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BELT. MONTANA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1926
VOLUME 33. NUMBER 22.
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DEATH COMES SUDDENLY TO ^
PIONEER RANCHMAN OF 8ELT
Charles Atkinson, well known to
everyone around Belt and Raynes
ford died in Great Falls last week
and was buried in Belt on Sunday
afternoon.
He came to MonUna as a
young
man of 18 and worked for a time in
a lumber camp near Missoula. Then
he came to Armington where he
worked for Mr. Athey and was mar
ried to Myrtle Mosier who died at
Raynesford five years ago. To this
union twelve children were born oi
whom eleven survive; Ruth (Mrs.
Leon McConkey,) Harry, Donald,
Lucille (Mrs. Lome McConkey,)
George. Mabel, Martha, Jack, Charles
Henry and Howard. About 1898 Mr.
Atkinson homesteaded the j-anch
where the Thayers now live. In 1917
he sold out the ranch and bought
into the Kennedy Mercantile Co., at
Raynesford. After a few years in
'this business he disposed of his
interests in the store and since that
time he has been ranching on the
Abe Hedrick ranch on Little Belt.
Death came as a result of an
operation for gall stones which was
necessitated by his critical con
dition.
The funeral was held from the M.
E. church on last Sunday, the Rev.
H. T. Stong officiating, assisted by
a large choir.
The floral offerings were manj
many and beautiful and the house
was filled to overflowing with sym
pathyzing friends.
At the grave the local lodge of
Mason« took charge of the service*
and performed the last sad offices
in wecocdaaee with the ritual of that
«rte in which Mr. Atkinson was a
number It was a large funeral and
the procession exetodad as far as
one could see along the road to the
For years the prohibition
managers have held whip over
political aspirants, and the aspirants
in question spoke only in bated
breath not baited with alcohol either
when It tame to opposing the tortu
behind the Volstead act It simpl..
was not done.
; The deceased is mourned not only
by his children but by a large circle,
of friends who had alwa
him friendly, faithful
obligations and charitable to thosei
in trouble.
His family have the sympathy of
the entire community. They will
continue to live on the ranch where
Harry will be head of the family and
Mabel and Martha will be the house
keepers. .
V.
ouad
his
who is Responsible
FOR DRY LAW REPEAL
Whatever the results of the
election of Tuesday in Cascade
county, at least it did one thing-and
that was to lay file prohibition
bogey for all time in the political
riqg.
But the end had to come-and it
remained for 8 . R. Jensen of Great
Falls,
Brewery, and brewer of beer for
two decades in the days of real
sport, to call for a show-down. •
Mr. Jensen was a brewer and is
proud ot the fact. He is an excellent
citizen, and desires to open his
brewery again and see light wines
and beer, instead of haring poison
like and
of
the Montana
owner
reckless prohibition sleuths running
wild
_ * , ... ... ...
He also dmured some of the "ght*
^ aTTu Z
of the United States, and he told the
voters of Chaule county all about,
ft. In the papers he advertised that
be waa for tight wine, and beer, asj
against the reign of terror which
has beset the open road because
Mr. Jensen had his slogan printeo
on his cards, defying th« "prohlbi-j
tionists", and from every platform
- fa Cascade county where a demo-1
eratic rally was held Mr. Jensen
stepped forward and told his story
to the voters.
"I dont • want prohibitionist*
many words, 'tend if a prohibitionist
rote would elect me I would refuse
H. I dost want any mistake about
I mean if yon
to the legislature "
Ami Mr. Jenen waa »wept into
at the head of his ticket! Hi
votes," said Mr Jenaen, in just so
dared to aay what the people were
thinking, and won out on tt
(Cea.
SOME PICTURE
"The Magician," which will have
its first showing at the Pythian
theatre, Sunday and Monday, Novem
ber 14 - 15, is the first Rex Ingram
production for Metro-Goldwyn since
his widely discussed and highly
successful screen version of Blasco
Thane*' " Mare Nostrum" (Our Sea)
This new picture from the brilliant
young director deals with a subject
entirely different from anything
has previously done and he has
handled it in th^ fine
marked
has
The county has completed the con
»traction of sidewalks
bridge to replace ttk
manner which
all his previous
triumphs. It is his most ambitious
achievement.
The story of "The Magician"
that of a girl caught between tile
forces of a Magician, whom she
unable to resist, and the love for
young surgeon who has saved her
from being a helpless cripple by
performing a delicate operation on
her spine, which startled the
surgical world.
Ingram has taken the Somerset
Maugham story and with his usual
brilliance in the handling of such
delicate subject, has developed
powerfully romantic drama.
Alice Terry enacts the part of
Margaret Dauncey, the young sculp
tress, and gives one of the finest
performances she has ever registered
on the screen.
COUNTY BUILDS
WALK AT BRIDGE
the
Ap
done.
The walk is of standard width and
on the east extends from Dahl's to
the bridge and on the west from the
Annex crossing to the bridge.
Before this was built a drainage
ditch was constructed from Collard's
corner north to the creek. This will
care Ibr the water formerly allowed
to accumulate in the mudhole above
this corner. It is a makeshift job,
the ditch from the Holt building to
the creek being an open cut which
cannot stand up long and with a fall
probably not adequate for carrying
away the mud.
The city has recently dug out the
ditches from Brownings garage to
the corner with the grading machine
supplemented in different places by
man labor. This dirt has been piled
in the center of the road and is now
Mng coyered by . heavy Uyer of
^ ^ roundinjr ap of the road
^ ditch i ng and the gravel should
/
eh rain ate the mudhole and give a
polid thoroughfare even in very bad
Weather. file only objectionable*
feature of the whole job is the con
dition in which the conduits under
the sidewalks were left by county
workmen. These present a hazard
to pedestrians and horses.
HOW TO DRESS TURKEYS
FOR EASTERN MARKETS
Fatten by trough feeding. Givv
Wheat
any good grain mixture,
with a little corn or barley added is
excellent. Beware of moldy feeds.
Starving—Shut up for killing only
^ ^ m we]] ^ not
P'"™* Shut "P tor I« h««" with
^ ^ ^ ^
a few ^
the bird ao that
^ ^ ^ ^
of your el
Ho]d h< .ad in left hand and
force open mouth. Hook back into
mouth and rind jo^r veins. There
He back ^ ttM . eleft |„ ^ 0 f
^ moath W it* a long, stiff
narrow b buied knife cut squarely
Take three or five weeks for fatten
ing.
the reins. H property bled,
tfce bk>od ^ out in a steady
stream.
sticking—After Weeding tarn the
knife and force bock into that lobe
0 f th« brain which lies just in front
of where the spins! cord is attached
The stick can be made through the
cle ft fa the root at the month,
thros^h the edge of the eye
through the «oft part of the face be
tween the eyes and aostril. If eor
or
rertly stack the turkeys toil will fan
out indicating to ««cuter relaxation
(Cob. em page 4)
Passing of Nathan Coster
Nathan Coetor who formerly
bred in Beit died last week in Great
Falla of a general breakdown. He)
had been working at the Dyke, and
eome weeks ago became ao ill that
Ben Paynter accompanied him down
as far aa Belt and allowed him to
go on to. the hospiptal In Great,
Palls alone only after being ««»«»
that the sick man could make the
rest of the journey alone.
The patient continued to fail end
Dcacontes hospital,
In early days he worked , at
Anaconda and came to Belt aboih
he
IT STANFORD KIWANIS ENTER
TAINS PIONEERS OF THIS SEC
: TION. JUDGE AYRES SPEAKS
f
V"
Stanford last week enjoyed ». real
old timers convention. For severs,
days a warmly contested water
rights case was heard in the local
district court, which brought to Stan
ford a number of old timers as wit
nesses to clear up contested points,
Thursday evening, after the close
of the taking of testimony, the Ki
wanis club, seised the opportunity to
have an old timers program st their
regular weekly luncheon and invited
all of the out of town old timers to
be guests of the club in a festal
meeting.
The presiding judge, Edgar J. Ba
ker; the chief litigants, Frank Span
cver and Neil Silve, with their attor
ney*, Judge Roy E. Ayers and W. B
Hoover and John L. Slattery and A.l
J. MacDonough were present, ss well'
as s score or more of witnesses for
both sides. .
by "l*?"
rr """t 1 T ""
B. Aym .poke « ojrij h. te. In
testimonial of tto .tort, ototeotet
and innate honoatj of tto ten. old
He praised them for what they haa
dene and for the wonderful exhibi
tion of frank sincerity wlien the
contestants in such a litigation
fcould meet and sit down together
in such a festal occasion.
"It shows haw little we appreciate
the rapid development of this state,"
Mr. Ayer* said, "when old timers,
the men who came here when this
state was new and virgin, have lived
to see such bountiful yields of the
necessities of life. Men who a few
years ago filed the first rights to
the irrigating water* flowing from
our mountain sides now see six or
In response to a roll call among
the old timers present at the festal,
several answered by giving the yearly
they came to the state, the place
from whence they came and the
place where they landed. Among
them are several who date their resi
dence in Montana back to several
years before Montana became a
state. Those who answered the roll
call we«;
eight million bushels of wheat beinq
shipped annually from the Judith
Basin; trainload after trainload of
beef cattle-riRpre than in the old
days—are being shipped annually
and all within the brief span of ma
ture human life."
Abe Hogeland, pioneer civil en
gineer who made the orginal survey
of much of this territory, said he
came to the state in 1882 from Penn
sylvania and landed in Helena.
Julius Bain came to the state in
1884 from Iowa.
i d w__ * .. ...
J. P. Mansfield came to the stau
from Ontario, Canada, and landed in
Great Palls in 188».
F. R. Spencer came from Mlsrouri
and landed In the state in 1886.
Dave Pimperten came from On tar
io. Canada, and landed at Fort Ben
to« in 1878. . -
Owen Fergus came from Michigan
and landed in Fort Benton in 1884 .
George Mace landed at Old Geyser
» 888 . I
Morri. Jenaen came from Minne-,
aoto and tended at C«c*de in 18».
. Î*! 7 C * m !, *?!,* *
tended at Virginia CHy In 1871.
J«k Connor came from Minne^U
and tended in the s tate SO year* agv
Homer Armstrong came Trim
*na and landed here m 1890.
Zen« Bain came from Iowa an
tended in Old Stanford in 188«
George Bain canoe from lows snd
tended to Fort Benton in 1881.
1897 and worked here for year* with
the A. C. M. Co., as a rope man.
Here be married hit first wife
fhd also his second wife. By the
first he leaves three married
daughters and by his aecord wife
two younger childr en,
y or the laet three yean Mr.
Coster was employed at the Dyke
>nd ^ who knew
him beat ra
ported him as gradually failing.
. V _ - . ~ u
jeome ry. Id
funeral party driving out from Great
Falls inj the late afternoon.
*= ~ — -
the
afternoon
ay
■ Ernest Dickson came from Iowa
and landed at Old Geyser in 1901.
Jim Stillwell came from Canada
and landed in Fort Benton in 1894.
1886.
Ole Osness cam« from Iowa and
landed in Billings in 1886.
Neil SUve landed in Bllinga in
Conrad Sack, one of the pioneer
residents of this section, but now re
siding at Choteau, came from Penn
sylvania and landed at Square Butte
in 1885.
Bill Fergus came from Michigan
and landed in Fort Benton in 1881.
A most fitting and touching «pi
node was when all stood in silent
prayer for 16 seconds in tribute to
tfat beat loved of all old timers,
Charles M. Russel, whom all now
moqm.
Each of the attorneys aa wail aa
With appro
BPOD the fact tb.t white «W rirtte
y tod iT. th. r.ute ot tori,..
to. bton .tod
,„ d flfht , or
^ her. had ta. ted timara
each confident he was in the right,
each bringing in his witnesses and
employing his counsel and all these
old tmers coming together, some on
one side, some on the other, yet all
sitting down, side by side at a f estai
board. Every one only anxious to
know justice and right and ready to
accept it, and that had been the in
born nature of the old timer who had
really made the Montana of today
possible to the younger generation
which is now here.
« «üb7aeot* painted a «ywloLc^iv
tore in the courtroom instead of the
conventional picture of Justice Blind
folded and weighing with her scales,
chose to paint intelligence with
j beT eye8 open> rea ding the law and
it particularly appropriate that in
^ ^ flrat contellUsd caM tried In
^ courtroom, it is not the blind
justice weighing out the penalty for
erime> nor damages for some injury,
bat Intelligence, endeavoring to learn
tha Law aj) it j mp iJca to Human Re
and jt ig tbe old timer in bis
wish to know the Law and the right,
Many amusing incidents of the old
timers were told and many a sincere
compliment was paid by the several
speakers.
Judith Basin county is proud of
her record and of her beautiful court
house, built as it was, and when the
who stands at the bar and pleads for
its interpretation that future gener
ationa may know it.
Each of the attorneys taking part
m this esse emphasized their per
sonal appreciation of the privilege of
being present and participating in
_ . , . , .
such a care and in such a ceremonial
and the members of the Stanford
Kiwanis club proved themselves to
h* ^ their toe. when they «rasped
i,och an opportunité
p tMot htw ^ T .„„ounced tha
owi to gpecia , ^ dutie. in
Le wist own, it had been necessary to
chan ^ p) . nll ft nd the présenta
Uon tha charter Stanford
club wouM ^ postponed on
week, to the night of November 18.
, t j# ^ ^ th»t when any of
w tfmerg read the naill{ Kt
wanis their thoughts will go brek to
^ pteaaant evening when they were
^ ^ ma JtlA Kiwanis. but
u HaroW Hoover well «Id: "After,
a|I ^ ^ ^ the evening, the
^ who made the evening possible
and wJlo waPe pe ally paying the costs
Frank Spencer and Neil Silve,
(Judith Baein County Pre«»,
MARY VELEBIR BECOMES BRIDE
OF H. F. HAMER IN PHILADELPHIA
NATIONAL APPLE
WEEK'
In obeervmnce of Natioiud Apple
Week, which takes place
October 80 to November 8 , 1926,
the Great Northern Railway has
arranged ha give fall co-operation,
throughout its entire territory, with
the International Apple Shippers'
Association, and will use all facil
ities at its command to spread tht
fame of Northwest apples.
During Apple Week' this delicious
fruit will be served in every form
on diners, and Great Northern chefs
will vie with each other to create
new apple dishes to please the
palates of dining car patrons.
Special arrangements are being
made to have displays of luscious
Northwest "Big Red Apples" in all
Great Northern ticket offUtes where
this is practicable. On its dining
car menus and in other prihted mat
ter the virtues of our apples will be
extolled.
from
SELL MINE EQUIPMENT
At the sale of the Merlde equip
ment a number of outside bidders
were present The track scales were
sold to Gebo and Cotsem and the
tipple and other equipment were bid
in by Sam Stephenson.
POPULAR PAIR
WED YESTERDAY
On Wednesday John Krebs of Belt
and Mae Sophie Jacobson were mar
ried at the method 1st parsonage In
Greet Falla, the Rev. Harris per^**
in the evening at the lehn Krebte
residence on Spring Creek à bedding
party was given by the groom for
his bride and everyone far and wide
firm» the country was there. Ado
to tht* a large contingent from Belt,
Stockait and Great Falls and you will
have one of the largest gatherings
staged in years in this section, all
gathered to pay honor to the newly
weds.
Some played cards in the living
rooms while others danced. Watties,
Fox-trots and quadrilles followed
each other rapidly and the dancers
enjoyed every dance.
Lunch was served at 11:30 by the
bride and groom assisted* by seme
of the neighbors and each one lucky
enough to receive a piece of the
wedding cake counted himself doubly
fortunate for the throng was so num
erous as to preclude every one from
being successful. The bridal coupl*
were the recipients of many remem
brances from friends and all joined
iTwßSing fhe happineS^o* a
long and successful wedded life.
After a short wedding tolo .,-flie
happy pair will be at home-- 4 w the
fine country home of Mr, Krebs
whose success as a farmer has caused
him to be considered one of the most
prosperous and progressive men ot
that section.
LUCKY ONES SEE
PRINCE AND PRINCESS
A large number of women and
children were at the Belt station on
Monday evening when the train Dear
ing Queen Marie of Roumania whi*
through town. The train did not
«'<>* «P «*» «"* perron watching
one thing and only one but all
«claimed upon the beauty of the
train s furnishings.
*
The wiser ones went to Armington
where the engine took water and the
conductor got his ordere. There
Prince* Dean* and PrtYt* 1«*
upon the platform and talked
J* "J" W J° f COrU '^
themrelve. very fortunate in that
they have reason to crow over their
K.>" fort una^
Queen Marie was tired and was ly
ing down and did not appear but the
crowd felt amply repaid when the
?1«1 young propte apprared and
***""* much cordiality.
n -the
DINNER D ANC * W EDNESDAY
^ y on . g chlb wcra host at a
djnw danea riyen ^ evening in
the haU Nt!arly a Il the
tbe c | ab wer „ jrewi.t with their
and s „ me 35 from Great
Falls.
marriage of Min Marie
Una Velever, daughter of Mr. and
ot M ^
t»M Veiebir, daughter ot MYTH*
j son of John S. Hamer of Dushore,
Pa., took place on Saturday, October
i 16, at 4 o'clock in the Lutheran
Church of the Holy Communion,
Twenty-first and Chestnut streets,
Philedelphia. Dr. J. Henry Bums,
pastor of the church officiated.
The bride was given in marriage
by her uncle, Mr. Russell McCloogh
ran. Mr. Walter O. Pestke was beat
man and Mrs. Carl Bemmm, of
Cleveland, Ohio, attended her sister
as matron of honor. A reception
was held at the homo of Mrs. Russell
McCloughran and the bride at tit
Second avenue, Ha don Heights, New
Jersey.
The groom is a graduate of the
Wharton School of Finance, Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, class of 1925 -
He is cost acoounUnt at the Security
Bank Note Company and the bride
was with the Insurance Company of
North America for a period of years.
After a wedding trip to New Tarit,
Mr. and Mrs. Hamer will be at h ome
at 272 South Davie avenue, Aud nh ea,
New Jersey after December 1 st.
Among the out of town
were the following former Belt
pie; Andrew, brother of Marie, amt
his wife and two children who came
from New York City where Andrew
is engaged in the practice of lav;
and Pauline, eiatar pf Marie, who la
attending New York university tar
her second year; and Erma anothar
who 1*, married to Mr. Oari
man of Cleveland.
Sister
semn
The bride wore a white g ow n -\t
georgette with rhinestone and a pic
ture hat "to match. She carried a
bouquet of white rows and IHUea at
»•"•F*
who was ha*
Her matron ot honor
gown of coral picture
to match,
completed her costume. The bride**
traveling suit was of cocoa bro wn
poiret twill.
A bouquet of
(Philadelphia Public Ledger)
STRICTLY FRESH EGGS
A minimum of 5000 Alien egg* a
month are sold in Great Falls by
farmers of Cascade county. No at
tempt is made to candle these eggs
so that they may be placed upon the.
market as a standard product. Mar- '
chants and consumers both would
welcome some system that would
sure them of having purely fresh
eggs that were standard in si*e,
weight and color, and they would ba
willing to pay a premium on rod
If a sufficient number of poultry
growers will agree to market their
eggs through a pool, this can be ac
complished, Five cents a dozen would
pay (er a man's salary, »sat of a
building, "Montana Extra Select"
cartons and all other expense con
nected with the work.
All poultry growers interested in
the proposition are urged to get in
touch with this office at once. If sof
ficient interest is shown, a meeting
for the purpose of discussing the
plan in detail will be held November
17. Mise H. B. Cushman, State
Poultry Specialist will be present to
assist us.
4H CLUB ORGANIZES
, A conference for the 4H club los
der* in the county who are volun
Leering their service, to help this
good work go forward was heWjt
Fort Shaw on October 16. Leads«
and their assistants who were pre
sent were: Mrs. J. H. Hancock, Mr*.
. . ■_
W. M Lore Mrs. L Kipnenoarg,
J *™-■ J- F. Hoekersmith, Mrs. ar
*"*>«*• ot Simms Mr* Venia Bloom
* Gim te , Mm . -L- ^H- Wman^ of
Power. MrL. C. R'P^^ « ' *
a LaatoTof Simms
A3a „ taIlt '
-J £ ^ ^
"th the County A cent
* th<> lcadcra with proMe «a
ta the work and to outline '
fpr t||C comin , r year .
, M , a preccdcnt in the
^ ^ of ^ atate by organWng
Cascade County 4H Club leaders
^ f|rat orjrnril a. tkw
its kind in the state. Mrs. Cart Mo
berts was elected president, Mrs L
H. Vfyi nan of Power was ntectod
secretory-treasurer. Plans for a
county wide ! -.'idem confreence the
later per» «f February were meda.