his man as sheriff and time has
demonstrated his good judgment,
Mrs. Appleyard represent« the out
side and should get solid support
from rural Cascade county as well
the vote of fair-minded citizens of
the county seat. Mady has made
•wnviahle record as county
■while Mat Jacobson is entitled to
support because of his war record..
Vote for Initiative No. 30 and
protest against non-enforceable Vol
stead laws and for a return to sanity.
Vote down the five-mill school
tax which will add just that much
to your taxes.
as
as
assessor
Taka a chance upon the Montana,
Automobile Association being able to |
secure an amendment to Initiative
No. 81 exempting gasoline used in !
farm work and vote for the Bill
an
Veto down the Hail measure.
Judges Galen and Holloway ire
entitled to
court judges and Lee Dennis will
carry almost a solid vote from Cas
cade county.
ARTIST RUSSELL
LAST ROUND-UP
Charles M.
Russell,
famous painter of Western
died Sunday night suddenly following
a heart attack. Funeral rites for the
"cowboy artist" were held yesterday
afternoon from the Episcopal church
in Great Falls, the Rev. Christof
Keller officiating. He is survived by
his widow and one son.
The order of Elks attended the
funeral in a body and among those
present at the funeral were . host
men prominent in state and business
affairs.
Montana's
scenes
Probably no artist ever caught
spirit of the West and placed it
upon canvas for future generations.
a* Russel] did. His paintings from
henceforth will be priceless and those'
possession of them will be envied.
Many Belt people drove to Great
Falls yesterday and attended the
funeral services.
GET SEED CORN NOW
BEFORE PRICES SOAR
crop
A large per cent of the corn
in Cascade county was injured to
such an extent by the heavy frosts
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pretty
prewy generally over Montana a mzf- '
«cient supply of seed will be avail
able from other sections of the state
that have been grown« «nd devel
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n. from adapted varieties
. " y " n ' «tension workers have
been pushing the practice of seiet-
earfr and a suffice*.
nasswn for a two year seeding. The
***** »»w before pries* soar is a
«twd time for com growers to se
tbefr xtd for wit y«ir. Anil
tede seed «te, old be listed at the of
free or# the County Agent.
year. • I
Corn growers did not select « good
supply of seed ear. before the £Tst<
came, consequently there ia conaid
enable danger of a serious reduction
in the acreage of corn to be planted
nevt »» 4 «. .. . T. ...
next spring, or the planting of high
priced seed not adapted to
ditkm.
the latter part of September that the
supply of good adapted home grown j
seed will be scarce next
ting read corn
w **dom of this practice is clearly
pointod out tius year,
(Cqu n page 41
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Mr. and Mrs. Peter Blais of Belt and
Conrad V. Anderson of Roy, Mon
J Una were married last week Wednes
day noon at Lewistown, Montana.
Florence Blais, a sister of the bride
and Mr. Darrod of Roy were the at
tendants,
Anderson-Blais
Mias Engeline Blais, dai«hter of
Mrs. Anderson is a grad
uate from the Normal Training de
pertinent of the Belt Valley High
School and has taught successfully
Mr. Anderson is a
for three years,
prominent and successful rancher of
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*** WlH ** * h ° me to fn<mda
in Roy.
The program of the Pythian trea-l
Roy. After a brief honeymoon trip
PYTHIAN GETS
NEWEST SHOW
tre has been slightly changed for
next week due to the Election night
coming on, Tuesday. There will be
four show* instead of three. "Blar
ney" plays on Sunday and Monday,
"The Unknown Soldier" on Tuesday
and Wednesday and another program
has been booked for Thursday and
Friday and one for Saturday only.
The last two shows will be adver
tised in next week's Times.
The shows advertised in this issue
are of a wide variety, starting with
hilarious farce comedy Friday and
Saturday. Douglas McLean will en
tertain in a picture called "That'«
This is a Paramount
My Baby."
been received on it as a laugh pro
duc er. After the first show on Sat
urday night the Radiola will be given
away from the stage as advertised.
Sunday and Monday show is an
Irish picture with Rene Adore play
ing the lead. The feature of the pic
ture is the old time prize fight in
which the fighters "go it" bare.
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Next is "The Unknown Soldier.",™«.
showing on Tuesday and Wednesday.
fight too. With this there* will be
shown a scenic short subject
"Arizona Grand Canyon.
! B * 8 one 01 the a««* beat war
1 pictur< * made this year ond in some
towM haa been *« * 8 P«-ial at
* dvmnced price8 In the cast is Henry
B - Walthol «nd Marguerite De La
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Confirmation Class
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The Eight Reverend M. C. Lenihan
D.D. Bishop of Great Falls, assisted
by Monaignor O'Brian V. G. P. A. L
L. D. f the Rev. Fr. Spekmeir and th*
Rev. M. McHugh, confirmed the
following class at St. Mark's Church
Sunday 1 ast.
Calorie, Margaret Teresa Carr, Mil
dred Teres. Colgan, Geneveive Clem
Rosalie Frances
en tine Bodner, Madeline Rosemary
Spogen, Jane Frances Boyle, Agnes
Cecelia Colgan, Josephine Genevieve!
Urich, Pauline Amelia Mam, Mary
»«ben Klimas, Thomas Miclmel
Lsvendowrti. Rudolph Arthur GUko,
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AlphoB8e JoMph Beaudry, John
Anthony Lavendowaky, Matthew
Artrnr Urich. Matthew Sylvester
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Boyle. Francis Joreph Colgan. Don
| d Joseph Atkinson.
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WELL KNOWN SHOE
MAKER OPENS SHOP
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Frank Vertaanik, well known here
former years has rented the store
room next to Colgan * Meat Market
rind if insUllint a complete
shoe-repemng machinery H*> I»
expert workman and plans fo
Ellen Eva Cure. Mary Rose Urich,
Cecelia Dorthack. Alice
Cecelia Klimas, None Agnes William
son - Vernie Elizabeth Uhrin, Eliza- Î
both Mary Care, dar. MargariU
Lavendowski, Marie Veronica Colgan
Pauli"« Louise Zemanick, Anthony
Raymond' Gliko, Edward Louis
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Florek, John Edward Gliko, diaries
Pauline
make Belt bis home
Canadian Liquor Situation
Hon. W. D. Barley of Winnipeg
delivered an instructive and in tercet
ing address to a lange Beti audience
in the Methodist church last Friday,
evening. After explaining that only,
the four Western Provinces had gone
back on Prohibition and that Hie Wet
reaction had been stopped by a Dry
victory in Ontario two years ago
Mr. Bayley described the Manitoba
system and from Government docu
ment* in his possession showed that
it was proving most unsatisfactory,
H. T. Ston.g
The Manitoba system, which dif
fers from those of other Provinces,
allows permit holders, permits coat
ing $1.00 per annum, to ordoro for
delivery to their home# of Liquor !
from the Government stores and beer,for
from the bre w e ries . Soon after the
system commenced so much liquor
was being purchased for boot
legging purposes that a limit of IS
quarts of hard liquor per week and
48 pints of beer was placed on each
purchaser.
The wet* claim that crime docreaa
ed with the change from prohibition
to Government Control so celled,
But the records show last year, 1926,
to be the third worst in ten years for
1 " oor "®lationa, second in commit
merits to jail and first for murder
[charges and juvenile delinquency.
As to bootlegging the Mayor of
Winnipeg declared publicly that con
ditions were a thousand times worm
than under the Dry Law. The
Attorney General explained that the
bootleggers had now an easier task
in procuring their supplies and they
Ibund customers who wanted
in places other than their homes,
But while presuming to sell only
genuine liquor, yet fake whiskey
labela were still being printed and
illicit stills as plentiful as ever.
The beer situation was very bad.
Although the votes* polled two to
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ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MURDER
INNOCENT CONRAD FARMHAND
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eris jury, sitting at Browning is
clipped from the Great Falls Leader
Saturday last.
A coroners jury sitting at Brown
on the Blackfeet
*** the death °f
°™ ar oilman. 22, killed Thursday
night about 11 o'clock by prohibition
officer. on the Blackfeet reservation,
found that Dillman "came to his
death by a revolver shot in the back
of the head, said shot being fired
either by Louie Munroe or
Boetcher," the former an Indian po
lireman and the latter the white law
enforcement officer of the reeer
The following report of the coron
A.
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County Attorney Horace Judron, of
Glacier county, formerly of Great
Falls, with Coroner M. A. O'Neill,
had charge of the inquest. The fore
man of the jury was John Brbwn.
The bullet which killed Dillman
was found in hi* head and was a 32
vation.
Warrants were issued for the ar
rest of Monro« and Boetcher, neither
having been under restraint up to
late this afternoon.
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20 cahbre - both Boetcher and Monroe
shooting such guns and the testimony
showing that both officers fired at
Dillman.
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^ ,nqUM ' dcveloped pract,cally
wheel and Elmer Alegree, a young
friend, a passenger. The boy* had
been visiting at St. Mary's lake and
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A ue testimony was to the effect that
,11 of the officers started firing after
the car. one of the bullets lodging in
the* back 0 Dillman'* head and killing
him
liqnor WM towA Th « body of the
dead man was taken to the Cot Bank
hospital and from there to Browning
from where It will be token to Or.
rad for burial. Diffm.n is a cousin
of Perry I>t!hvian who livei 5 mile
from Conrad, and a nephew of An
drew Dfltman. He ahd Alegree cam»
from Indiana * few months sgo and
Ae 8ame 8tory as ori « ina,,y to,d;
That lxmie Munro *' °* Sh '* ri,f ' In
dian P 01 ' 06 , and Bo*'toher, white law
enfor c« me " t °® ,c ® r * were h 01 «* 1 "»
^ 8 Bark r0 ' d .
D,v,d * h,ll > cla,rain * th « wer *' Mek
>ng a ru "' rnnn * r After severa
ca ™ had ***"
« Ford roadster with Dillman at the
Hie car was searched but no
«TAone against a beer and wine proposal
| fa 1923, yet within « ftw months of
the re-establishment of legal sale of
beer to the horned the bars ofi
Winnipeg were running full blast,
contrary to the law. When the truck
throve up to the hotel to deliver the
two cases to the proprietor H was an
easy matter to slip in many more
eases Thus a generous supply for
illegal sale was secured. -
Ah investigation of a year ago
revealed a shortage of 2344 cases of
beer in seven depots near the Inter,
depot
cases
during the week out on Sunday
morning early 168 cases was sold by
the proprietor to himself, obviously
national Boundary. One
showed legal saler of 22
bootlegging purposes,
Asked as to how much of^the beer
made in Manitoba last year
boolegged the Government of Mart
Itota informed the Legislature, 61.69
per cent This figm was arrived at
by comparing the 2,600,000 gallons
upon which a tax of 26 centa had
baen collected with the less than
1,000,000 gallons recorded as legally
sold or exported. Thus he showed
that in Manitoba the Government and
aQ the eittxena participate in profita
mad* by illegal sale of beer.
On July first this year . the
Government finally revoked the
brewer's privileges to operate depots.
They were ordered to sell their beer
thru the Government depots. But the
breweries defied the Government and
later one of them arrested the
Government vender for illegal sale of
beer.
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strati on of teaching temperance to
the young and made a plea for the
»- establishment of temperance ed
«cation in the schools,
number* were given by Mrs, Arthur
j^ewia, Mr. Clark and Misa Hartley.
was
Vocal *nd instrumental musical
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Conrad.
County Attorney Horace Judsun
will arrive in Great Fail» tonight to
consult with the federal authorities
h * re ;« '«J 101 ** C * r * i " "
whether the federal or state officers
will have charge of the prosecution,
it not yet being definitely decided a*
^ whether the particular spot
which Dillman was killed was in
Glacier Park, Glacier County or
Blackfoot reservation, all three join
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WET AND DRY CAMPAIGN
both were employed on a ranch near
mg neu- that point.
Voters of eight states, with *n ag
gregate population exceeding 80,000
000, will ballot directly on the wet
and dry question on November 22
The two largest states in this group,
New York and Illinois, will vote on
a refcreT1(hlm (itniUr ta intent and
almost identical in language.
New York question asks:
The
Should the congress of the
United States modify the Vol
stead act to enforce the Eight
centh amendment so that the
same shall not prohibit the man
ufacture, sale, transportation and
exportation of beverages which
are not in fact intoxicating as
determined in accordance with
the law* of the respective state*.
Two other state* have given their
electors an opportunity to express
their opinion on the wet and dry
question by means of a referendum
one of them. Wisconsin, would mem
orialize congress to authorize the
manufacture and sale of 2.75 beer,
whi,e Nevada aim# 8t . haTin * con '
« Te88 rem ™ on " «>"ftut.onal ™
-™* nd the E.ghteenth
amend me n t .
^ ^ four remaining states
!Î California. Missouri and Montana,
wil] ttocid * on election day whether
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their state dry enforcement acts
shall be repealed, while Colored?
voters are asked to determine if the
state constitution shall be amended to
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permit the manufacture and sale
intoxicating liquors under a
system, the proposed amendment,
COVERNOR ERICKSON PLEASES
AUDIENCE WITH : HIS FAIRNESS
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(Joloffd .T /iflStfcls
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year
AU those present were uniform
their praises of the entertainment
The singing was excellent, the
mirth-provoking «nd
des n. This company will show again
in Belt on November 9th under the
auspices of the High School Students'
organisation. We venture to predict
that no show of equal merit will be
seen in Belt for another year, be
cause the staging requires so much
room that no hall in the city out
side the Auditorium can accommo
date it
Beck and Walker's Colored Min
strels gave a show before a small
audience in the Auditorium one
ago.
was
posed to belong in Lewistown and
were on their way to Great Falls for
CAR WRECKS ON
GRAVEL ROAD
Last Thursday forenoon, a Studs
baker car with California top and
bearing lieense number 10866 left
the road ne«» J. L. Randall's place
in Armington and turned completely
over. The occupants; an alderly man,
« young lady and three children were
all somewhat bruised and shaken up.
Dr. Graybaal states that the cheek of
one of the boys was badly cut The
party were in a hurry to reach the
train and did not wait long enough
to give their names but were sup
a visit
The cause of the accident wS* the
A Bç , t orcheatra haa ^ or .
^ hM ^ f#r
weeks. The member, of the
orch „ tra , re Mpt * who
w| „ id , . t the u Alice
Beaudry violinist • Arthur Back
and ' ^
drum>
km of a tire which came off with the
flm. The car gives evidence of hav
ing done a nose dive, the fenders on
one side are demolished and much
glass in the top is broken. It may
be seen at Browning's garage.
ORCHESTRA NOW
READY FOR BUSINESS
For the second time this season
the Belt team and the Great Fall*
Seconds played to a tla. This game
was a preliminary to the Palls-Minot
game and wa* played before a crowd
of 6020 people.
This orchestra is prepared to fur
nish music for dances and social en
tertainments. As yet they have a
dopted no other name than the Belt
orchestra.
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Can't Lick 'Em
Coach McDonald thinks our boy*
had stage fright, playing before a
crowd of 6000 when ordinarily they
play before a crowd of 60.
Neither side scored although Belt
within
los t the ball once when
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Dover
W ckson
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®- Johnson
Johnson
striking distance in the first quarter,
and Great Falls was held for downs
on Belt's 3 yard line In the closing
period. Considering the fact that
the Belt team was outweighed on an
average of flftesn pounds to ths man
and included s bunch of cripples It
deserves commendation.
A game had been scheduled for,
October 30th which was cancelled
last week but Coach MacDonald at
this writing was endeavoring to fill
this date. On November 6th the boys
play a return date with Stanford.
The personal of the opposing teams
Seconds
was:
Belt '
Trussel
Coppage
Conrad
Hamilton
Mantis
Miller
Wendt
Wright
Stephenson
Le
Jewel
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qCody
P^ff'Lnnthsridi
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Snyder
French
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Election of Mayor Harry
Mitchell of Great Palls, demo uwtfa^
candidate for congress, was urged by"
Governor J. E. Erickson in an ad> ;
dress at the armory here Friday
j night Mayor Mitchell, he said, ia
(the best fitted man eastern Montuua
ha* to send to Washington to get
behind a constructive program of
legislation that is aimed to put ag
riculture on a parity with other in
dustrie*.
( governor here. Sitting at the plat
form with the chief executive were
A crowd of 500 persons greeted the
the democratic legislative and coun
ty candidates. State Senator Porter
of Big Sandy, candidate for re
election, presided as chairman.
Music was furnished by the Fort
Benton orchestra. The meeting
marked by the cordial reception give»
the governor's address.
Congress Must Help
The nation is confronted with the
problem of rehabilitating agriculture.
Governor Erickson said. A reason
able amount of legislative co-opera
tion must be given by congress and
Montana should have the men whs
will work for such legislation regard
less of partisanship.
The governor spoke briefly on the
manner in which the state's indebt
edness had been reduced in the last
two yean, and of the task accomp
lished by the economy of administra
tion in overcoming the debt incurred
by the state during the yean of ad
versity following the war.
Gives Credit to Opposition
No derogatory remarks were made
by the governor against the opposing
party or its candidates. Be was
most liberal in giving credit to those
of the opposition who had hetpad
hi ™ in hU f" 0 ™» W*"
made a plea for the people to ami
to Helena.„January legislate«»
who will
with him in far
ther reducing the state's debt.
Governor Erickson was a guest ad
John T. Phelan while here. Ha left
after his address for Glasgow where
he will speak Saturday night.
A
HOE TURNS
RISER LOOSE
The indictment against Michael
Riser, charging him with resisting
and with assaulting an internal reve
nue officer, there being two separate
counts, was dismissed in the federal , ,,
court at Geest Falls, Friday by Judge
C. N. Pray aa stated In the dispatches
but the grounds for the action are not
given fully. In the ftrst count of the
indictment, Riser wa* charged with
resisting E. E. Koehler, an internal
revenue officer. This indictment was
challenged by the defence on the
ground that the record in the murder
case, tried here, showed that the
state, elected to charge Riser
resisting and assaulting Koehler as
a federal prohibition officer,
A* a prohibition officer, the do
fence contended, the right of search
search warrant could be
.without a
exercised, but aa an internal revenue
officer, Koehler had no right to under
take a saarch of a residence under
an y circumstances.
tained by the court, the indictment !
This was sns
dismissed and the sureties exoner
atod
i ^b* federal attorneys
: ün,atod **** « appeal from the
rul,n K ™**bt be taken, but this is not
b>oked for, though a new indictment
n,Ry be asked
have in
MANCHESTERS MOVE
ONTO LINE OF TRAFFIC
-pj, e Manchesters found themselves
in th(>jr ff>rn)cr gtolT building just
beyond the natural itinerary of tte
ordirury „hopper because of the fact
that there was no crosswalk from the
Morrow garage to their store.
To remedy the situation they hav»,
rented the store building formerly
occupied by E. H. Sundertneicy and
have moved their stock of good*
there. They hope to have -yervtMng
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■ranged for their grand opening on
Saturday, when each lady visitor I»
to be presented with « favor.
They will continue to rarey mâg
MrtWM and pap««, confectionery o*
«H hindi, s'ap! «rrocjrkw. baknrp
goods, fruits and vegetable«.