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ORCHESTRATION AND COSTUMING FINE
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VOLUME S3. NUMBER 21.
BELT. MONTANA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 192«
$2.09 PER TEAR IN ADVANCE
OTTER CREEK
PIONEER DIES
FULL OF YEARS
In the death of Mrs. Adeline
Owens at the age of 84, Raynesford
and Cascade county lose another
pkmeer.
Mr and Mrs. Sam Owen came to
Montana from Kansas thirty-eight
yean ago and settled upon Otter
creek two miles below the present
. site of Raynesford. This has been
the home of the family ever since.
Some yean ago Mr. Owen died but
his widow occupied the ranch up to
within a few months of her death.
For ten yean the eyesight of Mrs.
Owen has been failing and at the
1 time Of her death she was almost
totally blind A ■ few months
her daughter, Mn. Edith Lawson ol
Raynesford prevailed upon her to
stay at the Lawson home in Raynes
ford but senile decay had set in and
«he was taken to the hospital at Belt
where she «passed away on Saturday.
ago,
Mrs. Owen is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Edith Lawson of
Raynesford, one son, Martin Owen
a grandson.
of Raynesford, and
Albert Owen of Bates, Oregon.
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except 'lb words of respect and
friendship^ Neighbors of former
years came long distances to the
fsmeiul, and « may bu-aaid that she
died füll of years and ridTia the lore
her neighbors.
Fttnei-H services
the M. E. Church en Monday after
noon. Reverend Snow, an old friend
of the family officiated, assisted by
Rev. Stong. A large choir sang the
funeral hymns. Burial was made in
Pleasant View cemetery.
OLD TIMERS MEET
AT STANFORD COURT
Stanford, Oct 28, 1926—Among
the old timecg who are in Stanford
this week attending the Spencer
< Silve water right ease are: Henry
Keeton of Spion Kop, Dave Pimper
' ton of Bett, A. J. McDonald of
, thytik, Frank Spencer of Geyser,
-JttHus, George and Lee Bain and Ole
Osness of Square Butte, Neil Silve
of Geyser. At noon Tuesday there
«'as a group picture taken of there
old timers, about fifty in all. This
Is probably the largest gathering of
the real old timers of this section
ever congregated. The picture will
be a historical record of considerable
value.
The case of F. W. Spencer against
Neil Silve, involving water rights on
Davis creek was started Monday be
fore Judge E. J. Baker and it is ex
pected it will consume the greater
part of the week. Spencer is repre
sented by Roy R Ayers of Lewis
town and Silve by H. R. Hoover of
Great Falla. The Herrimac Cattle
Co, and Owen Fergus are algo inter
ested in the case, the former being
represented by A. J. McDonough of
Great Falb !
Slattery of Great Palls.
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The cage involves water rights on
7 Davis creek north of Geyser,
point of litigation being that Spencer
«latins a prior right to 600 inches.
Tide right ia not disputed by Sihre,
tort Stive contends that Spencer
not
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the time he took ont hig subséquent
right and that Spencer is only en-i
Titled to the amount of water being
used at the time Silve fried hia
rights. A fine point of law ia tinrol-.Wm.
wed and a large array of witnesses—
a0 old
rn in that section—arc in
ihe condition of. the Speruer. rjgfet at
<h* time Stive fried hia claim.
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THE WINNING TICKET
The winning number for the Radi
ola to be given away on last Satur
day night was 040624.
management of the Pythiair Theatre
we get the information that this
ticket was sold to an adult on the
night of Wednesday, October 20th
and admitted the holder to
White Outlaw."
This ticket has not been presented
to claim the radio. If this ticket is
not found before Sunday, Nov. 7th
; new numbers will be drawn from the
ticket box until some person in the
house can match the ticket Keep
your coupons, pick up all you can
find and be at the Pythian Sunday
night.
From the
'The
RUSSELL EXHIBIT
At the regular meeting of the P.
T. A. Thursday evening Nov. 11th at
the auditorium, an art exhibit of the
painting« of Charles Russel will be
the feature of the program. All per
sons who have Russell's works are
asked to bring them for the evenipg.
The Belt Woman's Club will join
with the P. T. A. in sponsoring this
meeting and exhibit.
FOOTBALL SEA
SON SEMIFINALS
The Montana in tersehoigstic foot
baU race is now dow n to wham It
haa been discovered who's who and
a week txmn Saturday all of the four
district winners will be known to the
Butte copped the southern title
Saturday by defeating Livmir«too
tfee
fans.
ami mer e apparently took
northern zone honors, although it
eras announced yesterday that the
status of Teton county high of
Choteau would have to be determined
before the final announcement on the
winner would be made. Choteau has
won all of it» games, but it is
believed that the opposition has been
below the class needed to qualify a
team for contendership. Professor
Walter T. Scott, of the School of
Mines, who is in charge of the state
race, has wired to Choteau for its
season's record and if the school's
standing is such that It is entitled to
consideration the northern zone
honors will have to be decided in a
Havre-Choteau game.
Will Flip Coin
Saturday Whitefish. last year's
winner in the qrest defeated Kails pell
19 to 7, which leaves the Whitefiah
team to meet Missoula Saturday, to
determine which outfit will play
Central for the western district
championaip on Nov. 13. Coach
Hinderman of Whitefish called
Professor Scott yesterday and stated
that both Whitefish and Missoula
wanted to stage the gamg at home
and that they could not come
to an understanding. To settle
this Professor Scott will toss a com
today to decide the battleground.
Coach Harry Dahlberg of Butte High
will represent M i ss oul a when the
coin is flipped and Frank Venable,
secretary of the chamber of com
merce will appear for Whitefish.
In the eastern district Saturday
GUmdivo w..!/ ia n
fe.vin. th, tttk to b. décidai .1
GI.X „„i ^inly tTL£
between Daemon Jtv hi«* nf
Satire anT^teTTi/h
-H,« mir recently olaved
^ ' y P y
City.
scoreless tie in Jfiles City.
( Anaconda Standard )
SUCCESSFUL CARD PARTY
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Twenty-three tables were at play
at the card party given by the Altar
society lari. Thursday night,
Junkermeier won head prize for
the ladies. Pauline Zemanek, the
Mr*.
seepnd nod Mrs, Harold Shannon, the
For the men W. J. Mc
Clean was meat successf u l with E. P,
Eulberg trailing and Stanley Klima»
bringing up the rear.
REPUBLICANS ELECT STATE
TICKET BUT DEMOCRATS WIN
GOOD SHARE COUNTY HONORS
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from the western district and Scott
Leavitt has been returned from the
Eastern district, although his major
iy of two yean ago is ranch depleted.
Gelen and Holloway are again bo
be judges of the Supreme Court,
Dennis had a walk-a way for Railroad
commissioner.
The results of the general election
on Teusday are nearly complete al
though an entire reversal of expec
tations in the few votes remaining
might change'some of them although
this is in no way probable.
Evans is reelected congressman
Meigs is elected District Judge
over Cowley by a majority of nearly
500 votes, while Bob Gordon is win
ner over Norton by 700 vote«. Wuar
thner will be our next state senator.
Kommers defeated Bosley for County
Commissioner, Bickemeyer will re
tain the office of County Attorney.
Cook won over Fousek by 140 votes
Mady got a big majority over GUHn
while Jeffries has s majority of 660
votes over Kurth. Miss Brown de
feated Mrs. Appleyard, Lockhart
beat Woodward, Moran, McBurney
and Wegner were the other victors
among the county officers.
F oa r democrats and ^ tww fepuh
Bcan 9 wrlll Iwpreaent the ct
naxt Shi * !d *'
Brown - 0 Cooney
Apparently Heron and IpQgen are
• tart * d J uaticM P«** *" »• **
towB » hi P .. .returns «here
Spogen's name was written a mur itef
in
of times.
The Good Roads measure carried
decisively in Cascade county; the re
peal of the present liquor laws re
ceived a 2 to 1 majority in the county
all other measures were defeated.
The five-mill school tax was badly
beaten while the__county unit
hail proposal is only a tew Hundred
votes behind. In Great Falls Wilson
and Pat Shields are nudoubtedly elec
ted as justices of peace.
Although none of the local candi
dates were elected yet thehr heme
vote was exceedingly complimentary.
Mitchell is the first democratic can
didate to have carried Belt in many
As soon as the state canvassing
board shall have canvassed the state
vote upon the initiative and raferen
d nm mea sure s an d shall have com
municated their findings, it is the
govenoris duty to issue a proclama
tion declaring such measures carried
that received a majority vote and de
daring those measures to be in "im
mediate force and effect."
clause is found in the Initiative and
Referendum law of the state and ap
plies to the "Good Roads" law and
to the repeal of liquor laws.
This
COUNTY WINNERS
Congressmen—Mitchell (D)
Leavitt (E) 4.740.
Associate Justice—Holloway (R)
6,842, Galen (R) 6,800, Myers (D*
4,231, Comer (D) 3,200.
Rai>road Commissioner— Denn i s (R)i
7,359, Carey (D) 3,458.
"•*** ■>«<«•— M«t. (R) 5.757.111
O"*» '»> «"•
Representative— Sheiid» (D) 0,187
Jenaan <») »345, Brown (D)
O'Day (D) 6,490, Cooney (R) 5,370,
Jones (R) 6,138, Straiten (R) 6,049.
Pilgeram (D) 6,046, Johnson (R)
4,964. Harris (R) 4,944. Khwchwin*
(D) 4,636, Hamtnant (B) 4,332.
Commissioner — Kommers fR)
6,188, Bosley (D) 4,848.
County Attorney-Eickemeyer (D) |
6349. Jardine (E) 4.781.
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B) 8,454 G m
Auditor-Cook <&> 5,474, Fousek
(B) 5*94 - — ----.
County Clerk—Moran <R) 9,002.
Sheriff—Gordon (R) 8JM7*Nortorf
(D) 53*1.
Treasurer—Jeffries (R) 5,660,
Kurth (D) 6.146.
Superintendent—Brown (R) 6,416,
Appleyard (D) 4,662.
' Surveyor—Lockhart (D) 6,473
Woodward (R) 4442.
Coroner— McBurney ( R) 6,862
Templeton (D) S,801.
Administrator—Wegner (D) 6,871,
Jacobson (R) 4,646.
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represent the vote in the first ward;
the second column the second ward,
jetc., and totals.
Leavitt
Mitchell
Galen
Holloway
Myers
The figures in the first column
67 26 88 121
65 46 47 167
»6 86 47 178
87 84 69 'T80
84 27 83 »4
31 18 24 73
72 218
Comer
Dennis
06
84 I» 18
71
Carey
56 S3 32 120
79 82 62 168
52 84 S3 119
78 29 44 14«
96 56 78 224
Cowley
Wuerthner
Liptak
Cooney
Ram ment
Harris
Johnson
Jones
Straiten
Brown
Jensen
Kirsch wing
87 « 23 42 102
•I 88 68 177
80 24 44 118
4S It_41_107
67 27 28 129
68 4l 82 126
81 25
60 ^ 80 84
p<
filgeram
gb « iW|<
ICoinmars
Bosley
Anrdtne
Eickemeysr
Cook
Fousek
Moran
Mady
88 89
114
17 ^ I
142
'Day
n 42
82 ■■ 89 48
hr "< di- 0«
64 26 88 114
50 ig 82 104
60 -
81 64 68 198
88 42 69 199
80 18- 26 109
111 54 79 -224
86 40 64 180
Gordon
Norton
Jeffries
Kurth
Brown
Apple yard
Woodward
Lockhart
McBurney
Templeton
Jacobson
70 25 68 148
78 50 42 166
111 66 76 261
26 10 16
67 28 48 128
60
94 64 49 197
64 80 86 ISO
69 40 66 164
98 42 61 201
30 26 29 95
68 86 45 148
64 30 46 129
Precinct No. 62, Armington
Leavitt 69. Mitchell 79, Galen 77.
Holloway 103, Comer 42, Myers 68
Dennis 120, Carey 39, Meigs 109,I
Cowley 68, Wuerthner 96, Liptak 67
Cooney 68. Hamment 113, Harris 6«
Johnson 101, Jones 66, Strsiton 66
Brown 42, Jensen 52, Kirschwing 46
O'Day 61, Pilgermm 109, Shields 61
Kommen 97, Bosley 69, Jardine 69,
Eickameyer 84, Cook 122, Fousek 34,
Moran 132, Mady 97, Gillin 59, Gor
don 96, Norton 67, Jeffries 129,
Kurth 80, Brown 92, Appleyard 92,
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Wagner
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6,163,iWoodward 86, Lockhart 71, McBur
Wegner 48.
Precinct No. 63, Neil Creek
Leavitt 28, Mitchell 19, Galen 38,
Holloway 31, Comer 7. Myers 10,
Dennis 44, Carey 2, Meigs 36, Cowleyi
n«y 113, Templeton 45, Jacobson 102,
Wnerthncr 3*. LlpUk 8, Cooney
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88. Jones 26, Sttaiton 24, Brown 16,!
6,630,;Jensen 19. Kirschwing 12. O'Day 14.
Pilgeram 28, Sheilds 9.
Kommers 83, Boeleyl6, Jardine 27
Eickemeyer 20, Cook 36, Fousek 13
Moran 46, Mady 38, GiUin 10, Gordon
28, Norton 20, Jcffno» 45. Kurth 3,
Brown 27, Appleyard 23, Woodward'*
82, Lockhart 16, McBurney
Templeton 8. Jacobson S9, Wegner 9.
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LOCAL NEWS
Martin and Sig Johnaon returned,
yesterday with a 7-point buck
Logging Creak.
Congrewmsn Scott Leavitt was in
**lf Wednesday evening.
DAUGHTER CALLED
Elm« E. Haoakama, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Hauskama
(had suddenly last week Tuesday and
was buried on Saturday afternoon.
Death was due to uremic poisoning
and came only two days after the
first attack.
The funeral was largely attended
and was conducted by Kev. Lunde
and Rev, Kopre of Great Falls. A
mass of beautiful flowers had been
sent by sympathizing friends and al
most buried the casket. After ser
vices at the hause the funeral cortege
formed and drove down Little Belt
to the Peterson
up Willow creek to the cemetery
where interment was made. The
pallbearers were John Hendrickson,
Frank Hendrickson, George Koski,
Jacob Koski, Otto Koskela and Jacob
Haglin.
Elma was 17 years 7 months old at
the time of her death. She was born
in Belt and had spent a number of
years at the Litle Belt ranch of her
parents. Her death is mourned by a
large body of young people with
whom she was a favorite as well as
by her older acquaintances. Besides
her parents she is survived by five
brothers and three sisters.
ranch and than drove
DIREST REPORT
ON ALL TAXES
From Bulletin No. 19 of this Mon
tana Taxpayers' Association
The state of Montana is agsin a
going financial institution.
general fund in tbs last fiscal
took in 84
from that
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y*ar
,104346 and the outflow
t fund was »8,404,486.
paynwpt
The deficit of the general ftind,
which had been growing steadily *fbr
many years, has begun to shrink.
The deficit was cut down frvn
98,81.7,402 June 30, 1926, to 99,118,
992. June 30, 1926,
The state-wide i. an
pensive luxury. The one held on
Aug. 8, 1926, cost 9128,433 and
109,166 votes were cast, an average
cost of 91-18 per vote. In Phillips
county the cost was 94.11 per vota.
In Ravalli county it waa 44 cents.
The state government .is now
paying more than 9580,000 a year
on borrowed money, 91,460 a day.
Of every Montana tax dollar, 48
cents goes to ths schools, 89 sent*
cents to the counties, 10 cents to tho
cities and towns and eight cents to
the state.
The tax on a 94,000 home, located
* n any c * ty or town Montana,
varie " from * 169 in Browning, the
heaviest tax cost place U» the state.
10 966.20 at Geyser, the lowest tax
co,t P°* nt -
Tax * 8 on a * 4,000 farm ^ ump a11
,h * way from W710 m Wheatland
county t0 • 90 61 cent " ,n Rooaevelt
county.
Forty-four Montana counties have
cut down their bonded debt In the
last year; five counties have in
creased it, the net redaction for all
the counties being 91378,000. Silver
Bow leads ail in reduction having
cut its debt 9163,000.
County taxes on 91.000 of taxable
property values range all the way
' rom •*» ln Wh " ,1 "'" i 10 ,486 °
«"»l'Xt. on .he .. m . proper,,:
City taxes cm the same property
^ ^ a
^f; 60 DllIon to < l ut . B *"H
1 J own Ux " °" ° f . ( « xabl *
are 96 at Darby and 980 at
Bl ^ rninK - , . .
Th * |wWlf oi Mg * Un *' lni
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V ex?end * d
*°^" 912.009, «W.
Pf? Z u ,' Z
rolled in the schools in 1926 and the
cart per child waa 9102.98. In 1924
^
fro«."*** ** *** chlW
Montana according to the United
States bureau of education, stands
^ Con - °° P*«® fl
from all sources
TAPS FOR AL
BERT NELSON
VICTIM OF WAR
Albert C. Nelson died in Denver at
the government hospital on Wednes
day, October 27th after a long and
painful illness.
He it survived by his widow and
two young children, also by his
mother, Mrs. Ben Nelson; a brother,
Rasmus Nelson, and two sisters, Mrs.
J. A. Thorton and Mrs. A. T. John
son.
Albert Nelson was 36 years of age
and with the gist Division served 14
months overseas,
shocked in one of the sectors la
France and has not been in the beat
of health since his discharge from
the army. The malady which was
the direct cause of hia death has de
veloped within the last few yean,
during much of which time ha has
been under the cars of government
physicians.
He was shall
The body was brought to Grout
held in George's chapel Monday noon
after which an escort of twenty enrs
accompanied the hearse to the Tiger
Butte cemetery where the body was
laid to rest.
On the way and at the cemetery
they were joined by many other
filled with friends and nei gh bor«.
A. Lunds of the Swedish Lutheran
church whils a firing squad of A. B.
F. veteran» gave the last aahtto. This
was composed of Charles Klag, John
Sabo, Arthur Beckstrom and
Ward. The pall bearers were ym
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dfath «■ ™"rr*d hy f- He waaa
' Albert C, Nefsor had Awed Us
whole life in this vicinity and waa
admired and respected by all wfce
knew him. No one among the young
er men carried a greater measure of
love and esteem than he and Ma
war casualty and had it not been for
hia terrible war experience oversea*
he might have lived to a ripe old age.
His family have the sympathy of
the entire community.
MILLARD ESTATE
REALTY IS SOLD
An order confirming, the aale et
real estate owned hy .ifae Margaret
Millard estate was filed In district
court Thursday by Judge H. H. Ew
ing. The action wag token
petition of Walter Kennedy, adminis
trator of the estate.
The property disposed of consisted
chiefly of lots and improvements hi
the city of Belt, and the Millard land
and coal mine in section 26, township
19, north of rsnge 6 east, which waa
purchased by H. W. Millard for »610.
The other property sold was as fol
Lot 4, block 10, Belt, sold to Mrs.
Ethel Armstrong for 960; lot 12,
block 10, Belt, sold to N. H. Brown
ing for 940; lot 24, block 6, Belt,
sold to Grace R. Jewell, 922.60; lot
7, block 6, Belt, and residence, sold
to W. P. Pilgeram, $1,010, and
residence on lot 7, block 6, Belt, sold
M. W. Loche, 9660.
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At the clo8e of tho ]nnt r ** ula f
meeting ot Olive Branch Rebekah
Lodge, the members put on a Hallo
ween P* rty and the regular Hallo
vreen game* were played. Alter Wro
,
that Hallow en
{meeting.
REBEKAHS GIVE
PARTY AFTER LODGE
hours of fun and merrymaking a
dainty lunch waa served in the ban
quet room which wag taatefully
decorated in the Halloween colora.
One of the chief amusement» at the
tables waa fortune telling which
cauged much laughter 'and fun. Ito
the wee small hours the members
departed for their homes , wishing
came after every